2008 Concerts
18th annual subscription series

20th ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT (Concert 1)
8.00pm Saturday 29 March 2008
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Mozart Clarinet Concerto (soloist: Catherine McCorkill)
Stanhope Helter Skelter
Faure Pavane
Tchaikovsky "1812" Overture

MASTERWORKS (Concert 2)
8.00pm Saturday 31 May 2008
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

Koehne Powerhouse
Borodin Polovtsian Dances (with Penrith City Choir)
Sibelius Violin Concerto (soloist: Jiajing "Melody" Wang)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 in F Minor

HUNGARIAN GOULASH (Concert 3)
8.00pm Saturday 8 November 2008
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre

Liszt Les Preludes
Liszt Piano Concerto No 1 (soloist: Clemens Leske)
Kodaly Dances of Galanta
Bartok Hungarian Sketches
Brahms Selected Hungarian Dances
Monti Czardas (soloist: Alison Laurens)

Other PSO performances in 2008

POPS FOR TOTS
Conducted and presented by George ("Big G") Ellis
11.00am, Sunday 22 June (Masonic Centre, Orchard Hills)
11.00am, Sunday 29 June (Springwood Civic Centre)
12.00pm, Sunday 29 June (Springwood Civic Centre)
Don't miss PSO's popular annual series of children's concerts, now in their 11th year. Musical fun for all the family, in a program tailored especially to captivate children from 2 to 10.

SYMPHONY BY THE LAKES
Guest conductor: George Ellis
Sunday 31 August 2008 (afternoon)
Sydney International Regatta Centre (Penrith Lakes)
A festive outdoor symphonic concert hosted by the Regatta Centre.
Final details to be announced shortly.

MESSIAH
Guest conductor: Graham Abbott
Sunday 7 December 2008 (afternoon)
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre
Final details to be announced shortly.