Author Archives: LYCO

2017 Mid Year Concert

When	Friday, 30th June 2017, 7:30pm
Where	City Baptist Church, 11 Frederick St, Launceston
Entry	Gold coin donation

Programme

Piccolo Strings

Jack in the Box

Loreta Fin

As Evening Falls

R. Anne Svendsen

William Tell
Overture (Finale)

Gioacchino Rossini

Into the Dragon’s Den

Raymond Brown

Intermezzo Strings

Gamelan
from “O”

Benoit Jutras
arr. Michael Story

Prelude and Fugue
from “The Well-Tempered Clavier”

Johann Sebastian Bach

Acrobats

Richard Meyer

Launceston Symphony Orchestra

The Lord of the Dance
1. Cry of the Celts
2. The Lord of the Dance (Simple Gifts)

Ronan Hardiman & Elder Joseph Brackett
arr. Larry Moore

Symphony in B Minor (D.759)
“The Unfinished”
1. Allegro moderato

Franz Schubert

L’Arlésienne Suite № 2
1. Pastorale
2. Intermezzo
3. Menuet
4. Farandole

Georges Bizet
arr. Fritz Hoffmann

2018 Residential Summer String Camp Applications Open

Along with the Winter Orchestra Workshop, the LYCO organises the annual Residential Summer String Camp, now in its 28th year. This will run from 14th January 2018 to 20th January 2018, and applications are now open.

To apply, start at the RSSC Application page.

2017 Winter Orchestra Workshop Applications Open

The main work will be Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E♭ major (“Eroica”). The fee is $225, or $200 for LYCO members, with a $20 increase after 31st May 2017. The camp will run from the afternoon of 7th July 2017 (Friday) to 9th July 2017 (Sunday).

Other details and application forms may be found on the Winter Orchestra Workshop page.

Rehearsals Resume 5th May 2017

Due to the Tasmanian term dates for 2017, we will be missing three consecutive Fridays. Once the second term of 2017 begins, rehearsals for all three orchestras will resume on the 5th of May.

For the complete list of rehearsal and concert dates, see the Rehearsals page.

LYCO in 2017

Rehearsals resume on the 17th of February 2017. Rehearsals remain at the City Baptist Church, 11 Frederick St, Launceston, unless otherwise stated. The rehearsals through the year, including updates, are listed on the Rehearsals page.

The 2017 Winter Orchestra Workshop will run from the 7th of July (Friday) to the 9th of July (Sunday).

2016 End of Year Concert

When	Friday, 2nd December 2016, 7:30pm
Where	City Baptist Church, 11 Frederick St, Launceston
Entry	Gold coin donation

Programme

Piccolo Strings

A Little Summer Suite
1. Sun Bleached
2. Rain Come Down (A Prayer)
3. Downpour!

Keith Sharp

Bach Country Fiddles

Johann Sebastian Bach
arr. Richard Meyer

Epic

Larry Clark

Two Night Pieces
1. Midnight Serenade
2. Dark Train

Stephen Chin

Tango por Uno

R. Anne Svendsen

Intermezzo Strings

Danse Macabre

Camille Saint-Saëns

Russian Easter Overture

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Power Surge

M.L. Daniels

Launceston Symphony Orchestra

Overture to “The Abduction from the Seraglio”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Trumpet Concerto in E♭ Major
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegro

Joseph Haydn

The Montagues and the Capulets from “Romeo and Juliet”

Sergei Prokofiev

Selections from “The Firebird” Suite
1. Danse Infernale
2. Berceuse
3. Finale

Igor Stravinsky

Programme

Piccolo Strings

Intermezzo Strings

Launceston Symphony Orchestra

Programme

Piccolo Strings

Intermezzo Strings

Launceston Symphony Orchestra

Poster