Season 16 concert schedule.
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Concert I
Our opening concert of our 16th season will feature a full performance of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, K550, G Minor – Mozart, W.A. (1756-1792) and the premier of a new work by Daniel McConnachie, a Quattro Concertante for Winds. Other works featured are Celtic Suite – J. Palmer and Danzon No.2 – A. Marquez. We are especially pleased to be featuring the inaugural winner of The Kiwanis Music Festival’s Concerto Competition. Guest Soloist: Violetta Kurkurina will perform the first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto #1.
Concert 2 – Christmas Concert
Our featured artists are Kingston’s own Melodia Choir – directed by Stella ter Hart.
Selections to be performed are A Christmas Festival – L. Anderson, a holiday favourite, the Nutcracker Suite No.1, op.71a – Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich and presenting the second winner of the Kiwanis Concerto Competition Guest Soloist: Ronan Hendry performing Cello Concerto No 1 in C Major – F. J. Haydn. Other featured works are A Welsh Lullaby – Palmer, Various Themes on Fa La La, The Friendly Beasts/Away in the Manger and Hansel and Gretel Prelude – E. Humperdinck. Finally what would a holiday concert be without a sing-along of holiday favourites.
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Concert 3
Our featured artist is our own Concert Master Andrew Dicker performing The Four Seasons Nos. 1-4 – A. Vivaldi. Other works are La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) Overture – G. Rossini. The Nightingale – Deborah Henson-Conant featuring our harpist Pauline Vaughan and finally Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a – P. I. Tchaikovsky.
Concert 4
We have a wonderful concert of music as our season finale. All works have some Americana influence. The first major work is Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes – A. Copland. Always an audience favourite. Rhapsody in Blue – G. Gershwin follows as performed by our guest artist, Clare Marion. The concert concludes with New World Symphony (No. 9), Op 95, E Minor – A. Dvorak. A composition that shows the spirit of the New World as seen by a European composer.