Victoria Symphony

Huggett Conducts Baroque
2018-10-14 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Vancouver) | Image Link
Baroque violin expert Monica Huggett, known for her unforced and expressive musicality, leads the VS in gems from the Baroque Era including works from Bach and Telemann.
Tickets are $33 – $56 and are available here.
For more background on this concert and complete program notes, click here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk at 1:30 pm in the Senate Chambers, adjacent to the auditorium.

Min Plays Rachmaninoff
2018-09-29 20:00 - 22:00 | British Columbia
VS favourite, the dazzling Lorraine Min, plays Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, a piece filled with sweeping melodies expressing brooding lyricism and bursting of melancholy and passion. Brahms’ powerful and majestic Symphony No. 3 concludes the program.
Tickets are $33 – $86 and are available here.
For more background on this concert and complete program notes, click here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.

Broadway & Bernstein
2018-09-22 20:00 - 22:00 | British Columbia
Enjoy the music of legendary Broadway composer Leonard Bernstein, his contemporaries and inspirations including Rodgers & Hammerstein and Sondheim. Hear favourites from On the Waterfront and West Side Story and more!
Tickets are $31 – $83 and are available here!
Overture to Candide Bernstein
Three Dances from Fancy Free
Bernstein
Galop, Waltz, Danzon
Times Square from On the Town
Bernstein
Come up to My Place from On the Town
Bernstein
Finishing the Hat from Sunday in the Park
Sondheim
Children Will Listen from Into the Woods
Sondheim
A Salute to Richard Rodgers
Rodgers (arr. Ricketts)
INTERMISSION
For New York arr. John Williams
Send in the Clowns
Sondheim (arr. Krogstad)
Music from Wicked
Schwartz (arr. Rickets)
Concert Suite No. 1 from West Side Story
Bernstein
One Hand, One Heart
Somewhere
Lara Ciekiewicz
Balcony Scene (Tonight)
Mambo

Mahler Symphony No. 4
2018-09-17 20:00 - 22:00 | British Columbia
Maestro Kluxen begins his second season as Music Director with the bright and ethereally beautiful Mahler Symphony No. 4; a piece that combines Mahler’s love of nature, humor, scintillating orchestration, and a search for meaning amid the great questions of life into one masterful symphony.
Tickets are $33 – $86 and are available here!
For more background on this concert and complete program notes, click here!
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.

À la Française
2018-08-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Volunteer
France’s premier composers Debussy, Bizet and Ravel will all be performed in this summer concert conducted by Alastair Willis. Debussy’s Petite Suite, excerpts from Bizet’s Carmen and Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite will ring out in the sacred halls of the Cathedral. Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite is also on the evening’s program.
Tickets are $25 and are available at the Victoria Symphony Box office or at the door.
Festival passes (including the July 25 and August 1st concerts) are $40.
General seating. Doors open@ 6:30. Concert begins @ 7:30.

The Best of Beethoven
2018-07-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Volunteer
Join Associate Conductor Giuseppe Pietraroia and the Victoria Symphony for The Best of Beethoven. Hear the first movement of his most famous Symphony No. 5, movements from his Pastoral Symphony No. 6 and well as Wellington’s Victory.
Tickets are $25 and are available at the Victoria Symphony Box office.
Festival passes (including the July 25 and August 1st concerts) are $40.
General seating. Doors open@ 6:30. Concert begins @ 7:30.

Verdi Requiem
2018-05-12 20:00 - 22:00 | British Columbia
Join the VS and the mighty Victoria Choral Society for the transcendent and monumental Verdi Requiem. Vigorous rhythms, sublime melodies and dramatic contrasts combine to express powerful emotions in this major choral work, an incomparable experience to conclude the season.
Tickets are $32 – $85 and are available here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.
For more background on this concert, click here for complete program notes.

Music of the Knights
2018-05-04 20:00 - 22:00 | British Columbia
Three of the finest Knights are celebrated in this best-of-Britain show: Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John. Join Spot on Entertainment as they perform the Knights’ greatest hits!
Tickets are $32 – $85 and are available here.

Harold in Italy
2018-04-30 20:00 - 22:00 | British Columbia
VS Principal Kenji Fusé takes on the role of Harold in Berlioz’s imaginative and colourful symphony-concerto. VS Principal clarinet Keith MacLeod also serenades with Debussy’s Rhapsody, a piece known for pushing the edge of the clarinet’s technical abilities with its complexity and character.
Tickets are $32 – $85 and are available here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.
For more background on this concert, click here for complete program notes.

Cheng Plays Mozart
2018-04-22 14:30 - 16:30 | Image Link
The great Angela Cheng returns to perform the powerful and unique Jeunnehomme concerto with it depth of feeling and elegant manner. Haydn’s final and masterful Symphony No. 104 concludes this exciting program.
Tickets are $35 – $55 and are available here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk at 1:30 pm in the Senate Chambers, adjacent to the auditorium.
For more background on this concert, click here for complete program notes.

Doctor Atomic
2018-04-07 20:00 - 22:00 | Membership Benefits
Doctor Atomic Symphony “. . . seethes with a turbulent energy, pent-up brass threatening to boil over and strings straining against impossible pressures. . . “ – Michael Quinn, BBC Music
This concert also pays tribute to the great Martin Luther King Jr., 50 years after his assassination. Commissioned by legendary cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, Morawetz’s “Memorial to Martin Luther King Jr.” premiered in 1975.
Tickets are $15 – $20 and are available here.

Beethoven's Fourth
2018-03-25 14:30 - 16:30 | British Columbia
Renowned pianist Krzysztof Jablonski performs the lush and dazzling Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2. Beethoven’s elegant and witty Fourth Symphony wraps up the high-spirited evening.
Tickets are $32 – $85 and are available here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.
For more background on this concert, click here for complete program notes.

Mozart & Telemann
2018-03-18 14:30 - 16:30 | Image Link
Enjoy the beautiful sounds of double horn concerti with Alana Despins and Michael Oswald. Also on the program is Mozart’s Symphony No. 29, a well-known early symphony full of complexity and intricacy that drives this dramatically powerful piece.
Tickets are $35 – $55 and are available here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk at 1:30 pm in the Senate Chambers, adjacent to the auditorium.
For more background on this concert, click here for complete program notes.

Presto Mambo
2018-03-11 14:30 - 15:30 | British Columbia
Join Max, an energetic, but impulsive young boy, as he discovers the magical world of Latin rhythms and their power to communicate across cultures. With the help of Mambo the dog, the audience and the orchestra, Max learns how to “dance” with the music!
Tickets are $15 – $25 and available here.
Don’t forget to come early for the VS Instrument Petting Zoo and other activities beginning at 1:30 pm in the lobby!

Broadway Lights
2018-03-09 20:00 - 22:00 | British Columbia
Join conductor Brian Jackson and the talented young performers from the College of Performing Arts as they bring the bright lights of Broadway to the VS stage in this high energy extravaganza.
Tickets are $32 – $85 and available here.

Miller Conducts Rachmaninoff
2018-03-03 20:00 - 22:00 | British Columbia
Maestra Tania Miller returns to conduct an all Rachmaninoff program: his rhythmic and sharp Piano Concerto No. 4 with internationally renowned pianist Alain Lefèvre and Rachmaninoff’s brooding, romantic and lush Symphony No. 2.
Tickets are $32 – $85 and available here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.
For more background on this concert, click here for complete program notes.

Handel's Love Duets
2018-02-18 14:30 - 16:30 | Image Link
Experience the best of Handel’s arias and duets in this dramatic program featuring VS favourite Suzie LeBlanc and much south-after countertenor Daniel Taylor.
Tickets are $35 – $55 and are available here.
Please join Mary Byrne for a pre-concert talk at 1:30 pm in the Senate Chambers, adjacent to the auditorium.
For more background on this concert, click here for complete program notes.

Crow Plays Prokofiev
2018-02-05 20:00 - 22:00 | British Columbia
Extraordinary Canadian violinist Jonathan Crow returns to play Prokofiev’s explosive Violin Concerto No. 2. Paired with the Prokofiev is Schubert’s graceful and melodious Symphony No. 3.
Tickets are $32 – $85 and available here.
Please join Mary Byrne for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.
For more background on this concert, click here for complete program notes.

Mighty Maestro Returns
2018-01-28 14:30 - 15:30 | British Columbia
Mighty Maestro returns to take you on a tour of the instruments of the orchestra to discover the magical music musicians create. Join us for a fun, interactive journey through the world of the orchestra and don’t forget to come dressed up as your favourite superhero!
Tickets are $15 – $25 and available here.
Don’t forget to come early for the VS Instrument Petting Zoo and other activities beginning at 1:30 pm in the lobby!

Skating Classics with Kurt Browning
2018-01-27 14:00 - 16:00 | British Columbia
Music of the Ice: Figure Skating’s Greatest Hits
Canadian icon Kurt Browning relives unforgettable routines and takes you behind the scenes of the figure skating world with music from Phantom of the Opera, Casablanca, Singin’ in the Rain, Carmen and more.
Tickets are $32 – $85 and available here.

The Planets
2018-01-20 20:00 - 22:00 | British Columbia
The talented GVYO joins the VS for Holst’s dramatic masterpiece The Planets; a musical journey through the ideas and emotions associated with the influence of the planets on the human psyche. Violin sensation Caroline Goulding returns to play Brahms’ stunning Violin Concerto.
Tickets are $32 – $85 and available here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.
For more background on this concert, click here for complete program notes.

A Viennese New Year's
2018-01-01 14:30 - 16:30 | British Columbia
Start the New Year off right with lively and nostalgic music of the family of Johann Strauss and his contemporaries. Join the Symphony for an afternoon of music and song.
Tickets are $42 – $92 and available here.

A Jann Arden Christmas
2017-12-16 20:00 - 22:00 | British Columbia
Join Canadian superstar Jann Arden for an evening of holiday music and favourites with the Victoria Symphony. Her quick wit, warm heart and passion for music will make this an unforgettable evening.
Tickets are $30 – $105 and available here.

Christmas Pops- 2017
2017-12-08 20:00 - 23:00 | British Columbia
Celebrate the season with the Victoria Symphony! Join the orchestra and the talented voices of Vox Humana to hear both popular and classical holiday favourites in this family-friendly presentation of Yuletide cheer.
Tickets are $32 – $85 and available here.

Elgar's Enigma Variations
2017-11-26 14:30 - 16:30 | British Columbia
Elgar’s richly layered and mysterious Enigma Variations headlines this diverse concert featuring critically acclaimed cellist Raphael Wallfisch playing Elgar’s lyrical and passionate Cello Concerto. The VS’s own Principal Tuba Paul Beauchesne also takes centre stage to perform the memorable Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto.
Tickets are $32 – $85 and available here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.
For more background on this concert, click here for complete program notes.

Beethoven's Seventh
2017-11-19 14:30 - 16:30 | Image Link
Beethoven’s iconic Symphony No. 7, known for its captivating and varied rhythmic drive, headlines this concert with our dazzling Concertmaster Terence Tam performing two of Mozart’s early violin concerti.
Tickets are $32 – $55 and are available here.
For more background on this concert, click here for complete program notes.

New Music Festival: Fresh Off the Press
2017-11-09 20:00 - 22:00 | Membership Benefits
Fresh off a performance in Vancouver for the International Society of Contemporary Music World Days, the VS will perform this craft-curated concept of contemporary music from around the world. Catch the hottest new music, fresh off the press from today’s most exciting creators and innovators.
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Tickets are $15 – $20 and available here.
Want to participate? Click here to find out how you can interact with the orchestra!

Kimura Parker Plays Brahms
2017-11-04 20:00 - 22:00 | British Columbia
Paying tribute to the legendary pianist Glenn Gould, this concert features some of his favourite music including the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 played by another extraordinary Canadian, Jon Kimura Parker.
Tickets are $32 – $85 and available here.
Please join Bass Trombone Bob Fraser for a pre-concert talk in the west lobby one hour before the concert.
For more background on this concert, click here for complete program notes.

NAC Orchestra with Jan Lisiecki
2017-10-30 20:00 - 22:00 | British Columbia
The National Arts Centre Orchestra visits Victoria to perform Dvořák’s tribute to the American spirit, the New World Symphony. VS favourite Jan Lisiecki plays Schumann’s lyrical Piano Concerto and the evening concludes with a dramatic musical score performed with film and live narration.
Tickets are $32 – $85 and available here.
Viva Youth Voices will be performing in the west lobby one hour prior to the concert performance.
