2023/2024 Season

Our 2023/24 season features familiar pieces beloved for centuries as well as great works that are new to us (and you?), from Bach’s Little Fugue to a little boy’s prize-winning composition written 300 years later.

As always, we showcase stellar soloists, starting with Andrew Wan, concertmaster of Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, playing Beethoven's iconic violin concerto. Michael Berkovsky performs the mighty Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, Cameron Crozman plays the magnificent Dvorak cello concerto and our own Sam Cancellara performs Haydn's Trumpet Concerto and joins Cristina Sewerin for Copland’s “Quiet City”.

Why not make “Philharmonic Friday" a regular self-care habit by buying a season subscription? Unplug your devices and plug into your soul with great, live, local orchestral music.

Concerts

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Landmarks and Beacons

Friday, October 20, 2023

Andrew Wan performs Beethoven's violin concerto, a beacon lighting the way to the romantic era of Sibelius' Second, the symphony synonymous with Finland

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

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Pyotr's Dream

Friday, November 24, 2023

Inspired by Andrew Balfour’s “Pyotr’s Dream”, we feature renowned pianist Michael Berkovsky playing Tchaikovsky plus the music of Tchaikovksy’s symphonic hero, Beethoven.

Andrew Balfour: Pyotr's Dream
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat, op. 60

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HO! HO! HO! EPO

Friday, December 15, 2023

Celebrate the season with a carol symphony, singalong, trumpet concerto and more!

Victor Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony
Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
Engelbert Humperdinck: Overture to Hänsel and Gretel
John Finnegan: Christmas Singalong
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride

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DISCOVERY CONCERT: Symphonic Storylines

Sunday, January 28, 2024

With the help of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Prokofiev—and you!—we explore how great music draws us in and keeps us captivated by its storyline.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: IV. Rondo: Allegro from Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525
Sergei Prokofiev: I. Allegro from Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"
Franz Joseph Haydn: III. Menuetto from Symphony No. 94 in G major (H. 1/94)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: II. Valse from Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Johann Sebastian Bach: Little Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: IV. Molto allegro from Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551

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Modest Greatness

Friday, March 22, 2024

Named "Canada's next big cello star" by CBC Music, Cameron Crozman performs Dvorak's emotional and expressive cello concerto.

Elizabeth Raum: Prairie Jubilee
Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

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Lightning, Storms and the Quiet City

Friday, May 10, 2024

A concert of musical photos from the world around us, including Copland’s “Quiet City” featuring our own Cris Sewerin and Sam Cancellara.

Elfrieda Andrée: Overture in G minor
Aaron Copland: Quiet City
Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Jonah Gallas: Lightning

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Music for Moms

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Our first concert especially for mothers and their friends and families. It's an abbreviated, no-intermission version of our regular concert the night before and makes a great gift for moms—or anyone else—to unwind, unplug and be uplifted by live, local orchestral music.

Elfrieda Andrée: Overture in G minor
Aaron Copland: Quiet City
Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
Johannes Brahms: I. Allegro from Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Jonah Gallas: Lightning