All Posts Tagged With: "The Kingston Symphony"


Guide to Holiday Entertainment

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So, as I’m sure you all know by now, Q is not coming to Kingston – at least not this February.  Jian announced London as the winning city on yesterday’s show, and deservedly so.  In fact, it would be easy to understand if Jian had picked any of the cities running a campaign.  Even though [...]


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Messiah

Join The Kingston Chamber Choir and members of The Kingston Symphony at St. George’s Cathedral for Handel’s Messiah.  Tickets are available at the door and are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $10 for students.


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Candlelight Christmas

Join The Kingston Symphony for a classical Christmas concert and feel the joy the season has to offer. Internationally recognized mezzo soprano and CBC Radio 2 host Julie Nesrallah will perform holiday favourites in St. George’s Cathedral, a beautiful setting for a Christmas gathering. Sing along with the Kingston Symphony and the Kingston Choral Society [...]


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Kingstonist’s Challenge # 7: Kingston Symphony

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Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]


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Bach’s Christmas

Bach’s musical interpretation of the Christmas story is the perfect prescription for this time of year. With exuberant trumpets, pastoral woodwinds, and jubilant choral voices we herald in the season as it was celebrated in the days of old.  Join the Kingston Symphony at The Kingston Gospel Temple.  Tickets range from $20-$49 and are available [...]


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Suite Variations

David Eggert joins the Kingston Symphony at The Kingston Gospel Temple in a performance of Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations. Then it’s on to Ravel and Respighi making this an eclectic combination you won’t want to miss. Tickets can be purchased at The Grand Theatre Box Office at 613-530-2050 or online.


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The Kingston Symphony: Kingston Remembers

On the 11th day of the 11th month of 2011, the Kingston Symphony presents an evening of musical memories from the war years at The Kingston Gospel Temple.  Featuring songs such as White Cliffs of Dover, We’ll Meet Again, and I’ll Be Seeing You, join us on this special day and remember. Tickets are available [...]


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Go For Baroque

The Kingston Symphony welcomes world renowned violinist and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra‘s music director Jeanne Lamon as guest conductor and soloist. Together with Kingston Symphony concertmaster Gisèle Dalbec, they will perform Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins at The Grand Theatre. The program will also include music by Handel, Mozart, and Haydn. Tickets are available at the [...]


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Culture Days

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Last weekend Canada celebrated the second annual Culture Days, a three-day event filled with opportunities to see, hear and discover culture in and around your city.  Artists volunteer their time and creativity to share hands-on, interactive activities that invite the public to participate “behind the scenes,” to discover the world of artists, creators, historians, architects, [...]


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Classical Mix

The Kingston Symphony presents some of the classical music’s greatest hits.  The program opens with Mouret’s Fanfare-Rondeau, popularly known as the theme from BBC’s Masterpiece Theatre.  The Kingston Symphony’s principal cellist, Wolf Tormann performs Haydn’s Cello Concerto and the hits continue with music by Albinoni, Mozart and Vaughan Williams.  The concert will take place at [...]


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