2012/2013 Season

Dear Music Lovers,
Join us for our exciting 2012-2013 season. We have five exhilarating programs planned including winners from the North York Music Festival, our popular traditional Christmas event, a night of award winning movie themes, Russian masterpieces including pianist Arthur Ozolins performing Rachmaninoff's revered 3rd Piano Concerto, and a finale of opera highlights in celebration of Verdi's 200th Anniversary. Please reserve these five Fridays and enjoy a wonderful season of orchestral music in our very own community.

Warmly,
Sabatino Vacca, Music Director

Concerts

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Youthful Exuberance

8:00 pm, Friday, October 26, 2012

Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
Ludwig van Beethoven
Allegro con brio from Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Allegro moderato from Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vivace from Piano Concerto No. 1 in F# minor, Op. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
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Winter Wonderland and Auction

8:00 pm, Friday, December 7, 2012

Seasonal selections and classical favourites sure to put you in the Holiday Spirit.

Georges Bizet
Farandole from L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro maestoso from Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major, K. 313, 1st mvmt
César Franck
Panis Angelicus
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Polonaise from Christmas Eve Suite
Charles Gounod
Ave Maria
Émile Waldteufel
Les Patineurs
Leroy Anderson
Sleigh Ride
Otto Nicolai
Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
Albert Hague
You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker
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Oscar Winners: Music From the Movies

8:00 pm, Friday, February 22, 2013

Come and enjoy your favourite hits from the movies as we take you on a blockbuster musical journey! Selections will include music from some of Hollywood's greatest films along with popular classical works used in the movies.

John Williams
Main Title from Star Wars
Ennio Morricone
Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission
Ludwig van Beethoven
Allegretto from Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Jerry Goldsmith
Main Theme from Star Trek
John Williams
Theme from Schindler's List
Gustav Holst
Jupiter from The Planets
Elmer Bernstein
Concert Suite from The Magnificent Seven
Henry Mancini
A Tribute to Mancini
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to The Magic Flute
Hans Zimmer
Symphonic Highlights from Pirates of the Caribbean
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Russian Spectacular

8:00 pm, Friday, April 5, 2013

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
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Viva Verdi

8:00 pm, Friday, May 24, 2013

Opera highlights to celebrate Verdi's 200th anniversary. Selections will include the Triumphal March and Ballet music from Aida, La Traviatta, Il Trovatore as well as Va Pensiero from Nabucco. This spectacular evening features our special guest Canadian tenor Richard Margison with the Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra and 80 voice Chorus.

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