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2015 Concert Season
Guest Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Guest Soprano: Magdalena Kožená
29 July, Sydney
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
Program:
Claude Debussy, Prélude àl’Apres-midi d’un faune “Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun”
Claude Debussy, Ariette oubliées “Forgotten Songs” arr. Brett Dean
(Magdalena Kožená)
Anton Bruckner, Symphony No.8 in C minor, 1890 version, edited by Robert Haas
30 July, Sydney
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
AWO side-by-side with Regional Youth Orchestras (RYO)
Program:
Johanne Sebastian Bach, Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV. 1043
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet, Overture
31 July, Sydney
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
Winner of the 2016 Helpmann Award for “Best Symphony Concert”
Program:
Claude Debussy, Prélude àl’Apres-midi d’un faune “Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun”
Claude Debussy, Ariette oubliées “Forgotten Songs” arr. Brett Dean
(Magdalena Kožená)
Anton Bruckner, Symphony No.8 in C minor, 1890 version, edited by Robert Haas
1 August, Melbourne
Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne
Program:
Claude Debussy, Prélude àl’Apres-midi d’un faune “Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun”
Anton Bruckner, Symphony No.8 in C minor, 1890 version, edited by Robert Haas
2015 Chamber Music Concert
28 March, Geelong, VIC
Geelong Performing Arts Centre
Program:
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in D minor for Basson and Strings, RV.481
Maurice Allard, Variations on a Theme by Paganini, (Capricoccio 24) for Solo Bassoon
Wynton Marsalis, Meelaan for Bassoon and String Quartet (2000)
Carl Maria von Weber, Andante and Hungarian Rondo (arr. for Bassoon and String Quartet)
Franz Schubert, String Quartet No. 4 in C major, D. 46
2015 Jazz by the Mill
7 March, Bothwell, TAS
Nant Whisky Estate
Program:
Leonard Bernstein, Medley: West Side Story, arr. Julie Simonds
Bill Loughborough and Dave Wheat, Better Than Anything
Traditional, Wade in the Water
Stephen Stils, For What It’s Worth
Burt Bacharach, Medley: Walk On By, Say a Little Prayer, San José
Roberta Flack, Trying Times
Cole Porter, Love For Sale
Dianne Reeves, Mista
2015 Southern Highlands Chamber Music Festival
14 November, Robertson, NSW
The Robertson Hotel
Program:
Maurice Ravel, Piano Trio in A minor for Piano, Violin and Cello
Andrew Ford, Maa Bonny Lad for String Quartet and Soprano Saxophone
Eugene Ysaÿe, Le Londres for Two Violins and Viola
Sergei Rachmaninov, Vocalise for Piano and Cello
Erno Dohnanyi, Piano Quintet for Piano and String Quartet
Andrew Ford, The Birthday of my Life from “Learning to Howl” for String Quartet, Soprano Saxophone and Clarinet
Andrew Ford, Scherzo Perpetuo for String Quartet and Film
15 November, Robertson, NSW
The Robertson Hotel
Program:
Gabriel Fauré, Piano Quintet Op. 89 for Piano and String Quartet
Erwin Schulhoff, Divertimento movements I,II,III for String Quartet
Elena Kats-Chernin AO, Sunshine Journal for Saxophone, Clarinet, Double Bass and Piano (4 hands)