Espresso Ensemble
Pretoria | South Africa

Our repertoire


Our repertoire consists of some Bach, a few Mozart divertimenti, and other well-known classical music. We also have a couple of light-hearted items and medleys from musicals and various other lighter music.

  • Pachelbel - Canon in D
  • Jeremiah Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary
  • Bach - Four Pieces from the Orchestral Suite No. 3. in D Major, BWV 1068:
    • Gavotte
    • Bourrée
    • Air (Famous Air on G String)
    • Gigue
  • Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Cantata, BWV 147
  • JC Bach - Allegro from Quartet in D Major
  • Boccherini - Minuet & trio from String Quintet in E Major, No 5, Op. 13
  • Mozart - Divertimento in D Major (KV136):
    • Allegro
    • Andante
    • Presto
  • Mozart - Divertimento in F Major (KV138):
    • Allegro
    • Andante
  • Mozart - Serenade (Eine kleine Nachtmusik) (KV252):
    • Allegro
    • Romanze
    • Minuetto
    • Rondo
  • Beethoven - Finale (Famous Ode to Joy) from 9th Symphony
  • Mendelssohn - Wedding march
  • Chopin - Prelude in B Minor, No 6, Op. 28
  • Wagner - Bridal march
  • Jacques Offenbach - Barcarolle
  • Edward Elgar - Salut D'amour
  • Scott Joplin
    • The entertainer
    • Country Club
    • Pineapple rag
  • Rameau-Kreisler - Tambourin
  • Enrico Toselli - Rimpianto
  • Carlos Gardel - Por una Cabeza (Made famous by the tango in the movie Scent of a Woman)
  • Rodgers and Hammerstein
    • Oklahoma! Do-re-mi medley
    • The sound of music
    • My favourite things
    • The Surrey with the fringe on top
  • Harold Arlen - Somewhere, over the rainbow
  • Ronald Binge - Elizabethan Serenade
  • Klaus-Günter Neumann, Ernst Bader, Ralf Arnie, and Gene Martyn - Tulips from Amsterdam
  • George David Weis and George Douglas - What a wonderful world
  • Bert Kaempfert - Spanish Eyes
  • John Kander - New York, New York
  • Arr. Daniel Scott - African-American spiritual songs
    • Nobody knows
    • Wallace Willis - Swing low, sweet chariot
    • Marshall Bartholomew and Ralph Flanagan - Joshua fought the battle of Jericho
  • John Barry - Born Free
  • Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
  • Billy Joel - Piano man
  • Chris de Burgh
    • Snows of New York
    • So beautiful
  • Matt Redman and Jonas Myrin - 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)