Past Guitar Orchestra Concerts


2016-2017 Season

December 9, 2016, Advent Lutheran Church
BACH Concerto for Violin, BWV 1041 (arr. J. Sagebiel; Federico Diaz, soloist)
HAND Chorale
IRWIN Unsung Hymn for a Friend
TAKUMA Mist

May 13, 2017, DiMenna Center for Classical Music
GYAN RILEY Landloper (premiere)
HAND Chorale
IRWIN Unsung Hymn for a Friend
TAKUMA Mist

May 20, 2017, Queens New Music Festival
GYAN RILEY Landloper
HAND Chorale
IRWIN Unsung Hymn for a Friend
TAKUMA Mist
PIESLAK Ambienspheres
ANDERSON Folksongs

2015-2016 Season

December 18, 2015, Tenri Cultural Institute
ASSAD Magentic Trance
CHARLTON Inner Voices
HART Granada
PARISI Guitar Brigade

May 13, 2016, DiMenna Center for Classical Music
OPPEDISANO Two of a Kind for classical guitar duo and classical guitar ensemble; featuring the Riverside Guitar Duo (Matthew Kaplan and Matthew Pidi) (premiere)
SANDRESKY Opening for guitar ensemble (premiere)
SAGEBIEL Bachivanas (premiere)
HART Granada
PARISI Guitar Brigade
CHARLTON Inner Voices
ASSAD Magnetic Trance

2014-2015 Season

September 7, 2014, LIC Sunset Concert Series
BACH Concerto for Violin in E Major, BWV 1042 (arr. J. Sagebiel; John Olson, soloist)
VIVALDI Concert for Lute and Viola d’Amore, RV 540 (arr. J. Sagebiel; Magdalena Garbalinska and Joseph Parisi, soloists)
EUSTIS How Slowly, All of a Sudden
IRWIN Unsung Hymn for a Friend

October 25, 2014, DiMenna Center for Classical Music
BACH Concerto for Violin in E Major, BWV 1042 (arr. J. Sagebiel; John Olson, soloist)
EUSTIS How Slowly, All of a Sudden

December 13, 2014, DiMenna Center for Classical Music
Winter Baroque Concert with string orchestra and singers from the Art Song Preservation Society
BACH Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041 (arr. for guitar orchestra and string orchestra by J. Sagebiel; Magdalena Garbalinska, violin solo)
BACH Concerto In E Major, BWV 1042 (arr. for guitar orchestra by J. Sagebiel; John Olson, guitar solo)
MONTEVERDI Selections from L’Orfeo (arr. for guitar orchestra and string orchestra by J. Sagebiel; soloists from the Art Song Preservation Society)

May 15, 2015, DiMenna Center for Classical Music
JOÃO LUIZ Three Brazilian Pieces for Guitar Orchestra (world premiere)
FRANK BRICKLE Notes for a Concerto Grosso (world premiere)
DAVID LOEB Concerto for Four Guitars and Guitar Orchestra (world premiere)
JOSEPH PARISI Guitar Brigade (world premiere)
FRANK BRICKLE Midnight Round
PAT IRWIN Unsung Hymn for a Friend
JOSHUA EUSTIS How Slowly, All of a Sudden

2013–2014 Season

December 13, 2013, Advent Lutheran Church
HART Granada
EUSTIS How Slowly, All of a Sudden
DOMENICONI Vier Stücke für vier Gitarren
PRAETORIUS Terpischore Suite
VIVALDI Concerto for Lute and Viola d’Amore, RV 540 (arr. J. Sagebiel; Yishai Fisher and Joseph Parisi, soloists)
BACH Concerto for Violin in E Major, BWV 1042 (arr. J. Sagebiel; John Olson, soloist)

May 16, 2014, DiMenna Center for Classical Music
YORK Catwalk (world premiere)
ASSAD Magnetic Trance (world premiere)
CHARLTON Inner Voices (world premiere)
DOMENICONI Vier Stücke für vier Gitarren
PIAZZOLLA L’Evasion
VIVALDI Concerto for Lute and Viola d’Amore, RV 540 (arr. J. Sagebiel; Yishai Fisher and Joseph Parisi, soloists)
BACH Concerto for Violin in E Major, BWV 1042 (arr. J. Sagebiel; John Olson, soloist)

2012–2013 Season

December 2, 2012, DiMenna Center for Classical Music
TAKUMA Mist
PIESLAK Ambienspheres

December 22, 2012, Advent Lutheran Church
BACH Sheep May Safely Graze (Cantata 208), Siciliana (BWV 1031)
CORELLI Christmas Concerto (Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 8, Per la notte di Natale)
PRAETORIUS Terpischore Suite
LENNON-McCARTNEY Yesterday
TAKUMA Mist
PIESLAK Ambiensperes

May 10, 2013, Baruch Performing Arts Center
FREDERIC HAND Chorale (world premiere)
PAT IRWIN Unsung Hymn for a Friend (world premiere)
JOSHUA EUSTIS How Slowly, All of a Sudden (world premiere)
ALAN HIRSH A New Dawn
CORELLI Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 8

May 17, 2013, LIC Open Arts Festival
FREDERIC HAND Chorale
PAT IRWIN Unsung Hymn for a Friend
JOSHUA EUSTIS How Slowly, All of a Sudden
ALAN HIRSH A New Dawn
CORELLI Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 8

August 15 and 29, 2013, LentSpace at Hudson Square
Presented by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Members of the NYCGO in quartet versions of:
FREDERIC HAND Chorale
PAT IRWIN Unsung Hymn for a Friend
CORELLI Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 8
PRAETORIUS Terpischore Suite
DAVE HART Granada
JOSEPH PARISI Quartet
JONATHAN PIESLAK Ambienspheres

2011–2012 Season

May 11, 2012, Tenri Cultural Institute
HART Granada (world premiere)
ANDERSON Folksongs (world premiere)
TAKUMA Mist (world premiere)
PIESLAK Ambienspheres (world premiere)
PARISI Quartet
Popular song arrangements by SAGEBIEL and AGOSTINI

2010–2011 Season

May 6, 2011, Tenri Cultural Institute
HANDEL (arr. SAGEBIEL) The Water Music: Andante
PRAETORIUS Terpischore Suite: Courante, Bouree, Spagnoletta, Ballet
DESPREZ (arr. SAGEBIEL) Missa Pange Lingua Gloriosi: Kyrie and Gloria
BRICKLE Midnight Round
RAVEL (arr. SAGEBIEL) Ma mère l’oye: Pavane
And duos, trios, and quartets by J.S. BACH, TELEMANN and TRADITIONAL (arr. THORLAKSSON)

Photo by Mark Greenberg