2025-2026 Season
O mágnum mystérium: The Great Mystery
Sunday, October 12, 2025
4 PM
Rhinebeck Reformed Church
Rhinebeck, NY
Erehwon Ensemble’s 21 musicians offer an evening of colorful string orchestra music curated by Conductor and Music Director David Rudge. Don’t miss this unique concert experience with selections ranging from the Italian Baroque to Romantic era favorites by Dvořák and Grieg to solo improvisations over the beautiful O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen.
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for Strings in C Major
Anton Arensky - Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
Antonín Dvořák – Nocturne, Op. 40
Felix Mendelssohn – String Symphony No. 2
Morten Lauridsen - O Magnum Mysterium
Edvard Grieg - Holberg Suite
America the Beautiful:
All-American String Orchestra Music
Sunday, February 22, 2026
4 PM
Rhinebeck Reformed Church
Rhinebeck, NY
Join us for a special program of string orchestra music by composers of our own country. From a hymn by Charles Ives, Samuel Barber’s lush Serenade, and Aaron Copland’s fiddle inspired “Hoedown” to beautiful and varied works by less well-known but diverse American voices including Rhiannon Giddens, Robert Moran, Jennifer Higdon, and Alan Hovhaness, you won’t want to miss this captivating and imaginative exploration of home-grown music!
Jennifer Higdon – To the Point
Samuel Barber – Serenade, Op. 1
Charles Ives – Hymn and Scherzo
Elliot Carter – Elegy
Alan Hovhaness – Celestial Fantasy
Robert Moran – Music from The Tower’s of the Moon
Rhiannon Giddens - At the Purchaser’s Option with variations
Aaron Copland – “Hoedown” from Rodeo