Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra 2012 Concert Season

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MET SERIES —Orchestral Concerts

MET SERIES ONE
Saturday 11 February 8pm: Balmain Town Hall
Sunday 12 February 3pm: Independent Theatre, North Sydney
MOZART Don Giovanni Overture K 527
WEBER Clarinet Concerto no 1, F minor, op 73 | Clarinet: Andrew Doyle
BEETHOVEN Symphony no 2, D major, op 36


MET SERIES TWO
Saturday 31 March 8pm: Independent Theatre, North Sydney
Sunday 1 April 3pm: Leichhardt Town Hall *
SARASATE Zigeunerweisen, op 20 ‘Gypsy Airs’ | Violin: Dan Russell
Dvorák Czech Suite , D major, op 39
Fauré Pavane, op 50
HOLST St Paul’s Suite, op 29, no 2
PROKOFIEV Symphony no 1, D major, op 25 ‘Classical’


MET SERIES THREE
Saturday 26 May 8pm: Independent Theatre, North Sydney
Sunday 27 May 3pm: Balmain Town Hall, Balmain
SIBELIUS Valse Triste, op 44, no 1
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto, E minor, op 64 | Violin: Katherine Lukey
BEETHOVEN Symphony no 6, F major, op 68 ‘Pastoral’


MET SERIES FOUR
Saturday 21 July 8pm: Balmain Town Hall
Sunday 22 July 3pm: Independent Theatre, North Sydney
SAINT-Saëns Tarantella, op 6
Flute: Svetlana Yaroslavskaya, Clarinet: David Rowden
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
BRAHMS Serenade no 1, D major, op 11


MET SERIES FIVE
Saturday 15 September 8pm: Independent Theatre, North Sydney
Sunday 16 September 3pm: Balmain Town Hall
MONTGOMERY Air and the Void—Premiere
SAINT-Saëns Cello Concerto no 1, A minor, op 33 | Cello: Patrick Murphy
MENDELSSOHN Symphony no 1, C minor, op 11


MET SERIES SIX
Saturday 17 November 8pm: Independent Theatre, North Sydney
Sunday 18 November 3pm: Balmain Town Hall
SCHUBERT Symphony no 8, B minor ‘Unfinished’
BRAHMS Symphony no 1, C minor, op 68


INDY SERIES —Chamber Concerts

New in 2012, MCO’s INDY SERIES showcases the principal players of MCO
in the intimate settings of the Independent Theatre and Leichhardt Town Hall.


INDY CONCERT ONE
Saturday 12 May 8pm: Leichhardt Town Hall *
Dvorák String Quartet no 12, F major, op 96 ‘American’
MOZART Clarinet Quintet, A major, K 581


INDY CONCERT TWO
Saturday 7 July 8pm: Independent Theatre, North Sydney
WIND QUINTET Program includes works by Ibert, Milhaud, Arnold, Mozart,
Bozza, Hindemith, Bizet and Gershwin.


INDY CONCERT THREE
Saturday 1 September 8pm: Independent Theatre, North Sydney
Pärt Fratres (Arranged for solo violin plus strings and percussion)
ELGAR String Serenade, op 20
MENDELSSOHN Octet in Eb major, op 20


INDY CONCERT FOUR
Saturday 3 November 8pm: Independent Theatre, North Sydney
D’INDY Chansons et danses, op 50
BEETHOVEN Octet in Eb major, op 103
MOZART Serenade no 12, C minor, K 388


* Concerts held at Leichhardt Town Hall (Met Series Two and Indy Concert One) are part of
Leichhardt Council’s ‘Site and Sound’ Autumn programme.