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FN:Margot C Holmes
ORG:Vancouver Island Symphony
TITLE:Executive Director
NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Embracing Joy - Saturday October 25 2008 | 7:30 pm=0D=0AJoyful celebration! =
An exciting new season and the beginning of a new era! The horns sound out t=
he welcoming as Serbian pianist Alexander Serda performs the opening grandio=
se, powerful and explosive Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky. To elevate t=
he audience even higher, the Malaspina Choir and soloists join the VI Sympho=
ny in=0D=0Aone of the most magnificent, joyous achievements in history, Beet=
hoven=92s inspiring and uplifting masterpiece, Symphony No. 9 ( =93Choral=
=94) and the spectacular =93Ode to Joy=94, symbolic of hope, freedom and ecs=
tasy!=0D=0A=0D=0AConductor: Pierre Simard=0D=0A=0D=0AGuest Artists: Alexande=
r Serda, Piano / Malaspina Choir (Wade Noble, Director) / Nadya Blanchette, =
Soprano / Sarah Fryer, Mezzo-Soprano / Eric Shaw, Tenor / Alexander Dobson, =
Baritone=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0AEnticing Italy - Saturday November 15 2008 | 7:30 =
pm=0D=0ACarefree, sun, wine =97 joy continues in a tuneful program reminisce=
nt of the embracing warmth, climate, colours and spirit of Italy with Mozart=
=92s Overture for the comic opera, Cosi fan tutte. A quick musical trip acro=
ss the border to Austria and violinist Calvin Dyck and cellist Joel Stobbe a=
re joined by Canadian pianist Libby Yu for a performance of Beethoven=92s gr=
acious and chivalric Triple Concerto. Then it is back to Italy for Overture =
D.591 (In the Italian Style) by Schubert, and Mendelssohn=92s best known, an=
d most joyful work, Symphony No. 4 (The Italian).=0D=0A=0D=0AConductor: Pier=
re Simard=0D=0A=0D=0AGuest Artists: Calvin Dyck, Violin / Joel Stobbe, Cello=
 / Libby Yu, Piano=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0AEvergreen Christmas - Friday & Saturday =
December 19 & 20 2008 | 7:30pm=0D=0ACelebrate the Christmas Season with the =
Vancouver Island Symphony and the magnificent, enthusiastic, harmonious voic=
es of the British Columbia Boys Choir. Join the VI Symphony=92s Assistant Co=
nductor, Gerald van Wyck, for an evening filled with the spirit of Christmas=
, featuring your favourite carols, songs and sing-alongs.=0D=0A=0D=0AConduct=
or: Gerald Van Wyck=0D=0A=0D=0AGuest Artists: British Columbia Boys Choir (T=
ony Araujo, Artistic Director)=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0AEffervescent Waltz - Saturda=
y January 31 2009 | 7:30pm=0D=0ALike a New Year=92s gala in Vienna =97 entra=
ncing, enchanting =97 the VI Symphony presents a light classical Pops Concer=
t filled with the enthralling music of waltzes, marches and polkas. Maestro =
Marlin Wolfe returns to the podium to conduct a program that includes the Bl=
ue Danube, Voices of Spring, Pleasure Train Polka and Fledermaus Duet, all b=
y Johann Strauss. Your heart will be touched by Franz Lehar=92s ever-popular=
 music from The Merry Widow, and your body will sway to majestic waltzes by =
Josef Strauss, Johann Strauss Sr. and Franz Lanner. =0D=0A=0D=0AConductor: M=
arlin Wolfe Conductor Laureate, Vancouver Island Symphony =0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=
=0AEverlasting Hayden - Saturday February 21 2009 | 7:30pm=0D=0AWhile Franz =
Joseph Haydn, the father of symphony, died quietly 200 years ago his music i=
s everlasting. In 2009 orchestras around the world will be playing his music=
 to commemorate his legacy. This concert opens with the Overture to Haydn=
=92s opera, Armida, and the famous Toy Symphony, attributed to Haydn or Leop=
old Mozart or a Benedictine monk. Regardless of composer, it is a enchanting=
 piece of music that involves special guests playing toy instruments. Guy Fe=
w, Canada=92s virtuoso trumpeter and pianist, performs the famous Trumpet Co=
ncerto in E-flat and Piano Concerto No. 4. Haydn frequently incorporated jok=
es into his music, and the Symphony No. 94 (=93Surprise=94), contains the mo=
st famous of all. Come and hear it for yourself. =0D=0A=0D=0AConductor: Pier=
re Simard=0D=0A=0D=0AGuest Artist: Guy Few, Trumpet & Piano=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=
=0AExtreme Entertainment - Saturday March 21 2009 | 7:30pm=0D=0ARoll out the=
 red carpet as the VI Symphony goes Hollywood and Canada-wood with riveting =
music from big screen movies featuring all-time favourites, such as John Wil=
liams=92 ET, Jaws, Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, Maurice Jar=
re=92s Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago and Canadian Howard Shore=92s O=
scar winning sound track for Lord of the Rings. It=92s music that stirs and =
moves the listener =97 the music behind the action on the screen. Join Maest=
ro Simard for an evening of extremely entertaining symphony!=0D=0A=0D=0ACond=
uctor: Pierre Simard=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0AEnlightened Harmony - Saturday April 1=
8 2009 | 7:30pm=0D=0AThe grand finale for the 14th Vancouver Island Symphony=
 season builds=85 and builds=85 around the theme of joy, colour, harmony and=
 enlightenment. Each piece portrays light. Wondrous Light, by John Estacio, =
is one of the happiest and most joyful pieces in the Canadian repertoire. Ri=
chard Strauss=92 Death and Transfiguration (Tod und Verkl=E4rung, op. 24) ta=
kes us from pain through to glorious transformation. Symphony No. 22, op. 23=
6, =93City of Light=94 by Alan Hovhaness combines the purity and clarity of =
J.S. Bach in a very open and mystical sound of nature, and the Fountains of =
Rome (Fontane di Roma), by Ottorino Respighi, portrays the transparency of w=
ater, the rhythmic sounds of the rainbow, full of indescribable colour, brin=
ging this celebratory season to a joyful, dramatic and most beautiful climax=
.=0D=0A=0D=0AConductor: Pierre Simard=0D=0A=0D=0A
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