Sunday, February 9, 2020
Fredric Devries, organ
HAALSA Student Soloist - Max Chen
A concert of traditional orchestra favourites from Europe and Russia including Schubert’s Symphony #6, Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia and beloved Canadian composer Healy Willan’s Overture to an Unwritten Comedy.
Featuring St. Paul’s United Church Minister of Music Fredric Devries performing with the DVO in Handel’s Organ Concerto, op. 4, no. 5 and Grand Choeur Dialogué by French composer Eugène Gigout.
Also performing will be Max Chen, the winner of our annual student soloist competition, sponsored by the Hamilton Association for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art.
- Healey Willan: Overture to an Unwritten Comedy
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Concerto for Trombone and Military Band, 3rd Movement (soloist Max Chen, trombone, 5th annual HAALSA Student Soloist)
- Alexander Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
- G. F. Handel: Organ Concerto Opus 4 no. 5 (soloist Fredric DeVries, organ)
- Eugène Gigout: Grand Choeur Dialogué (soloist Fredric DeVries, organ)
- Franz Schubert: Symphony #6, D.589, C Major (Little)
Reception afterwards — meet the musicians.
Admission is free. DVO gratefully accepts donations, and tax receipts are provided for donations of $10 or more.
DVO is comprised of talented amateur musicians from the Hamilton area. The ensemble presents three major public concerts each year and performs at Hamilton retirement homes. Audience members are welcome to meet the musicians at the post-concert reception. The venue is wheelchair accessible.