Philharmonia String Orchestra
The Philharmonia String Orchestra is a mid-level string orchestra.
This ensemble provides a transition from the Prelude Orchestra to the more difficult repertoire that is performed by the Concert Orchestra. The group performs selected repertoire for string orchestra, and joins with the Philharmonia Orchestral Winds ensemble at selected concerts during the season to give its members experience in playing literature for full orchestra.
Sample Repertoire
- IPPOLITOV-IVANOV Caucasian Sketches
- GRAINGER Irish Tune from Country Derry
- GRUNDMAN American Folk Rhapsody
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Great Gate of Kiev, Pictures at an Exhibition
- SHORE Symphonic Suite from Lord of the Rings
- LLOYD WEBBER Selections from The Phantom of the Opera
- PROKOFIEV Montagues and Capulets, Romeo and Juliet
- DVORAK Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 8
- CHANCE Variations on a Korean Folk Song
- SAINT-SAËNS Bacchanale, Samson & Delilah