Concert

This concert features Bruce Adolfe’s delightful celebration of Tyrannosaurus Sue and her other friends from the dinosaur kingdom as they are depicted by various instruments in the Orchestra. In addition, you will feel the Earth shake from the music of Jurassic Park and be treated to one of the most brilliantly scored works from Tchaikovsky – the ever popular Capriccio Italien.

A magnificent collection of music chosen from one of the Baroque period’s most brilliant composers, Henry Purcell, as well as other music from the celebrated English Court. The program will include such favorites as Clark’s Trumpet Voluntary, Purcell’s Abdelazar (Rondeau), Dido and Aaeneas, Trumpet Sonata, Chacony in G Minor and music from The Fairy Queen as well as great music from Handel.

Experience the joys of the season as the Orchestra celebrates the holidays and rings in the New Year. This special concert of classics will include favorites such as White Christmas, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride and Corelli’s Christmas Concerto. The audience will join singing Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah, selected carols and more.

A stellar array of music from the lush repertoire that will feature the strings of the Orchestra, as well as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Britten’s birth with his energetic and striking Simple Symphony.

This opening gala concert will feature the music of Mozart and the brilliant London Symphony of Haydn. The inauguration of an exciting new collaboration with The Julia Crane International Piano Competition will include the 3 finalists of the 2013 competition. Each will perform the first movement of one of selected Mozart Concerti as the final round of the competition. At the end of the concert, judges will announce the winners of the competition.

The concert includes two timeless tales of love: Symphonic dances from Bernstein's great adaptation of the iconic story of Romeo and Juliet set in mid-1950s New York City and the overture to Tchaikovsky's classic "Romeo and Juliet".

Since 1936, Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, a 20th Century Russian fairy tale, has been a sensational delight to audiences of all ages while also being responsible for introducing millions of children all over the world to the instruments of the orchestra!

This concert features some of the most popular music from our annual Baroque concerts during the Orchestra's first 25 years!

Don't miss one of these THREE chances to experience the joys of the season as the Orchestra celebrates the holidays and rings in the New Year.

The Orchestra presents one of the greatest works of Western Civilization! Beethoven's monumental Symphony No. 9 is considered by many to be the pinnacle of Beethoven's symphonies, with the timeless choral setting of Schiller's Ode to Joy.