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Past Concerts

The orchestra typically presents three concerts a year, performing mostly works from the classical symphonic repertoire and occasionally contemporary music. Concerts from our recent seasons have included:
Mélomane (music lover)

Sat Feb 18 2023

Mélomane (music lover)

Parkdale United Church

Conductor:

John Kraus

Soloist(s): 

  • Franck - Symphony in D Minor

  • Bizet - Selection from Carmen

  • Saint-Saëns - Danse Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah

A Night at the Movies

Sat Nov 19 2022

A Night at the Movies

Parkdale United Church

Conductor:

John Kraus

Soloist(s): 

  • Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra

  • Mozart - 25th Symphony, 1st Movement

  • Arr. Carl Strommen - Salute to the Cinema

  • John Williams - Schindler's List

  • Howard Shore - Lord of the Rings

  • Trevor Duncan - The Girl from Corsica

  • John Williams - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber - Phantom of the Opera

  • Arr. Victor Lopez - James Bond Medley

  • Khachaturian - Spartacus Suite No. 2, Adagio

  • Claude-Michel Schönberg - Les Misérables

  • John Williams - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

June Medley

Sat June 4 2022

June Medley

Parkdale United Church

Conductor:

Claudine Gamache

Soloist(s): 

  • Cole Porter - Overture from Can-Can

  • Bach - Passacaglia

  • Beethoven -  Coriolan Overture

  • Bach - Chorale

  • Reconstructed Symphony:

  1. Schubert - Unfinished Symphony, 1st movement

  2. Elgar - Nimrod (from Enigma Variations)

  3. Tchaikovsky - 6th Symphony, 2nd movement

  4. Dvorak - 9th Symphnoy, 4th movement

Picture This!

Sat Mar 26 2022

Picture This!

Parkdale United Church

Conductor:

John Kraus

Soloist(s): 

  • Canadian National Anthem

  • Ukrainian National Anthem

  • Michael Nunes - Sunrise

  • Robert Farnon - A La Claire Fontaine

  • Rossini - La Gazza Ladra Overture

  • Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

Parkdale is BACK!

Sat Nov 20 2021

Parkdale is BACK!

Parkdale United Church

Conductor:

Claudine Gamache

Soloist(s): 

  • Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

  • Mozart - Gran Partita (Adagio)

  • Dukas - Fanfare from "La Péri"

  • Holst - Second Suite in F for Military Band

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