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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:
Breaking Away

Sat Feb 7 2015

Breaking Away

Parkdale United Church

Conductor:

Angus Armstrong

Soloist(s): 

Daniel Wade (cello)

  • Wagner - The Flying Dutchman Overture

  • Saint-Saëns- Cello Concerto in A minor

  • Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World)

Remembrance

Sat Nov 15 2014

Remembrance

Parkdale United Church

Conductor:

Angus Armstrong

Soloist(s): 

Natasha MacDonald (violin), Angus Armstrong (trombone)

  • Michael Kamen - Suite from Band of Brothers

  • Elgar - Nimrod from Enigma Variations

  • F.S. Kelly - Elegy. In Memoriam Rupert Brooke

  • Peter Lawson - Tunes from the Trenches

  • Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man

  • Beethoven - Funeral March from Symphony No. 3

  • G.F. Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks. Overture.

  • Trad. - Amazing Grace

Local Heroes

Sat May 3 2014

Local Heroes

Parkdale United Church

Conductor:

Angus Armstrong

Soloist(s): 

Freya Crawley (violin), Melissa Ramessar (violin) Jennifer Takuski (violin), Paul Caron (clarinet), Nadia Lemaire (piccolo)

  • Vivaldi - Concerto for 3 violins RV 551

  • Ignaz Pleyel - Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Mvt. 3. Rondo

  • Lowell Lieberman - Piccolo concerto

  • Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Music with a Story

Sat Feb 15 2014

Music with a Story

Parkdale United Church

Conductor:

Angus Armstrong

Soloist(s): 

Pierre-Richard Aubin (piano)

  • Prokofieff - Suite from Lieutenant Kije

  • Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1

Music to Die For

Sat Nov 9 2013

Music to Die For

Parkdale United Church

Conductor:

Angus Armstrong

Soloist(s): 

Angus Armstrong (trombone)

  • Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain

  • Ravel, Maurice - Pavane pour une infante defunte

  • Barber, Samuel - Adagio for Strings

  • Saint-Saëns, Camille - Dance Macabre

  • Berlioz, Hector - March to the Scaffold

  • Wagner, Richard - Siegfried's Tod und Trauermarsch

  • Stravinsky, Igor - Firebird Suite  (Dance of King Kashtei and Berceuse/Finale)

  • Trad., Armstrong, Angus, arr - Dem Bones

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