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Previous Concerts by the Canterbury Orchestra - 2009

Saturday March 21st 2009, Shirley Hall, Canterbury

20th Century American Music

The Canterbury Orchestra

Conductor: Andrew Lowen,  Leader: Chris Brown

with Peter Foggitt (piano)

March: Liberty Bell Sousa
John Henry Copland
Adagio for Strings Barber
Rhapsody in Blue Gershwin
Overture: Candide Bernstein
Appalachian Spring Copland
Suite: Porgy and Bess Gershwin

 


 

Saturday June 27th 2009, St. Peter's Methodist Church, Canterbury

A Taste of France

The Canterbury Orchestra

Conductor: Andrew Lowen,  Leader: Chris Brown

with Penelope Martin Smith (Soprano)

Faure Pavane
Berlioz Les Nuits d'Ete
Faure Sicilienne
Bizet Symphony in C

 

 


 

 

Saturday  October 3rd 2009,  King's Hall,  Herne Bay

Herne Bay Rotary Club Charity Concert

The Canterbury Orchestra

Conductor: Andrew Lowen,  Leader: André Allavena

English Country Garden              Grainger
Shallows Orchard (Falstaff)          Elgar
Hampstead Heath                       Phyllis Tate
English Folksong Suite               Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves           Vaughan Williams
Elizabethan Serenade                 Ronald Binge
London Suite                              Eric Coates

 


 

 

Next Concert

Saturday March 27th 2010, 7.30 pm

St Peter's Methodist Church, Canterbury CT1 2BE

Our next concert begins with the overture to Mozart's opera buffa Cosi fan tutte, followed by Max Bruch's Violin Concerto; the violin solo in this hugely popular work will be played by Robin Wilson. Brahms' Serenade No.1 in D, originally written for wind and string octet and later expanded for orchestra completes the programme.  Tickets are £8.50 for adults and only £2.50 for children of school age and students.  They are available on the door, from the Secretary on 01227 751196, and online through WeGotTickets by clicking on the button below.. 

 

Interested in playing with the Canterbury Orchestra?

Call Nicky Pound, Canterbury Orchestra Manager on 01304 812755 or email us to find out whether we have vacancies.