Yes, gentle readers, the time has come again to make plans to attend the Lakeshore Chamber Orchestra spring concert! Every spring we present a lively and soul-uplifting concert to celebrate the arrival of the season (or advent, or the invocation of said season in this particular case, ahem).
This year’s concert to celebrate/invoke/present an impassioned petition to spring presents a selection of French dance-themed music, some well-known, others perhaps a delightful discovery for you. The programme includes:
Overture to The Caliph of Baghdad by Boieldieu
Pavane pour une infante défunte by Ravel
Aires de danse dans le style ancien from Le roi s’amuse by Delibes
Pavane, op. 50 by Fauré
Symphony no. 1 by Gounod
The concert takes place on Saturday April 5, 2008 at 19h30, and will be presented at Cedar Park United Church at 204 Lakeview Ave, Pointe-Claire, QC (corner St. John’s Blvd). Admission is $10, children under 18 attend free of charge.
Directions via public transport may be found here. If you’re driving, take St. John’s Blvd south from either autoroute 40 or 20. Lakeview is one street south of autoroute 20; the church is on the south-west corner of the intersection, with a parking lot on the west side. Here’s a map to help you find your way.
Did I mention that we have a guest mandolin player? We have a guest mandolin player. Intriguing, yes?
So mark your calendars, and make a date with friends and family to share a wonderful evening of music and camaraderie. And maybe, just maybe, it will feel a little more like spring when we’re through.
YAY! Spring concert!
*runs to mark the calendar*
I was thinking the announcement was coming a little early this year, but no, it’s just that winter is late leaving…
Well, in a way it *is* early. I usually forget to post anything about it until the week before the date itself. See how organised I am!
Isn’t the concert usually later in April as well? Or am I just crazy?
(Wait, maybe I don’t want you to answer that…)
We’ve done them anywhere between March and May. It usually depends on when our fall concert is, when Easter is, and when we can book time in a space to perform.
Alas, we have birthday number one plans (my dad—April 7th) for that evening!!
are tickets for sale at the door or beforehand? it occurs to me that it’s been a long, long time since i’ve seen a classical concert of any kind. it’s a gap that needs to be filled (and really, i’ve no excuse – i can WALK there).
For sale at the door! You just walk in, there will be a little card table with someone behind it and a pile of programmes. It’s in the church itself so you can sit anywhere.
Wait a minute… do you play violin? Why do I think you play the violin?