Past Seasons

Music of the Night

Concert 1: Dawn in America

Sunday, October 9, 2016, 3:00 PM

McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, California

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor
Dale Wolford, alto saxophone
Beth Delaney Miller, soprano Printed program

  • The Star-Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key
  • Suite of Old American Dances Robert Russell Bennett
    Western One-Step
    Schottische
    Cake Walk
  • Foster’s America David Gillingham
    A Penny for Your Thoughts (1861)
    Beautiful Dreamer (1862)
    If You’ve Only Got a Moustache (1864 )/Gentle Lena Clare (1862)
  • Woodland Sketches Edward MacDowell
    To a Wild Rose
    In Autumn
    At an Old Trysting-Place
    From Uncle Remus
  • Tribute to Rudy Wiedoeft arr. Gunther Schuller
    Valse Erica
    Saxarella
    Saxophobia
    Dale Wolford, alto saxophone
  • The Sunflower Slow Drag Scott Joplin, arr. Schuller
    The SJWS Ragtime Ensemble
  • The Cascades Scott Joplin, arr. Schuller
    The SJWS Ragtime Ensemble
  • American Hymnsong Suite Dwayne S. Milburn, arr. Utterback, Kuykendall
    Prelude on “Wonderous Love”
    Ballad on “Balm in Gilead”
    Sherzo on “Nettleton”
    March on “Wilson”
  • “Romany Life” from The Fortune Teller Victor Herbert, arr. Barrow
    Beth Delaney Miller, soprano
  • “Italian Street Song” from Naughty Marietta Victor Herbert, arr. Barrow
    Beth Delaney Miller, soprano
  • Easter Monday on the White House Lawn John Philip Sousa, ed. Rogers
Past Seasons

Music of the Night

Concert 2: The Night Before Christmas

Sunday, December 4, 2016, 3:00 PM

McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, California

Dr. Jeffrey Benson, guest conductor
Andrew Metzger, tenor
San Jose State University Choir
Saratoga High School Choir Printed program

  • Jingle Them Bells James Pierpont, arr. Giroux
  • Minor Alterations No. 2 David Lovrien
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on High Arr. Leif Strand and Olov Helge, adapt. Dawson
  • One Torch, Two Women, Three Ships and Men Rejoicing a.. Julie Giroux
  • The Eighth Candle Steve Reisteter
  • A Stocking Full of Composers Julie Giroux
  • Comfort Ye Georg Friedrich Handel, arr. Rondeau
    Andrew Metzger, tenor
  • Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted Georg Friedrich Handel, arr. Rondeau
    Andrew Metzger, tenor
  • Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah Georg Friedrich Handel, arr. Rondeau
    San Jose State and Saratoga HS Choirs
  • Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson
Past Seasons

Music of the Night

Concert 3: Downton Abbey After Dark

Sunday, March 5, 2017, 3:00 PM

McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, California

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor Printed program

  • “Rondeau” from Sinfonies of Fanfares Jean-Joseph Mouret, arr. Kaisershot
  • Vanity Fair Percy Fletcher, ed. Karrick
  • Army of the Nile Kenneth Alford, arr. Fennell
  • “Mars” from The Planets Gustav Holst
  • Pineapple Poll Arthur Sullivan, arr. Mackerras
    Opening Number
    Jasper's Dance
    Poll's Dance
    Finale
  • Handel in the Strand Percy Grainger, arr. Goldman
  • Enigma Variations Edward Elgar, arr. Slocum
  • Crown Imperial March William Walton, arr. Futhoit
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Music of the Night

Concert 4: California Dreamin'

Sunday, May 7, 2017, 3:00 PM

McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, California

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor Printed program

  • Chamarita! Roger Nixon
  • The Pathfinder of Panama March John Philip Sousa, ed. Byrne
  • Sonoran Desert Holiday Ron Nelson
  • Gold-Rush Rag Stephen Kent Goodman
  • El Camino Real Alfred Reed
  • California Dreamin' J. Phillips, arr. Holcombe
  • San Andreas Landscapes Rossano Galante
  • Beach Boys Forever arr. Jerry Brubaker
  • The Music of Disneyland arr. Jerry Brubaker
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Music of the Night

Concert 5: Fantastic Fourth!

Tuesday, July 4, 2017, 1:15 PM PM

Oak Meadow Park, Los Gatos, California

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor Printed program

  • Program To be announced