Recent Concerts

Two Wolves and a Tuba, 15th August 2010

Poster of Wolves and Little Red Riding Hood

Villa Maria College Auditorium

..a fun concert for all ages featuring two children’s stories accompanied by orchestra

Programme
Peter and the Wolf (Symphonic Tale for Children)- Prokofiev
Romanza-andante sostenuto from Tuba Concerto, F mi - Vaughan Williams, Soloist Matthew Bennett
Little Red Riding Hood Op.73 - Paul Patterson (For Narrators and orchestra, Adapted from Roald Dahl's 'Revolting Rhymes' by Donald Sturrock)

Guest Artists: St Martins/Cathedral Grammar Schools Orchestra

1st Subscription concert: 8th May 2010

May 10 concert image of the mountains!

Villa Maria College Auditorium

Programme was:
Symphony No. 1 - Lilburn
Introduction & Rhondo Capriccioso - Saint Saëns, Soloist Harry Ellerm
Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus - Vaughan Williams
Finlandia - Sibelius

Guest Artists: Cantabile Choir


A concert with a Festive Theme: 28th November 2009

November 09 A festive concert!

Villa Maria College Auditorium

Programme
Soloist Lydia Harris ­ Mozart Violin Concerto in A maj,
Ritchie's ­Procession ­ inspired by santa parades,
Delius ­ Sleigh Ride,
W A Mozart ­ Sleigh Ride,
Leroy Anderson ­ Sleigh Ride,
Prokofiev ­ Troika (Sleigh Ride),
Tchaiksowsky ­ The Nutcracker Suite,
Hindemith’s ­ Tuttifantchen Suite

Adventures in the Wild West!: 9th August 2009

August 09 Adventures in the Wild West!

Villa Maria College Auditorium

Programme

Copland ­ Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
R V Williams ­ Oboe Concerto, A Min; Soloist: Hazel Nissen
Charles Cadman ­ Four American Indian Songs
Larry Prudon ­Westland Overture
Rogers & Hammerstein ­ Oklahoma Selection
Moross ­ Big Country Movie Theme
Larry Prudon ­Westland Overture
Rossini ­ William Tell Overture
 
Guest group ­ Cobham Chamber Orchestra

9th May 2009

May 09 concert image

Villa Maria College Auditorium

Programme

Sibelius ­ Karelia Suite
Bargiel ­ Adagio for cello & orchestra; Soloist: Jenny Davey
Shostakovich ­ Symphony no.1


22nd November 2008

Nov concert image

Villa Maria College Auditorium

Programme

Capriccio Espagno Op.34 - N. Rimsky-Korsakow
Vltava (Symphonic Poem) - Bedrich Smetana
Pachamama - N Wogan
Estancia Dances Op.8a - Alberto Ginastera
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in C minor/E flat major, op. 26 - Weber , Soloist: Marcus Norman

Guest Artists:CSM Jazz Combo

Adventures on the High Seas: 17th August 2008

Pirate ship

Villa Maria College Auditorium

Programme

Fingal's Cave Overture- Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto- Vivaldi, Soloist: Anno Sugie
IceFlight - Patrick Shepherd
Pirates of Penzance Overture - Sullivan
Sea Pictures, Op37 Nos 2-4 - Elgar, arr Woodhouse
Saxaphone Concerto 2nd Movement- Ronald Binge , Soloist: Carlos Smith Diaz
En Bateau - Debussy
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Neil Diamond, arr Cheeseman
Pirates of the Carribbean - Badelt

Guest Artists: CSM Brass Ensemble

Hunters and Heroes: 5th April 2008

Villa Maria College Auditorium

Programme

Overture La Gai Parisienne - Offenbach/Dorati
Hunter's Moon for Horn & Orchestra - Gilbert Vinter, Soloist Alexander Morton
Morceau de Concert for Horn & Orchestra - Saint-Saens, Soloist Alexander Morton
Symphony No 3 in Eb Major (Eroica) - Beethoven


Sweet November: 24th November 2007

Villa Maria College Auditorium

Programme

Symphony II - Saint Saëns
Concerto for Clarinet and Strings - Biddington Soloist Gretchen Dunsmore
Variations on a Christmas Carol - Brahms
Petite Suite de Concert - S. Coleridge-Taylor

Guest Artists:The Double Reeds

South of the Border: 19th August 2007

Villa Maria College Auditorium,

Programme

Overture from The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
Suite Pastorale - Chabrier
Danzon Cubano - A Copland
Pachacamac - Wogan
Andalucia Suite - Lecuona
Adagio for ViolinCello - Bruch
     Soloist is Rachel Standring (CSM Scholar for 2006)
Guest Artists: Windpower

Seascapes: 6th May 2007

Villa Maria College Auditorium,

Programme

A Song of Islands, Lilburn
Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia, Khachaturian
Shipwreck, Norman. with Hagley Singers
Guest Artists: The Hagley Singers
“Plumsong” Norman
Symphony in G major (VIII symphony), Dvorak
(Allegro con brio; Adagio; Allegro ma non troppo)


Viva Italia! 2nd December 2006

Villa Maria College Auditorium,

Programme

Overture from "La Gazza Ladra" - Rossini
Guest Artists: Chocolatte Trio, Movement from Trio no.2 op.66 - Mendelssohn
Concerto on B flat Major for Violoncello - Boccherini, Soloist Caroline Blackmore
Overture from "Nabucodonosor" - Verdi
"La Danza" - Rossini, Vocal soloist Rachel Doig
Guest Artists: Chocolatte Trio, Movement from Trio no.1 op99- Schubert, Movement from Trio no. 3 op13 - Beethoven
Soireeds Musicales - Britten

Imagined Places: 20th August 2006

Villa Maria College Auditorium,

Programme

Papanui Road Overture- J Ritchie
Flute Concerto no1 K313 - Mozart, Soloist Hugh Roberts
March to the Scaffold - Berlioz
Guest Artists: Christchurch Suzuki Students
Peer Gynt Suite No1 op46 - E Grieg
Slavonic Dance No 4 op46 - A Dvorák

Mistaken Identities: 6th May 2006

Villa Maria College Auditorium,

Programme

Overture to the Opera Genoveva - R Schumann
Concerto for Oboe in C major - Haydn, Soloist Cavin Adams
Guest Artists: Canterbury Opera Youth
Canon and Gigue in D major - J Pachelbel
Sernade in G major -E J Moeran

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