Pre-SBP Concert History

The Group Formerly Known as The HP Symphony Orchestra

May 15, 2009

Foothill Presbyterian Church, San Jose  

• Dvořák Symphony No. 9 ("New World")
• Gould American Salute

The HP Symphony Orchestra

November 14, 2008

Foothill Presbyterian Church, San Jose 

• Borodin Polovtsian Dances
• Chaminade Concertino for Flute (Priscilla Broberg, flute)
• Praetorius/Gellis Praetorius Suite
• Holst Second Suite in F
• Anderson A Christmas Festival
  

May 2–9, 2007

Foothill Presbyterian Church, San Jose (11/9)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (11/11, 11/16) 

• Warlock Capriol Suite
• Schubert Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished"), Mvt. I
• Smetana The Moldau
• Suite from Star Wars, Episodes I-VI

May 7–18, 2007

Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (5/7, 5/11)
Foothill Presbyterian Church, San Jose (5/18) 

• Mogensen Quest for the Grail
• Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3, Mvt. I (Dennis Wilkinson, piano)
• Medley from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
• Gellis Allegro Sauvage
• Sibelius Symphony No. 2, Mvt. IV

November 10–17, 2006

Foothill Presbyterian Church, San Jose (11/10)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (11/13, 11/17)

• Kraus Symphony No. 1, Mvt. III
• SindingSymphony No. 1, Mvt. I
• Medley from Pirates of the Caribbean
• Mangione The Children of Sanchez
• Gresham Music for a Summer Celebration
• Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, Mvt. IV

May 5–12, 2006

Foothill Presbyterian Church, San Jose (5/5)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (5/8, 5/12)

• Chabrier España
• Mozart Minuet from Symphony No. 15
• McKay From a Moonlit Ceremony
• Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
• Bashir Dance
• Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3, Finale

October 31–December 6, 2005

Agilent Santa Clara Site, Santa Cruz Room (10/31)
Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (11/4)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (11/7, 11/11)
Agilent Corporate Cafeteria, Bldg. 395 (12/6)

• Copland An Outdoor Overture
• Gellis Short Symphony on Eastern Modes
• Michael Mauldin Dawn at San Juan Mesa
• Gershwin Selections from Porgy and Bess
  

May 9–12, 2005

Agilent Santa Clara Site, Santa Cruz Room (5/9)
Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (5/13)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (5/16, 5/16)

• Dvořák American Suite
• Williams Selections from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
• Rimsky-Korsakov "Antar" Symphony, Mvt. III
• John Biggs "Prologue" from The Ballad of William Sycamore
• Sibelius Finlandia
  

November 11–December 14, 2004

Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (11/1)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (11/5, 11/10)
Agilent Santa Clara Site, Santa Cruz Room (11/8)
Agilent Corporate Cafeteria, Bldg. 395 (12/14)

• Sousa The Liberty Bell
• von Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1, Mvt. I (Claudia Zornow, clarinet)
• Stravinsky "Berceuse" and "Finale" from The Firebird
• Grieg Peer Gynt Suite
• Deussen Reflections on the Hudson
• Walden The West Wing Theme
• Schifrin Mission Impossible Theme
• Anderson A Christmas Festival  (12/14/2004 only)

May 10–21, 2004

Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (5/10)
Agilent Santa Clara Site, Santa Cruz Room (5/14)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (5/17, 5/21)

• Saint-Saëns March Militaire Franaise
• Vaughan Williams English Folk Songs Suite
• Karen Amrhein "Autumn" from Symphony of Seasons
• Borodin Polovtsian Dances
• Sibelius Spring Song
• Suite from Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

November 3–14, 2003

Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (11/3)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (11/7, 11/14)
Agilent Santa Clara Site, Santa Cruz Room (11/10)

• Green Overture in G
• Kendra Bickler Lately...
• Anderson A Christmas Festival
• Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony No. 1 in E Minor

May 5–16, 2003

Agilent Santa Clara Site, Santa Cruz Room (5/5)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (5/9, 5/16)
Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (5/12)

• Rimsky-Korsakov Dance of the Tumblers
• Jessica Locke Reading of the Names 9/11: The Firefighters
• Tchaikovsky "Waltz" from Sleeping Beauty
• Bernstein Selections from West Side Story
• Herb Gellis Corduroy (Paul Taira, baritone saxophone)
• Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (transcribed by Carl Simpson)

November 4–15, 2002

Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (11/4, 11/15)
Fomer Compaq Site, Multi A/B Room, Bldg. CAC16 (11/8)
Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (1/11)

• Berlioz Rákóczy March
• Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe
  (Doug Perry, violin / George Yefchak, oboe)
• Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3, Finale
• Scurria Blessings of Liberty
• Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn
• Beethoven Symphony No. 7, Mvt. II
• Williams Harry Potter Suite

April 29–May 10, 2002

Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (4/29)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (5/3, 5/10)
Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (5/6)

• Wagner Rienzi Overture
• Holst First Suite in E-flat
• Herb Gellis Hymn for String Orchestra | Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Mvt. I
• Worsley Sundance

October 29–November 9, 2001

Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (10/29)
Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (11/2)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (11/5, 11/9)

• Albert Courage
• Haydn Trumpet Concerto (Mike Paivinen & Chuck Morehouse, trumpet)
• Copland Our Town
• Bock Fiddler on the Roof
• Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain
• Horwood Amusement Park Suite

May 7–18, 2001

Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (5/7)
Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (5/11)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (5/14, 5/18)

• Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra fanfare ("2001: A Space Odyssey" theme)
• Mendelssohn Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream
• R. Schumann "Scherzo" from Symphony No. 1 ("Spring")
• Clara Schumann Piano Concerto, Mvt. III
• Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet
• Lanette Lind Primitive Dances
• Gershwin An American in Paris

October 30–November 19, 2000

Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (10/30)
Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (11/3)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (11/6, 11/10)

• Copland "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo
• Corliss Kimmel Denali Seasons
• Casey & Jacobs Grease Medley
• Beth Anderson Minnesota Swale
• Herb Gellis Duplex
• Duke Ellington Duke Ellington! medley

May 5–19, 2000

Agilent Santa Clara Site, Santa Cruz Room (5/5)
Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (5/8)
Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (5/12)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (5/15, 5/19)

• Williams Summon the Heroes
• Chaminade Concertino for Flute and Orchestra
• Saint-Saëns "Bacchanale" from Samson and Delilah
• Cooman Sinfonia: Deo Gracias
• Bizet L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
• Loesser Guys and Dolls medley

November 1–12, 1999

Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (11/1)
Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (11/5)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (11/8, 11/12)

• Schönberg Miss Saigon
• Lecuona La Comparsa, Gitanerias
• von Weber Andante and Hungarian Rondo (Doug McCracken, Bassoon)
• Rush Spirit of Freedom
• Albert Western Suite
• Wagner Die Meistersinger excerpts
• Elfman The Simpsons

April 23–May 7, 1999

Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (4/23)
Middlefield Site Patio (4/26)
Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (4/30)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (5/3, 5/7)

• Sibelius Karelia Suite excerpts
• Mozart Horn Concerto No. 1 (Joe Sventek, horn)
• Horner Hollywood Blockbusters
• Elgar Cello Concerto, Mvt. I (Tanya Wu, cello)
• Dvořák American Suite excerpts
• Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 excerpts

November 2–13, 1998

Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (11/2, 11/13)
Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (11/6)
Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (11/9)

• Gabrieli Canzon septimi toni No. 1
• Brahms Academic Festival Overture | Grieg Homage March
• Dvořák Symphony No. 9, Mvt. I
• Chabrier Danse Villageoise
• Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
• Williams The Empire Strikes Back Suite

May 1–15, 1998

Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (5/1)
Santa Clara Site, Santa Cruz Room, Bldg. 50 (5/4)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (5/6, 5/16)
Middlefield Site Patio (5/8)
Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (5/11)

• Sousa Washington Post
• Beethoven Symphony No. 5., Mvt. I
• Mussorgsky Promanade, Great Gate of Kiev
• Copland Variations on a Shaker Melody
• Dukas Fanfare pour prcder La PRI
• Herb Gellis Allegro Sauvage for Timpani and Orchestra
  (Russell Iimura, timpani)
• Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1
  (Jayne Bell, soloist)

October 31–November 14, 1997

Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (10/31)
Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (11/3)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (11/7, 11/14)
Santa Clara Site, Santa Cruz Room, Bldg. 50 (11/12)

• Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
• Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
• Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (Alice Chiang, piano)
• Bach Brandenberg Concerto No. 3
• Star Trek Through the Years

April 25–May 9, 1997

Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (4/25)
Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (4/28)
Santa Clara Site, Santa Cruz Room, Bldg. 50 (5/2)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (5/5, 5/9)

• Rimsky-Korsakov Procession of the Nobles
• Lecuona Andalucia Suite
• Schönberg Selections from Les Misrables
• Teleman Concerto for Oboe in E minor
• Faure Pavane
• Hanson Symphony No. 2, Mvt. III

October 25–November 8, 1996

Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (10/25, 11/4)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (10/28, 11/4)
Santa Clara Site, Santa Cruz Room, Bldg. 50 (10/31)
Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (11/4)

• Sibelius Finlandia
• Faure Sicilienne
• Berlioz March to the Scaffold
• Strauss Tales from the Vienna Woods
• Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite
• Erickson Toccata for Orchestra
• Williams Selections from Jurassic Park

April 26–May 10, 1996

Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (4/26)
Santa Clara Site, Santa Cruz Room, Bldg. 50 (4/29)
Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (5/3)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (5/6, 5/10)

• Waltzing Mathilda (Not the national anthem of Australia)
• Saint-Saëns Dance Macabre
• Glire Russian Sailors Dance
• Tchaikovsky Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Waltz of the Flowers
• Praetorius (arr. H. Gellis) Suite
• Delibes Prelude and Mazurka
• Grieg Norwegian Dances #2, #3
• Khachaturian Gayne Ballet Suite

October 27–November 10, 1995

Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (10/27)
Palo Alto Site, Corporate Auditorium, Bldg. 20 (10/30)
Santa Clara Site, Santa Cruz Room, Bldg. 50 (10/31)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (11/6, 15/10)

• Waltzing Mathilda (Not the national anthem of Australia)
• Saint-Saëns Dance Macabre
• Glire Russian Sailors Dance
• Tchaikovsky Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Waltz of the Flowers
• Praetorius (arr. H. Gellis) Suite
• Delibes Prelude and Mazurka
• Grieg Norwegian Dances #2, #3
• Khachaturian Gayne Ballet Suite

May 5–19, 1995

Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (5/5)
Palo Alto Site, Spyglass Auditorium, Bldg. 5 (5/8)
Santa Clara Site, Santa Cruz Room, Bldg. 50 (5/12)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (5/15, 5/19)

• Austrian National Anthem
• Walton Crown Imperial March
• Elgar Enigma Variations #8,#9, and coda from #14
• Weber Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra (Claudia Zornow, clarinet)
• Franck Symphony in D minor, Mvt. III
• A Tribute to Henry Mancini

Fall 1994

Dates and locations not available

• Israeli National Anthem
• Morton Gould American Salute
• Aaron Copland An Outdoor Overture
• Nancy Bloomer Deussen Reflections on the Hudsen
• Chris Smith Episode
• George Gershwin Porgy and Bess (arr. Robert Russell Bennett)

April 15–May 6, 1994

Locations not available

• Canadian National Anthem
• Holst: Jupiter-The Bringer of Jollity
• Schubert Symphony No. 8 Mvt. I ("Unfinished")
• Ippolitov-Ivanov Procession of the Sardar
• Medley from West Side Story

October 11–22, 1993

Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (10/11)
Mayfield Site, Atrium, Bldg. 36 (10/14)
Santa Clara Site, Santa Cruz Room, Bldg. 50 (10/18)
Cupertino Site, Oak Room, Bldg. 48 (10/21, 10/22)

• Purcell Fanfare and Rhondo
• Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusic, Mvt. I
• Handel Water Music (excerpts)
• Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5
• Stravinsky "Berceuse" and "Finale" from The Firebird
• Medley from Phantom of the Opera