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Orchestra of St. Luke’s

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Among the best-known chamber orchestras in the us, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s was structured in the summertime of 1979 to execute in the Caramoor International Music Event in Katonah, NY. The orchestra grew from the St. Luke’s Chamber Outfit, which was created in 1974 to try out concerts in the Chapel of St. Luke’s within the Areas in New York’s Greenwich Town. Roger Norrington offered because the orchestra’s 1st music movie director (1990-1994); he was been successful by Charles Mackerrass in 1994. The orchestra performs an annual membership series at Carnegie Hall and is a lot involved with Carnegie Hall’s family members concerts and educational applications. They have toured extensively in america, Canada, European countries and Japan, and participates regular out-of-town residencies. The orchestra offers commissioned many compositions (and some dance items) and premiered over 100 fresh works by famous brands John Adams, Joan Tower, Anthony Davis, André Previn, and Nicholas Maw. The orchestra also obtained some notoriety by firmly taking part within the rock and roll group Metallica’s orchestral tour in 1999. The Orchestra of St. Luke’s offers produced over 70 recordings for a number of brands. Two of its recordings around the Nonesuch label have obtained Grammy Honours: John Adams’ Nixon in China, and Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer time of 1915 (with soprano Dawn Upshaw).

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Music Songs Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses, Eros Piano, Fog Tropes, Nixon in China: Act I, Scene I. "The people are the heroes now", Vergnügen und Lust, Gott versorget alles Leben, Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling, Ich bin vergnügt in meinem Leiden, Frühlingslied, Auch mit gedämpften, schwachen Stimmen, Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety, Jesus soll mein erstes Wort, Die Schätzbarkeit der weiten Erde, Zaide, K. 344: "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben", Rodgers: You'll Never Walk Alone, Ich traue seiner Gnaden, Ich esse mit Freuden mein weniges Brot, Ain't Got No Tears Left, Wonderful Town: Wrong Note Rag, Serenade for 13 Winds, K.361 / 370a: I. Largo - Allegro molto, È strano … Ah, fors’è lui … Sempre libera, Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking, Bellini: La Sonnambula / Act 2 - Ah, non credea mirarti, Balcony Scene, Music For Movies, New England Countryside, Kantate No. 36 "Schwingt freudig euch empor", BWV 36, No. 7: Auch mit Gedämpften, schwachen Stimmen, Honey and Rue: I. First I’ll Try Love, The Four Seasons Op. 8 Nos. 1-4, Concerto No. 4 in F minor RV297 : II. Largo, Music For Movies, The Story Of Grover'S Corners, Kantate No. 84 "Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke, das mir der liebe Gott beschert", BWV 84, No. 3: Ich esse mit Freuden mein weniges Brot, The Four Seasons Op. 8 Nos. 1-4, Concerto No. 4 in F minor RV297 : I. Allegro non molto, Messe h-moll, BWV 232, No. 5: Laudamus Te
Albums American Elegies, A Christmas Celebration, Honey and Rue, Fearful Symmetries / The Wound-Dresser, Nixon in China (Orchestra of St. Luke's feat. conductor: Edo De Waart), Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48, Magnificat in D major, BWV 243 / Kantate, BWV 140, Piano Concertos No. 23 (K. 448) and No. 9 (K. 271) (Orchestra of St. Lukes feat. piano: John Browning), Haydn: Symphonies No. 31 & No. 45, Symphonies no. 5 & 6, Vivaldi Concerti and Other Works, Symphonies 31" Hornsignal" & 45 "Farewell", Leonard Bernstein's New York, Keyboard Concertos, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.1, Op. 13 & The Tempest, Op. 18, Four Early Sinfonias (Orchestra of St. Lukes feat. conductor: Dennis Russel Davies), Concertos And Other Works, The Four Seasons, Stravinsky: Histoire Du Soldat Suite - Renard, Johann Sebastian Bach - Arias for Soprano and Violin, Water Music, Aaron Copland: Music For The Theatre, Music For Movies, Quiet City, Clarinet Concerto, Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" / 12 Contredanses, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Serenade for 13 winds, K. 361 / 370a "Gran Partita" (in B-flat major), Stravinsky: Symphony in C - Symphony in 3 Movements - Octet - Dumbarton Oaks, Egmont - Incidental Music, The Four Seasons - Vivaldi, Lost in the Stars (1992 studio cast), Concerto & Sonata for Two Pianos, Symphony no. 101 "The Clock" / Symphony no. 104 "London", Music From 'Nixon in China' (Orchestra of St. Luke's feat. conductor: Edo de Waart), The Bach Album: Arias (Orchestra of St. Luke's feat. conductor: John Nelson, soprano: Kathleen Battle, violin: Itzhak Perlman), Stravinsky the Composer, Volume I (feat. conductor: Robert Craft), Mozart: Symphonies Nos 39 & 41, Appalachian Spring / El Salon Mexico / Old American Songs / Fanfare for the Common Man, Mozart: Serenade In B-flat Major For 13 Winds, "Gran Partita"


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Soundtrack

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Shutter Island 2010 performer: "FOG TROPES" 1982 - as Orchestra of St. Lukes
Io sono l'amore 2009 performer: "The Chairman Dances", "Fearful Symmetries", "Nixon in China: Act I, Scene 1: Beginning", "Nixon in China: Act III: Some Men You Cannot Satisfy", "Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses", "Nixon in China: Act III, Scene 1: Beginning"
The Thin Red Line 1998 performer: "The Unanswered Question" - as The Orchestra of St. Luke's
Run Lola Run 1998 performer: "The Unanswered Question"

Music Department

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Great Performances 2006 TV Series orchestra - 1 episode
Baroque Duet 1992 TV Movie documentary orchestra
Live from Lincoln Center 1990 TV Series orchestra - 1 episode

Self

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Great Performances 2006 TV Series Themselves - Orchestra
Baroque Duet 1992 TV Movie documentary Orchestra
Live from Lincoln Center 1990 TV Series Orchestra

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