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community orchestra · Canberra, ACT, AU

Musica da Camera

Canberra string chamber orchestra founded in 1979, comprising professional musicians, music educators, and skilled amateur players. Presents four programmes of string music per year, each performed twice — once in Canberra and once in a nearby regional community. Engages different conductors for each programme.

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What they play

Composers and works from 40 indexed programmes for this ensemble.

Composers

  1. Ralph Vaughan Williams — 8×
  2. Antonio Vivaldi — 7×
  3. George Frideric Handel — 5×
  4. Carl Nielsen — 4×
  5. Edward Elgar — 4×
  6. Frederick Septimus Kelly — 4×
  7. Johann Sebastian Bach — 4×
  8. Ottorino Respighi — 4×
  9. Dmitri Shostakovich — 3×
  10. Georg Philipp Telemann — 3×
  11. Graeme Koehne — 3×
  12. Jean Sibelius — 3×
  13. John Rutter — 3×
  14. Paul Hindemith — 3×
  15. Robert Volkmann — 3×
  16. Aaron Copland — 2×
  17. Albert Roussel — 2×
  18. Astor Piazzolla — 2×
  19. C. Hubert H. Parry — 2×
  20. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach — 2×
  21. Charles Ives — 2×
  22. Christoph Willibald Gluck — 2×
  23. Colin Brumby — 2×
  24. Dag Wirén — 2×
  25. Edvard Grieg — 2×
  26. Elena Kats-Chernin — 2×
  27. Eric Ewazen — 2×
  28. Eric Whitacre — 2×
  29. Franz Joseph Haydn — 2×
  30. Fritz Kreisler — 2×
  31. Georg Friedrich Handel — 2×
  32. George Antheil — 2×
  33. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi — 2×
  34. Gustav Holst — 2×
  35. Halim El-Dabh — 2×
  36. Heinrich Biber — 2×
  37. Henry Purcell — 2×
  38. Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki — 2×
  39. John Williams — 2×
  40. Joshua Healey — 2×
  41. Max Bruch — 2×
  42. Nikos Skalkottas — 2×
  43. Pietro Antonio Locatelli — 2×
  44. Robert Fuchs — 2×
  45. Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni — 2×
  46. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — 2×
  47. Alexander Glazunov — 1×
  48. Anton Arensky — 1×
  49. Antonín Dvořák — 1×
  50. Arcangelo Corelli — 1×
  51. Arthur Benjamin — 1×
  52. Béla Bartók — 1×
  53. Betty Beath — 1×
  54. Carl Philipp Stamitz — 1×
  55. Claude Debussy — 1×
  56. David Pereira — 1×
  57. David Popper — 1×
  58. De Mondonville — 1×
  59. Dick Kattenburg — 1×
  60. Ernest Bloch — 1×
  61. Felix Mendelssohn — 1×
  62. François Couperin — 1×
  63. Franz Ignaz Beck — 1×
  64. Franz Xaver Richter — 1×
  65. Frederick Delius — 1×
  66. Gabriel Fauré — 1×
  67. Georg Muffat — 1×
  68. Gideon Klein — 1×
  69. Heino Eller — 1×
  70. Heinrich Bach — 1×
  71. Holly Harrison — 1×
  72. J. K. F. Fischer — 1×
  73. Johann Stamitz — 1×
  74. Johann Strauss Jr — 1×
  75. John Dowland — 1×
  76. Josef Suk — 1×
  77. Jules Massenet — 1×
  78. Katia Beaugeais — 1×
  79. Kishi Kōichi — 1×
  80. Léo Delibes — 1×
  81. Leó Weiner — 1×
  82. Leoš Janáček — 1×
  83. Ludovico Einaudi — 1×
  84. Max Richter — 1×
  85. Norman Leyden — 1×
  86. Olivier Messiaen — 1×
  87. Percy Grainger — 1×
  88. Peter Warlock — 1×
  89. Pēteris Vasks — 1×
  90. Piero Castrucci — 1×
  91. Sally Greenaway — 1×
  92. Samuel Barber — 1×
  93. Sergei Prokofiev — 1×
  94. Vittorio Monti — 1×
  95. William Boyce — 1×
  96. Yasushi Akutagawa — 1×

Works

  1. Concerto for Strings in G major, RV.151, "alla rustica" — 3×Antonio Vivaldi
  2. Serenade for Strings — 3×Edward Elgar
  3. Elegy for String Orchestra "In Memoriam Rupert Brooke" — 3×Frederick Septimus Kelly
  4. Suite for Strings — 3×John Rutter
  5. Hoe Down from Rodeo — 2×Aaron Copland
  6. Sinfonietta Op. 52 — 2×Albert Roussel
  7. Concerto in D minor for two violins, cello, strings and continuo, op. 3 no. 11 (L'Estro Armonico), RV 565 — 2×Antonio Vivaldi
  8. Oblivion — 2×Astor Piazzolla
  9. Little Suite, Op. 1 — 2×Carl Nielsen
  10. Sinfonia No 2 — 2×Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  11. The Unanswered Question — 2×Charles Ives
  12. Orfeo ed Euridice — 2×Christoph Willibald Gluck
  13. The Phoenix and the Turtle — 2×Colin Brumby
  14. Serenade for Strings, Op. 11 — 2×Dag Wirén
  15. Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a — 2×Dmitri Shostakovich
  16. Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34 — 2×Edvard Grieg
  17. Concerto for Trumpet and Strings — 2×Eric Ewazen
  18. October — 2×Eric Whitacre
  19. Violin Concerto no. 1 in C major, Hob.VIIa:1 — 2×Franz Joseph Haydn
  20. Liebesleid and Liebesfreud — 2×Fritz Kreisler
  21. Concerto Grosso in D-Major Op. 6 No. 5 — 2×Georg Friedrich Handel
  22. Serenade, for string orchestra no. 1, W.189 — 2×George Antheil
  23. Amadigi di Gaula, HWV.11 — 2×George Frideric Handel
  24. Concerto per il Flauto Solo — 2×Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
  25. St. Paul's Suite, Op. 29 no. 2 — 2×Gustav Holst
  26. Aria for Strings — 2×Halim El-Dabh
  27. Sonata No. 4 from Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes — 2×Heinrich Biber
  28. Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 — 2×Henry Purcell
  29. Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra Op. 40 — 2×Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki
  30. Concerto in d-minor BWV 1052R — 2×Johann Sebastian Bach
  31. Toccata and Fugue in d-minor — 2×Johann Sebastian Bach
  32. Theme from Schindler's List — 2×John Williams
  33. Sanguinary Nyarubuye — 2×Joshua Healey
  34. Berceuse — 2×Ottorino Respighi
  35. Fünf Stücke (Five Pieces) Op. 44 No. 4 — 2×Paul Hindemith
  36. Concerto Grosso No 2 in C minor — 2×Pietro Antonio Locatelli
  37. Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra — 2×Ralph Vaughan Williams
  38. Fantasia — 2×Ralph Vaughan Williams
  39. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis — 2×Ralph Vaughan Williams
  40. Serenade for String Orchestra Op 9 No 1 — 2×Robert Fuchs
  41. Serenade for String Orchestra no. 1 in C major, Op. 62 — 2×Robert Volkmann
  42. Sonata for String Orchestra Op 6 No 2 — 2×Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
  43. Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 — 2×Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  44. Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K.550 — 2×Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  45. Work by Glazunov — 1×Alexander Glazunov
  46. Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a — 1×Anton Arensky
  47. Work by Dvořák — 1×Antonín Dvořák
  48. Concerto for four violins, cello, strings and continuo in B minor, op. 3 no. 10, RV 580 — 1×Antonio Vivaldi
  49. Viola d'amore Concerto in D major, RV.392 — 1×Antonio Vivaldi
  50. Concerto Grosso in G minor, op. 6 no. 8 "fatto per la notte di Natale" — 1×Arcangelo Corelli
  51. Oboe Concerto on Themes by Cimarosa — 1×Arthur Benjamin
  52. Work by Bartók — 1×Béla Bartók
  53. Adagio for Strings, Lament for Kosovo — 1×Betty Beath
  54. An English Suite — 1×C. Hubert H. Parry
  55. Lady Radnor's Suite — 1×C. Hubert H. Parry
  56. Andante and Scherzo — 1×Carl Nielsen
  57. Work by Nielsen — 1×Carl Nielsen
  58. Concerto for Viola — 1×Carl Philipp Stamitz
  59. Orchestral quartet Op.4, No. 1 in C major — 1×Carl Philipp Stamitz
  60. Children's Corner, L.113 — 1×Claude Debussy
  61. Danse sacrée et danse profane, L. 103 — 1×Claude Debussy
  62. La fille aux cheveux de lin (Préludes Book I, no. 8) — 1×Claude Debussy
  63. Variations on Incy Wincy Spider — 1×David Pereira
  64. Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68 — 1×David Popper
  65. Work by De Mondonville — 1×De Mondonville
  66. Romanian Melody — 1×Dick Kattenburg
  67. 24 Preludes, op. 34 — 1×Dmitri Shostakovich
  68. Chanson de Matin — 1×Edward Elgar
  69. Salut d'amour, op. 12 — 1×Edward Elgar
  70. Fast Blue Village 5 — 1×Elena Kats-Chernin
  71. Variation on Arirang — 1×Elena Kats-Chernin
  72. Concerto grosso no. 1, for string orchestra and piano — 1×Ernest Bloch
  73. Sinfonia (String Symphony) no. 10 in B minor, MWV N10 — 1×Felix Mendelssohn
  74. Pieces en Concert — 1×François Couperin
  75. Overturas I — 1×Franz Ignaz Beck
  76. Sinfonie in G major — 1×Franz Xaver Richter
  77. Work by Delius — 1×Frederick Delius
  78. Six Songs of Love and Loss — 1×Frederick Septimus Kelly
  79. Pavane, op. 50 — 1×Gabriel Fauré
  80. Work by Muffat — 1×Georg Muffat
  81. Concerto for two violas in G major, TWV 52:G3 — 1×Georg Philipp Telemann
  82. Ouverture-Suite in D — 1×Georg Philipp Telemann
  83. Overture-Suite in G major "La Bizarre", TWV 55:G2 — 1×Georg Philipp Telemann
  84. Work by Telemann — 1×Georg Philipp Telemann
  85. Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 2 — 1×George Frideric Handel
  86. Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 12 — 1×George Frideric Handel
  87. Harp Concerto in B-flat major, op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294 — 1×George Frideric Handel
  88. Lullaby — 1×Gideon Klein
  89. Divertissement: Trois Pieces Bourgeoises — 1×Graeme Koehne
  90. Shaker Dances — 1×Graeme Koehne
  91. Work on Cambodian democracy — 1×Graeme Koehne
  92. Five Pieces for String Orchestra — 1×Heino Eller
  93. Sonata II in F — 1×Heinrich Bach
  94. Stomp and Slide — 1×Holly Harrison
  95. Le Journal du Printemps, Op. 1 — Suite no. 1 in C major — 1×J. K. F. Fischer
  96. Impromptu for String Orchestra, Op. 5 (arr. of Impromptus Op. 5 nos. 5 & 6) — 1×Jean Sibelius
  97. Suite champêtre, op. 98b — 1×Jean Sibelius
  98. Work by Sibelius — 1×Jean Sibelius
  99. Concerto for 2 violins, strings and continuo in D minor, BWV 1043 — 1×Johann Sebastian Bach
  100. Prelude BWV 855A — 1×Johann Sebastian Bach
  101. Sonata no. 3 for Solo Violin in C major, BWV.1005 — 1×Johann Sebastian Bach
  102. Sinfonia in E-flat major — 1×Johann Stamitz
  103. Sinfonia in G — 1×Johann Stamitz
  104. Radetzky March, Op. 228 — 1×Johann Strauss Jr
  105. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares — Lachrimae Antiquae — 1×John Dowland
  106. Serenade for String Orchestra in E-flat major, Op. 6 — 1×Josef Suk
  107. Méditation from Thaïs — 1×Jules Massenet
  108. Like Snowdrops You Will Shine — 1×Katia Beaugeais
  109. Symphony Buddha — 1×Kishi Kōichi
  110. Work by Delibes — 1×Léo Delibes
  111. Divertimento no. 2 for string orchestra, Op. 24 — 1×Leó Weiner
  112. Suite for String Orchestra — 1×Leoš Janáček
  113. I Giorni — 1×Ludovico Einaudi
  114. Serenade nach schwedischen Melodien — 1×Max Bruch
  115. Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26 — 1×Max Bruch
  116. Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons — 1×Max Richter
  117. Five Greek Dances — 1×Nikos Skalkottas
  118. Greek Dances — 1×Nikos Skalkottas
  119. Serenade for String Orchestra — 1×Norman Leyden
  120. Quatuor pour la fin du temps, I/22 — 1×Olivier Messiaen
  121. Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 3, P.172 — 1×Ottorino Respighi
  122. Pastorale — 1×Ottorino Respighi
  123. Trauermusik — 1×Paul Hindemith
  124. Irish Tune from County Derry — 1×Percy Grainger
  125. Molly on the Shore — 1×Percy Grainger
  126. Capriol Suite — 1×Peter Warlock
  127. Lonely Angel — Meditation for Violin and String Orchestra — 1×Pēteris Vasks
  128. Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 4 — 1×Piero Castrucci
  129. Charterhouse Suite — 1×Ralph Vaughan Williams
  130. Concerto Accademico in D minor for violin and string orchestra — 1×Ralph Vaughan Williams
  131. Work by Volkmann — 1×Robert Volkmann
  132. Balkan-Batik! — 1×Sally Greenaway
  133. Adagio for Strings — 1×Samuel Barber
  134. Feroce — 1×Sergei Prokofiev
  135. Czardas — 1×Vittorio Monti
  136. Symphony no. 2 in A major, op. 2 no. 2 — 1×William Boyce
  137. Triptyque for String Orchestra — 1×Yasushi Akutagawa

Previous concerts

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