Previous Concerts
2024
Stravinsky Suite No. 2
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 102
Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
Shostakovich Jazz Suite No. 2
2024
Suk Fantastic Scherzo
Dvořák Silent Woods
von Dohnányi Wedding Waltz from The Veil of Pierette
Dvořák Symphony no. 7 in D minor
2024
30 June, The Piano
Conductor: Tony Ryan
Soloist: Helen Charlton (Soprano)
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Douglas Lilburn Aotearoa Overture
Pieta Hextall Portrait
Patrick Shepherd Waiting for Hercules
Tony Ryan Omi-Kin-Kan
Maria Grenfell River Mountain Sky
Philip Norman The Juggler
Chris Adams Symphonic Dances
Pieta Hextall Tane-Mahuta & Tangaroa
(from He Ngākau Aroha) Traditional Waiata (arr. Ryan) Tarakihi
2024
Weber Overture Oberon
Smetana Vltava (The Moldau) & Šárka (from Ma Vlast)
Sibelius Symphony No. 3
2023
Suppé Overture Poet and Peasant
Rodgers Selection from The King and I
Elgar Chanson de Nuit & Chanson de Matin
Elgar Three Bavarian Dances
Brahms Three Hungarian Dances
Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien
2023
Shostakovich Festive Overture
Copland 3 Old American Songs
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Copland 3 Old American Songs
Barber Sure on This Shining Night
Rachmaninov Vocalise
Shostakovich Symphony no. 9
2023
Khachaturian Masquerade
Britten Simple Symphony
Ginastera Danzas del Ballet Estancia
Milhaud Scaramouche
Benjamin Jamaican Rumba
Márquez Danzón no. 2
2023
Rossini William Tell Overture
Gounod Faust Ballet Music
Ponchielli La Gioconda Dance of the Hours
Beethoven Symphony no. 8
2022
Nicolai The Merry Wives of Windsor – Overture
Ryan Tuba Concerto
Grieg Holberg Suite
Sibelius Finlandia
2022
Smetana The Bartered Bride Overture and Dances
Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Britten Matinées Musicales
The Courtly Dances from Gloriana
Soirées Musicales
2022
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé – Symphonic Suite
March from The Love for Three Oranges
Dvořák Slavonic Dances Op.46, No. 1, 2, 3
Songs my Mother Taught Me from Gypsy Songs
Song to the Moon from Rusalka
Slavonic Dances Op.72, No. 1, 2, 7
2021
Mozart Overture – The Abduction from the Seraglio
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major (Turkish)
Hextall Undercurrents
Sibelius Valse Triste
Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D Major (Classical)
2021
4 July, The Piano
A Tuba at the Jockey Club
Conductor: Tony Ryan
Soloist: Helen Charlton (Soprano)
Auber Overture to The Bronze Horse
Offenbach Ah! Quel Diner from La Perichole
Le Jugement de Pâris from La Belle Hélène
Ryan Linwood March
Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever
Massenet Va! Laisse Couler mes Larmes from Werther
Symphonie - Prelude to Act IV of Werther
Pleurez! mes Yeux! from Le Cid
Ballet Music from Le Cid
2021
18 April, Rangiora Town Hall
Song and Dance
Conductor: Helen Renaud
Soloist: Cornelia Didenco
Praetorius Five Dances from Terpsichore
Piazzolla Oblivion
Arnold English Dances, Set 2 Op. 33
Bartok Romanian Dances
Mozart Symphony no. 40
Holst Two Songs without Words
2020
29 November, The Piano
Conductor: Tony Ryan
Soloists: Helen Charlton (Soprano), Ben Freeth (Narrator and Singer) Thomas Bedggood (Violin)
Beethoven Egmont – Overture and Incidental Music
Ryan Don Quixote
Ryan It’s Christmas Here As well
Khachaturian Violin Concerto in D minor
Khachaturian Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from Spartacus
Khachaturian Waltz from Masquerade
2020
20 September, The Piano
New Frontiers
Conductor: Helen Renaud
Leonard Bernstein Three Symphonic Dances from On the Town
Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings
Antonin Dvořák American Suite
Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring
Leroy Anderson The Typewriter
2020
23 July, The Piano
Conductor: Tony Ryan
Soloists: Helen Charlton (Soprano), Cornelia Didenco (Violin), Janet Cubey (Cello)
Rossini Overture: The Barber of Seville
Schubert Symphony No. 6 (The Little C Major)
Ryan Lockdown March
Beethoven Two Songs from Incidental Music to Egmont
Massenet Méditation from Thaïs
The Last Sleep of the Virgin
Schubert Scherzo from Symphony No. 9 in C Major (The Great)
2019
1 December, The Gaiety, Akaroa
Fairly French
Conductor: Helen Renaud
Soloists: Cornelia Didenco (Violin), Janet Cubey (Cello)
Hérold Overture to Zampa
Dvořák Romance for Violin and Orchestra
Gounod Funeral March of a Marionette
Bloch Prayer from From Jewish Life
Saint-Saëns Suite Algérienne
Chabrier Suite Pastorale
2019
15 September, St Andrew's College Chapel
Calm and Storm
Conductor: Helen Renaud
Soloist: Malcolm Leitch (Bass-baritone)
Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
Rachmaninov Aleko's Cavatina
Strauss Serenade for Winds
Smetana Wallenstein’s Camp
Beethoven Symphony 6 (Pastoral)
2019
30 June, The Piano
Conductor: Tony Ryan
Soloists: Cathy Irons and Fiona Pears (Violin)
Bernstein Overture to Candide
Bach Double Violin Concerto
Ravel Bolero
Ryan Waltz Bacchanal
Dvorak Symphony no. 8
2019
24 February, Christchurch Town Hall Open Day
Conductor: Tony Ryan
Bizet Carmen Overture
Sibelius Karelia Suite
Beethoven Turkish March
von Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 1
Tchaikovsky Polichinelles from The Nutcracker
Prokofiev Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet
2018
25 November, The Gaiety, Akaroa
Conductor: Tony Ryan
Soloist: Cathy Irons (Violin)
von Suppé Overture – Light Cavalry
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Fauré Pavane
Sarasate Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)
Bizet Symphony in C
de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat
2018
23 September, The Piano
River Notes
Conductor: Helen Renaud
Soloists: Yumeka Hildreth (Soprano)
Alex Robinson (Baritone)
von Suppé Light Cavalry Overture
Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow
Frank Bridge Norse Legend
Stanford Irish Rhapsody No 1
Rosa Elliot What have you done to your rivers?
Khachaturian Masquerade Suite
2018
Rossini Overture to La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
Schubert Symphony No 6 in C major (The Little Symphony in C)
Sibelius Karelia Suite
Shostakovich Jazz Suite No 2 (Suite for Variety Orchestra)
2017
3 December, The Piano
Summer Premiere
Conductor: Anthony Ferner
Soloist: Cathy Irons (Violin)
Mozart Cosi fan Tutte Overture
Haydn Symphony No 103 in E flat major
John Emeleus Concertino for Violin and Orchestra
Bartok Hungarian Pictures
2017
27 September, The Piano
Spring Fantasies
Conductor: Helen Renaud
Haydn Armida Overture
Honegger Pastoral d'Ete
Dvorak Czech Suite Op. 39
Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished)
Brahms Hungarian Dance No 1
2017
25 June, The Piano
Mozart and Beyond
Conductor: Patrick Shepherd
Mozart La Clemenza di Tito – Overture
Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring;
Summer Night on the River
Mozart Symphony No 35, Haffner
Boyce Symphony VIII
Rossini Soirees Musicales
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite – Danse Russe Trepak
2016
4 December, The Piano
Christmas Moments
Conductor: Mark Hodgkinson
Soloist: Margot Button (Mezzo Soprano)
Corelli Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No 8 (Christmas Concerto)
Massenet Ave Maria from Thais
Hindemith Tuttifäntchen
Respighi L'adorazione dei Magi (from Trittico Botticelliano)
Irish (Trad) The Wexford Carol
Philip Norman A Christmas Carol
2016
16 September, St Michael & All Angels Church
Conductor: Anthony Ferner
Soloist: Jennifer Johnson (Oboe)
Debussy Petite Suite en Bateau
Dvorak Serenade for Winds Op. 44
Purcell The Virtuous Wife
Ennio Morricone Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission)
Piazzolla Oblivion
Bizet Symphony No 1 in C
2016
2 July, St Michael & All Angels Church
Classics and Dances
Conductor: Beth Cohen
Soloists: Cathy Irons (Violin)
Margot Button (Mezzo Soprano)
Mozart Overture from The Impresario K 486
Rameau Ballet Suite
Britten Five Courtly Dances from Gloriana
Sarasate Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs) Op. 20
Richard Rodney Bennett A Little Suite
Beethoven Symphony No 4 Op. 60
2015
26 March, St Michael & All Angels Church
Quail Dancing in a Central Landscape
Conductor: Philip Norman
Soloist: Eleanor Sim (Soprano)
Eve de Castro Robinson Other Echoes,1999
Te Heu Heu Whalers of the Deep, Deep Sea, c.1857
Baron de Thierry The Waitemata Polka, c.1859
Woods God Defend Our National Anthem,1876
Alfred Hill Symphony No 1 in Bb, c.1892-1898
Douglas Lilburn Drysdale Overture, 1937
Gillian Whitehead Central Landscapes, 2012
Tony Ryan Haka!, 1997
2014
5 April, St Michael & All Angels Church
Conductor: Mark Hodgkinson
Soloist: Thomas Eves (Trumpet)
Schubert Overture in the Italian Style
Saint-Saëns A Night in Lisbon
Ibert Homage to Mozart (Rondo)
Riisager Concertino for Trumpet and Strings
Schubert Symphony No 2 in Bb
2013
5 September 2013 7:30pm
Heaton Intermediate School Performing Arts Centre
Conductor: Mark Hodgkinson
Soloist: Cathy Irons (Violin)
Bartok Rumanian Folk Dances
John Ritchie Pisces (Partita Concertante for solo violin)
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Beethoven Symphony No 1 in C, Op. 21
2012
29 November, St Augustine's Church
Conductor: Mark Hodgkinson
Soloists: Cathy Irons (violin), Bruce Roberts (Trumpet)
Jacqueline Kotula (Oboe), Alannah Jeune (Recorder)
Barry Brinson (Harpsichord), Hugo Zanker (Cello continuo)
Cimarosa Overture – Il Matrimonio Segreto
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2
Lilburn Concert Overture in D
Gounod Petite Symphonie
Mozart Symphony No 31