2020 Concert Series Programmes

VIOLINISSIMO – Sunday 18 October, 2020 at 2.30 pm

Conductor           José Aparicio

Soloist                   Andrew Beer

Ravel                     Le Tombeau de Couperin Suite

Conus                   Violin Concerto in E Minor

Sinding                 Suite im alten Stil Op 10 for Violin and Orchestra

Poulenc                Sinfonietta

DOUBLE CHEMISTRY – Take 2

Saturday 28 November at 2.30pm (yes, it is a Saturday!)

Conductor – David Kay

Violin – Amalia Hall

Cello – Ashley Brown

Programme

Brahms – Academic Festival Overture Op 80 in C minor

Brahms – Hungarian Dances (Selection)

Brahms – Variations on a theme by Haydn Op 56

Brahms – Concerto for Violin and Cello Op 102 in A minor

Subscription tickets and door sales also available. (Student rush $15)

Additional concert of St Matthews Chamber Orchestra 2020 Subscription Series

After the concert please join us for the launch of our 2021 Subscription Series over some wine and cheese.

FROM THE LAND – Sunday 15 March, 2020 at 2.30 pm

Conductor                           Peter Thomas

Soloist                                   Tessa Petersen

Lilburn                                  Aotearoa Overture

Vaughan Williams             Violin Concerto in D minor

Elgar                                      Serenade for Strings Op 20 in E minor

Dvořák                                  Symphony No 8 Op 88 in G

PASSIONATE – Sunday 17 May, 2020

PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE COVID -19 VIRUS, OUR MAY CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Conductor           Timothy Carpenter

Soloist                   Hamilton Civic Choir

 Bach                      St Matthew Passion BWV244 

TAMING THE FURIES – Sunday 26 July, 2020 at 2.30 pm

Conductor           Vincent Hardaker

Soloist                   Diedre Irons

 Mozart                 La clemenza di Tito Overture K621

Beethoven         Piano Concerto No 4 Op 58 in G

Dvořák                  Symphony No 9 Op 95 in E minor ‘New World’ 

DOUBLE CHEMISTRY – Sunday 16 August, 2020 at 2.30 pm

PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE RETURN TO LEVEL 3 IN AUCKLAND, OUR AUGUST CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Conductor           David Kay

Soloist                   Amalia Hall – Violin

Ashley Brown – Cello

Borodin                In the Steppes of Central Asia

Brahms                 Concerto for Violin and Cello Op 102 in A minor

Borodin                 Symphony No 2 in B minor 

RACH 2 – Sunday 20 September, 2020 at 2.30 pm

PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE COVID -19 VIRUS, OUR SEPTEMBER CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Conductor           Beth Cohen

Soloist                   Somi Kim

Fauré                    Pelléas et Mélisande Suite Op 80

Rachmaninoff    Piano Concerto No 2 Op 18 in C minor

Copland               Appalachian Spring