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
Candyis 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.
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October 2006
Wesley Music Centre
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Violin Masterworks
Jack Glatzer ¨Cinternational 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 premi¨¨re.
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.
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October 2006
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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 ¡Ù
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.
* ¡Ù 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 premi¨¨re 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 ¨C 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 ¨C 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).
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I will be unable to attend the meeting. Could you plrease offer my apology. I also have a pile of music for the Rummage Table - will it be operating this year? If so, I'll contact Andrew (who I assume is still the organist as Strathfield) about dropping it off.
GREAT HALL MONDAY LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALS BEGIN THIS WEEK (16 OCT)
The revised dates for the Monday lunchtime recitals (1.10-1.50pm) at SydneyUniversity
are as follows:
Monday 16 Oct The Town and Gown Duo (Robert Ampt, SydneyCity
Organist and Amy Johansen, SydneyUniversity Organist)
Monday 30 Oct Andrej Kouznetsov (SydneyUniversity
Organ Scholar)
Monday 6 Nov Jennifer Chou (Hong
Kong)
Monday 20 Nov Amy Johansen (SydneyUniversity
Organist)
Please note that on Monday 23 Oct, there is a recital by
Czechoslovakian organist Pavel Kohout at 12.30pm in SydneyTown Hall.
Celebrate Spring with invigorating organ music to start your week.
PROGRAM FOR 16 OCTOBER
Prelude and Fugue in C
G.F. Handel
Three movements for Organ
Duet Denis Bedard
Fantasie in f,
K 594
W.A. Mozart
Fugue in d
minor
G.
Merkel
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Kevin Clancy was there and maybe took
photos; Geoff Lloyd also but I’m not sure about the photos.
Kathy
From:
sydneyorgan@... [mailto:sydneyorgan@...] On Behalf Of Mark Quarmby Sent: Thursday, 12 October 2006
1:19 PM To: Sydney organ Subject: [sydneyorgan] Organ
ramble
As I was in Auckland
on the OHTA Conference, I missed out being able to attend the recent Organ
Music Society ramble. Did anyone take any digital photos of the organs visited
for me to upload to the website?
As I was in Auckland on the OHTA Conference, I missed out being able to attend the recent Organ Music Society ramble. Did anyone take any digital photos of the organs visited for me to upload to the website?
The Opera and Arts Support Group Inc is a charity established mainly it seems to raise funds for budding opera singers. I have been asked to advertise its activities, and especially the following.
On Friday 6 October at Sydney Grammar School Andrej Kouznetsov is playing the organ as part of an evening to honour Dr Ian Dicker who had the organ installed in memory of his parents.
There is no email contact. Phone enquires may be directed to 9327 6069 or 9386 5305, and one has to apply for tickets at $50 a head. All donations are tax deductible.
Due to an error in room bookings, there will be no organ recital in the
Great Hall at SydneyUniversity this Monday,
25 September, or on Monday, 13 November. The revised dates will be posted
on the website http://www.usyd.edu.au/organ
and also sent to this list.
A friend of mine Piotr Wilczynski is visiting from Poland, he is giving a free organ recital of baroque organ music at St Aloysius' College this Friday 22 September at 7.00pm. Piotr is the Associate Professor from the Department of Organ & Harpsichord, Warsaw Academy of Music. Piotr also plays organ and harpsichord with many different early music ensembles in Poland. If you know any one interested in baroque organ music please pass on this email.
Regards,
Joanna
St Aloysius' College
Music Department
Presents
PIOTR WILCZYNSKI
Organist In Recital
The Boys' Chapel St Aloysius' College
47 Upper Pitt Street, Milsons Point
Friday, 22nd September 2006 at 7.00pm
Admission Free
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Distinguished organist Colin Andrews will play a concert on the splendid Mander organ at Sydney Grammar School tomorrow evening, September 19th.
The concert starts at 6.30pm, lasts for 1 hour and admission is free.
Parking is available in the school grounds (entrance Stanley St)
His programme will be:
1. Three Royal Fanfares (1960)Sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975)
2. Psalm-Prelude No. 1 Set 1 Op. 32Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
"This poor man cried and the Lord
heard him and saved him out of all
his troubles" Psalm 34 verse 6
3. Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 541J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
3. From Das Orgelbuchlein: "O Mensch, bewein dein' Sunde gross" BWV 622
4. Variations de Concert Op. 1Joseph Bonnet (1884-1944)
5. From Fantasia and Fugue on the chorale:Ferenc Liszt (1811-1886)
"Ad nos, ad salutarem undam" (Adagio-Introduction-Fugue)
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Revd Rupert Jeffcoat - St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane
Wachet Auf
(Reger) Noel (Bossi) Priere (Langlais) Sei gegrusset (Bach) Repons pur le
temps de Paques (Demessieux) Veni Creator Leighton) Prelude (Beethoven)
Selig sind die da Lied tragen (Karg-Elert) Lift up your heads (Guilmant)
SydneyTown
Hall
George Street Hill 1890 P
5/126 Enquiries
02 4758 6067
Wednesday 20 September at 12.30
- 1.30pm Free
Rupert Jeffcoat - St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane
Wachet Auf
(Reger) Noel (Bossi) Priere (Langlais) Sei gegrusset (Bach) Repons pur le
temps de Paques (Demessieux) Veni Creator Leighton) Prelude (Beethoven)
Selig sind die da Lied tragen (Karg-Elert) Lift up your heads (Guilmant)
Monday 23 October at 12.30 Pavel Kohout - CzechRepublic
Versetti per il
Gloria (Petrali) Vigilia (Martinu) Impetuoso (Wiedermann) Concert Fantasy
(Klicha) Bugatti-step (Jezek) Allegro con fuoco from “The New
World” (Dvorák)
Wednesday 22 November at 12.30
Robert Ampt - SydneyTown Hall Organist
Marche Heroique (Bossi) Trois Pieces (Alain)
Passacaglia (Bach) Benedictus (Reger) Canon (Pachelbel) Piece Heroique
(Franck)
I'll be playing French music (Cesar Franck's Chorale #1, his
Prelude, Fugue & Variation, and the little Dorain Chorale by
Alain) this Friday, at the usual time of 1.10 pm.
Needless to say, it wld be nice to have an audience.
John Aitchison.
A
new Compact Disc of the complete organ concertos by
Michel Corrette recorded will be launched during a
concert at St Aloysius College, Milsons Point on
Friday 8 September, 6.30 pm. This recording features
Pastor de Lasala playing the College's fine Létourneau
organ and accompanied by alumni - past and present -
of the College. The organ concertos, edited and
published by Pastor de Lasala, celebrate the 250th
anniversary of their original publication. This
recording of the concertos is unique in that the works
are presented for the first
time partly as solo works and partly with instrumental
accompaniment.
Another unique feature of this CD is the world
première recording of excerpts from Corrette's 3rd
organ book, also of 1756. Also that evening will be
the first Australian performance of Louis Vierne's
little known Cantique à St Louis
de Gonzague sung by
members of the St AloysiusCollegeSeniorSchool
Choir.
Proceeds of
the sale of the CD will go towards the Dr
Anthony Wallington Memorial Scholarship.
Venue:
St Aloysius College Chapel 47 Upper Pitt St
Milsons Point.
Tickets will be available at the door on the night.
Family (parents and children)$20
Adults: $10
Children:$5
For details, contact Murray
Happ (02) 9936 5561 or
<murray.happ@...>
Members, especially teachers, might be interested in a new scholarship for overseas study as advertised in the SMH on 19 August - VASANTA scholarship in cello, organ, piano, viola or violin.
Details and an application form can be accessed on the website www.trust.com.au or look for Vasanta.
The Catholic Leader is a publication of the Archdiocese of
Sydney. This month their online forum is looking at Australia’s Favourite Hymns.
You can check it out at:
You may also like to share your post with this forum.
On this subject the Royal School of Church Music NSW
Division next Saturday is hosting a seminar entitled “What Makes a Good
Hymn”. A great opportunity to also have a look at a very interesting
worship space. The details are:
August Saturday 26 St
Patrick's Cathedral, 1 Marist
PlaceParramatta
Hymn Seminar 'What makes a good
hymn?' with Kelvin Hastie
This will be a combined event with
the Guild of Church Musicians and the Sydney Organ Music Society and will
include an organ recital by Brett McKern on the newly installed Norman &
Beard organ and a short tour of the Cathedral. The proceedings will commence at
10 AM and will conclude by 1 PM.
Why don't you invite the people who
choose hymns for services at your church to come?
There is a fee, but it’s not on the web site. But its
quite reasonable. You can check out the RSCM events at:
http://www.rscmnsw.org.au/events/
4. JS Bach (1685 – 1750) : Largo
from Trio Sonata no 5 BWV 529
5. Henry Purcell (1658-1695) ‘When I Am Laid’ from the opera Dido and Aeneas
6. Michel Corrette (1707 – 1795) : Organ Concerto in C op 26 no 4 (edited
de Lasala)
7. George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) : V’Adoro Pupile from Guilio Cesare
(1724)
8. Michel Corrette : Trio, Basse de Trompette and Offertoire L’Eclatante
(from 3rd organ book 1756)
9. Théodore Dubois : Communion and Sortie (nos. 7& 10 from 10 pièces
1889)
10. George Frideric Handel : Let The Bright Seraphim from the Oratorio
Samson (1743)
Organ/Piano :
Pastor de Lasala
Soprano : Linda Lorenza
The
artists are donating this recital to assist the Restoration of the 1890 Puget
Organ in the Chapel of Kincoppal-RoseBaySchool.
The organ is presently being restored in France.
Tickets available at the door - $20/$15 concession (including
afternoon tea.
Masterworks
for Violin and Piano - Mozart, Schubert and Brahms
John Ma (violin) and
Marie Searles (piano)
On
Saturday 12 August at 7.30pm in the Wesley Music Centre outstanding young
musicians John Ma and Marie Searles will present an attractive program of
masterworks for violin and piano.
Both
performers are distinguished graduates of the Canberra School of Music who have
been undertaking postgraduate studies in Sydney
and in September 2006 will be pursuing further studies in Europe.
Their
program will include the major works Sonata in B flat major (KV 378) by Mozart,
Sonatine in a minor, Opus 137 by Schubert and Sonata in G major Opus 78 by
Brahms.
The
Mozart work is one of the Auernhammer sonatas (named after one of his pupils)
in which there is a marked evolution of the violin part towards a more equal
partner in comparison to the earlier six sonatas. It was written during his
time in Salzburg
around 1779.
The
Sonatine by Schubert belongs to a set of three sonatas written when Schubert
was only nineteen, but they were not published until eight years after his
death in 1836. This performance will be based on the original manuscripts
of the work. The first publications were very different to what Schubert
had initially composed.
Brahms’
Sonata in G major finally met his approval after four previous attempts at
writing a violin and piano sonata. This sonata has a relaxed and
confident style reflecting the lyrical playing of the famous violinist Joseph
Joachim and the holiday atmosphere of a mountain resort in Austria. It was
composed and premiered in Vienna
in 1879.
John
Ma recently completed his Masters of Performance in Baroque Violin and Viola at
the Sydney Conservatorium after completing his Bachelor of Music (1st
Class honours) at the Canberra School of Music in 2002. He was a full
scholarship holder at the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne in 2003. He
will study period performance practice at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague.
Marie
Searles completed her Bachelor of Music at the Canberra School of Music in 2002
and has had a keen interest in accompaniment and chamber music completing her
Masters in Accompaniment at the Sydney Conservatorium in 2004.
This
will be a rewarding concert for the many lovers of violin and piano music in Canberra.
What? Violin and piano concert by John Ma and Marie Searles.
When? Saturday 12 August at 7.30pm
Where? Wesley Music Centre, 20 National Circuit, Forrest (corner of Sydney Avenue)
Cost? $25, concession $20, full-time students $15, children under 12 free.
Enquiries: 6232 7248. Tickets will be available at the
door.
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Music Centre
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Visit to Canberra of Historic Freiburg
Cathedral Boys’ Choir
(Freiberger
Domsingknaben)
On
Tuesday 22 August 2006 at 7.30pm the Freiburg Cathedral Boys’ Choir will
present a concert in WesleyUnitingChurch.
This event is part of their first tour of Australia
which takes in Melbourne, Canberra,
Sydney and Brisbane.
The
Boys’ Choir is one ensemble of the Freiburg Cathedral Music which has a history
that can be traced back more than eight centuries. It comprises 40 boys’ and 20
adult voices.
The
choir has received many honours and awards. There have been concert tours
throughout Germany and
Europe as well as to Canada,
Japan, South America and South Africa.
The current conductor, Boris Böhmann, assumed direction of the Cathedral Music
in 2003. He has been involved in the production of a number of CDs and
also radio and television programs.
Members
of the choir attend the FreiburgCathedralChoir
School located near the Cathedral. It is a
prominent training centre for choir and church music in Baden-Württemburg and Germany. Apart
from choir training, music theory and individual voice lessons, the children
and adolescents can also receive various instrumental lessons at the School.
The choir has produced many professional soloists who confirm the excellence of
their training at the School.
For
their Canberra
concert the choir will perform a diversity of music by composers including
Schütz, Rheinberger, Anerio, Staden, Parry and Gardiner.
This
event is being promoted by Friends of Wesley Music and is supported by the
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany.
What? A concert by the Freiburg Cathedral Boys’ Choir
When? Tuesday 22 August 2006 at 7.30pm
Where?WesleyUnitingChurch,
22 National Circuit (corner of Sydney
avenue)
Cost? $25, concession $20, full-time students $10, children under 12 $5
Enquiries: 6232 7248. Tickets will be available at the
door.
For your
diary…
Updated 9 August 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
AUGUST
*Saturday12 August 7.30pm A Piano and Violin Recital performed by Marie
Searles (piano) and John Ma (violin), with works including Mozart’s Sonata in B
Major 378, Brahms’ Sonata in G major Op 78 and Schubert’s Sonatine.
$20, concession $18, full-time students $10 and children under 12 free.
Tickets at door. Wesley Music Centre.
Sunday 13 August 2.30pmConcert
by Canberra
Choral Society in a program of English works under the title of Music Spread
Thy Voice Around. Composers include Handel, Stanford, Britten and Vaughan
Williams with soloists Tobias Cole (countertenor) and Rebecca Collins
(soprano). $25, concession $23, students $20. Enquiries 6260
5472. Wesley Church.
Saturday19 August 7pm Concert by Haydn Bande with Geoffrey Lancaster (guest
conductor) and violin soloist Barbara Gilby. Works by FJ Haydn
Symphony no 42 in D major, WA Mozart Violin Concerto no 5 in A major KV 219 and
Symphony no 29 in A major KV 201. Adults $25, concessions/full-time
students $18, children under 12 $10, Friends of Wesley Music $10.
Bookings 6249 6564 and tickets at door. Wesley Church.
*Tuesday 22 August 7.30pmConcert
by the Freiburg Cathedral Boys’ Choir from Germany, conducted by Boris
Böhmann.Program includes
works by Anerio, Staden, Schütz, Rheinberger, Parry and Balfour Gardiner.
$25, concession $20, full-time students $10 and children under 12 $5.
Tickets at the door. Supported by German Embassy. Wesley Church.
SEPTEMBER
≠*Sunday 3 September 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.
≠Thursday 7 September 7.30pm John Couch Guitar Concert with works by Mario Castelnuovo -Tedesco,
Turlough O’Carolan, Celtic composers, Graeme Koehne and Joaquin Rodrigo. $20, concession $15, full-time students
$10, children $5. Enquiries 6255 0191 or 0407 484 727. Wesley Music
Centre.
Friday 8, Saturday 9 and Sunday 10
SeptemberAustralian National Eisteddfod Instrumental Division.
Welsey Music Centre.
*Sunday 17 September 3pmPiano
concert by Robert Schmidli with masterpieces by Scarlatti (Three Sonatas),
Schumann (Kinderscenen), Moszkowsky (Caprice espagnol) and Beethoven
(“Appassionata†Sonata). This concert is a joint venture between the
Wesley Music Foundation and the Music Teachers’ Association of NSW, Canberra
Branch, to raise funds for the Janice Battisson Award for pianists.
$20, concession $18, full-time students $10. Enquiries 6232 7248 or 6254 9423.
Tickets available at the door. Wesley Music Centre.
Saturday 23 September 7pm Concert by Haydn Bande
with Geoffrey Lancaster (guest conductor and soloist) including Divertimento in
D major KV 136 (Mozart), Harpsichord Concerto in A major (CPE Bach), Serenade
“Eine Kleine Nachtmusik†KV 525 (Mozart) and String Symphony in E minor (CPE
Bach). Adults
$25, concessions/full-time students $18, children under 12 $10, Friends
of Wesley Music $10. Bookings 6249 6564 and tickets at door. Wesley
Church.
≠Friday 29 and Saturday 30 SeptemberWesley National Oratorio Competition as part
of Australian National Eisteddfod (Singing Division). Heats in Wesley Music
Centre and final in Wesley Church on Saturday pm. Awards provided by the Wesley
Music Foundation –first $3,000, second $1,000, third $500 and three other
awards of $250 for other finalists.
OCTOBER
#Friday 20 to Sunday 22 October,
‘Singing the Faith’, a National Ecumenical
Seminar on Word and Music in Worship, a weekend to stimulate and encourage
those with an interest in, or responsibility for, music and leadership in
Christian worship. Supported by
the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, CharlesSturtUniversity, UCA NSW Synod
Music Committee, Wesley Uniting Church and Wesley Music Foundation. Leading
facilitators from around Australia
and from New Zealand.
For registration forms and more information go to www.wesleycanberra.org.au or
contact the Wesley Music Centre at welseymc@...
or 6232 7248. In Wesley Church and Wesley Music Centre.
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I will be playing all six of Bach's organ trio sonatas in
a series of the regular Wednesday (1.15 pm) lunchtime
recitals at St James', King Street.
The first recital, featuring sonatas # 1 & #2, will be next
Wednesday, August 2nd.
The trio sonatas are amongst the most listener-friendly of
Bach's organ works, perhaps because the human ear/brain can
follow three strands of counterpoint without too much
difficulty.
Playing this music is always a joy, even in an empty church. If
an audience turns up, that will be even nicer!
John Aitchison.
Greetings from Auckland! I am hoping to enlist your support in helping us to spread the word about the concert event detailed below. It may be that some organ enthusiasts might be interested in making the trip over to hear John Scott. (I certainly would, if I lived in Australia!). Would you be willing to help us by taking a few moments to forward this message and its attachment to all your email contacts in your organists community? We would really appreciate your help.
With thanks and all best wishes
Indra Hughes
I am writing to tell you about an important development for Auckland choir Musica Sacra: we have purchased the pipe organ that was built for and first used at the Royal Wedding in St Paul's Cathedral, London in 1981 to accompany Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's performance of Handel’s “Let the Bright Seraphim”. Our Press Release is attached. As you can see, it is a remarkable and beautiful and historically significant instrument. At the royal wedding the organ was played by John Scott, one of the finest and most famous organists in the world. He is most celebrated for his time as Organist and Director of Music of St Paul's Cathedral, and is now Organist and Director of Music at the prestigious church of St Thomas, Fifth Avenue, New York. Since it was Mr Scott who played the organ at the royal wedding, we are delighted that he will be our special guest at the inauguration of it in Auckland on 26 August. As mentioned on our release, you can see a lot of further detail on our website <http://www.musicasacra.org.nz/> All my contact details are below, and on the attached release. This will be a very special event for those who love choral and organ music and we would be delighted to welcome people from Australia who may be interested in making the trip over for it. Yours sincerely Indra Hughes
St Stephen's UC, Macquarie St will be holding a HymnFest to celebrate the (alternate) Feast Day of St Stephen on Sunday 6th August at 3pm. The program will include favourite hymns, accompanied by the 1934 Hill, Norman and Beard Pipe Organ (3/44) played by Peter Guy, St Stephen's Uniting Church Choir, and featuring special guest, Tenor soloist Paul Bevan (ABC Classic FM Classic Breakfast presenter). The afternoon's MC will be Rev'd Dr Matthew Jack (minister of St Stephen's)
We hope to make this an ecumenical event, so please spread the word within your parishes. Would be great to see everyone there.
At St Andrew's Cathedral this Friday, at the usual time of
1.10pm, I will be playing JSB's "Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in
C", and the second half of Couperin's "Mass for Parishes"
(whoops, sorry Mr Jensen, shouldn't use the naughty "M" word
at St Andrew's)
John Aitchison.
Music Director and Principal Organist for the Cathedral of
the Most Blessed Sacrament Detroit
Dr. Duncan is Assistant Professor of Music, Divisional
Director of Organ/Church Music Performance, and Associate Director of Choral
Activities at WayneStateUniversity.
He received an undergraduate degree in English Literature from the University of Detroit,
a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance from WayneStateUniversity,
and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Church Music/Organ Performance from the University of Michigan.
For more information www.aodonline.org
(Offices and Ministries – Archdiocesan Chorus)
Preaeludium (BuxW
137) (Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne) by Dietrich Buxtehude
Variations on
"Victimae Paschali Laudes" by Jiri Ropek (Czech composer)
Impromptu by Samuel
Taylor-Coleridge (African English composer)
Prelude and
Trumpetings by Myron Roberts (American composer)
Prayer by Fela
Sowande (Nigerian composer)
Jacob's Ladder by
Ralph Simpson (African American composer)
Toccata on
“Veni Emmanuel” by Adolphus Hailstork (African American Composer)
Thank you for that, and thanks again for
the lovely recital. We had an excellent weekend in Brisbane.
From:
Amanda Gearing [mailto:gearingap@...] Sent: Thursday, 15 June 2006 2:08
PM To: godelieve@... Subject: Andrew Newcombe Mantras
Dear Godelieve
It was good to meet you (at last) last Sunday. I hope the
trip to Brisbane
was considered worthwhile by those who attended.
A number of people expressed interest in the Mantras of Andrew Newcombe. There is a
recent recording of a number of them (not including the one I played) by David
Hamnes, reviewed in the April OHTA News.
Unfortunately I am at home convalescing after some minor surgery last Tuesday
so I cannot get the details from work where I keep all such things; however,
the details could be obtained directly from the journal.
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