Events Calendar

What's happening in Central Otago

Central Otago Regional Orchestra - Winter Concert in Alexandra

Location: Alexandra Community Centre
Region: Alexandra
Dates: Sat, 28 May 2016 @ 7.30pm

  • Central Otago Regional Orchestra - Winter Concert in Alexandra

The theme Is that of “A Bowl of Potpourri". As well as a selection of orchestral pieces there will be some small group items by members. In addition there will be an item by the Training orchestra.

Music – it soothes, it celebrates, it dances and at times is expresses the mood of a nation in trouble.

The music that the Central Otago Regional Orchestra is to present at its next concert series does all of that. The music created in support of the executed Count of Egmont who opposed  the Napoleonic Wars in Beethoven's Egmont Overture along with the music of Marche Slave  composed by Tchaikovsky in support of the Serbo-Turkish (1870's) War are works expressing the political situation of those times.

It contrasts markedly with Bizet's Jeux Enfants - Petit Suite from a collection of 12 works by Bizet. The top, the doll, the ball and the duo between the little husband and the little wife (petit mari, petite femme express joyfulness, pensiveness and the excitement of the gallop in Le Bal (a well known number that the audience are all likely to recognise). The orchestra's members (consisting of more than 30 players from all over Central Otago including Roxburgh Alexandra, Cromwell Wanaka, Queenstown and our viola player Robyn Mutch from Dunback) are particularly enjoying the quirkiness of some of this music under the baton of Aart Brusse.   Aart, who is well known in Otago music circles,  travels from Dunedin on a regular basis to lead the orchestra in rehearsal.

Another favourite listeners are certain to recognise is the ballet music from Rosamunde by Schubert (Number 1 and 2), This was written as part of the incidental music for a play by Helmina von Chezy and it is the music that supported the play that remains well known rather than the play itself. The second part of this piece is particularly bright and sure to get the feet tapping.

Cut to the twentieth century and the orchestra swings to the excitement of “ Bond.........James Bond”

Saturday 28th May 7.30 Alexandra Community Centre

Sunday 29th May 2.30   Wanaka Presbyterian Church

Entry $20 Children free   

  • Tickets availablefrom  Unichem Alexandra Pharmacy & Bookshop                                          
  • Pembroke Wines Wanaka 

Location

Alexandra Community Centre

Skird Street, right in the heart of Alexandra's CBD, between the library and the Memorial hall.

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031