ESO Unbelievable $20 Seat Sale

This once-a-year sale begins January 10th at 10am and ends at midnight on January 20th!

Some restrictions and service charges apply. Choose from the following performances:

  • Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 7:30 pm
  • Karen Gomyo
  • Since making her ESO debut in 2005, Karen Gomyo has been an audience favourite. Don't miss your only chance to hear her this season in a very special performance of orchestral and chamber works including the great Sonata in G Major for Piano and Violin by Johannes Brahms and the sizzling Le Grand Tango by Astor Piazzolla (both with Bill Eddins at the piano), as well as Dmitri Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1. The colourful Bootlegger's Tarantella by John Estacio completes this delectable concert.
  • Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 7:30pm
  • Horns of Haydn
  • Haydn’s Symphony No. 31 features prominent horn fanfares, and the young George Li will display his prodigious talent in the First Piano Concerto of another prodigy – Felix Mendelssohn.
  • Sunday, March 3, 2013, 2:00 pm
  • Symphonic Beauty
  • Barber’s haunting Adagio for Strings and Tchaikovsky’s beloved First Piano Concerto – performed by the winner of the Montréal International Piano Competition, Beatrice Rana – anchor a program of stunningly exquisite music.
  • Friday, May 3, 2013, 9:30 pm
  • Radio from the Head
  • Chris O’Riley makes his ESO debut alongside his long-time friend Bill Eddins in a concert that explores the intriguing overlap between classical music and pop culture. Expect to hear works by Radiohead, Frank Zappa and Nick Drake alongside Shostakovich and Ravel.
  • Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 7:30 pm
  • Baroque & Classical Fireworks
  • Prepare to be awestruck by the grandeur and beauty of Baroque masterpieces like Bach’s Suite No. 3, which includes his famous and exquisite Air. Chloë Hanslip takes on the virtuosic and fiery First Violin Concerto of Paganini.
  • Sunday, May 26, 2013, 2:00 pm
  • Violin & Marimba
  • Exceptional young violinist Chad Hoopes performs Bruch's famous Violin Concerto No. 1 and the ESO’s Principal Percussionist Brian Jones presents a unique Marimba Concerto.