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ROMANCE & REASON
Sunday 21st September 2008

2.30pm, The Scots College, Victoria Road, Bellevue Hill

Featuring Wollahra Philharmonic Orchestra's own Margaret Drake playing the wonderful piano concerto of Schumann. The program will also feature two popular classics, Mozart's Magic Flute Overture and Tchaikovsky's towering 4th Symphony.

Tickets $20 Adult/$12 Concession

Enquiries:  9363 1154

Featuring Wollahra Philharmonic Orchestra's own Margaret Drake playing the wonderful piano concerto of Schumann. The program will also feature two popular classics, Mozart's Magic Flute Overture and Tchaikovsky's towering 4th Symphony.

2008 CONCERT PROGRAM

HUNGARIAN GOULASH SUNDAY 30TH MARCH
A pot-pourri of Hungarian delights with works of Bartok, Liszt and some well-known Hungarian Dances of Brahms. The concert also features the virtuosic talents of the brilliant violinist Maria Lindsay playing Saint-Saens' beautiful Havanaise and Ravel's gypsy-inspired Tzigane.

NICOLAI Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
BRAHMS Three Hungarian Dances
SAINT-SAENS Havanaise, soloist Maria Lindsay
RAVEL Tzigane, soloist Maria Lindsay
BARTOK Hungarian Sketches
LISZT Les Preludes Symphonic Poem

WINTER WONDERLAND SUNDAY 29TH JUNE
Featuring the works of the two Scandinavian masters, Sibelius and Grieg. Sibelius's Violin Concerto will be played by well-known Sydney violinist James Cuddeford. The wintry tone continues with Mozart's tragic yet profoundly beautiful G Minor Symphony. It's not all bleak however - RPM - an exhilarating joy-ride of a work from contemporary Australian composer Matthew Hindson will certainly warm the spirits on a winter's afternoon.

HINDSON RPM
MOZART Symphony No.40
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto, soloist James Cuddeford
GRIEG Hommage March

REASON & ROMANCE SUNDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER
Featuring Wollahra Philharmonic Orchestra's own Margaret Drake playing the wonderful piano concerto of Schumann. The program will also feature two popular classics, Mozart's Magic Flute Overture and Tchaikovsky's towering 4th Symphony.

MOZART Magic Flute Overture
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4

FRENCH KISS SUNDAY 7TH DECEMBER
An intriguing program featuring the internationally-acclaimed British pianist and scholar Roy Howat in a performance of Poulenc's playful Concert Champetre. The main work is Stravinsky's delightful ballet The Fairy's Kiss, based on melodies of Tchaikovsky but transformed by Stravinsky's genius. Berlioz's evocative Royal Hunt and Storm from his grand opera Les Troyens complete the French connection.

BERLIOZ Royal Hunt and Storm
POULENC Concerto Champetre, piano soloist Roy Howat
STRAVINSKY The Fairy's Kiss

CONCERT INFORMATION
Concerts commence at 2.30pm and are held at The Scots College Auditorium, Victoria Road, Bellevue Hill.
Tickets are priced at $20 for adults and $12 concession. For subscriptions or more information please visit www.wpo.org.au or phone President Nigel Price on 0418 203 725.

 


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