 Message from the Music Director
Welcome to the Palm Court Light Orchestra’s 2008/9 season. As usual we will present three programmes filled with the very best of light music played by Vancouver Island’s own Palm Court Light Orchestra. Now in our 22nd season, the Orchestra reminds all of us that nothing equals a good tune and we have some great melodies to share with you. Whether it is a waltz by Archibald Joyce, a John Phillip Sousa march, a Broadway selection or a Leroy Anderson Boston Pops favourite, the Orchestra plays with a passion that has had audiences coming back year after year.
In October 2008 we welcome tenor Kenneth Lavigne in a concert entitled Danny Boy. I have asked Ken to sing some Irish songs as a tribute to the great Irish tenor, John McCormick, who was so popular on both sides of the Atlantic. At this special concert we will be launching our new CD, Love’s Old Sweet Song. Ken and I will be happy to sign your copy at the end of the concert. This may be your last chance to hear Ken before his Carnegie Hall, New York debut.
March 2009 sees British violinist and conductor Marianne Olyver take the stage for our Gypsy Carnival concert. Marianne has a wonderful warm personality and is one heck of a fiddle player. Back in the UK Marianne studied with one of my violin heroes, Alfredo Campoli. As a youngster I can well remember attending a Campoli concert. The Kreisler encores went on for ever. Marianne will lead the Orchestra from the violin in the tradition of Albert Sandler, Max Jaffa, Reginald Leopold and, in more modern times, André Rieu.
Finally our Spring concert, An English Country Garden, features Victoria soprano Nancy Washeim. It is the purest “palm court” of our concerts. You can almost see the potted palms and the cucumber sandwiches. Included in the programme is music by Haydn Wood, Charles Ancliffe, Eric Coates and selections from Jerry Ross’s Damn Yankees.
See you in the Palm Court!
Charles Job, Founder/Conductor
What is Palm Court Music?
Palm Court music brings forth images of potted palms, gracious grand hotels and ballroom dancers in elegant evening dress. The Palm Court Light Orchestra typically plays popular light classics from the early 1900s as well as marches, ragtime, and musical gems from the early days of cinema, between the two world wars. It is best described as light-hearted music that sends you home smiling!
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Palm Court Concerts line 250.748.9964
1358 Garret Place, Cowichan Bay, BC VOR 1N2
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