Past Seasons
Browse through our repertoire from past seasons. Click on the Program Titles for more details.
Season Eight
2022—2023
The Wilderness Anthology — October 9, 2022
Nicky Sohn: What Happens If Pipes Burst? (2022 — Premiere)
Patrick Harlin: The Wilderness Anthology for string orchestra (2022 — Premiere)
Paul Novak: a string quartet is like a flock of birds (2020)
Leó Weiner: Pastorale, Phantasy et Fugue (1938)
Musical Identity and Inspiration in France and Korea — February 3, 2023
with Yelena Dyachek, soprano
Jungyoon Wie: A Popular Tune for string quartet (2020)
Nicky Sohn: Lullaby for Those Fast Asleep for string quintet (2022 — Premiere)
Earl Kim: Three Poems in French for soprano and string quartet (1989)
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F (1903)
Her Story — March 3, 2023
Amy Beach: String Quartet in One Movement (arr. string orchestra) (1921-29)
Nicky Sohn: Home for violin, string orchestra, and three dancers (2023 — Premiere)
Gabriela Lena Frank: Leyendas for string orchestra (2001)
Beyond the Sanctuary Walls — May 26, 2023
with Charles Paul, double bass; Alexandra Smither, soprano
Clara Schumann, arr. Giancarlo Latta: Four Clara Schumann Lieder
Theo Chandler: Beyond the Sanctuary Walls for soprano, double bass, and string orchestra (2023 — Premiere)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Season Seven
2021—2022
Two Streams — September 9 & 10, 2021
Daniel Knaggs: Two Streams for choir and string orchestra (2021 — World Premiere)
Grażyna Bacewicz: Concerto for Strings, Mvt I
Sound and Color — October 17, 2021
Erwin Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923)
Peter Klatzow: The World of Miró for marimba and string quartet (2020 — World Premiere)
Jennifer Higdon: Impressions for string quartet (2003)
She Wrote — February 20, 2022
Hildegard von Bingen, arr. Sarah Kirkland Snider: O Virtue Sapientiae for soprano & string quartet
Libby Larsen: She Wrote for string quartet
Rebecca Clarke: Daydream for soprano & string quartet
Robert Schumann: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 41 No. 3
Concerto Reimagined — May 22, 2022
Felix Mendelssohn: String Sinfonia No. 13 in C Minor (1824-9)
Anthony Brandt: Concerto/Five (2022 — World Premiere)
Miklós Rózsa: Concerto for Strings (1943)
Season Six
2020—2021
Textures of Change — November 1, 2020
Caroline Shaw: Limestone & Felt for violin & viola
Paul Novak: a string quartet is like a flock of birds (World Premiere)
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for string septet
Points of Inflection — November 29, 2020
Caleb Burhans: Contritus for string quartet
Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte for string quartet
Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 3, “Mishima”
Quiet Art — January 24, 2021
Jennifer Higdon: Quiet Art for string quartet
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, arr. by Giancarlo Latta
Delights & Dances — June 6, 2021
Jennifer Higdon: “Breeze Serenade” from Dance Card
John Adams: Shaker Loops (septet version)
William Bolcom: Graceful Ghost Rag
Michael Abels: Delights and Dances string quartet + strings
Season Five
2019—2020
Transportable Songs — September 2019
Strauss: Strauss Variations on a Bavarian Folksong
Kodaly: Serenade for two violins and viola
Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 1
Wit + Whimsy — November 2019
Rautavaara: String Quartet No. 1
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for two violins
Erberk Eryılmaz: Dances of the Yogurt Maker
Karim Al-Zand: Art of Conversation for string quartet
The Water Line Concert — December 2019
with Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Matthew Jackfert: Shifting Winds for string trio (Texas Premiere)
Kyle Rivera: Merge for string trio (World Premiere)
Harrison Ponce: Streams for string quartet (Texas Premiere)
Shane Monds: Stages for string trio (World Premiere)
Free/Flow — January 2020
with Musiqa and NobleMotion Dance
Jessie Montgomery: Starburst
Christopher Cerrone: High Windows
François Rabbath: Poucha-das for solo bass
Jessie Montgomery: Strum
Pierre Jalbert: Autumn Rhapsody
Pierre Jalbert: Elegy
Flight + Fugue — January 2020
Benjamin Britten: Prelude & Fugue
Lawrence Dillon: String Quartet No. 2, “Flight” (Houston Premiere)
Patrick Harlin: Art of Flight for solo violin, strings, and harpsichord (Texas Premiere)
Season Four
2018—2019
Ocean’s Call — October 2018
Grace Williams: Sea Sketches
Jean Cras: String Trio
Michael Daugherty: Fallingwater for solo violin & strings
Daniel Temkin: Ocean’s Call for string orchestra (World Premiere)
American Spaces — February 2019
with Windsync
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôros No. 7
Igor Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks Concerto
Arnold Schoenberg: Suite for Strings in the Old Style
Flor de Lã — May 2019
with Aperio, Music of the Americas & Clarice Assad
Camargo Guarnieri: Concerto for Percussion and Strings
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas No. 9
Clarice Assad: Elementos
Clarice Assad: Three Sketches
Clarice Assad: Impressions for string orchestra
Season Three
2017—2018
Duos, Dances & Divertimenti
Einoiuhani Rautavaara: Pelimannit ("Fiddlers")
Olli Mustonen: Sinuhe for Violin Orchestra (2012)
Béla Bartók: Duos for Two Violins & Romanian Dances
Béla Bartók: Divertimento for Strings
Inner Voices
with Robert Johnson, horn; Christopher Bozeka, tenor
Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Anna Clyne: Prince of Clouds for Two Violins & Strings
Benjamin Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Musical Madness
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio & Fugue
Carlo Gesualdo: Moro, lasso, al mio duolo
Erkki-Sven Tüür: L’ombra della croce (U.S. Premiere)
Osvaldo Golijov: Last Round
Giancarlo Latta: Borrowed Density (World Premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 (String Orchestra Version)
Season Two
2016—2017
Illuminations — October 2016
with Alexandra Smither
Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations (1940)
Benjamin Britten: Three Divertimenti (1933)
Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for string orchestra
Sketches — January 2017
Felix Mendelssohn - String Symphony No. 4
Frank Martin - Etudes for Strings
Frank Martin - Pavane
Alexandra T. Bryant - Paper Dreams (World Premiere)
Made in Houston — May 2017
with Brian Connelly, pianist
Benjamin Britten: Young Apollo for piano, string quartet & strings
Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings
Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz
Pierre Jalbert: String Theory (Texas Premiere)
Season One
2015—2016
Fantasia — October 2015
Daniel Knaggs: Two Columns At Sea (2015) — World Premiere
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Concerto Grosso (1950)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (1910)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet (1912)
Paysages — January 2016
Ernest Bloch: Paysages (1923)
Eugene Ysaye: Exil, Op. 25 (1917)
Ernest Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1 (1925)
John Ireland: Concertino Pastorale (1939)
Romantics & Virtuosi — May 2016
Grazyna Bacewicz: Violin Quartet (1949)
Grazyna Bacewicz: Concerto for Strings (1948)
Hugo Wolf: Intermezzo (1886)
Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade (1887)
Tommy Dougherty: Egyptian Ratscrew Fantasy (World Premiere)