2011 Inaugural Concert Season
Winner – Limelight “Best Orchestral Concert”
Guest conductors:
Simone Young AM
Alexander Briger AO
Brett Dean
Watch and Listen: Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
26 August – Friday, 8pm, Sydney
Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall
Conducted by: Simone Young AM
Programme:
Wagner, Prelude and Venusberg Music
Sculthorpe, Earth Cry, William Barton – Didgeridoo
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
27 August – Saturday, 8pm, Sydney
Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall
Programme:
Conducted by: Alexander Briger AO
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
Conducted by: Brett Dean
Dean, Vexations and Devotions
Conducted by: Alexander Briger AO
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, op. 125 (Choral)
28 August – Sunday, 2pm, Sydney (Family Concert)
Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall
Presented by: Belinda McFarlane
Conducted by: Alexander Briger AO
Programme:
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, Beginning of 1st movement
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6, Pathétique, 2nd movement
Montgomery, Hocket in the Pocket
Brahms, Academic Festival Overture
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6, Pathétique, 3rd movement
Gillbert and Sullivan, Pineapple Poll, opening dance, arr. By Sir Charles Mackerras
Peter Luff, Didjeridu solo
Sculthorpe, “Earth Cry”, with solo for didgeridoo
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, “Ode to Joy”
29th August – Monday, 4:30pm, Parramatta (After School Family Concert)
Riverside Theatre, Parramatta
After a full day of tutorials, workshops and rehearsals with AWO musicians, 60 music ensemble students from 23 schools across Western Sydney (Western Sydney State Schools Concert Band) performed a side-by-side concert with their AWO mentors to a full audience at Parramatta Riverside Theatre.
Guest conductors:
Alexander Briger AO
Craig McGown (WSSSCB)