Classics from Stage and Screen

Queensland Youth Symphony &
Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Thursday 13 February
Old Museum Concert Hall

Doors: 7.00pm
Performance: 7.30pm

Tickets
$22.00 adult
$12.00 student

QYO’s opening concert for 2020 features members of the Queensland Youth Symphony playing alongside leading musicians from the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

New York based conductor Nicholas Buc leads the orchestra in three masterpieces from stage and screen, including operetta, musical and film music.

The Overture to Candide is a firmly established concert hall favourite for orchestras, full of passion and exuberance, brilliantly combining themes from the operetta.

In his Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Bernstein allows the jazzy melodies and rhythms from the hit musical to shine in full orchestral splendour. The score uses many contemporary techniques that were highly advanced for a Broadway musical in 1961. 

Commencing with the composer’s portrayal of Harry Potter’s owl Hedwig, John Williams’ Children’s Suite presents some of the best known themes from the movie, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (Sorcerer’s) Stone.

Conductor: Nicholas Buc
Bernstein | Overture to Candide
Bernstein | Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Prologue, Somewhere, Scherzo, Mambo, Cha-cha, Meeting Scene, Cool Fugue, Rumble, Finale
Williams | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Children’s Suite
Hedwig’s Flight, Hogwarts Forever, Voldemort, Nimbus 2000, Fluffy and his Harp, Quidditch, Family Portrait, Diagon Alley, Harry’s Wondrous World