REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

Montgomery Philharmonic Concert and Rehearsal Dates, 2025-26 Season

Concert 1 – 08/04/25 at GPC – YLCMF 

• Sonata 1 in G major, opus 2, number 1 – Tomaso Albinoni
  • Grave e adagio
  • Allegro
  • Adagio
  • Allegro

Concert 2 – 10/12/25 at GPC, rehearsals 8/25, 9/8, 9/15, 9/22, 9/29, 10/6

• Symphony No. 3 in F major, Opus 90 (1883) – Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) (38:26)
  • 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKKvJR-APh4

• Solis for Orchestra (2019) – Amanda Harberg (b. 1973) (7:00)
  • piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussion, harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dVIjbb5Dz8&list=RD3dVIjbb5Dz8&start_radio=1

• Carnival Overture in A major, Opus 92 B, 169 (1891) – Antonin Dvořák (12841–1904) (12:23)
  • piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English Horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, triangle, cymbals, tambourine, harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1jNQgTVYrY&list=RDa1jNQgTVYrY&start_radio=1

Concert 3 – 11/23/25 at GPC (MPOW for MCPS Youth Concert), 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17

• Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra – Serge Koussevitsky (1871–1951), arranged by Petrosev (18:57) Johan Choi, double bass soloist
  • 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJlP0NhjOW0

• Estampas Mexicanas: 1. Ferial/Parade – José Elizondo (b. 1971)
  • piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 1 bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, 3 percussionists (1. Maracas, Cabasa, Suspended Cymbal, 2. Congas – play with hands, bongos – play with hands, triangle, 3. Claves, tambourine, bass drum), violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMAnv_V3Ttk&list=RDiMAnv_V3Ttk&start_radio=1

• Three Riders Overture (2016) – Carrie Lane Gruselle (b. 1955)
  • 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion 1 – xylophone, bells, percussion 2 – snare drum, bass drum, violin 1, violin 1, viola, cello, double bass (optional instruments – bass clarinet, 2 alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, euphonium, baritone T.C.)
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXIxbUjlQZ0

Concert 4 – 1/25/26 or 02/01/26 at a senior facility, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15, 12/22, 1/5, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26

• Adagio for Strings in B minor, Opus 11 (1936, 1938) – Samuel Barber (1910–1981) (9:38)
  • violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAoLJ8GbA4Y&list=RDWAoLJ8GbA4Y&start_radio=1

• Pizzicato for String Orchestra (2001) – Vivian Fung (b. 1975) (4:25)
  • violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVFJjZU5HSo&list=RDzVFJjZU5HSo&start_radio=1

• Two Elegiac Melodies, Opus 34 (1880) – Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) (12:44)
  • violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j0P6ijga3w

• Sonata da Chiesa (1992) – Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941) (19:43)
  • violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyHiOr0zRKk&list=RDxyHiOr0zRKk&start_radio=1

Concert 5 – 3/22/26 at GPC (59), 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16

• Symphony No. 29 in A major, KV 2091/186a (1774) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) (21:56)
  • 2 oboes, 2 horns, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U3tja1CmCw&list=RD9U3tja1CmCw&start_radio=1

• Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra – Florence B. Price (1887–1953) (15:27), Christina Wensel, violin soloist
  • 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (3 players – snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle), harp, celesta, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMRTUl-rNkc&list=RDjMRTUl-rNkc&start_radio=1

• Fanfare for Our Future (2024) – Andrew Kosinski (15:29)
  • 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, violin 1 violin 2, viola, cello double bass
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FoMB3lncmw&list=RD6FoMB3lncmw&start_radio=1

• Mighty River (2005) – Errolyn Wallen (b. 1958) (5:01)
  • piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, timpani, percussion – crash cymbals, suspended cymbal, shakers, orchestra bells, tambourine, African Gourd Rattle, bass drum with medium sticks, crotale, glass and metal wind chimes, 2 djembe – different sizes, harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7uqK3qj_Ro

Concert 6 – 6/7/26 at GPC (62), 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 6/1

• Overture in C (1830–1832) – Fanny Hensel–Mendelssohn (1805–1847) (9:51)
  • 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi0K83ZVQQg

• Romanian Rhapsodies, No. 1, Opus 11 (1901) – Georges Enescu (1881–1955) (12:23)
  • piccolo, 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 cornets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (triangle, cymbals, snare drum), 2 harps, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZUsvQbTn_o

• Symphony No. 4 in D minor, opus 13, B. 54 (1874, rev. 1887, 1888) – Antonin Dvořák (1841–1904) (40:13)
  • 2 piccolos, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, bass drum, triangle, cymbals, harp, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln2s82NUngc&list=RDLn2s82NUngc&start_radio=1