FOLK FANS WELCOME SUNDAY 2 P.M. FOR ORILLIA SILVER BAND’S FIRST CONCERT OF SEASON

ORILLIA — The Orillia Silver Band celebrates folk music in the fall with an exciting Folk Festival Concert.

It’s this Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m., at the Orillia Opera House. Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for students/children and are available from the Opera House Box Office.

This is the band’s first concert of the 2022-2023 season.

Folk Festival is an eclectic look into music inspired by folk themes from many countries.

Conductor Neil Barlow says it is “filled with great folk-based selections that range from operatic classics to driving Latin pop.”

The program includes Overture to Nabucco, a stirring opera overture by Giuseppe Verdi noted for its connection to the Italian folk movements of national confederation.

And Ralph Pearce’s staggering Cry of the Warriors is an in-your-face rhapsody on the Welsh folk tune Men of Harlech.

Not to be missed is two of the band’s cornetists, Fran Harvey and Robin Watson, will perform a very entertaining duet by Harry Mortimer entitled Mac and Mort.

Also, a beautiful Dutch village is celebrated in Bliss, the recent folk-based composition of Jacob de Haan.

As well, Ary Barroso penned a modern folk-classic with his pop Latin tune called Brazil.

Other numbers include a fiery Russian “barn burner” called Folk Festival, by Dimitri Shostakovich.

For those who love Mexican dance music, Peter Grahams’ three-movement Las Lluvias Grandes will get your feet going.

For more information contact Earle Birt at 905.464.2636 or go to www.orilliasilverband.com