Recordings
KYO has some of the best audio and video recordings of any orchestra in Australia. A playlist of the latest concert appears at the top of the website. Earlier concert playlists can be accessed by selecting the required banner.
Fanfare and Frailty
22nd September 2024 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Haydn's Trumpet Concerto (Mvt 1 & 2) & Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 – Conducted by Brad Lucas, Soloists Amy Fox & Lachie Fraser
Enigma
30th June 2024 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring John Williams' Olympic Fanfare and Theme & Elgar's Enigma Variations – Conducted by Brad Lucas
Around the World
7th April 2024 at Abbotsleigh Assembly Hall featuring Bernstein's Candide Overture, Saint-Saëns' Danse Bacchanale, Christine Pan's The Adventures of Nezha, Smetana's The Moldau & Tchaikovsky's Marche Slave – Conducted by Brad Lucas
Christmas with KYO
3rd December 2023 at Sydney Grammar St Ives Preparatory School featuring Wagner's Die Meistersinger Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov's Polonaise, Prokofiev's Troika, the Suite from The Polar Express, selections from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite, Anderson's Christmas Festival & Sleigh Ride – Conducted by Brad Lucas
British Gems
10th September 2023 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Vaughan Williams' Lark Ascending, Arnold's Four Scottish Dances & Peterloo Overture, & Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 – Conducted by Brad Lucas, Soloist Mi Mi Pau
Holst's The Planets
25th June 2023 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Holst's The Planets – Conducted by Brad Lucas with the Abbotsleigh Chamber Choir and Vocal Ensemble, and choral directors Lynette Clarke & Jo Brereton
Musical Journeys
26th March 2023 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Williams' Tribute to the Film Composer, Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Festival Overture & Liszt's Les Preludes – Conducted by Brad Lucas
Mega Symphony 2.0
4th December 2022 at Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble featuring Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 (‘The Great’) Mvt I, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 Mvt II, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Symphony No. 2 (‘Antar’) Mvt III & Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 Mvt IV – Conducted by Brad Lucas
KYO Favourites
25th September 2022 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Rossini's Thieving Magpie Overture, Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 6, Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Copland's Hoedown, Elgar's Nimrod, Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 Mvt 4 & Bernstein's Mambo – Conducted by Brad Lucas, Guest conductor Steve Koroknay
Old & New
26th June 2022 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Powell's How to Train Your Dragon, Mozart's Bassoon Concerto (Mvt 1), Zoe Gougousidis' Equilibrium & Borodin's Symphony No. 2 – Conducted by Brad Lucas, Soloist Thomas Henderson
Just the Beginning
27th March 2022 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Williams' The Cowboys Overture, Verdi's Nabucco Overture, Brahms' Tragic Overture, Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel Overture & Wagner's Rienzi Overture – Conducted by Brad Lucas
Reunion
5th December 2021 at Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble featuring Williams' E.T. Adventures on Earth, Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre & Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake – Conducted by Brad Lucas, Soloist Timothy de Solom
Ablaze
13th June 2021 at Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble featuring Bizet’s Carmen Suite No. 2 & Stravinsky's Firebird Suite – Conducted by Neil Thompson
Day & Age
21st March 2021 at Killara High School's Hall, Killara featuring Coates' The Dam Busters March & Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 - Conducted by Neil Thompson
Far From Home
3rd December 2020 at Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble featuring Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice & Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 "New World" - Conducted by Neil Thompson
Forever Young
1st December 2019 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Peter and the Wolf & William Tell Overture - Conducted by Neil Thompson
Wanderlust
3rd September 2019 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Finlandia, Elgar's Cello Concerto (Mvt I & II), The Moldau, original work by Christine Pan & The Nutcracker Suite - Conducted by Carlo Antonioli, Soloist Harry Wagstaff
Destiny
16th June 2019 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Russian Sailor's Dance, Star Wars & Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 - Conducted by Neil Thompson
Freedom
31st March 2019 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Spartacus Suite & 1812 Overture - Conducted by Neil Thompson
Portraits of Spain
9th December 2018 at Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble featuring Carnival Overture, Symphonie Espagnole (Mvt I), Montagues and Capulets & Capriccio Espagnol - Conducted by Carlo Antonioli, Soloist Timothy de Solom
Romantic Energy
30th September 2018 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Academic Festival Overture, Lord of the Rings, Hebrides Overture & Four Norwegian Dances - Conducted by Carlo Antonioli
Around the World in 80 Minutes
24th June 2018 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring original work by Christine Pan, Dvorak's Cello Concerto (Mvt I), Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 & Danzon No. 2 - Conducted by Carlo Antonioli, Soloist Jett van der Wallen
Evocative
8th April 2018 at Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble featuring Barber of Seville, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story & Scheherazade - Conducted by Carlo Antonioli
Mega Symphony
30th November 2017 at Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble featuring Fanfare for the Common Man, Egmont Overture, Gladiator, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 (Mvt II & IV) & Saint -Saens' Organ Symphony (Mvt IV) - Conducted by Alex Pringle
Impetus
17th September 2017 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Fiddler on the Roof, Three Bavarian Dances, Scherzo for Motorcycle & Orchestra, Por Una Cabeza, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 (Mvt IV) & Lagrimas Negras - Conducted by Alex Pringle, Soloist Timothy de Solom
Russian Influence
18th June 2017 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Ewazen's Triple Trombone Concerto & Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 - Conducted by Alex Pringle, Soloists Nick Barnard, Christian Sherlock & Tom Cartwright
Spellbound
26th March 2017 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring My Fair Lady, Reitz's Oboe Concerto, Variations on a Korean Folk Song, Lieutenant Kije, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire & Jupiter from The Planets - Conducted by Alex Pringle, Soloist Liam Sherman
KYO Proms
4th December 2016 at Leslie Hall, Barker College featuring Carmen, Singin' in the Rain, Mozart's Flute Concerto No. 2 (Mvt I), Duel of the Fates from Star Wars, Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 & The Magnificent Seven - Conducted by Alex Pringle & Joshua Sun, Soloist Matthew Lee
l'Optimisme
28th August 2016 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Candide Overture, Finlandia, Wicked & Dvorak Symphony No. 9 (Mvt II & IV) - Conducted by Alex Pringle
Sydney Eisteddfod 2016
1st June 2016 at The Concourse, Chatswood - winning performance in The Wenkart Foundation Community Youth/Secondary School Orchestra 25/u category, featuring How to Train Your Dragon, Shostakovich's Waltz No. 2 & Danse Bacchanale
Autumn Tones
31st March 2016 at Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble featuring Danse Bacchanale, Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (Mvt II), Trombone Concertino, Shostakovich's Waltz No. 2, How To Train Your Dragon, Spring Song & 1812 Overture - Conducted by Alex Pringle, Soloist Michelle Young
Fantasia
3rd December 2015 at Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble featuring The Nutcracker Suite, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 (Mvt I, IV, V), Night on the Bald Mountain & Ave Maria – Conducted by Alex Pringle
Father's Day
6th September 2015 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Fanfare La Peri, Sibelius' Symphony No. 2 (Mvt IV), Cimarosa's Concerto for 2 Flutes, Back to the Future, William Tell Overture & Pirates of the Caribbean – Conducted by Carlo Antonioli, Soloists Marcel Lima & Matthew Lee
Sydney Eisteddfod 2015
30th May 2015 at The Concourse, Chatswood - winning performance in The Community Youth/Secondary School Orchestra 25/u category, featuring Schubert's Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished", Nimrod & English Folk Song Suite
Autumn Concert
29th March 2015 at Turramurra Uniting Church featuring Light Cavalry Overture, Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 (Mvt I), Nimrod, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 (Mvt IV) & Star Wars – Conducted by Alex Pringle, Soloist James Kwong
Fifth Birthday
23rd November 2014 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Magic Flute Overture, Oblivion, English Folk Song Suite, Blue Skies, Variations on a Shaker Melody, Jupiter & Mars from The Planets – Conducted by Alex Pringle, Soloist Michelle Young
Masters of Melody
14th September 2014 at Peter Duly Concert Hall, Abbotsleigh featuring Blue Tango, Sibelius' Violin Concerto (Mvt I) & Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 – Conducted by Shi Long Ye, Soloist Sunny Xia
Licence to Dance
29th March 2014 at The Centenary Centre, Ravenswood featuring Hoe-down, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto (Mvt I), James Bond Medley, Symphonie Fantastique (Mvt IV) & Hungarian Dance No. 5 – Conducted by Alex Pringle, Soloist Melody van der Wallen
Murder Mayhem Merriment
1st December 2013 at Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble featuring Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4, Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 (Mvt II), Mahler's Symphony No. 1 (Mvt III), Egmont Overture & Sleigh Ride – Conducted by Alex Pringle
KSO Plays TS5
12th September 2013 at Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble featuring Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 & Danse Bacchanale – Conducted by Alex Pringle
Concerto Concert
11th April 2013 at The Centenary Centre, Ravenswood featuring Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 6, Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1 & Grieg's Piano Concerto (Mvt I) - Conducted by Alex Pringle, Soloists Jett van der Wallen (cello) & Katie Robinson (piano)
From the New World
17th June 2012 at St Ives Uniting Church featuring Fanfare for the Common Man, Candide Overture and Dvorák's Symphony No. 9 - Conducted by Alex Pringle
Family Proms and a bit of Christmas
20th November 2011 at Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble featuring Finlandia, Anderson's The Typewriter, The Nutcracker Suite (Overture, Arabian Dance, Waltz of the Flowers), Anderson 's A Christmas Festival, Party's Jerusalem & Star Wars Suite - Conducted by Michael Thrift
Out Of This World
14th August 2011 at The Centenary Centre, Ravenswood featuring Star Wars Suite, William Tell Overture, Mars from The Planets, Roman Carnival Overture, Danse Macabre & Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 (Mvt IV) – Conducted by Warwick Tyrrell
Open Rehearsal
31st March 2011 at Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble featuring Schifrin's Mission Impossible, William Tell Overture, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, Danse Macabre, Star Wars Suite & Les Miserables – Conducted by Warwick Tyrrell
Crackers, Classics & Suite Treats
28th November 2010 at St Ives High School Hall featuring The Nutcracker Suite, Schubert's Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished", Elgar's Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1, Schifrin's Mission Impossible, Anderson's A Christmas Festival, The Marriage of Figaro Overture and themes from James Bond – Conducted by Warwick Tyrrell
Music, Magic & Mayhem (Inaugural Concert)
26th June 2010 at Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble featuring Dvorak's Symphony No. 8, Sorcerer's Apprentice & Pirates of the Carribbean - At World's End – Conducted by Warwick Tyrrell