Dance Classics

Sunday 8 December 2013
3:30 am
Orchestra Nova is primed to present their final programme for 2013, packed with classic dance songs from throughout the ages.
The orchestra will have feet tapping into the New Year with their performance at Lake Macquarie Performing Arts Centre in Warners Bay on Sunday 8th December, starting at 2pm. All are welcome.
Now in its 22nd year, Orchestra Nova - the Hunter and Newcastle’s only community orchestra - continues to deliver up to four programmes per year featuring well-known popular and classical music for the community’s enjoyment.
The orchestra’s December concert will include a veritable mixed bag of well-known dance-related music from ballet, opera and folk dance to waltz, tango and big band.
Full programme (not in order of presentation):
Ballet:
Adagio from Spartacus – Aram Khachaturian
Montagues and Capulets (Dance of the Knights) from Romeo and Juliet – Sergei Prokofieff
Opera:
Soirees Musicales – Benjamin Britten
Folk dances:
Slavonic Dances – Antonin Dvorak
Romanian Folk Dances – Bela Bartok
Polka from Schwanda the Bagpiper – Jaromir Weinberger
Waltz:
Emperor Waltz - Johann Strauss
Popular dance:
Two South American Tangos - Ángel Gregorio Villoldo
Salute to the Big Bands – arr. Calvin Custer
Musical director and conductor: Robin Fischle
The musicians playing in Orchestra Nova range in age, experience and background including students, teachers, doctors, engineers and retirees.
More information is available at the orchestra’s website: www.orchestranova.org.au
The event will also include a raffle and light refreshments can be purchased.
Tickets: $15 general admission, $10 student/pensioner concession. Discounts available for group bookings.
Website: http://www.orchestranova.org.au