Concert Season 2011/12


The Scarborough Philharmonic is proud to present its 32nd season!


Oct. 29, 2011 - An American in Paris
Featuring:

Ronald Royer, conductor

Alex Eddington, guest conductor

Burnette Dillon, trumpets

The Red Brass, brass quintet

The Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra

 Program to Include:

George Gershwin – An American in Paris
Aaron Copland – An Outdoor Overture
Aaron Copland – Four Dance Episodes from "Rodeo"
    Buckaroo Holiday
    Corral Nocturne
    Saturday Night Waltz
    Hoe Down
 Alex Eddington* (SPO composer-in-residence) – "Huron Antiphon" for brass quintet and orchestra
Ronald Royer* – Concerto for trumpets and chamber orchestra

*Canadian composer, world premiere

Dec. 3, 2011 - Howard Cable's Cowboy Christmas
Featuring:

Howard Cable, conductor / arranger / host

Geoffrey Butler, guest conductor

Anne Marie Ramos, soprano

Dion Mazzerole, baritone

The Toronto Choral Society

The Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra

 Summary:

Canada's favourite Maestro returns for our yearly tradition!

With wit and whimsy, Howard Cable presents beloved Holiday music with a Western twist! Including...


Christmas at the Line Camp (poem by Charlie Russell)

Selections from Handel's "Messiah" for choir and orchestra
Jan. 21, 2012 - The Red Brass
    An intimate evening of music for brass quintet
    Saturday, January 21st, 2012 - 8:00pm
    Kingston Road United Church - 975 Kingston Rd.
Featuring:

Ronald Royer, conductor

The Red Brass Quintet

The Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra

 Program to Include:

Tielman Susato - Dances
Bruno Degazio (Toronto) - Indica (world premiere)
Kerry Turner - Casbah of Tetouan
Wilke Renwick - Dance
Enrique Crespo - Suite Americana

A virtuosic, intimate and entertaining evening with the Scarborough Philharmonic's own resident brass quintet, the Red Brass.

Featuring engaging pieces inspired by dance music from around the globe, including the world premiere of "INDICA" by Toronto composer Bruno Degazio.

Feb. 25, 2012 - Brahms' Requiem and Schubert's Unfinished
    A joint concert with the Toronto Choral Society
    Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 8:00pm
    Birchmount Park C.I. - 3663 Danforth Ave.
Featuring:

Ronald Royer, conductor

Geoffrey Butler, conductor

The Toronto Choral Society

The Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra

 Program to Include:

Two masterpieces of German Romantic music, presented in cooperation with the 120-voice Toronto Choral Society.

Johannes Brahms – A German Requiem

Franz Schubert – Symphony no. 8 in B minor ("Unfinished")
Mar. 31, 2012 - FANTASTIQUE!
    Sponsored by the Rotary Club of North Scarborough

    Saturday, March 31st, 2012 - 8:00pm
    Birchmount Park C.I. - 3663 Danforth Ave.

    SPECIAL TICKETED RECEPTION at 6:30pm
    Including refreshments, chamber music and a special guest speaker
Featuring:

Ronald Royer, conductor

Julia Mirzoev, violin

The Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra

 Program to Include:

Hector Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique

Camille Saint-Saëns – Violin Concerto no. 3

Hector Berlioz' passionate and larger-than-life musical extravaganza goes head-to-head with a talented emerging soloist.

May 12, 2012 - Vivaldi's Four Seasons and a Mozart Symphony
    Sponsored by the Rotary Club of North Scarborough

    Saturday, May 12, 2012 - 8:00pm
    St. Paul's L'Amoreaux Center - 3333 Finch Ave. E.
Featuring:

Ronald Royer, conductor

Daniel Swift, guest conductor

Samantha Chang*, flute

Catherine Magowan*, bassoon

Corey Gemmell, Jennifer Burford*, Nicole Li*, and Sophia Anna Szokolay*, violins

    (*Young artists)

The Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra

 Program to Include:

Antonio Vivaldi – Flute Concerto no. 3 in D major "Il Gardinello"

Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons op. 8

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony no. 29 in A minor

Catherine Magowan* and Spy Denomme-Welch* – Deux Poèmes sur la Formation des Glaces for bassoon and chamber orchestra

Beloved Baroque music meets Mozart in a chamber orchestra concert featuring a group of exceptional young artists, as well as a new piece of music.

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Deux Poèmes Sur La Formation Des Glaces was composed as a musical response to the delay of ice forming in northern Canada, which prevented polar bears from being able to hunt for food. Polar bears gathered at the shoreline, losing weight at an alarming rate, which caused concern within the scientific and environmental communities, who feared that many would perish before the ice reached the shore.

The first tone poem (L'Ours Polaire sur la Banquise) is a dialogue between the polar bear and ice concerning the unseasonably warm temperatures, which has been preventing ice from reaching the shore. The second half of the work (Rondeau de la Baleine) describes a whale waking up to the polar bear's cries, at which point the whale swims to the shore and takes the polar bear out to the nearest ice flo where it can hunt and survive.

The work was entered into Baroque Idol, presented by the Aradia Ensemble, and was selected as a finalist. It was premiered on February 5th at Glenn Gould Studio at the CBC in Toronto.