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Concerts 2007 - 2008

Our first concert was:

Oboe Extraordinaire

With our solist Angela Casagrande, oboe
This will be a benefit for St Joe’s Supper Table

Friday, October 19, 800 p.m.
          
at St Joseph’s Church

Sunday, October 21, 200 p.m.
        
at St John’s

The programme includes:

  • Symphony No. 3 in B-flat
         Stamitz
  • Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
         Villa-Lobos
  • Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor,
         BWV 1060 - Bach
  • L'horloge de flore
         Francaix
  • St Paul's Suite
         Holst

 

Our second concert was:

Mozart and More

Featuring Tina Fedeski, flute and
          
Lucile Brais Hildesheim, harp

Friday, Nov. 30, 800 p.m.
        
at Woodroffe United Church

Sunday, December 2, 200 p.m.
        
at St John’s

Our programme:

  • Sinfonia in B-flat
             Leopold Mozart
  • Concerto in C for flute and harp
             Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Poem for flute and orchestra
             Charles T. Griffes
  • Danse sacrée et Danse profane
             Claude Debussy

 

Our third concert was:

Carols by Candlelight

Saturday, December 15, 730 p.m.
        
at St John’s

Sunday, December 16, 200 p.m.
        
at St John’s

Our fourth concert was:

Requiem (K. Lee Scott)

with the choir of St John’s Church

Sunday, March 16, 400 p.m.
        
at St Paul’s, Kanata

Wednesday, March 19 and Friday, March 21, 800 p.m.
           at St John’s

Our fifth and final concert of the season was:

Director's Choice

Featuring Janet Roy, violin
celebrating ten years of great music with the Strings of St John's

Friday, May 2, 800 p.m.
        
at St Joseph’s Church

Sunday, May 4, 200 p.m.
        
at St John’s

The programme includes:

  • Short Overture for Strings
         (Jean Berger)
  • Brook Green Suite
         (Gustav Holst)
  • Violin Concerto in D minor
         (Felix Mendelssohn)
         Featuring: Janet Roy, violin
  • Holberg Suite, Op. 40
         (Edvard Grieg)
  • Happy Birthday Variations
         (Peter Heidrich)

 

 

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