SPO Concerts
Tickets available online or at Pharmasave in Sooke
Fall Concert
Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra
Yariv Aloni, Music Director
VERDI Nabucco Overture
SCRIABIN Piano concerto No. 1, Op. 20 In F# Minor
Soloist: Leah MacFarlane, winner of the 2025 Jenny & Norman Nelson Concerto Competition
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 in C minor
Christmas Concert
Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, plus members of the Sooke Community Choir will be joining us!
Nicholas Fairbank, Conductor
BACH Cantata 61 “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland”
BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy, Op. 80
Allie Picketts, Piano
BEETHOVEN “Welten singen, preiset ihn”
Carol arrangements with orchestra
Anna van der Hooft - soprano
Alana Hayes - alto
Jan van der Hooft - tenor
Louis Dillon - bass
Tea & Symphony
Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra
Yariv Aloni, Conductor
Tea & Symphony is our annual English High Tea, with live music. The audience is seated at beautifully appointed tables and served sweet and savoury goodies as well as tea and coffee, and regaled with a variety of musical favourites.
Choral Concert
Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Nick Fairbank, Conductor
BRITTEN Welcome Ode, Op.95
FAIRBANK Éileamh na Talún (première)
COPLAND Chiang-a-ring Chaw & I Bought Me a Cat
FAIRBANK Earth Cantata (première )with children’s choir
Spring Concert
Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra
Yariv Aloni, Music Director
WEBER Oberon Overture
WEBER Clarinet Conerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73
Soloist: Matty Angus, Clarinet, winner of the Jenny & Norman Nelson Concerto Competition
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op.38
Philharmonic Fling!
Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra
David Stewart, Conductor
Annual free open air pops concert by the sea.
Sooke Philharmonic Fling! returns to Ed Macgregor Park Sunday July 5 at 2:30 p.m. conducted by David Stewart.
As always there will be a 50/50 draw and when you donate at admission there will be a prize draw.
In case of rain, the concert will take place in the Sooke Community Hall on Shields Road.
Spring Concert
Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra
Yariv Aloni, Music Director
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, in B minor (Unfinished)
ADAM DOBRES Freda’s Journey Suite (premiere)
KODÀLY Dances of Galànta
Choral Concert
Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Nicholas Fairbank, Conductor
HAYDN Mass in C, Hob. XXII:8 "St. Cecilia"
MOZART Mass in C, K. 317 "Coronation"
Tea & Symphony
Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra
Yariv Aloni, Music Director
MOZART Overture to La Clemenza di Tito
TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Soloist: Caitlyn Liu, cello
MOZART Symphony No. 35 “Haffner”
Christmas Concert
Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, plus the Sooke Community Choir will be joining us!
Nicholas Fairbank, Conductor
HANDEL Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 (Psalm 109)
HANDEL Messiah Part 1 (with sing-along choruses)
Soloists:
Hannah Nickel, soprano
Margo Brody, soprano
Rebekah Janzen, mezzo-soprano
Felix Butterfield, tenor
Kyron Basu, bass
Fall Concert
Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra
Yariv Aloni, Music Director
HUMPERDINCK Hansel and Gretel: Prelude
BEETHOVEN Piano concerto No. 2, Op. 19 in B flat Major
Soloist: Filbert Zhang, winner of the 2024 Don Chrysler Concerto Competition
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2, Op. 17 in C minor (Ukrainian)