Williams: Olympic Theme & Fanfare: 1984 Olympics
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance Op 46 No. 8
Bizet: Carmen: Toreador March
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor Mvmt I featuring Brendan MacDougall
Rossini: William Tell: Overture
Leoncavallo: Vesti La Giubba featuring Marcel Desautels, tenor
Lehar : Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz featuring Marcel Desautels, tenor
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 featuring Lucienne Blouw, guest conductor
Williams: Catch Me If You Can: Escapades Mvmts I & III featuring Matthew Packer, saxophone
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Valse
To celebrate our 65th anniversary season, tickets only $6.50
The Lyric Theatre
The Lyric Theatre – FREE CONCERT
Assiniboine Park
Friday, June 22 · 7:00 PM
Program:
Williams: Olympic Theme & Fanfare: 1984 Olympics
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5
Khachaturian: Gayane: Lezghinka
Rossini: Barber of Seville: Largo al Factotum
Rossini: William Tell
Williams: Raiders of the Lost Ark: March
arr Tovey: Blue Bombers fight song
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Michael Jackson arr. Vanacore: Thriller-Beat It
Williams: Star Wars: Main Title
Strauss: Radetzky March
Garden Magic & Music Events 2012
Garden Magic & Music
June 23, 2012
The annual garden tour showcases 12 city gardens, offering a variety of garden shapes and sizes, ranging from prairie standards and old-fashioned favourites to an exotic garden with a waterfall and lush plantings. Gardens are open for viewing from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm. Passports are $30.
Garden Soirée
June 27, 2012
Beautiful music paired with delicious food and wine are on the menu for the 2012 Music & Magic Garden Soirée. It will be held in three spectacular local gardens and will feature food and wine from local shops and restaurants as well as performances from members of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.
Each year the WSO brings a world of music to you in our Winnipeg season. Now you can travel to exceptional locations and have opportunities to experience concerts, festivals, historic sites and art galleries. There are three options, with prices to suit your budget.
Visit New York City with the WSO
May 5–11, 2014
Explore this exciting city and hear the WSO perform in the famed Carnegie Hall. This is your chance to shop, see the sites, attend great concerts and support your WSO musicians in their Carnegie Hall performance.
Other trips:
13 Day Cruise from St. Petersburg to Moscow
July 19 – August 2, 2013
Viking River Cruise – Waterways of the Czars
Explore St. Petersburg, visit the Hermitage Museum, take in the White Nights Festival, Bolshoi Theatre, St. Basil’s Cathedral and performances and art galleries on the waterways of the Czars.
Magnificent Europe: Amsterdam to Budapest
October 30 – November 13, 2013
Enjoy a Music themed cruise – Local experts provide insights on European music, while shore excursions include a Strauss concert in Vienna and an organ recital in Melk. In Salzburg, explore Mozart’s birthplace and the stunning countryside where “the hills are alive with the sound of music!”
Each trip will be escorted by WSO representatives. For more information, contact Sarah Lund at 949-3987 or slund@wso.mb.ca.
Job Posting
Marketing and Communications Project Manager
Do you want to make a difference in your community? Have you always dreamed of going to Broadway? Do you strive to be at the forefront of “Mad Men” creative brilliance? You can use your marketing and communications expertise to tell the WSO story, and help us build audiences for great music.
We are bringing music and building confidence to the lives of inner-city children; going to Carnegie Hall in 2014; and even throwing in some “Barenaked Ladies” for good measure.
If you have a love of symphonic music, are creative, hard-working, energetic and aspire to be a change-maker, then we want to hear from you! For the full job description, CLICK HERE.
Please reply in confidence with resume and cover letter by Friday, May 18 to labram@wso.mb.ca. Only those candidates considered for an interview will be contacted.
Providing Exceptional Musical Experiences for Manitobans
Online Box Office Unavailable May 16
Please note that our online sales will be unavailable between 11:30 am and 8:00 pm on Wednesday May 16, 2012. Our box office is open from 10am until 5pm and available by phone at 949-3999 and one of our patron services representatives will be happy to assist you.
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra: Pianist Alain Lefevre chats about his debut with the WSO Dec 2-3
Canadian Pianist Alain Lefèvre chats about his debut with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra December 2-3, 2011. He will be performing Canadian composer André Mathieu’s Piano Concerto No. 4, led by Maestro Alexander Mickelthwate
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra – Len Cariou on where the idea for his all new WSO concert came from
Winnipeg actor Len Cariou returns home to debut with the WSO in an all-new concert featuring the music of Stephen Sondheim. Dry Cold Productions are on board too. Here, Len talks about where the idea for the concert came from.
