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Launceston Youth and Community Orchestra Mid Year Concert. When: Friday, 17th June 2016, 7:30pm. Where: City Baptist Church, 11 Frederick St, Launceston. Web: www.lyco.org.au

2016 Mid Year Concert

Highlights will include the Intermezzo Strings playing movements from Peter Warlock’s “Capriol Suite” and the Launceston Symphony Orchestra playing the Overture to “William Tell” by Gioacchino Rossini.

Frequent concert guests may recognise the “Sixteen Sensations” by Australian composer Stephen Chin. Pieces from this collection have appeared at the Residential Summer String Camp in 2012, 2015 and 2016, and the LYCO 2015 Mid Year Concert and 2015 End of Year Concert. At the 2016 Residential Summer String Camp, the Preludio Strings played the first sensation, “Gecko Echo”. Now, at this concert, the Piccolo Strings will for the first time perform the final two sensations, “Bubbles” and “Fiddle Stick Fury”.

When Friday, 17th June 2016, 7:30pm
Where City Baptist Church, 11 Frederick St, Launceston
Entry Gold coin donation

Programme

Piccolo Strings

Asobu
(“Play”)
Keiko Yamada
Bubbles
from “Sixteen Sensations”
Stephen Chin
Fiddle Stick Fury
from “Sixteen Sensations”
Stephen Chin
Sea Suite
1. Shark Attack
2. Barrier Reef
3. Cap’n Jack’s Hornpipe
Kathy & David Blackwell
Stephen Chin
Rainbow

Intermezzo Strings

Cockles and Mussels
(Molly Malone)
James Yorkston & Edmund Forman (?)
Londonderry Air
(Danny Boy)
Traditional Irish
collected by Jane Ross
The Irish Washerwoman
Traditional Irish
Capriol Suite
1. Basse-Danse
2. Pavane
5. Pieds-en-l’air
6. Mattachins
Peter Warlock
The Addams Family Theme
Victor “Vic” Mizzy
arr. Paul Jennings

Launceston Symphony Orchestra

Melodies from Der Rosenkavalier
Richard Strauss
March to the Scaffold
Hector Berlioz
Symphony in C Major (GB115 / WD33)
3. Menuetto (Scherzo)
Georges Bizet
William Tell
Overture
Gioacchino Rossini

Poster

Poster advertising the Launceston Youth and Community Orchestra performing the William Tell Overture by Gioacchino Rossini.

Launceston Youth and Community Orchestra End of Year Concert. When: Friday, 27th November 2015, 7:30pm. Where: City Baptist Church, 11 Frederick St, Launceston. Web: www.lyco.org.au

2015 End of Year Concert

All three of of the LYCO’s constituent orchestras will perform at this concert: the Piccolo Strings, Intermezzo Strings and the Launceston Symphony Orchestra.

Highlights will include three movements from the ballet “The Seasons” by Alexander Glazunov and the combined orchestras playing the “Canon in D” by Johann Pachelbel.

When Friday, 27th November 2015, 7:30pm
Where City Baptist Church, 11 Frederick St, Launceston
Entry Gold coin donation

Programme

Piccolo Strings

Contredanse en Rondeau
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sunset Sarabande
Stephen Chin
Overlords
Sean O’Loughlin
A Stately Minuet
Stephen Chin
The Silver Forest
Stephen Chin

Intermezzo Strings

Caprice No. 24
Niccolò Paganini
Siciliano and Allegro
Georg Philipp Telemann

Launceston Symphony Orchestra

Flying Geese
Grant Mason
Petite Suite
1. En Bateau
Claude Debussy
The Seasons
11. La Barcarolle
4. La Glace
14d. Bacchanale
Alexander Glazunov
Sorochinsky Fair – Gopak
Modest Mussorgsky

Combined LYCO Orchestras

Canon in D
Johann Pachelbel

Instructions to Members

Rehearsal Timetable for the 27th of November 2015

Piccolo Strings 4:00pm arrive
4:15pm start playing
4:45pm finish playing
Intermezzo Strings 4:35pm arrive
4:50pm start playing
5:20pm finish playing
LSO 5:15pm arrive
5:30pm start playing
6:30pm finish playing
Concert 7:15pm musicians arrive
7:30pm Piccolo Strings start playing

Concert Dress

Piccolo Strings Purple LYCO shirts or black top over black/dark colours
Intermezzo Strings Purple LYCO shirts or black top over black/dark colours
LSO All black preferred; Piccolo or Intermezzo members may keep purple shirt on rather than changing on stage

Orchestra members may wait in the church between the rehearsal and the start of the concert.

Please bring your own music stand and a plate of food to share for supper.

Onwards

This concert signals the end of the year for the LYCO. There are no rehearsals in December or January. The first rehearsal in 2016 will be on Friday, the 12th of February.

Poster

Poster advertising "The Seasons" ballet by Alexander Glazunov.

2015 UTCMP Symphonic Band – Launceston Symphony Orchestra Concert

Poster advertising "En Bateau" by Claude Debussy. The poster shows rippling water reflecting a tree and sunset.

On the 19th of September 2015, the Launceston Symphony Orchestra from the LYCO will perform a join concert with the Symphonic Band from the University of Tasmania Community Music Programme.

This will be the first joint concert for these two ensembles since the Folk Songs to Finlandia Concert in 2013.

When Saturday, 19th September 2015, 7:30pm
Where City Baptist Church, 11 Frederick St, Launceston
Entry $5 (Individual), $20 (Family)

Programme

UTCMP Symphonic Band

Symphony No. 2
4. Finale (Moderato assai – Allegro vivo)
Pyotr Il′yich Tchaikovsky
Air for Band
Frank Erickson
Battle Cry of Freedom
Elliot Del Borgo
Aria di Chiesa
Alessandro Stradella
Beneath Night’s Shadow
Reber Clark
from the Lutheran Hymn “Now Rest Beneath Night’s Shadow”
March of the Belgian Paratroopers
Pierre Leemans

Launceston Symphony Orchestra

Overture to “Egmont”
Ludwig van Beethoven
Petite Suite
1. En Bateau
Claude Debussy
Flying Geese
Grant Mason
Selections from
 “The Phantom of the Opera”
Andrew Lloyd Webber

Instructions for Launceston Symphony Orchestra Members

Concert dress is all black.

Please arrive by 7:15pm. As shown on the programme above, the UTCMP Symphonic Band will play first.

Please bring a plate of food to share for supper.

We may need to bring stands – this will be discussed on Friday.

2014 End of Year Concert

The LYCO end-of-year concert for all LSO, Intermezzo Strings and Piccolo Strings players is on Friday the 28th of November at the City Baptist Church (our rehearsal venue).

Rehearsal Timetable for the 28th of November 2014

4:00 to 4:30 Piccolo Strings
4:30 to 5:00 Intermezzo Strings
5:00 to 5:15 LSO and Intermezzo (Tragic Overture)
5:30 to 6:30 LSO
7:30 Concert starts

Concert Dress

Piccolo Strings Purple LYCO shirts over black/dark colours
Intermezzo Strings Purple LYCO shirts over black/dark colours
LSO All black

Orchestra members may wait in the church between the rehearsal and the start of the concert.

Please Bring

  • Music stands
  • Stand lights if required
  • A plate of food to share for supper

Admission

Admission is free to members’ immediate families. For others, the admission fee is $5 per person, $10 for a family.

Onwards

This concert signals the end of the year for the LYCO. There are no rehearsals in December or January. The first rehearsal for 2015 will be on Friday, the 6th of February.

The LYCO committee members hope you have enjoyed your time playing with us in 2014 and wish you happy holidays!

2014 Mid Year Concert

Location: City Baptist Church, Launceston

Date: Friday, 27th June 2014

Time: 7:30 pm

Admission: $5 person, $7 family

Instructions to LYCO Members

Piccolo Strings

Rehearse from 4:15pm in the lounge and from 5:00pm to 5:15pm on the stage.

Concert dress is purple LYCO shirts over black/dark colours.

Intermezzo Strings

Rehearse from 4:15pm to 5:00pm on the stage.

Concert dress is purple LYCO shirts over black/dark colours.

Launceston Symphony Orchestra

Rehearse from 5:30pm to 6:30pm on the stage.

Concert dress is all black.
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