May 27, 2017 Wagner: Flying Dutchman Overture Grondahl: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra Saint-Saens: Cavatine for Trombone and Orchestra Saint-Seans: Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony), featuring Rachel Alflatt, organ Guest Artist: Gordon Cherry, Trombone
April 8 & 9, 2017 Puccini: Preludio Sinfonicacap u logo Verdi: Brindisi, ‘The Drinking Song’ (La Traviata) Verdi: Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore) Bizet: March of the Toreadors (Carmen) Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor Partner: Lars Kaario & The Capilano University Festival Chorus
February 25, 2017Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor (Mvt.1 & 2) – Sarah Baek Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major K.488 (Mvt. 1) – Barry Tan Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Mvt. 3) – Ariel Ziqian Wang Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor (Mvt. 1) – Susan Xia Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Mvt. 1) – Sean Gao Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor (Mvt. 1) – Madeline Hocking Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
December 3, 2016 Estacio: Wondrous Light canada-leaf-png Jin Zhang: The Voices from Gold Mountain canada-leaf-png Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 Dvorak: Symphony No. 5 Guest Artist: Nancy DiNovo, Violin
October 22, 2016 Dvorak: Slavonic Dances 3 & 8 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 Brahms: Symphony No. 2 Guest Artist: Sunny Yue Qu, Piano
April 17, 2016 Piano Concerto Gala Concert Partner: Music Without Borders Society
April 2, 2016Beethoven | Coriolan Overture Mozart | Symphony No. 40 Mendelssohn | Symphony No. 3 (Scottish)
February 20, 2016 Beethoven | Creatures of Prometheus Overture Elgar | Cello Concerto Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 4 Guest Artists: Rebecca Wenham, Cello
November 28, 2015 Quilter | Children’s Overture Britten | Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Prokofiev | Peter and the Wolf Guest Artist: Richard Newman, Narrator
October 17, 2015 Sibelius | Finlandia Liszt | Les Preludes Weber | Der Freischutz Overture Strauss | Die Fledermaus Overture Wagner | Die Meistersinger Overture Tchaikovsky | Capriccio Italien Offenbach | Orpheus aux Enfers Overture
May 30, 2015Rimsky-Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles (Mlada) Barber: Violin Concerto Op. 14, Nancy DiNovo, Violin Mahler: Symphony No. 1
April 11 & 12, 2015 Lars Kaario, Guest Conductor Capilano University Choir Beethoven: Egmont Overture Beethoven: 9th Symphony (4th Movement) Orff: Carmina Burana
February 21, 2015 Habibi| The Promised Hand (Premiere) Nickel | Concerto for Oboe (Premiere) Khachaturian | ‘Waltz’ from the Masquerade Suite Prokofiev | Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
December 6, 2014 Humperdinck | Hansel and Gretel Prelude Ballard & Silvestri | Polar Express Concert Suite Gluck, Handel, Strauss, & Schubert | Four Songs of Love Tchaikovsky | Nutcracker Suites 1 & 2
November 23, 2014 Young Prodigies Concerto Concert in collaboration with the Music Without Borders Society Haydn, Piano Concerto in D Mozart, Piano Concerto in A Mozart, Piano Concerto in C Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 1 Saint-Sëans, Rondo Capriccioso for Marimba
October 18, 2014 Weber | Oberon Overture Chopin| Piano Concerto No. 1 Hanson | Symphony No. 2 (Romantic)
June 1, 2013 von Suppé: Poet and Peasant Overture Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1. Nancy DiNovo, Violin Respighi: Pines of Rome
April 13 & 14, 2013 Brahms: Requiem Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus Mozart: Regina Coeli Vaughan Williams: Serenade for Music
May 31, 2014 Ridout: Fall Fair Dvorak: Cello Concerto, Zoltan Rozsnyai, Cello Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)
February 22, 2014 Rossini:The Italian Girl in Algiers Overture Liszt: Piano Concerto – Aydan Con, piano Bottesini: Double Base Concerto (1st movement) – Jesse Lu, double bass Sibelius: Violin Concerto (1st movement) – Tomo Wakiyama Newton, violin Elgar: Violin Concerto (1st movement) – Doreen Dasol Yun, violinBeethoven: Piano Concerto (1st movement) – Keaton Ollech, piano Liszt: Piano Concerto – Monica Han, piano
December 7, 2013 Donizetti: Don Pasquale Overture Brahms:Piano Concerto No. 1 Stravinsky:Firebird Suite
October 19, 2013 Saint-Saëns: Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3, Dominic Woo, Violin Ravel: La Valse Debussy: La Mer
June 1, 2013 von Suppé: Poet and Peasant Overture Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1. Nancy DiNovo, Violin Respighi: Pines of Rome
April 13 & 14, 2013 Brahms: Requiem Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus Mozart: Regina Coeli Vaughan Williams: Serenade for Music
February 23, 2013 Rossini: William Tell Overture Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3. Lorraine Min, Piano Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
December 1, 2012 Bernstein: Candide Overture Knudson: Mosaic Concerto for Horn. Oliver de Clercq, Horn Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite
October 20, 2012 Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in Eb major. Paul McEwen, Trumpet Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 (Little Russian)
June 2, 2012 Brahms: Tragic Overture Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major. Esther Hwang, violin soloist Brahms: Symphony No. 4
April 14, 2012 Schubert: Rosamunde Overture Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K.314 Vivaldi:Concerto for Two Flutes in C Major, RV533. Christie Reside and Rosanne Wieringa, flute soloists Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
February 25, 2012 Saint Saens: Danse Macabre Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniTian Yu Zhou, piano soloist Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
December 3 & 4, 2011 Mozart: Mass in C Minor, K.427 Verdi (arr. Rutter): Brindisi from La Traviata Verdi (arr. Rutter): Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore Verdi (arr.Rutter): Va pensiero from Nabucco Donizetti (Rutter edition): Per te d’immenso giubilo from Lucia di Lammermoor Bizet (Rutter edition): March of the Toreadors from Carmen
October 22, 2011 Dukas: Fanfare, La Peri Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings Gounod: Petite Symphonie Sibelius: Symphony No.7
May 28, 2011 Smetana Overture to the Bartered Bride Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Winds Schubert: Symphony No. 9 Guest Artist: Featured VPO Winds
April 9, 2011 Mozart Idomeneo Overture Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 Guest Artist: Brian Mix, Cello.
February 19, 2011 Antonin Dvorak, Festival March, B. 88, Op 54 Concerto Competition Finalists Performances Diane Min Hye Yeo, cello – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo Theme,Op.33 Henry Liao, violin- Camille Saint-Saens violin Concerto No 3 in B minor, Op. 61, 3rd movement Emma Woo, piano – Frederic Chopin, Concerto no 2, in F minor, Op. 21 1st movement Sarah Ellis, bassoon – Carl Maria von Weber Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op. 75 1st movement Tami Lin, piano – Sergei Rachmaninoff, Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, 3rd movement Esther J Hwang, violin – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, 1st movement
December 4, 2010 Mendelssohn Overture to Fingal’s Cave Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 Guest Artist: Sara Laimon, Piano.
October 23, 2010 Beethoven Egmont Overture Hummel Concerto for Trumpet Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Guest Artist: Ed Lewis, Trumpet.
May 29, 2010 Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3 Johannes Brahms Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, Op. 102 Soloists: Mary Sokol Brown (violin) and Joseph Elworthy (cello) Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Guest Conductor: Ken Hsieh. Soloists: Mary Sokol Brown (Violin) Joseph Elworthy (Cello)
April 1 & 2, 2010 Christoph Willibald von Gluck Overture, Iphigenia in Aulis Beethoven Symphony No. 1 Conductor: Jin Zhang Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem A new version of Mozart’s famous requiem with Jubilate! Chamber Choir Conductor: Fabiana Katz Special Guests: Jubilate! Chamber Choir
February 20, 2010 Mikhail Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla Overture Antonin Dvorak Cello Concerto Soloist: Bo Peng Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68 Conductor: Jin Zhang. Soloist: Bo Peng (Cello)
December 12, 2009 Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Prelude Michael Conway Baker Harp Concerto Soloist: Andrew Chan Antonin Dvorak Slavonic Dance No. 1 Op. 46, and No. 2 Op. 72 Alexander Borodin Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor Leo Delibes Coppelia Ballet Suite No. 2 Conductor: Jin Zhang Soloist: Andrew Chan (Harp)
October 17, 2009 Jacques Offenbach Bluebeard Overture Johann Joachim Quantz Flute Concerto in G Major Antonio Vivaldi Piccolo Concerto Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Conductor: Jin Zhang. Soloist: Ann-Elise Keefer (Flute, Piccolo)
June 6, 2009 Hector Berlioz La damnation de faust – Rakoczy (Hungarian) March Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Vittorio Monti Csardas Edvard Hagerup Grieg Norwegian Dances Opus 35 Levko Nikolayevich Kolodub Ukranian Carpathian Rhapsody Soloist: Bruce Henczel (Marimba)
April 18, 2009 Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco Overture Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 100 Military Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 Conductor: Jin Zhang.
February 21, 2009 Franz Schubert Rosamunde Overture Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5 Conductor: Jin Zhang. Soloist: Tang Hong (Piano)
December 7, 2008 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overture of the Marriage of Figaro Stephen Chatman Proud Music of the Storm Guest artists: Jubilate! Chamber Choir Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Featuring soprano Sheila Christie, alto Jeanine Fynn, tenor John Arsenault, baritone Willy Miles and Jubilate! Chamber Choir with its guests, The Willan Choir. Conductor: Jin Zhang. Special Guests: Jubilate! Chamber Choir
October 18, 2008 Carl Maria von Weber Euryanthe Overture Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 7 in D minor opus 70 Conductor: Jin Zhang. Soloist: Aisslinn Nosky (Violin)
May 31, 2008 Antonin Dvorak Carnival Overture, Opus 92 Alexander Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia Duet and Solo: Mei Han/Randy Raine-Reusch Jin Zhang (arranger) Yao Dance: Zheng and bawu with orchestra Claude Debussy Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune Frederick Schipizky Late Night in Central Park Bedrich Smetana The Moldau Conductor: Jin Zhang. Soloists: Randy Raine-Reusch (Multi-instrumentalist) Mei Han (Chinese Zheng Virtuoso)
April 12, 2008 Karl Maria von Weber Oberon Overture Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Opus 26 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 3, Opus 90 Conductor: Jin Zhang. Soloist: Melody Quah (Piano)
February 16, 2008 Richard Wagner Overture to Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman) Nino Rota Bassoon Concerto Felix Mendelssohn Nocturne from Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opus 61 Edward Elgar Enigma Variations Opus 36 Conductor: Jin Zhang. Soloist: Francis St. Jean (Bassoon)
December 8, 2007 Leroy Anderson A Christmas Festival Richard Strauss Music for Woodwinds – Serenade for Winds Opus 7 J. S. Bach Music for Brass – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire, Sheep May Safely Graze Frederick Delius Sleighride Evelyn Thatcher Lyric Songs. Soloist: Soprano Evelyn Thatcher Howard Blake The Snow Man. Narrator: Russell Robert Soloist: Evelyn Thatcher (Soprano)
October 20, 2007 Giuseppe Verde Overture, La Forza del Destino Ludwig van Beethoven Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Conductor: Jin Zhang. Soloists: Janice Gerard (Piano) Li-Ling Liao (Violin) Carina Reeves (Cello)
May 26, 2007 H. Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture. F. Chopin Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in f minor, op. 11. G. Faure Pavane, op. 50. F. Liszt Tasso, Lament and Triumph (Symphonic Poem No. 2). Guest conductor: Jin Zhang. Soloist: Sara Buechner (Piano)
April 14, 2007 L. van Beethoven Overture to Fidelio, op. 72b. C. M. von Weber Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in E-flat major, op. 26. R. Wagner Adagio for Clarinet and Strings. P. I. Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor op. 74 (“Pathetique”). Guest conductor: Jin Zhang. Soloist: Janine Oye (clarinet)
February 17, 2007 Stravinsky Suite No. 1 for small orchestra . D. Shostakovich Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra No. 1, op. 107 Dvorak Symphony No. 3, Op. 10 Guest conductor: Lindsay Mellor Soloist: Carina Reeves (Cello)
December 9, 2006 W. A. Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, K364., Mary Sokol Brown (violin), Andrew Brown (viola). C. Wilson A Tribute to Mozart. G. Rossini Overture to La gazza ladra. S. Prokofieff Peter and the Wolf, op. 67. Narrator: Bryan Gick. Guest conductor: Leslie Dala Soloists: Mary Sokol Brown (Violin) Andrew Brown (Viola)
October 21, 2006 R. Schumann Overture to Genoveva, op. 81. R. Strauss Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No. 1, op. 11 J. Sibelius Finlandia, op. 26. Karelia Suite, op. 11. R. Wagner Overture to Tannhäuser. Guest conductor: Leslie Dala Soloist: Marianne Plenert (Horn)
May 27, 2006 Gluck Alceste Overture. Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 1 A Minor. Featuring soloist Ariel Barnes. Faure Elegie – Opus 24. Ravel Mother Goose Suite (“Ma mere l’oye”) . Bizet Suite from “L’Arlesienne”. Soloist: Ariel Barnes (Cello)
April 8, 2006 W.A. Mozart “Idomeneo” Overture Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 – Opus 15 in C Major. Featuring soloist Nikolai Maloff. Bruckner Symphony No. O (“Die Nullte”) Soloist: Nikolai Maloff (Piano)
February 18, 2006 Forsyth Essay for Orchestra’67, Variations on a Groundbass. Sibelius Violin Concerto. Nielsen Symphony No. 1. Soloist: Eugenia Choi (Violin)
December 11, 2005 G. F. Handel Overture to the Music for the Royal Fireworks. Choruses from the Messiah (Version arranged: W. A. Mozart) . P. I. Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (Suite No. 1 from the ballet). L. Anderson A Christmas Festival (as an opening of the sing-along section). F. Mendelssohn Verleih’ uns Frieden (“Grant us Thy Peace”) . Featured Guests: Gerald Van Wyck Conducting The VPO joins with the Pacific Spirit Choir and conductor Gerald Van Wyck in this concert of seasonal music. Bring your singing voices to join in with some carols!
October 22, 2005 Cori Caulfield Coriograph Theatre and the Caulfield School of Dance W. A. Mozart Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro (arranged for winds by Jan Vent). Serenade for Wind Instruments in E-flat Major, K375. Edward Elgar Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20. Bela Bartok Roumanian Folk Dances for Small Orchestra Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Op. 68, in F major (Pastorale). Soloist: Cori Caulfield (Dancer / Choreographer) and Coriograph Theatre and the Caulfield School of Dance
May 28, 2005 Rossini The Barber of Selville. Bottesini Grand Duo Concertant for Violin, Double Bass and Orchestra. Rachmaninoff Symphony No 1, Opus 13 in D Minor. Soloists: David Brown (Double Bass) Mary Sokol Brown (Violin)
April 9, 2005 Faure Masques et Bergamasques, Opus 112. Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra. Stravinsky Divertimento from the Fairy’s Kiss De Falla The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No 2. Rodrigo’s concert suggest times past, in the beautiful gardens of Aranjuez. Soloist: Daniel Bolshoy (Guitar)
February 19, 2005 Franck Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Serenade and Allegro gioioso for Piano and Orchestra Opus 43. Schumann Symphony No 3 Opus 97 E Flat Major. Soloist: Sara Buechner (Piano)
December 11, 12, 14, 16/2004 Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld. Soloist: Lorna McGee (Flute) Fully Staged with the UBC Opera Ensemble.
October 23, 2004 J.C. Bach Symphony in D Major, Opus 18 No 4. Reinecke Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in D Major, Opus 283 Soloist: Lorna McGee (Flute) Britten A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Opus 80
