MUSIC OF THE MONTH
2013 Schedule
January - March No. 1 in D Major from Marches Militaires, Op. 51, D. 733 (Franz Schubert)
February - Fantasia on "Greensleeves" (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
March - Humoresque No. 7 in G-flat Major (Antonín Dvořák)
April - Rhapsody in Blue (George Gershwin)
May - Music from "Jurassic Park" (John Williams)
June - Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D (Edward Elgar)
July - The Liberty Bell (John Philip Sousa)
August - Serenade No. 13 for Strings in G Major, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik", K. 525, 1st Movement (Allegro) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
September - Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered Bride (Bedřích Smetana)
October - Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35, 3rd Movement (Frédéric François Chopin)
November - Schafe können sicher weiden ("Sheep May Safely Graze") from Cantata No. 208 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
December - Nutcracker Suite - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, Trepak, Waltz of the Flowers (Tchaikovsky)
2012 Schedule
January - Menuet from French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
February - Light Cavalry Overture (Franz von Suppé)
March - Pictures at an Exhibition (Modest Mussorgsky)
April - Entrance of the Gladiators (aka "Thunder and Blazes") (Julius Fučík)
May - Olympic Fanfare and Theme (John Williams)
June - Bugler's Dream (Leo Arnaud)
July - The Stars and Stripes Forever (John Philip Sousa)
August - Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia ("The Barber of Seville") (Gioachino Antonio Rossini)
September - Hoe-Down from Rodeo (Aaron Copland)
October - "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana (Carl Orff)
November - "Dies Irae" from Requiem Mass in D Minor, K. 626 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
December - "Jauchzet, frohlocket!" from the Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
2011 Schedule
January - "Rule, Britannia!" from Alfred (Thomas Arne)
February - Rondeau from Suite de Symphonie No. 1 "Symphonies and Fanfares for the King's Supper" (Jean-Joseph Mouret)
March - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
April - O Magnum Mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
May - Music of Indiana Jones: "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (John Williams)
June - Excerpts from The Planets, Op. 32 - "Mars, the Bringer of War" and "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" (Gustav Holst)
July - Manhattan Beach (John Philip Sousa)
August - Overture to William Tell (Gioachino Antonio Rossini)
September - Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, KV 550 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
October - Symphonie Fantastique, Part 4 - Marche au supplice ("March to the Scaffold") (Hector Berlioz)
November - Fugue No. 2 in C Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 847 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
December - "Hallelujah" Chorus from Messiah (George Frideric Handel)
2010 Schedule
January - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (Johann Sebastian Bach)
February - Farandole from L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (Georges Bizet)
March - The Four Seasons - Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring) - 1st Movement (Antonio Vivaldi)
April - Peter and the Wolf (Sergei Prokofiev)
May - Music from "Superman - The Movie" (John Williams)
June - Fanfare for the Common Man (Aaron Copland)
July - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
August - Overture to Le nozze di Figaro ("The Marriage of Figaro") (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
September - Slavonic March in B-flat Minor, Op. 31 "Marche Slave" (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
October - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Paul Dukas)
November - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
December - Two-Part Inventions No. 4 in D Minor, No. 8 in F Major, and No. 13 in A Minor (Johann Sebastian Bach)
2009 Schedule
January - "Little" Fugue in G Minor (Johann Sebastian Bach)
February - Canon in D (Johann Pachelbel)
March - Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
April - Symphony No. 9 "New World", 1st Movement (Antonín Dvořák)
May - Music from Star Wars (John Williams)
June - Power Music - Ride of the Valkyries (Richard Wagner), Also Sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss), Flight of the Bumblebee (Nikolai Rimksy-Korsakov)
July - The 1812 Overture (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
August - Selections from the Water Music Suite (George Frideric Handel)
September - Selections from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (Edvard Grieg)
October - Night on Bald Mountain (Modest Mussorgsky)
November - Moving Music - Sabre Dance (Aram Khachaturian), Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Johannes Brahms), Radetzky March (Johann Strauss)
December - Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor "Moonlight", First movement - Adagio sostenuto (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Other pieces for future schedules (in order of composer's last name):
Badinerie (Bach)
Cantata No. 131 "Aus der Tiefe rufe ich" (Bach)
Crucifixus from Mass in B Minor (Bach)
"Double" Violin Concerto (Bach)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
Motet: "Der Geisthilft" (Bach)
Motet: "Komm, Jesu, Komm" (Bach)
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Adagio for Strings (Barber)
Bagatelle in A Minor "Für Elise" (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Britten)
Minute Waltz (Chopin)
Opus 10, Etude No. 12 in C Minor (Chopin)
Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
Lincoln Portrait (Copland)
Funiculi, Funicula (Denza)
Enigma Variations - Nimrod (Elgar)
Modern Major-General's Song from Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Funeral March of a Marionette (Gounod)
Surprise Symphony (Haydn)
Preludium & Allegro (Kreisler)
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Lizst)
Douce dame jolie (Machaut)
Domine ad adjuvandum me festina (Martini)
Andante grazioso from Songs without Words (Mendelssohn)
Violin Concerto, last movement (Mendelssohn)
Piano Sonata in A Major - Rondo alla turca (Mozart)
Orpheus in the Underworld (Offenbach)
Nessun Dorma (Puccini)
Rhapsody, Var. 18 - Andante cantabile (Rachmaninov)
Concierto de Aranjuez, 2nd Movement (Rodrigo)
Largo al factorum from The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
The Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saens)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
"Unfinished" Symphony (Schubert)
Poet and Peasant (von Suppé)
English Folk Song Suite (Vaughn Williams)
Variation on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Vaughn Williams)
Mandolin Concerto (Vivaldi)
(John Williams):
- Jaws - Main Theme
- Schindler's List - Main Theme
- Harry Potter - Hedwig's Theme