2010 Concert Series
Programme 1
Animadeus: A Family Concert Of Mozart, Animals And More – The Bay Quartet
Sunday 7 March, 2.30 pm
Venue: Blackheath Community Centre
Maria Lindsay
Heather Burnley
Angela Lindsay
Marcus Hartstein
With Narrator Tony Cogin
This really is a concert to bring all your friends, family and neighbours to! Crowd-pleasers include Mozart's A Little Night Music and Sarasate's Gypsy Airs, which will have you out of your seat! Be transported by the world premiere of Blue Mountains composer David Scheel's melodious String Quartet. The young-at-heart will love Peter and the Wolf and two other works involving a narrator and animal themes. Actor Tony Cogin will bring the characters to life as well as ensure an element of surprise throughout the concert...
W.A. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music)
Stephen Yates: Entrales (for Spoken Voice and String Quartet) - World Premiere
Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)
Alan Ridout/Munro Leaf: Ferdinand (for Speaker and Solo Violin)
David Scheel: String Quartet in G major - World Premiere
Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (for Speaker and String Quartet)
Programme 2
Richly celebrated - Lurline Chamber Orchestra
Saturday 17 April, 2.30 pm
Venue: Blackheath Community Centre
Australia's newest professional chamber orchestra makes its exciting Blackheath debut with a program showcasing the sheer beauty of strings. The all-absorbing dimensions of thirteen players and their incredible energy must be experienced to be believed. The wonderful Tommy Tycho has dedicated his new Violin Concerto to Maria Lindsay. This is a work of depth and virtuosity, framed perfectly by such standards of rich string writing as the Elgar Serenade and a new arrangement of Dvorak's vibrant String Quintet opus 77.
Edward Elgar: Serenade OP. 20
Andrew Schultz: Willow Bend
Tommy Tycho: Violin Concerto (World Premiere)
Gerald Finzi: Prelude
Antonin Dvorak (arr. A & M Lindsay): String Quintet in g minor opus 77 (world premiere)
Programme 3
Illuminating! – Apollo Trio
Friday 13th August, 8 pm and Saturday 14th August, 2.30 pm
Venue: 'Werona', Blackheath
Apollo Trio
Maria Lindsay – violin
Elizabeth Neville – cello
Daniel Herscovitch - piano
Due to popular demand, the Apollo Trio this year presents two works of undisputed genius which have been enjoyed by generations of listeners since the early 19th century. Of the Mendelssohn Trio op. 49 Schumann wrote: "Mendelssohn is the Mozart of the 19th century, the most illuminating of musicians." Beethoven's Trio dedicated to Archduke Rudolph remains one of the most popular pieces of chamber music still performed today. We are delighted to present the world premiere of an exciting new piece by talented Australian composer James Cuddeford.
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 49
James Cuddeford: New Work (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat major, op. 97 "Archduke"
Programme 4
Roadtrip Of The Senses
Friday 15th October, 8 pm and Saturday 16th October, 2.30 pm
Venue: 'Werona', Blackheath
Maria Lindsay – violin
Angela Lindsay – viola
Josephine Allan - piano
Come on a journey! From the hypnotic movement and syncopation of John Adams’ Road Movies through the rhapsodic beauty of Janacek to the sumptuous luxury of Schubert, Bridge and Bruch, there is nothing like a holiday East and West of the Atlantic to relax and rejuvenate!
Franz Schubert: Sonata in A minor "Arpeggione"
John Adams: Road Movies
Frank Bridge: 4 Pieces for Viola and Piano
Leos Janacek: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Bruch: 3 Pieces for Violin, Viola and Piano, op. 83