Programme Archives

2009-2010 Season Concert Programmes

On a Spring Note

Charles Job conductor
Karina Choe soprano

April 10– 7:30 pm Duncan
April 11–2:00 pm Victoria
April 13– 2:30 pm Sidney

March: The Middy
Court Dance
Queen Mary’s Garden

Musetta’s Waltz
Song to the Moon
Berceuse

Pirouette
Lazy Night
High School Cadets

Intermission

La Cinquantaine
Moon Maid
I Kiss Your Hand, Madam

The Doll Song
You are Love
I Feel Pretty
O Mio Babbino Caro
Selections: Can-Can
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

Kenneth Alford
Jack Strachey
Haydn Wood

Giacomo Puccini
Anton Dvorak
Benjamin Godard

Herman Finck
Eric Coates
John Philip Sousa

Jean Gabriel - Marie
Charles Ancliffe
Ralph Erwin

Jacques Offenbach
Jerome Kern
Leonard Bernstein
Giacomo Puccini
Cole Porter
Leon Jessel

The Blue Danube

Janos Sandor conductor
Lambroula Pappas soprano

February 20–7:30 pm Victoria
February 21– 2:30 pm Duncan
February 23– 2:30 pm Sidney

Overture: The Land of Smiles L’Inconnue Polka
March: O Du Mein Osterreich

Meine Lippen, sie Kussen so heiB
My Hero
Countess Maritza: Czardas

Annen Polka
The Beautiful Blue Danube

Intermission

Florentiner March
Eva Waltz
Frasquita Serenade

Die Fledermaus: Laughing Song
Two Hearts in Three Quarter Time
Die Fledermaus: Czardas
Vienna, City of My Dreams
Selections: White Horse Inn
Tick-Tack Polka

Franz Lehar
Johann Strauss II
Franz von Suppe

Franz Lehar
Oscar Straus
Emmerich Kalman

Johann Strauss II
Johann Strauss II

Julius Fucik
Franz Lehar
Franz Lehar

Johann Strauss II
Robert Stolz
Johann Strauss II
Rudolf Sieczynski
Benatzky & Stolz
Johann Strauss II

Alexander’s Ragtime Band

Charles Job conductor
Frederick Hodges pianoforte

November 7, 2009–7:30 pm Victoria
November 8, 2009–2:30 pm Duncan
November 10, 2009-2:30 pm Sidney

Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Ragtime Dance
Dance, Dance, Little Lady

Palm Beach
Night and Day
Yes, Yes, My Baby

The Continental
Ace of Hearts
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue

Intermission

Makin’ Whoopee
Willow Moss
Always

Fizz Water
Love Walked In
Sparkles
Masculine Women, Feminine Men Selections: Show Boat
Marigold

Irving Berlin
Scott Joplin
Noel Coward

Lucky Roberts
Cole Porter
Eddie Cantor

Con Conrad
Billy Mayerl
Ray Henderson

Walter Donaldson
Billy Mayerl
Irving Berlin

Eubie Blake
George Gershwin
Phil Ohman
James V. Monaco
Jerome Kern
Billy Mayerl

2008-2009 Season

An English Country Garden

Nancy Washeim, soprano
Charles Job, conductor

Sun. May 17, 2:30 pm Cowichan Theatre, Duncan
Sun. May 24, 2:30 pm Farquhar Auditorium, UVic Centre, Victoria
Tues. May 26, 2:30 pm Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney

Country Garden
Thistledown
Song of the River

Vocalise
The Pipes of Pan
Waitin’ for My Dearie

El Saludo
Nicola
Motor Ride

Intermission

March: Down the Mall
Meadow Mist
The Syncopated Clock

Some Day My Heart
Summertime
The Merry Widow: Vilia

Damn Yankees

Percy Grainger
Haydn Wood
Archibold Joyce

Sergei Rachmaninov
Lionel Monckton
Frederick Loewe

Charles Ancliffe
Steve Race
Thomas Bidgood

John Belton
Trevor Duncan
Leroy Anderson

Ivor Novello
George Gershwin
Franz Lehar

Jerry Ross

O Danny Boy

Kenneth Lavigne, tenor
Charles Job, conductor

Sat. October 11, 7:30 pm Farquhar Auditorium, UVic Centre, Victoria
Wed. October 15, 2:30 pm Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney
Sun. October 19, 2:30 pm Cowichan Theatre, Duncan

March: Imperial Echos
Cinderella’s Wedding
Valse: Amoretten Tanze

If With All Your Heart
Macushla
Brown Bird Singing

Victorian Calypso
In the Mystic Land of Egypt

Intermission

Barnacle Bill
An Evening Song
The Boulivardier

Love’s Old Sweet Song
Because
Danny Boy

Selections: Kismet
High Street Polka

Arnold Safroni
Charles Ancliffe
Josef Gung’l

Felix Mendelssohn
Dermot MacMurrough
Haydn Wood

Ivor Slaney
Albert Ketelbey

Ashworth Hope
Haydn Wood
Frederic Curzon

James L. Molloy
Guy d’Hardelot
Frederick Weatherly

Wright & Forrest
Reginald King

Gypsy Carnival

Marianne Olyver, Violin/Conductor
Charles Job, conductor

Sat. March 7, 7:30 pm Farquhar Auditorium, UVic Centre, Victoria
Sun. March 8, 2:00 pm Cowichan Theatre, Duncan
Tues. March 10, 2:30 pm Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney

Puszta Night
Destiny Walz
Gypsy Carnival

Jovial Jasper
Prelude
Tango: Jealousy

Trumpeter’s Lullaby
Hungarian Dances

Intermission

Hejre Kati
Klarinetten- Muckl
Serenade

Schwander, The Bagpiper
Jamaican Rumba
Csárdás

Selections: Fiddler on the Roof

Walter Borchert
Sydney Baynes
Yasha Krein

George Hamilton Green
Haydn Wood
Jacob Gade

Leroy Anderson
Johannes Brahms

Jenö Hubay
Karl Loubé
Edward Elgar

Jaromir Weinberger
Arthur Benjamin
Vittorio Monti

Jerry Bock

2007-2008 Season

Embraceable You

Barbara Blair, vocalist
Charles Job, conductor

7:30 pm October 6, 2007 Victoria
2:30 pm October 14, 2007 Mill Bay

Promenade Charmaine Little White Lies	Leroy Anderson Lew Pollock Walter Donaldson
Zing, Went the Strings of My Hearty Stormy Weather There Will Never be Another You	James F. Hanley Harold Arlen Harry Warren
Parade of the Sandwich Board Men My Foolish Heart Tico - Tico	Billy Mayerl Victor Young Zequinha Abrel
INTERMISSION
On The Sunny Side of the Street Moonlight Serenade Stumbling	Jimmy McHugh Glen Miller Zez Confrey
Pennies From Heaven Embraceable You S’Wonderful The Boys From Syracuse	Arthur Johnston George Gershwin George Gershwin Richard Rodgers

Operettas of the Silver Screen

Charlotte Corwin , soprano
Dr Donald Hunsberger, guest conductor
Charles Job, conductor

7:30 pm February 9, 2008 Victoria
2:30 pm February 10, 2008 Mill Bay

Any Kind of Man Punchinello Panamericana Chianti (Glorianna)	Rudolf Friml Victor Herbert Rudolf Friml
Giannina Mia When You’re Away Desert Song: Romance	Rudolf Friml Victor Herbert Sigmund Romberg
Selections: No, No, Nanette	Vincent Youmans
INTERMISSION
Beautiful Night & No One But You L’Encore Badinage	Rudolf Friml Victor Herbert Victor Herbert
Only a Rose A Kiss in the Dark Italian Street Song	Rudolf Friml Victor Herbert Victor Herbert
Selection: Student Prince	Sigmund Romberg

An English Country Garden

Timmy Chooi, violin
Charles Job, conductor

2:30 pm May 18, 2008 Mill Bay
2:30 pm May 25, 2008 Victoria

Country Garden Down in Zanzibar Toast of the Town	Percy Grainger Charles Ancliffe Trevor Sandford
Rondino Berceuse Zapateado	Fritz Kreisler Gabriel Fauré Pablo Saraste
A Regency Beguine Melody in F Manhattan Beach	Ivor Slaney Anton Rubinstein John Phillip Sousa
INTERMISSION
China Doll You’re In Love Omaha	Leroy Anderson Rudolf Friml Haydn Wood
Cavatina Liesbesfreud Scherzo-Tarantella	Joachim Raff Fritz Kreisler Henri Wieniawski
Selections: The King & I	Richard Rogers

2006-2007 Season

Saturday May 20, 2007 Brentwood College, Mill Bay
Sunday May 27, 2007 UVic Centre, Victoria

The Tea Party

Kathryn Whitney mezzo soprano
Charles Job conductor

Washington Grays Forget Me Not Smiles, Then Kisses	C. S. Grafula Allan Macbeth Charles Ancliffe
Ombra mai fu Where Corals Lie Habanera	G. F. Handel Edward Elgar George Bizet
Georgian Rumba Pattering Feet Brighton Hike	Ivor Slaney Gustav Dreier Archibold Joyce
INTERMISSION
Praeludium Armas Jarnfelt Charme D’Amour China Tea Trevor	Armas Jarnfelt Francis Chagrin H. Stanford
When I Marry Mr. Snow My Funny Valentine	Richard Rodgers
A Wonderful Guy Bless This House	Richard Rodgers May H. Brah
Selections: Finian’s Rainbow	Burton Lane

Saturday February 10, 2007 UVic Centre, Victoria

Sunday February 11, 2007 Brentwood College, Mill Bay

Blue Tango

Catherine Wilson pianoforte
Charles Job conductor

Overture: Plymouth Ho Blue Tango Swedish Polka	John Ansell Leroy Anderson Hugo Alfven
Vancouver Variation By the Tamarisk The Bandstand, Hyde Park Maestro Variations: Serenade Lady of Spain Procession of the Sardar	Michael Conway Baker Eric Coates Haydn Wood Trevor Duncan Tolchard Evans Ippolitov-Ivanov
INTERMISSION
Piano Concerto in C Solo Sleighride	Leroy Anderson Leroy Anderson Leroy Anderson
Waltz: Estudiantina Op. 191 March: Liberty Bell	Emil Waldteufel John Phillip Sousa

Saturday October 7, 2006 UVic Centre
Sunday October 15, 2006 T.Gil Bunch Centre at Mill Bay

From Vienna with Love

March: Poor Jonathan Im Chambre Separee Moulinet Polka	Carl Millocker Richard Heuberger Josef Strauss
The Count of Luxembourg Fancy Free	Franz Lehar
Boccaccio Hab’ ich nur deinen Liebe	Franz Von Suppe
Paganini Girls Were Made to Love & Kiss	Franz Lehar
Old Chelsea My Heart and I	Richard Tauber
The Count of Luxembourg Love Breaks Every Bond Waltz: Gold & Silver	Franz Lehar Franz Lehar
INTERMISSION
Champagne Galop Siri Waltzes Annen Polka	H. C. Lumbye Emmerich Kalman Johann Strauss Jr
The Land of Smiles You are my Heart’s Delight	Franz Lehar
Gypsy Love Two Hearts Beating as One	Franz Lehar
Guiditta Meine Lippen, sie Kussen	Franz Lehar
Merry Widow Merry Widow: Dutiful Wife Merry Widow: Romance & Duet Waltz: The Emperor	Franz Lehar Franz Lehar Johann Strauss J

2005-2006 Season

February 4, 2006 UVic Centre
February 5, 2006 T.Gil Bunch Centre at Mill Bay
February 11,2006 Charlie White Theatre, Sidney

Ain’t Misbehavin’

Karel Roessingh, pianoforte

Charles Job, conductor

Marigold These Foolish Things Kitten on the Keys	Billy Mayerl Jack Strachey Zez Confrey
Ain’t Misbehavin’ Eternally Bats in the Belfry	Fats Waller Charlie Chaplin Billy Mayerl
Selections: Night & Day	Cole Porter
Intermission
Swanee The Entertainer Fireside Fusiliers	George Gershwin Scott Joplin Billy Mayerl
A Nightingale Sang Chansonette Buffoon	Eric Maschwitz Rudolf Friml Zez Confrey
George Gershwin Melodies	arr. Henry Hall

September 30, 2005, Cowichan Theatre
October 1, 2005, UVic Centre

Another Shade of Light
Palm Court Orchestra

Marc Fortier, guest conductor

March: Montmartre The Beachcomber Scrub, Brothers Scrub	Haydn Wood Clive Richardson Ken Warner
Envoyons d’l’avant La belle rose J’ai tant dansé	Michel Perrault Michel Perrault Michel Perrault
Waltz: Belle of the Ball Golden Earrings	Leroy Anderson Victor Young
À la Claire fontaine	Robert Farnon
March: The Dam Busters	Eric Coates
Intermission
Holiday for Strings	David Rose
Shaleen Butterfly Dance	Victor Davies Victor Davies
En bateau-mouche Bistro St-Malo Les petits rats de l’Opéra	Marc Fortier Marc Fortier Marc Fortier
Selections: Kiss Me Kate	Cole Porter
Le p’tit pont défendu	Félix Leclerc

November 20, 2005 T. Gil Bunch at Mill Bay
December 1, 2005 Qualicum Beach Civic Centre
December 4, 2005 Charlie White Theatre, Sidney

Palm Court Favourites Island Tour
LOVE’S OLD SWEET SONG

Ken Lavigne, tenor
Charles Job, conductor

Boulevardier Gold & Silver Waltz Piccadilly Promenade	Frederic Curzon Franz Lehar Henry Croudson
Where’er You Walk Down Peacock Alley Amparito Roca	George F. Handel Gilbert E. May Jamie Texidor
Intermission
On the Road to Zag-a-Zig Song of Paradise Alicante	Herman Finck Reginald King Sylvio Ricardo
Love’s Old Sweet Song Macushla O Sole Mio	Henry Molloy D. MacMurrough Eduardo de Capua
Selections: My Fair Lady	Frederic Loewe

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2009-2010 Season Concert Programmes

On a Spring Note

Charles Job conductor Karina Choe soprano

April 10– 7:30 pm Duncan April 11–2:00 pm Victoria April 13– 2:30 pm Sidney

The Blue Danube

Janos Sandor conductor Lambroula Pappas soprano

February 20–7:30 pm Victoria February 21– 2:30 pm Duncan February 23– 2:30 pm Sidney

Alexander’s Ragtime Band

Charles Job conductor Frederick Hodges pianoforte

November 7, 2009–7:30 pm Victoria November 8, 2009–2:30 pm Duncan November 10, 2009-2:30 pm Sidney

2008-2009 Season

An English Country Garden

Nancy Washeim, soprano Charles Job, conductor

Sun. May 17, 2:30 pm Cowichan Theatre, Duncan Sun. May 24, 2:30 pm Farquhar Auditorium, UVic Centre, Victoria Tues. May 26, 2:30 pm Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney

O Danny Boy

Kenneth Lavigne, tenor Charles Job, conductor

Sat. October 11, 7:30 pm Farquhar Auditorium, UVic Centre, Victoria Wed. October 15, 2:30 pm Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney Sun. October 19, 2:30 pm Cowichan Theatre, Duncan

Gypsy Carnival

Marianne Olyver, Violin/Conductor Charles Job, conductor

Sat. March 7, 7:30 pm Farquhar Auditorium, UVic Centre, Victoria Sun. March 8, 2:00 pm Cowichan Theatre, Duncan Tues. March 10, 2:30 pm Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney

2007-2008 Season

Embraceable You

Barbara Blair, vocalist Charles Job, conductor

7:30 pm October 6, 2007 Victoria 2:30 pm October 14, 2007 Mill Bay

Operettas of the Silver Screen

Charlotte Corwin , soprano Dr Donald Hunsberger, guest conductor Charles Job, conductor

7:30 pm February 9, 2008 Victoria 2:30 pm February 10, 2008 Mill Bay

An English Country Garden

Timmy Chooi, violin Charles Job, conductor

2:30 pm May 18, 2008 Mill Bay 2:30 pm May 25, 2008 Victoria

2006-2007 Season

Saturday May 20, 2007 Brentwood College, Mill Bay Sunday May 27, 2007 UVic Centre, Victoria

The Tea Party

Kathryn Whitney mezzo soprano Charles Job conductor

Saturday February 10, 2007 UVic Centre, Victoria

Sunday February 11, 2007 Brentwood College, Mill Bay

Blue Tango

Catherine Wilson pianoforte Charles Job conductor

Saturday October 7, 2006 UVic Centre Sunday October 15, 2006 T.Gil Bunch Centre at Mill Bay

From Vienna with Love

2005-2006 Season

February 4, 2006 UVic Centre February 5, 2006 T.Gil Bunch Centre at Mill Bay February 11,2006 Charlie White Theatre, Sidney

Ain’t Misbehavin’

Karel Roessingh, pianoforte

Charles Job, conductor

September 30, 2005, Cowichan Theatre October 1, 2005, UVic Centre

Another Shade of Light Palm Court Orchestra

Marc Fortier, guest conductor

November 20, 2005 T. Gil Bunch at Mill Bay December 1, 2005 Qualicum Beach Civic Centre December 4, 2005 Charlie White Theatre, Sidney

Palm Court Favourites Island Tour LOVE’S OLD SWEET SONG

Ken Lavigne, tenor Charles Job, conductor

Charles Job conductor
Karina Choe soprano

April 10– 7:30 pm Duncan
April 11–2:00 pm Victoria
April 13– 2:30 pm Sidney

Janos Sandor conductor
Lambroula Pappas soprano

February 20–7:30 pm Victoria
February 21– 2:30 pm Duncan
February 23– 2:30 pm Sidney

Charles Job conductor
Frederick Hodges pianoforte

November 7, 2009–7:30 pm Victoria
November 8, 2009–2:30 pm Duncan
November 10, 2009-2:30 pm Sidney

Nancy Washeim, soprano
Charles Job, conductor

Sun. May 17, 2:30 pm Cowichan Theatre, Duncan
Sun. May 24, 2:30 pm Farquhar Auditorium, UVic Centre, Victoria
Tues. May 26, 2:30 pm Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney

Kenneth Lavigne, tenor
Charles Job, conductor

Sat. October 11, 7:30 pm Farquhar Auditorium, UVic Centre, Victoria
Wed. October 15, 2:30 pm Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney
Sun. October 19, 2:30 pm Cowichan Theatre, Duncan

Marianne Olyver, Violin/Conductor
Charles Job, conductor

Sat. March 7, 7:30 pm Farquhar Auditorium, UVic Centre, Victoria
Sun. March 8, 2:00 pm Cowichan Theatre, Duncan
Tues. March 10, 2:30 pm Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney

Barbara Blair, vocalist
Charles Job, conductor

7:30 pm October 6, 2007 Victoria
2:30 pm October 14, 2007 Mill Bay

Charlotte Corwin , soprano
Dr Donald Hunsberger, guest conductor
Charles Job, conductor

7:30 pm February 9, 2008 Victoria
2:30 pm February 10, 2008 Mill Bay

Timmy Chooi, violin
Charles Job, conductor

2:30 pm May 18, 2008 Mill Bay
2:30 pm May 25, 2008 Victoria

Saturday May 20, 2007 Brentwood College, Mill Bay
Sunday May 27, 2007 UVic Centre, Victoria

Kathryn Whitney mezzo soprano
Charles Job conductor

Catherine Wilson pianoforte
Charles Job conductor

Saturday October 7, 2006 UVic Centre
Sunday October 15, 2006 T.Gil Bunch Centre at Mill Bay

February 4, 2006 UVic Centre
February 5, 2006 T.Gil Bunch Centre at Mill Bay
February 11,2006 Charlie White Theatre, Sidney

September 30, 2005, Cowichan Theatre
October 1, 2005, UVic Centre

Another Shade of Light
Palm Court Orchestra

November 20, 2005 T. Gil Bunch at Mill Bay
December 1, 2005 Qualicum Beach Civic Centre
December 4, 2005 Charlie White Theatre, Sidney

Palm Court Favourites Island Tour
LOVE’S OLD SWEET SONG

Ken Lavigne, tenor
Charles Job, conductor