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Past Season: 2022-2023


October 23, 2022
John Walz, cello soloist
Scott Seaton, guest conductor

William Bolcom
Commedia for (Almost) 18th Century Orchestra

Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61

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January 15, 2023
William White, guest conductor
Rachel Lee Priday, violin soloist

Gioachino Rossini
Overture to The Barber of Seville

Joseph White
Violin Concerto in F# minor

Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 in A major (Italian)
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February 5, 2023
Daniel O'Bryant, guest conductor
Steven Moeckel, violin soloist

Adam Schoenberg
Canto

Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G major
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April 2, 2023
Sterling Elliott, cello soloist
Janna Hymes, guest conductor

Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga
Los esclavos felices: Overture

Camille Saint-Saëns
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
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Past Season: 2021-2022


October 10, 2021
Laura Jackson - Guest Conductor
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture, Op.26
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op. 25
Ray Ushikubo, guest artist - piano

Saint-Saens Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
Ray Ushikubo, guest artist - violin
Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in Bb Major, Op. 60
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November 7, 2021
Copland An Outdoor Overture
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Jeffrey Swann, guest artist - piano

Barber First Essay, Op.12
Vaughn Williams The Lark Ascending
Desmond Siu, soloist - violin
Still Wood Notes
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January 16, 2022 (Concert
was cancelled).

Coleridge-Taylor Four Novelletten, Op.52
White Violin Concerto in F# minor
​Rachel Barton Pine, guest artist - violin

Hertel Concerto in Eb Major for Oboe and Trumpet
Ruth Solin, soloist - oboe
Cindy Gould, soloist - trumpet
Sibelius Pelleas and Melisande Suite, Op. 46
Rachel Barton Pine 2022
April 10, 2022
Mozart Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major
Nikolette LaBonte, guest artist - horn

Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite after Pergolesi
Corigliano Elegy
Saint-Saens Morceau de Concert, Op. 94
Nikolette LaBonte, guest artist - horn
Kabalevsky The Comedians Suite, Op. 26
Nikolette LaBonte 2022
May 8, 2022
Mozart Overture to the Magic Flute, K620
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Cicely Parnas, guest artist - cello

Hertel Concerto in Eb Major for Trumpet and Oboe
Haydn Symphony No, 45 in F# minor "Farewell"
Cicely Parnas 2022

Past Season: 2020-2021


May 2, 2021
Clara Schumann Piano Concerto
Samuel Xu, piano soloist
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Schubert Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”
Mozart Overture to Don Giovanni
Verdi La Traviata Prelude to Act III

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April 11, 2021
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Ethan Yang, emerging artist and violin soloist

Lalo Divertissement
Rossini Overture to the Italian Girl in Algiers

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Past Season: 2019 - 2020


Preseason - Special Collaboration Concert Event

October 12, 2019, 7:00 pm
"Beethoven in the Movies"


Sedona International Film Festival and the Sinfonietta join together for a unique blend of film and live music.

Beethoven’s life, loves and tribulations as seen in film and through his music performed live by the Sinfonietta.

Film clips from Immortal Beloved, Eroica, In Search of Beethoven, Copying Beethoven, Beethoven Lives Upstairs.

Music excerpts from Beethoven’s 1st, 6th, 7th and 9th symphonies, “Emperor” Piano Concerto, Missa Solemnis, “Fur Elise”,” Kreutzer” Violin Sonata.


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"Secrets Unmasked" - November 18, 2019
Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1
in E b Major, Op. 107
with guest artist Cicely Parnas, cello
"Velvety sound, articulate passagework, and keen imagination"
(The New York Times)

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
Overture in C Major

Saint-Saëns
Tarantelle, Op. 6  for flute, clarinet & orchestra

Dvořák
Czech Suite in D Major, Op. 39

Cicely-Parnas
"Northern Lights" - February 9, 2020
Sibelius Humoresques No. 5 & 6, Op. 89c & d

​Amanda Rontgen-Maier Violin Concerto in D minor
with guest artist Gregory Maytan, violin

Jarnefelt Praeludium
Grieg Symphony No. 1 in C minor


Gregory-Mayta
"Emerging Artist" - March 29, 2020
Concert canceled due to the pandemic.
Mozart Horn Concerto No. 1 in D,
Saint-Saëns Morceau de concert, Op. 94
with guest artist Nikolette LaBonte, horn

Louise Farrenc Overture No. 1 
Kabalevsky Comedians Suite
Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite
Nikolette LaBonte

Past Season: 2018 - 2019


"Spanish Nights" - November 18, 2018
Craig Yarbrough
Sarasate Zigeunerweisen
Rachel Butherus, violin soloist

Rodrigo Fantasía para un gentilhombre      
Craig Yarbrough, guitar soloist


Chabrier Habanera

Copland Three Latin-American Sketches

Granados Goyescas: Intermezzo

Falla Noches en los jardines de España

"Sweet Melodies" - February 10, 2019
Yevgeny Kutik
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E Minor
Yevgeny Kutik, violin soloist


Debussy Petite Suite

Brahms Serenade No. 1 in D Major

"Emerging Artist" - April 7, 2019
Echo Wang
Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16
Echo Wang, piano soloist


Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Rossini William Tell Overture
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf

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PO Box 4672
Sedona, AZ 86340
Voicemail Phone: (928) 282-3066

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