The Fredericton Symphony Orchestra is thrilled to announce its 2024-25 season! Join us for an enchanting journey through time with concerts Of Kings and Queens, featuring the Egmont Overture and Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, a Seasonal Concert evoking winter wonderlands, and Vive la France, celebrating French music from la Belle Époque to WWII with special guest Karine Basque. Don’t miss these captivating performances!
- Of Kings and Queens - Monday, November 4, 2024 @ 7:30pm - Christ Church Cathedral
- Seasonal Concert - Sunday, December 8, 2024 @ 7:30pm - Fredericton Playhouse
- Vive la France - Monday, April 7, 2024 @ 7:30pm - Fredericton Playhouse (purchase tickets)
Next Concert
From la 'Belle Époque' to World War II, France, and Paris in particular, was a magnet for artists of all kinds. Musicians, painters dancers, and writers from far and wide came to soak up the culture and be part of this creative period. Artists such as Maurice Ravel and Darius Milhaud, along with others, worked in new musical idioms that broke ties with the past. The American composer George Gershwin was also attracted to Paris, where he soaked up the energy and later blended it into his Jazz-infused style.
The post-World War I period had its own popular musical champions that represented new ways of thinking in new venues and using the new recording techniques. The celebrated singer, Édith Piaf, emerged as the voice of the times being one of the world’s most popular entertainers from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Help us celebrate the music of France with special guest Karine Basque with the songs of Édith Piaf.
About the Orchestra
The Fredericton Symphony Orchestra, previously named the Fredericton Chamber Orchestra (FSO), has been giving concerts regularly in Fredericton since 1976. Orchestra members are either accomplished amateurs who have studied music and performance or professional musicians.
The FSO performs two to three times per year.
Music Director and conductor is Richard Hornsby.
A view from the orchestra: 07 April 2024