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Wesley Music Centre

Media Release

Beautiful Baroque!

On Sunday 5 November three well known Canberra performers will present an attractive concert of gems from the baroque repertoire for voice, flute and piano. The concert will be in the Wesley Music Centre, 20 National Circuit, Forrest, at 3pm.

It will offer an opportunity to hear rarely performed Vivaldi cantatas as well as glorious, popular operatic arias by Handel and stately, emotive music of JS Bach including a sonata for piano and flute and arias from the St Matthew and St John Passions. There will be duets and trios to delight the ears.

The performers will be Louise Page (soprano), Phillipa Candy (piano) and Teresa Rabe (flute). All three are highly respected graduates of the Canberra School of Music.

Louise Page was the 1989 vocal grand finalist in the ABC Young Performer of the Year competition, she won the inaugural Mietta’s City of Melbourne Song Recital Award in 1995 and over the years she has performed in operas, oratorios and concerts in Europe and Australia. She studied with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Geoffrey Parsons and other renowned artists. In Canberra she has appeared with orchestras, in operas, with choral societies and for Art Song Canberra.

Phillipa Candy is a graduate of the Canberra School of Music and has Masters degrees from Hobart and Philadelphia. Since 1984 she has been a professional accompanist, private teacher, repetiteur, coach and conductor. She was the founding pianist with the group Austral Skies which toured for Musica Viva, and has been guest musical director and conductor for Canberra City Opera. She studied with Geoffrey Parsons and in 1992 was inducted in the Pi Kappa Lambda Society for musical excellence.

Flautist Teresa Rabe came to Canberra to study at the Canberra School of Music with Virginia Taylor and Vernon Hill. She graduated with distinction in 1992. Since then she has had a busy career as performer, teacher and adjudicator of eisteddfods and festivals. She has played with such eminent bodies as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Canberra Symphony Orchestra and The Haydn Bande, as well as solo recitals throughout the region.

What? Beautiful Baroque! A concert for voice, piano and flute with Louise Page (soprano), Phillipa Candy (piano) and Teresa Rabe (flute).

When? Sunday 5 November 2006 at 3pm.

Where? Wesley Music Centre, 20 National Circuit, Forrest (corner of Sydney Avenue)

Cost? $25, concession $20, full-time students $10 and children under 12 free.

Enquiries: Wesley Music Centre phone 6232 7248. No bookings required. Tickets at the door.

11 October 2006

Wesley Music Centre

Media Release

Violin Masterworks

Jack Glatzer –international virtuoso

Jack Glatzer, world renowned violinist, will be performing violin masterworks in the Wesley Music Centre on Friday 10 November at 8pm. The associate artist will be pianist Robert Schmidli.

The great works to be performed include the Sonata in E flat major for piano and violin by Mozart (K302), the Bach Sonata in G minor for unaccompanied violin (BWV 1001), and the Beethoven Sonata No.9 for violin and piano Op. 47 (“Kreutzer”).

Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata is probably the most famous sonata written for violin and piano. It was originally named the “Bridgetower” sonata after the violinist who performed it with Beethoven at the première.

Jack Glatzer has played on every continent and in over fifty countries. His particular interest is the unaccompanied repertoire for the violin and he is celebrated for his interpretations of Bach, Paganini, Bartok and many romantic and contemporary composers. He is one of the very few violinists to perform all 24 Caprices of Paganini in one concert as well as the complete solo works of Bach in a series of two concerts. He is a world class violinist with a wealth of instrumental beauty at his disposal.

Robert Schmidli Is a medical specialist in endocrinology and diabetes in addition to being a musician. He has made frequent appearances as a soloist, accompanist and chamber music player in Canberra and country New South Wales. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras in New Zealand and Australia and with a number of international artists including Jack Glatzer and George Zukerman.

What? Concert of violin masterworks by Jack Glatzer (violin) and Robert Schmidli (piano).

When? Friday 10 November at 8pm.

Where? Wesley Music Centre, 20 National Circuit, Forrest (corner of Sydney Avenue).

Cost? $25, concession $20, full-time students $10, children under 12 free. Friends of Wesley Music discounts apply.

Enquiries: Wesley Music Centre 6232 7248. No bookings required. Tickets at the door.

31 October 2006

For your diary… Updated 3 November 2006

Music Calendar

Wesley Music Centre and Wesley Uniting Church

20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, 2603

* Friends of Wesley Music event or joint event ≠ New or revised entry

2006

NOVEMBER

*Sunday 5 November 3pm Beautiful Baroque! A feast of duets and trios by Bach, Handel and Vivaldi performed by Louise Page (soprano), Phillipa Candy (piano) and Teresa Rabe (flute). $25, concession $20, full-time students $10 and children under 12 free. No bookings required with tickets at the door. Wesley Music Centre.

* ≠ Friday 10 November 8pm Violin Masterworks, Jack Glatzer (violin) with Robert Schmidli (piano). Mozart Sonata in E flat major for Piano and Violin K302, Bach Sonata in G minor for unaccompanied Violin BWV 1001, Beethoven Sonata n.9 for Violin and Piano, Op 47 (“Kreutzer”). Adults $25, concession $20, full-time students $10 and children under 12 free. No bookings required with tickets at the door. Wesley Music Centre.

Sunday 12 November 3pm Art Song Canberra Concert “Reflections” with Michael Martin (tenor), Rowan Harvey-Martin (violin) and Narelle French (piano) performing works by Britten, Quilter, Kreisler, Sarasate, Gounod and others. Full price $25, seniors, Friends of Wesley Music and Musica Viva subscribers $20, Art Song Canberra Members and Pensioners $18, full-time students $10. Tickets available only at the door. Enquiries 6295 9613 and artsong@... Wesley Music Centre.

Sunday 19 November 2pm “Boys Forever”: Canberra Boys Choir concert as part of their 25th Anniversary Celebrations followed by afternoon tea and birthday cake! Concert will include items from current CBC members, with works learned during a Singing Workshop with Stephen Leek, plus items from recent graduates and a Men’s choir of past members. There will be a première performance of a newly commissioned work by Tim Bevitt “Boy Forever”. $10, family $25, children $5. Tickets at the door. Wesley Church.

*Saturday 25 November 3pm In Illo Tempore a concert by leading a cappella choral ensemble Mixta Mellita singing In Illo Tempore Mass by Monteverdi, motet In Illo Tempore by Gombert, and works by Dunstable, Lassus and others $20, concession $18, full-time students $10. Wesley Music Centre.

Sunday 26 November 7pm A Christmas Messiah – solos and choruses from Handel’s Oratorio with Catriona DeVere, Christina Wilson, Erin Patrick and Abbey Mackay (sopranos), Barrie Virtue and Colin Milner (baritones), Wesley choir and orchestra directed by Garth Mansfield with Gillian Bailey-Graham leader of the orchestra. Retiring offering. Catholic Church Hall, Cullerin Street, Gunning, NSW.

DECEMBER

Sunday 10 December 7.30pm A Christmas Messiah – solos and choruses from Handel’s Oratorio with Catriona DeVere, Christina Wilson, Erin Patrick and Abbey Mackay (sopranos), Barrie Virtue and Colin Milner (baritones), Wesley choir and orchestra directed by Garth Mansfield with Gillian Bailey-Graham leader of the orchestra. Retiring offering. Wesley Church.

* “Friends of Wesley Music” is an activity of the Wesley Music Foundation (WMF).

Revised calendars are issued every few weeks. Always check the latest calendar for any changes in listings and times. If you wish to be on the email distribution list to undisclosed recipients, please send an email to the address below. Mailouts to postal addresses are limited to Friends of Wesley Music (WMF brochure available from Wesley Music Centre). Friends receive a $3 discount on door prices for Friends events and concessions for many other events.

Enquiries: Phone 6232 7248; Fax 6239 6836;

Wesley Music Centre, PO Box 3217, Manuka ACT 2603.

Email: wesleymc@...

Web: www.wesleycanberra.org.au