14 August 2022

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6 November 2022

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9 May 2021

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15 August 2021

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21 November 2021

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21 November 2020

Aldersgate

• Beethoven:  Symphony 5: movement 1
• Mozart:  Piano Concerto No 20, K466: movement 1
• Grieg:  Norwegian Dances Op. 35
• Rossini:  William Tell Overture: Finale
• Vivaldi:  Four Seasons: Winter
• Friedmann:  Slavonic Rhapsody
• Sibelius:  Symphony No 2: Finale

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​18 May 2019

The Piano

• Offenbach:  Overture Orpheus in the Underworld
• Beethoven:  Romance in F major for violin and orchestra
• Brahms:  Symphony No 2 in D major

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18 August 2019

The Piano

• Verdi:  Sinfonia to Nabucco
• Mozart:  Sinfonia Concertante K364: movement 1
• Mussorgsky:  Night on a Bald Mountain
• Poulenc (orch Francaix):  L'Histoire de Babar
• Saint-Saëns:  Carnival of the Animals Suite

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24 November 2019

The Piano

• Donizetti:  Overture La fille du regiment
• Weber:  Clarinet Concerto 1
• Strauss J II:  Roses from the south - Valse
• Grieg:  Symphonic Dances Op 64

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13 May 2018

The Piano

• Rimsky-Korsakov:  Procession  of the Nobles
• Hoffmeister:  Viola Concerto in D major
• Tchaikovsky:  Symphony 5 in E minor

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12 August 2018

Charles Luney Auditorium

• Rossini:  Thieving Magpie Overture
• Tchaikovsky:  Dance of the Cygnets, Swan Lake
• Saint-Saëns:  The Swan from Carnival of the Animals
• Hodges:  A Fantail in Paradise
• Beethoven:  Symphony 6 in D: movement 2
• McLeod:  The Emperor and the Nightingale
• Delius:  On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
• Ritchie J:  Turkey in the Straw

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11 November 2018

The Piano

• Debussy:  Marche Ecossaise
• Debussy:  Reverie
• Ritchie J:  The Snow Goose
• Granados:  Three Spanish Dances
• Vaughan Williams:  Norfolk Rhapsody 1
• Debussy:  Symphonie in B minor: Finale

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7 May 2017

The Piano

• Sibelius:  Intermezzo from Karelia Suite
• Addinsell:  Warsaw Concerto
• Prokofiev:  Lieutenant Kije suite
• Beethoven:  Symphony 9 - Scherzo
• Mozart:  Piano Concerto K467 - Andante
• Handel:  Sarabande from Suite XI
• Strauss, J II:  An der schonen blauen Donau

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13 August 2017

The Piano

• von Suppé:  Poet and Peasant Overture
• Weber:  Clarinet Concerto 1 in F minor
• Gade:  Symphony 1 Op. 5

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12 November 2017

The Piano

• Copland:  Four dance episodes from Rodeo.
• Viotti:  Violin concerto 23 in G: movement 1
• Moncayo:  Huapango
• Ginastera :  Danzas del Ballet "Estancia"

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15 May 2016

Christchurch North Methodist Church

• Norman:  In the Park
• Grieg :  Morning Mood from Peer Gynt
• Vivaldi:  Winter & Summer from Four Seasons
• Debussy:  Nuages from Trois Nocturnes
• Ritchie A:  Te Hau-A-Kaiaua
• Sculthorpe:  Sun Music II 'Ketjak'
• Beethoven:  Symphony 6: Movements 3 & 4
• Strauss, Johan:  Thunder & Lightning Polka

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21 August 2016

The Piano

• Ritchie J:  Papanui Road Overture.
• Mendelssohn:  Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64
• Tchaikovsky:  Symphony 2

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20 November 2016

The Piano

• Dvořák:  Overture 'Othello'
• Lilburn:  Canzona 1
• Tchaikovsky:  Ophelia's scenes and Funeral, Hamlet
• Debussy:  Fanfare from 'Musiques pour Le Roi Lear'
• Purcell:  Chaconne from 'The Fairy Queen'
• Mendelssohn:  Nocturne from 'A Midsummers Night Dream'
• Gounod:  Waltz and Stefano's aria from 'Romeo and Juliet'
• Delius:  Walk to Paradise Gardens

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17 May 2015

Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Ritchie A:  A Shakespeare Overture
• Spohr:  Notturno for Winds
• Vivaldi:  Spring from Four Seasons (Concerto No 1 in E major, Op. 8)
• Dvořák:  Symphony No 6 in D

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23 August 2015

Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Sullivan:  Mikado Overture
• Arutiunian:  Trumpet Concerto A flat major
• Grieg:  Norwegian Dances Op. 35
• Khachaturian:  Waltz from Masquerade
• Tchaikovsky:  Slavonic March, Op. 31

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28 November 2015

Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Anderson, Leroy:  A Christmas Festival
• Fischer, JC:  Oboe Concerto in C
• Lilburn:  Suite for Orchestra
• Berwald:  Symphony 3

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18 May 2014

Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Suppé:  Light Cavalry Overture
• Bach, JC/Casadesus:  Viola Concerto
• Berkeley/Britten:  Mont Juic' Catalan Dance Suite
• Mendelssohn:  War March of the Priests
• Adams, Chris:  Echoed Memories
• Tchaikovsky:  1812 Overture

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17 August 2014

Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Mozart:  Abduction from the Seraglio
• Lalo:  Symphonie Espagnole
• Luigini:  Suite from Ballet Egyptien
• Cui  (arr Cheeseman):  Orientale
• Woodford:  Kashmiri Song
• Rimsky-Korsakov:  Song of India
• Borodin:  In the Steppes of Central Asia
• Saint-Saëns:  Bacchanale from 'Samson et Dalila'

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29 November 2014

Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Dvořák:  Slavonic Rhapsody 1 Op. 45
• Hodges:  Tall Pygmies
• Prokofiev:  Piano Concerto 1 Op. 10
• Grenfell:  River Mountain Sky
• Sibelius:  Karelia Suite,  Op. 11

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11 May 2013

Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Norman:  Friendship Haiku
• Bruch:  Violin Concerto 1 in G minor Op. 26
• Dvořák:  Symphony 8 in G major, Op. 88

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18 August 2013

Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Strauss, Richard:  Also Sprach Zarathustra: introduction
• Farquhar:  Ring Around the Moon Suite
• Holst:  The Planets: Mars, Jupiter
• Custer:  Star Trek through the Years
• Marshall:  Hikurangi Sunrise
• Sousa: Beneath the Southern Cross
• Williams: Theme from Star Wars

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23 November 2013

Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Glazunov:  Saxophone Concerto Op. 109
• Wagner:  Good Friday Spell
• Ippolitov-Ivanov:  Caucasian Sketches Op. 10

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13 May 2012

Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Britten:  Matinees Musicales
• Vaughan Williams:  Oboe Concerto
• Lilburn:  Symphony 2

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19 August 2012

Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Quilter:  A Children's Overture
• Massenet:  Meditation from 'Thaïs'.
• Beethoven:  Turkish March from 'The Ruins of Athens'.
• Offenbach:  Galop Infernal.  (Can Can)
• Britten:  The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
• Saint-Saëns:  Bacchanale from 'Samson et Dalila'

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24 November 2012

Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Beethoven:  Coriolanus Overture
• Saint-Saëns:  Piano Concerto 2,  Op. 22
• Walton:  Suite from Henry V
• Britten:  Men of Goodwill

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12 April 2011

Canterbury Horticultural Hall

• Verdi:  Triumphal March from Aida
• Elgar:  King Arthur Suite
• Greig:  Peer Gynt Suite 1 Op. 46
• Badelt:  Medley from Pirates of the Caribbean

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14 August 2011

Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Rossini:  Overture to La Gazza Ladra
• Vivaldi:  Spring from Four Seasons (Concerto 1 in E major, Op. 8)
• Shepherd:  Kitty's Three Piece Suite
• Strauss, Johan:  Overture to Die Fledermaus
• Ritchie J:  Turkey in the Straw
• Rossini:  Duetto buffo di due gatti 'Cat Duet'.
• Saint-Saëns:  Carnival of the Animals

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26 November 2011

Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Ritchie A:  Te Hau-a-Kaiaua
• Rosauro:  Saudacao from Concerto for Marimba
• Coleridge Taylor:  Christmas Overture
• Tchaikovsky:  Symphony 3 in D,  Op. 29

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8 May 2010

​Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Sibelius: Finlandia,  Opus 26
• Vaughan Williams: Five variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'.
• Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso,  Opus 28
• Lilburn: Symphony No 1

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15 August 2010

Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
• Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto
• Patterson: Little Red Riding Hood

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​27 November 2010

Villa Maria College Auditorium

• Rossini:  Overture to 'The Barber of Seville'.
• Granados:  Villanesca
• Mozart:  Flute Concerto in G
• Rodrigo:  Adagio for Wind Orchestra
• Albéniz:  Tango in D
• Chabrier:  España

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List of previous concerts from 1952 here