May 6 & 7, 2023

Maestro’s Choice

Follow the orchestra on an epic musical journey under the inspiring baton of our new music director! In an engaging program designed personally by Maestro Guggenheim, the Symphony will lead you through music that reflects his Argentine heritage blended with his Canadian roots. The jazz-inspired Ravel Piano Concerto will make its first appearance in our hall, showcasing the refined virtuosity of soloist Kevin Ahfat. We finish our journey with tangos arranged especially for the Oakville Symphony, ending with Ginastera’s mesmerizing Suite from Estancia. Program notes

April 1 & 2, 2023

Sibelius Symphony No. 2

A highlight of our April concert is the seldom played but exciting Marimba Concerto by Brazilian composer Ney Rosauro, featuring Oakville Symphony’s own percussionist Bryan Allen. Along with this aurally and visually spectacular work for marimba and string orchestra, the OS will dazzle us with Johann Strauss Jr’s masterpiece overture, Die Fledermaus. The concert will be rounded out with the magnificent Symphony No. 2 by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. Program notes

February 4 & 5, 2023

Dvorak Symphony No. 8

This special concert showcases soloists from our own talented orchestra. The “Christmas Concerto” of Corelli will feature principals from the first and second violin section of the Oakville Symphony, as well as our principal cellist. Violist Lynn Sue-A-Quan, a former Hollier Award winner and Juilliard School graduate, will be the soloist in an early classical work – the Hoffmeister Viola Concerto. The concert concludes with Dvorak Symphony No. 8, considered to be the greatest of the Dvorak symphonies with its melodic folk tunes and dramatic passages. Program notes

November 5 & 6, 2022

Haydn Symphony No. 104

Join us as the Oakville Symphony celebrates a thrilling new season under the leadership of our new music director. Enjoy the Canadian premiere of PIVOT, a lively short piece by English composer Anna Clyne inspired by her experiences of the Edinburgh Festival. In true celebratory fashion, we revel in the majestic strains of the last symphony ever written by Franz Joseph Haydn, No. 104 — the noble London Symphony. We welcome brilliant Anglo-Canadian cellist Paul Marleyn back to the stage to perform Elgar’s beautifully elegiac Cello Concerto in E minor. In a later work, Elgar’s concerto remains one of the most profound examples of English orchestral music. Program notes

December 11, 2022

Family Holiday Concert

Showtimes: 1:30pm & 4:30pm

Oakville Symphony’s Family Holiday Concert is an exciting celebration for families and lovers of the holiday spirit! Enjoy music from much-loved movies – Frozen, Home Alone, Polar Express, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and The Sound of Music) – and songs by the Oakville Choir for Children and Youth. This one-hour concert also includes familiar pieces from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, traditional carols, plus the first performance of Waltz of the Snowmen by local composer Yuang Chen.

With thanks to Alex Irish & Associates, RE/MAX Escarpment, for their generous sponsorship.