What We Play

The orchestra's repertory is chosen by our conductor Mathias Rogala-Koczorowski in consultation with the orchestra's committee. Our programmes are devised to contain fine music which is both challenging and enjoyable for orchestra members, while at the same time having appeal for our loyal audience. As a consequence, the majority of our repertory is from the 19^th century western symphonic canon, although increasingly we are venturing into the 20^th century and, indeed, the 21^st century.

To provide some variety, we collaborate from time to time with choirs as well as other orchestras, and every now and then, we perform music of a less serious nature including music from musicals and movies as well as light popular classics.

To give you a flavour of the variety of the orchestra's repertory, some of the works we have played are listed below:

• Bartok – Hungarian Sketches, Romanian Dances

• Beethoven – Symphonies Nos 3,5,6,7& 8, Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto No.3 
  
• Berlioz – Harold in Italy
  
• Borodin - Symphony No. 2, Polovtsian Dances, Prince Igor Overture
  
• Brahms – Symphonies Nos 1 & 4, Violin Concerto, Academic Festival Overture, Serenade for Orchestra No. 1
  
• Britten - Young Persons' Guide to the Orchestra
  
• Bruckner - Symphony No.4
  
• Copland – Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Quiet City
  
• Dvorak – Symphonies Nos 6,7,8 & 9, Cello Concerto
  
• Elgar - Enigma Variations, Cello Concerto, Serenade for Strings
  
• Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
  
• Haydn – Symphony No. 104
  
• Holst - The Planets
  
• Janacek - Sinfonietta
  
• Katchaturian - Violin Concerto
  
• Mahler – Songs of a Wayfarer, Songs from Youth’s Magic Horn
  
• Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4, Violin Concerto

• Mozart – Symphony No. 40, Clarinet Concerto, Sinfonia Concertante, Concerto for Flute and Harp, Piano Concerto No. 24 
  
• Poulenc – Gloria, Les Biches
  
• Prokoviev - Romeo & Juliet Suites, Lieutenant Kije
  
• Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2, Symphonic Dances
  
• Rossini - Overtures to Semiramide, Barber of Seville, Willaim Tel, The Thieving Magpie

• Schubert – Symphonies Nos 8  & 9
  
• Schumann – Piano Concerto, Symphony No. 3
  
• Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5, Piano Concerto No. 2, Festive Overture
  
• Sibelius - Symphony No. 2, Violin Concerto, Finlandia, Karelia Suite
  
• Strauss - Horn Concerto Nos 1 & 2
  
• Tchaikovsky – Symphonies Nos 4,5 & 6, Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto No.1, Serenade for Strings
  
• Wagner - Prelude to The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, excerpts from The Ring

• Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.2, The Lark Ascending

In addition to music from the Western mainstream, we have also performed a number of works by Australian composers, including our very own Joe Wolfe who plays woodwinds in the orchestra, as well as works by prominent Sydney composer Romano Crivici and our patron Peter Sculthorpe (including a world premiere performance of the Burke and Wills Suite in 2002).