A listing of the main Dunedin Youth Orchestra’s past concerts (2004–2024). See upcoming concert information here, and to explore the history of out special side projects visit our Concert Extras page.
14 September, 2024 — Peter Adams
“Home & Away”
- Anthony Ritchie – Stomping in the Park
- Ralph Vaughan Williams Suite – English Folk Songs
- Gabriel Fauré – Pavane Op. 50 (Conducted by Ben Walker)
- Charles Auguste de Bériot – Scene De Ballet Op. 100 (Soloist Michelle Brown)
- Edward Elgar – Pomp & Circumstance
- Leonie Holmes – Tangle Mangle
- Clara Satherley – Through the Mountain Way
- Anthony Ritchie – Sinfonietta Op. 55
25 May, 2024 — Natasha Manowitz
“Panorama”
- Hamish MacCunn – The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
- Emilie Mayer – Faust Overture
- Carl Maria von Weber – Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor (Soloist Ayla Biner-McGrath)
- Edvard Grieg – Symphonic Dances Op. 64
- Georges Bizet – Aragonaise and Danse Bohe me from Carmen Suites 1 and 2
15 September, 2023 — David Burchell
“Force of Destiny”
- Verdi – Overture to La Forza del Destino
- Mozart – Violin Concerto in G Major, K. 216 (Soloist Skyla Murray)
- Grace Shaw – Southern Alps Overture
- Brahms – A German Requiem – no.2 ‘Denn alles Fleisch’
- Berlioz –March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique
- Tchaikovsky – Selections from Swan Lake
27 May, 2023 — Nathaniel Otley & Anthony Ritchie
“Dunedin Concerto Competition Finalists Concert” in partnership with the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra
- Sibelius – Finlandia
- John Rimmer – Waitaki Reflections
- Grace Shaw – Heroica
- Maddy Parkins-Craig – Canvas Bags Won’t Save Us
- Antonín Dvořák – Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor
- Arturo Marquez – Danzon No.2
- Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, op. 33 (Soloist Boudewijn Keenan)
- Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47, First movement (Soloist Elio Oh)
- Poulenc – Piano Concerto (Soloist Cameron Monteath)
24 September, 2022 — Anthony Ritchie & Dr Helen Renaud
“Connections” — with the Christchurch Youth Orchestra
- Georgie Palmer – A Grand Adventure
- Bruch – Kol Nidrei (Soloist Ellen Walters, Conducted by Rachel Barton)
- Bruch – Violin Concerto No 1 in G Minor Op 26 – Movements 1 & 2 (Soloist Rose Stevenson)
- Charles Villiers Stanford – Irish Rhapsody No. 1
- Frank Tichelli – Angels in the Architecture (Soloist Lois Johnson)
- Patrick Shephard – Maringi noa nga roimata (Soloists Lois Johnson & Courtney Hickmott, Conducted by Matt Harris)
- Rossini – Willian Tell Overture
- Shostakovich – Waltz from Jazz Suite 2
28 May, 2022 — David Burchell
“Music for Royal Occasions”
- George Frideric Handel – Music for the Royal Fireworks
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Waltz from Swan Lake
- Benjamin Britten – Five Courtly Dances from Gloriana
- William Walton – Crown Imperial
25 September, 2021 — Peter Adams
“Taonga Aotearoa”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQuBDVDBfgE
- Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major – 2nd & 3rd movements (Soloist Boudewijn Keenan)
- Ihlara McIndoe – I am not made of mud or meat or music.
- Cameron Monteath – Two Variants: Closer – Farther
- Salina Fisher – Galaxy
- Keith Statham – Pastorale (for strings – conducted by Rachel Barton)
- Leonie Holmes – In the Lair of the Cave Weta
7 May, 2021 — Peter Adams
“Dunedin Concerto Competition Finalists Concert” in partnership with the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra
- Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 8 Unfinished (1st movement)
- Edvard Grieg – Norwegian Dances op.35, No 1, 2, 3
- Jenny McLeod – Little Symphony (2nd movement)
- Zoltán Kodály – Four Dances from Gyermektancok (childrens’ Dances)
- Antonín Dvořák – Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor
- Camille Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 (Soloist Boudewijn Keenan)
- Samuel Barber – Violin Concerto, Op 14 (Soloist Rose Stevenson)
- Franz Liszt – Totentanz for solo piano and orchestra (Soloist Abhinath Berry)
25 September, 2020 — David Burchell
“By the Light of the Moon”
- Johann Strauss II – Overture to ‘Die Fledermaus’
- Mozart – Oboe Concerto in C K314 (Soloist Jonty Schmidt)
- Debussy – Clare de Lune (Suite Bergamesque)
- Saint-Saens – Danse Macabre
- Megan Kyte – L’aube du Printemps
- David Farquhar – Suite from ‘Ring around the Moon’
- Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain
25 July, 2020 — Beth Cohen
“Orchestrated Empowerment”
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDoza-pKCWk
- Mozart – Overture to the Magic Flute ‘Die Zauberflöte’
- Saint Saens – Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 (Soloist Sophie Hamer)
- Bedrich Smetana – Má Vlast No. 2, Vlatava (The Moldau)
- Anthonie Ritchie – Remember Parihaka
- Arturo Márquez – Danzón No. 2
26 September, 2019 — Peter Adams
“Cuckoos and Creek’s Chorus”
- William Walton – Crown Imperial (Guest conductor Nathaniel Otley)
- Frederick Delius – Two pieces for small orchestra
- Edward Elgar – Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (Soloist Tessa Dalgety-Evans)
- Edward Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance No.4
- Ihlara McIndoe – Creek’s Chorus
- William Walton – Four Dances from Façade
- Eric Coates – Knightsbridge March
25 May, 2019 — Sam van Betuw
“Stage and Screen”
- Zimmer – Symphonice Highlights from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’
- Bock – Selections from ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
- Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D Major, Andante and Allegro vivacissimo (Soloist Ngaruaroha Martin)
- Rodgers – A Richard Rodgers Portrait
- Williams – ‘Star Wars’ Medley
- Bernstein – Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story’
- Anthony Ritchie, Peter Adams and David Burchell were awarded Life Memberships
25 September, 2018 — Anthony Ritchie
“Mountain Kings & Other Things”
- Borodin – In the Steppes of Central Asia (Guest conductor Emily Gordon)
- Rossini – Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra (Soloist Andrew Robinson)
- Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture – Fingal’s Cave
- Grieg – Peer Gynt Suites No. 1 & 2
- Isaac Shatford – The Thing
25 May, 2018 — David Burchell
“Roman Rhapsody”
- Verdi – Overture to Nabucco
- Rossini – Suite from La Boutique Fantasque
- Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue (soloist Isaac Shatford)
- Copland – Four dances from Rodeo
23 September, 2017 — Peter Adams
“Immortal Beloved”
- Berlioz – Hungarian March from The damnation of Faust
- Nathaniel Otley – Canvas
- Bruch – Violin concerto No. 1 in G minor (soloist Nathaniel Otley)
- Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major
31 May, 2017 — Anthony Ritchie
“Peter & the Wolf and other Creatures”
- Tchaikovsky – Suite from Swan Lake
- Holmes – In the Lair of the Cave Weta
- Ritchie – Procession
- Khatchaturian – Concerto for flute and orchestra (soloist, Natasha Manowitz)
- Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf (narrator, Rosalind Manowitz)
24th September, 2016 — David Burchell
“Stone Mage, Sax & Symphony”
- Von Suppe – Poet and Peasant Overture
- Ibert – Concertino de Camera for Alto Saxophone featuring Elliot Tay
- Sam Van Betuw – The Stone Mage & The Sea, Audrey Reid Composer, 2016
- Arnold – Little Suite No. 2
- Dvorak – Symphony 8 in Gmajor
1st June, 2016 — Peter Adams
“Tradition Reinvented”
- Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
- Salina Fisher – Galaxy
- Dag Wiren – Violin Concerto (first movement) featuring Jacinda Kumar
- Whelan – Riverdance featuring Jacinda Kumar
- Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.2 ‘Little Russian’
September 26, 2015 — David Burchell
“These Lands are Ours”
- Douglas Lilburn – Drysdale Overture
- Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in Eminor featuring Matthew Scadden
- Merlin Callister – A Run in Ross Creek, Audrey Reid Composer, 2015
- Alexander Mackenzie – Second Scottish Rhapsody
- Edward Elgar – The Banner of St. George
May 27, 2015 — Anthony Ritchie
“Night Ringing with Unseen Larks”
- Paul Hindemith – Trauermusik
- John Ritchie – Gallipoli Voices
- Gustav Holst – ‘Mars’ from The Planets Suite
- William Walton – Four Dances from Facade
- Edward Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance (No.4 in G)
- Ravel, arr. A. Ritchie – Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis
- Frederick Delius – On hearing the first Cuckoo in Spring
- Ralph Vaughan-Williams – The Lark Ascending featuring Olive Butler
September 25, 2014 — Peter Adams
“Forces of Destiny”
- Giuseppe Verdi – Overture to The Force of Destiny
- Charles Stanford – Clarinet Concerto in Aminor featuring Natasha Kumar
- Sam van Betuw – The Soprano Sorceress, Audrey Reid Composer, 2014
- Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No.5 in Cminor
May 24, 2014 — David Burchell
“Dreams and Nightmares”
- Arthur Sullivan – Overture to Ruddigore
- Felix Mendelssohn – Incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Saint-Saens – Danse Macabre
- Engelbert Humperdinck – Prelude to Hansel and Gretel
- Petyr Ilych Tchaikowsky – Suite from Sleeping Beauty
- Hector Berlioz – March to the Scaffold (Marche au Supplice) (from Symhonie Fantastique)
- Ferdinand David – Concertino for Trombone and Orchestra featuring Max Wilkinson
September 26, 2013 — Anthony Ritchie
“Musical Portraits”
- Bach – Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, with Modi Deng
- Beethoven – Romance, with Maple Goh
- Grieg – Norwegian Dances
- Britten – Soirées Musicales
- Robbie Ellis – General Intransigence
- Bene Stewart – What If?, Audrey Reid Composer, 2013
July 14, 2013 — Antun Poljanich
“Tchaikovsky on Tour” with Auckland Youth Orchestra
- Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 4
May 21, 2013 — Peter Adams
“Europe and Back Again”
- Lilburn — Aotearoa Overture
- Vaughan Williams — Folk Song Suite
- Albinoni / Giazotti — Adagio
- Larsson — Concertino for Double Bass and Strings featuring Sam Vennell, double bass
- Verdi — Nabucco Overture
- John Drummond — The Alfresco Dinner Party of Edwin Ursa and Friends, conducted by Jonathan Drummond
- Faure — Pavane, conducted by Nicole Batchelar
- Bizet — Carmen Suite
September 25, 2012 — Peter Adams
“From Russia With Love”
- Khachaturian — Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (from Spartacus)
- Alex Campbell-Hunt — Canada Suite, Audrey Reid Composer, 2012
- Kabalevsky — Violin Concerto featuring Stephanie Buzzard, violin
- Prokofiev — Symphony No. 7
May 26, 2012 — David Burchell
“Magpie Song and Dance”
- Rossini — The Thieving Magpie
- Mozart — Concerto in A for Clarinet featuring Nicole Batchelar, clarinet
- Sibelius — Karelia Suite
- Brahms — Song of Destiny with City of Dunedin Choir
- Borodin — Polovetsian Dances (from Prince Igor) with City of Dunedin Choir
September 25, 2011 — Anthony Ritchie
“Home and Away”
- Anthony Ritchie — Sinfonietta
- Saint-Saens — Violin Concerto No. 3 – featuring Juno Pyun, violin
- Corwin Newall — Hang In There – Winner of the Audrey Reid Composition Prize
- Khachaturian — Suite from Gayaneh
May 24, 2011 — Peter Adams
“A Place for Music”
- Wagner — Die Meistersinger Overture
- Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 6
- Nicole Batchelar — The Quake
- Schumann — Introduction and Allegro featuring Jonathan Drummond, piano
- Dvorak — Slavonic Dance No. 8
- Smetana — Der Moldau
- Sibelius – Finlandia
- Coates — Knightsbridge March
September 21, 2010 — David Burchell
“Likely Lads”
- Brahms — Tragic Overture
- Strauss — Horn Concerto No. 1 featuring Jerome Rouse, French horn
- Alex Campbell-Hunt – Progress
- Chris Geddes — Dreams
- Rossini/Respighi — La Boutique Fantasque Ballet Suite
June 2010 — Peter Adams
- Walton — Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
- Delius — Walk to Paradise Garden
- Elgar — Cello Concerto featuring Myles Chen, cello
- Berwald — Sinfonie Singuliere
September 2009– Peter Adams
- Brahms — Academic Festival Overture
- Haydn — Violin Concerto in C featuring Sarah Claman, violin
- Sibelius — Symphony No. 3
May 2009 — Anthony Ritchie
- Mussorgsky — Night on Bare Mountain
- Anthony Ritchie — Flute Concerto featuring Feby Idrus, flute
- Schubert — Unfinished Symphony
- Operatic Arias featuring Julien Van Mellaerts, Olivia Drake, and Emma Fraser
September 2008 — Errol Moore
- Weber — Introduction to the Dance
- Weber — Bassoon Concerto featuring Joe Donnelly, bassoon
- Corwin Newall — 5 Centuries in 5 Minutes
- Fauré — Pavanne
- Anthony Ritchie — Symphony No. 1 ‘Boum’
May 2008 — David Burchell
- Herold — Overture to Zampa
- Chabrier – España
- Lalo — Cello Concerto featuring Nanae Sato, cello
- Schubert — Mass No. 5 in A flat with the City of Dunedin Choir
September 19, 2007 — Holly Mathieson
- Zimmer — Pirates of the Caribbean
- Andrew Baldwin — Fantasy Overture
- Corwin Newall — Caught in the Headlights
- Rimsky-Korsakov — Scheherazade – Sinbad
- Schumann — Symphony No. 4
May 2007 — Peter Adams
- Jeremy Mayall — Symphony No. 1 featuring Jeremy Mayall, turntable
- Bruch — Romanze for Viola featuring John Roxburgh, viola
- Vaughan–Williams — London Symphony
September 2006 — David Burchell
- Farquhar — Ring Around the Moon featuring Kiarash Taghavi, violin
- Delius — On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring
- De Beriot — Scene de Ballet
- Dvorak — Symphony No. 8
May 2006 — Anthony Ritchie
- Shostakovich — Polka from The Age of Gold
- Shostakovich — Waltz from Jazz Suite No. 2
- Stravinsky — Berceuse and Finale – Firebird
- Carol Leung — Morning
- Saint–Saens — Cello Concerto No. 1 featuring Jono Squire
- Anthony Ritchie — Viola Concerto featuring Helen Bevin, viola
- Fauré — Requiem with the Southern Youth Choir
September 2005 — Peter Adams
- Peter Adams — Horizons
- Mozart — Arias
- Brahms — Piano Concerto No. 1 featuring Pascal Harris, piano
- Nielsen — Symphony No. 1 featuring Tim Walsh, trombone
May 2005 — David Burchell
- Douglas Lilburn — Aotearoa Overture
- Delibes — Coppelia Ballet Suite
- Bruckner — 3 Motets
- Bruckner — Te Deum with the City of Dunedin Choir
September 2004 — Anthony Ritchie
- David Hamilton — Puke Ariki — Piece in Celebration
- Leonie Holmes — Rondo from Manukau Suit
- Ryan Youens — Awakenings
- Anthony Ritchie — Variations
- Vaughan Williams — The Lark Ascending featuring Hwee Sin Chong, violin
- Edvard Grieg — Selections from Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2
- Guiseppe Verde — Overture to Nabucco
May 2004 — Nick Cornish
- Haydn — Symphony No. 104 in D major, London
- Sir Malcolm Arnold — Concerto for Flute and Strings featuring Kirsten Bevin, flute
- Francis Poulenc — Sinfonietta