AUCKLAND
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Peter Thomas w Music Director & Conductor
Gary Daverne O.N.Z.M w Music Director Emeritus

 

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Past Programmes

2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000

 

2010 Concert Programme

 

ASO Fanfare

Gary Daverne

Comedians’ Galop

Kabalevsky

Antar Symphony (3rd Movement)

Rimsky-Korsakov

Cordoba (Midsummer Nights Serenade)

Albeniz

Classical Gas

Mason Williams

Cavatina

Stanley Myers

    Guitar soloist: Sasha Witten-Hannah

 

America (West Side Story)

Bernstein

Bacchanale (Samson and Delilah)

Saint Saens

Canon in D

Pachebele

Bugler’s Holiday

Leroy Anderson

Chronicles of Narnia

Harry Gregson-Williams

    (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)

 

ABBA Songs

Andersson, Ulvaeus

Also Sprach Zarathustra

R. Strauss

Carmen Suite

Bizet

Spartacus - Adagio

Khachaturian

The Cockleshell Heroes

Vivian Dunn

Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel

Humperdinck

Flower Duet from Lakmé

Delibes

Summertime

Gershwin

    Soloists: Angelina and Gabriella Witten-Hannah

 

Auckland - March

Gary Daverne

Danse de Phryné from 'Faust' Ballet Music

Gounod

Concerto No. 1

Weber

    NZ Woodwind Competition 2010 winner
    Soloist: Nicola Walton

 

Montagues & Capulets from Romeo and Juliet

Prokofiev

Video Games Live

Various

Music from Pirates of the Caribbean

Klaus Badelt

Phantom of the Opera: Selections:

Lloyd Webber

Star Wars March

John Williams

Carmen - March of the Toreadors

Bizet

Karelia Suite - March

Sibelius

William Tell

Rossini

Sylvia Ballet - March of Bacchus

Delibes

Symphonie Fantastique – March to the Scaffold

Berlioz

Folk Song Suite March - ‘Folk Songs from Somerset’

V. Williams

Midsummer Night’s Dream – Wedding March

Mendelssohn

Little Suite - March

Duncan

Victory at Sea - Guadalcanal March

R. Rodgers

Pomp and Circumstance - March No 4

E. Elgar

Dam Busters March

Eric Coates

 

2009 Concert Programme

 

Dance of the Comedians 

Smetana

Invitation to the Dance

Weber

Dances from Nutcracker Ballet  

Tchaikovsky

‘Youth’ Piano Concerto

Kabalevsky

    Soloist: Jason Bae

 

Flute Concerto

Anthony Richie

    Soloist: Tian-yi Lu
    NZ Woodwind Competition 2009 winner)

 

Polonaise No. 1 in D

Wieniawski

    Violin Soloist: Esther Kim 

 

Gem of the Kaipara 

Gary Daverne

    Accordion Soloist: Kevin Friedrich

 

Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra 

A. Galla-Rini

    Accordion Soloist: Betty Jo Simon

 

Danzon No. 2

Arturo Marquez

Dances with Wolves

John Barry

Little Suite

Arnold

American Suite 

A. Dvorak

Three Bears Phantasy

Eric Coates

Variations on a Shaker Melody

A. Copland

Tribute to Jazz and the Big Band era

 

America West Side Story 

L. Bernstein

Rhapsody for Accordion and Orchestra

 

    Accordion Soloist: Mary Tokarski

Gary Daverne

Oblivion   

Piazzolla

    Accordion Soloist: Stephanie Poole

 

Dance music from:

 

Mexico– Argentina – Brazil – Uruguay Bolivia

 

Film Themes:

 

Magnificent Seven

E. Bernstein

Raiders March Indiana Jones

John Williams

West Wing – Main Title

W.G.Walden

Music from Harry Potter movies

John Williams

The Children of Sanchez

Chuck Mangione

High School Musical

 

Video Games Live (with video presentation)

 

Short Guide through the instruments of the orchestra

 

 

2008 Concert Programme

 

William Tell Overture

Rossini

Capriccio Italien

Tchaikovsky

Piano Concerto No. 3 – ‘The Youth Concerto’

Kabalevsky

    Soloist: Jason Bae

 

Procession of the Sardar

Ippolitov-Ivanov

Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana

Mascagni

Oboe Concerto

Marcello

    Soloist: Thomas Hutchinson

 

Crown Imperial-Coronation March

Walton

Suite in Eb

Holst

‘Cello Concerto

Elgar

    Soloist: Callum Hall

 

Little Suite

Arnold

La Calinda

Delius

Horse Guards Whitehall March

Wood

Warsaw Piano Concerto

Richard Addinsell

    Soloist: Jason Bae

 

The Magnificent Seven

Elmer Bernstein

Rocky

Bill Conti

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Michael Kamen

Forrest Gump

Alan Silvestri

Lord of the Rings

Howard Shore

The Chronicles of Narnia

Harry Gregson-Williams

Pirates of the Caribbean

Klaus Badelt

Film Music of Ennio Morricone

 

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
    Once Upon a Time in the West
    The Mission
    A Fistful of Dollars

 

Phantom of the Opera

Lloyd Webber

 

2007 Concert Programme

 

Concert Overture: Youth of Auckland

Gary Daverne

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

Saint Saëns

    Solo violinist: Amalia Hall

 

The Moon Speaks for my Heart (Chinese folk Song)

 

Music from the films:

 

    Lord of the Rings

Howard Shore

    Titanic

James Horner

    Star Wars

John Williams

    James Bond

John Barry

    Pink Panther

Henry Mancini

    Moon River

Henry Mancini

Water Music

Handel

Vltava (The Moldau)

Smetana

Mississippi Suite

Grofé

Blue Danube

Strauss

Violin Concerto (Last movement)

Tchaikovsky

    Soloist: Eugene Lee

 

Deep River

Traditional

Bridge on the River Kwai

Alford

Old Man River

Kern

 

2006 Concert Programme

 

March Slave

Tchaikovsky

Polovtsienne Dances from Prince Igor

Borodin

Berceuse and Finale from the Firebird

Stravinsky

Symphony No. 1 (First Movement)

Kalinnikov

Caucasian Sketches

Ippolitov-Ivanov

Short Russian Pieces:

 

    Gopak

Moussorgsky

    Comedian’s Gallop

Kabalevsky

    Trepak

Tchaikovsky

Carmen Suite

Bizet

Turkish March Beethoven (From the Ruins of Athens)

Beethoven

La Campanella (from Concerto No. 2)

Paganini

    Solo violinist: Amalia Hall

 

Ballet Egyptian

Luigini

Mediterranean Suite (France)

Ansell

Espana Cani

Marquina

Zorba the Greek

Theodorakis

La Paloma

Yradier

Exodus

Gold

Coronation March (The Prophet)

Meyerbeer

King Christian II

Sibelius

Emperor Piano Concerto (Rondo)

Beethoven

    Soloist: Jason Bae

 

Crown Imperial-Coronation March

Walton

Pomp and Circumstance March No 4

Elgar

The Three Elizabeth's

Eric Coates

Entry of the Nobles

Rimsky-Korsakov

Procession of the Sardar

Ippolitov-Ivanov

The King and I

Richard Rodgers

 

2005 Concert Programme

 

Finlandia

Jean Sibelius

Concerto in A Minor (3rd Movement)

Edvard Grieg

    Piano Soloist: Jason Bae

 

Swedish Rhapsody

Hugo Alfvén

March from ‘Serenade for String Orchestra’

Dag Wirén

Selections from the Musical “Chess”

Tim Rice, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus

ABBA Hits

Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus

March from The Love of Three Oranges

Prokofiev

Rhapsody for Orchestra (Japan)

Yuzo Toyama

Rhapsody for Accordion and Orchestra

Gary Daverne

    Solo Accordionist: Mary Tokarski

 

Victory at Sea (From the TV Series)

Richard Rodgers

Dui Dui Tang Aah (Games played by Children)

Bao Yuan Kei

    Taiwanese Folk Song

 

Selections from the Musical “South Pacific”

Richard Rodgers

Lord of the Rings: Film Music

Howard Shore

Beach Boys Hits

Wilson/Love/Christian/Usher

Stars and Stripes Forever

Sousa

An American in Paris

Gershwin

The New World Symphony - 1st Movement

Dvorak

Carousel Waltz

Richard Rodgers

Variations on a Shaker Melody
from Appalachian Spring

Copland

Selections from the Musical, ‘Chicago’

John Kander

American film music themes

Gary Daverne 

 

2004 Concert Programme

 

Zampa Overture

Hérold

March from the Karelia Suite

Sibelius

Clarinet Concertino

Weber

    Soloist: John Eady Jnr.

 

Piano Concerto (1st. Movement)

Grieg

    Soloist: Jason Bae (12 year old Korean sensation)

 

High Mountain

Taiwanese Folk Melody

Chanson de Matin

Elgar

Fanfare and Procession

Gary Daverne 

Spartacus

Khachaturian

Music from the film ‘Lord of the Rings’

Howard Shore

Children¹s Overture

Roger Quilter

Youth of Britain (Three Elizabeth's)

Eric Coates

Youth of Auckland: Concert Overture

Gary Daverne

Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra

Saint-Saëns

    Solo Violin: Amalia Hall

 

Rondo
(An introduction to the instruments of the orchestra)

Purcell

Soundtrack Music from Walt Disney Films
(including the Lion King)

John Williams

Adolescent Longing

Taiwanese Folk Song

Music from the Film: Harry Potter

John Williams

Dance of the Tumblers

Rimsky-Korsakov

Dance Macabre

Saint-Saens

Waltz from Sleeping Beauty

Tchaikovsky

Hungarian Dance No. 5

Brahms

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

Richard Rogers

Dances With Wolves

John Barry 

Pops Hoe Down

Richard Hayman

Lord of the Dance

Ronan Hardiman

 

2003 Concert Programme

 

Beauty and the Beast

Alan Menken

Bridge on the River Kwai

Kenneth Alford

Cockleshell Heroes

Vivian Dunn

E.T.

John Williams

Guns of Navarone

Dimitri Tiomkin

Harry Potter

John Williams

Lord of the Rings

Howard Shore

Once Upon a Time in the West

Ennio Morricone

Star Wars

John Williams

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Ennio Morricone

 

Bacchanale (Samson and Delilah)

Saint Saens

Cello Concerto

Lalo

    Soloist: Jiaxin Cheng

 

Gallipoli – Rhapsody for Trumpet and Orchestra

Gary Daverne

    (New Zealand Premiere)
    Trumpet soloist: Erden Bilgen

 

Gymnopedies No 3

Satie – Debussy

Les Miserables Selections

Schonberg

Light Cavalry Overture

von Suppe

Lord of the Dance

Hardiman

March from "Carmen"

Bizet

Navarraise (Le Cid)

Massenet

Night on a Bare Mountain

Mussorgsky

Phantom of the Opera

Lloyd Webber

Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

Borodin

Symphony in D

Franck

Victory at Sea

Richard Rogers

War of the Worlds

Jeff Wayne

 

2002 Concert Programme

 

Carmen Suite

Bizet

Concerto for ‘Cello (1st and 2nd movements)

Edward Elgar

    Solo ’Cellist: Jiaxin Cheng

 

Crown Imperial

William Walton

Czardas

V.Monti

Enigma Variations No’s 8 and 9

Edward Elgar

España Cañi (Spanish Gypsy Dance)

Pascual Marquina

Fantasia on Greensleeves

Vaughan Williams

Fiddler on the Roof: Selections

Jerry Bock

Gem of the Kaipara

Gary Daverne

    Solo Accordionist: Kevin Friedrich

 

Harry Potter: Music from the Film

John Williams

Hungarian Dance No 5

Brahms

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Liszt

Karelia Overture

Sibelius

Little suite – March

Trevor Duncan

Lord of the Dance

Ronan Hardiman

My Fair Lady: Selections

Lerner and Loewe

Overture - Nell Gwyn

Edward German

Rhapsody for Accordion and Orchestra

Gary Daverne

    Solo Accordionist: Kevin Friedrich

 

James Bond Movie Themes

John Barry

Symphony No 2

Borodin

Springtime in the Hills (Taiwanese Folk Song)

Chiu-Lin Chen

Star Trek – The First Contact

Jerry Goldsmith

Symphonie Espagnole

Lalo

    Solo Violinist: Amalia Hall

 

The Thunderbirds March

Barry Gray

 

2001 Concert Programme

 

2001 Space Odyssey

Strauss R.

633 Squadron

Ron Goodwin

Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah

Saint-Saëns

Blue Danube Waltz

Strauss J.

Chess: Selections

Andersson/Rice

Clarinet Concerto

Mozart

    Solo clarinet: John Eady Jnr.

 

Crown Imperial Coronation March

William Walton

The Dam Busters March

Eric Coates

Gayaneh Ballet: Three Dances

Khachaturian

Gopak (The Fair at Sorochinsk)

Mussorgsky

Lord of the Dance

Ronan Hardiman

Night on a Bare Mountain

Mussorgsky

Peach Blossom Takes the Ferry (Chinese Folk Song)

Phantom of the Opera: Selections

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

Edward Elgar

Symphony No. 1 (1st Movement)

Kalinnikoff

Symphony No. 6 (3rd Movement)

Tchaikovsky

Variations on a Rococo Theme

Tchaikovsky

    Solo ‘Cello: Jiaxin Cheng

 

Waltz from ‘Sleeping Beauty’

Tchaikovsky

 

2000 Concert Programme

 

Carmen Suite

Bizet

Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

Mascagni

Cello Concerto (1st Movement)

Dvorak

    Solo ‘Cello: Jiaxin Cheng

 

Dance of the Hours

Ponchielli

Du Du Tong Zi (A Chinese Children's Song)

 

Ghosts of Alberton

Gary Daverne

Gone with the Wind

Steiner

Gypsy Airs (Zigeunerweisen)

Sarasate

    Solo violinist: Amalia Hall

 

Hungarian Dances

Brahms

Lord of the Dance

Hardiman

Mississippi Suite

Grofé

Miss Saigon Selections

Schönberg

Movie Themes:

 

    Batman
    Dances With Wolves
    Robin Hood Prince of Thieves

 

Poet and Peasant Overture

Suppé

Roumanian Rhapsody

Enesco

The Seasons

Glazunov

Slavonic Dances

Dvorak

Swan Lake Ballet Suite

Tchaikovsky

 


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