2022 Concerts
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Season 1: Preludes: Wagner, Elgar, Debussy - Sunday 27 February
Social performance at our home at Leckie Music Centre, Melvista Avenue, Nedlands. Tickets are free.
TIME: 5:00pm
VENUE: Leckie Music Centre, Melvista Avenue, Nedlands
CONDUCTOR: David Pye
PROGRAM:
Prelude to Der Meistersingers (Wagner)
Cockaigne Overture (Elgar)
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Debussy)
Season 2: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace - Saturday 30 April
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Presented by UWA Choral Society
TIME: 4:00pm
VENUE: Winthrop Hall, University of Western Australia
CONDUCTOR: Kris Bowtell
PROGRAM:
David Pye - Threnody
Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
This year, the UWA Choral Society and Fremantle Symphony Orchestra will mark ANZAC Day with a special performance of Welsh composer Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. The piece was commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum for the Millennium celebrations and was dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis. Combining the Catholic Mass with other sources, principally the 15th century folk song “L’homme armé”, it is a powerful reminder of the pain and horrors of war – and the promise of peace. Ultimately, Jenkins’ work celebrates life, reminding us that even one death is too many and each life is sacred and unique.
Joining UWACS and FSO are some special guests including the Aquinas College Schola Cantorum and guest vocalists:
Soprano - Katja Webb
Mezzo Soprano - Brigitte Heuser
Tenor - Ammon Bennett
Bass - Jake Bigwood
The concert will start with a smaller piece by West Australian composer David Pye titled Threnody, which responds to the deaths at Gallipoli from both the Allied and Turkish points of view.
Season 3: A Classical Romance - Sunday 3 July
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TIME: 3:00pm
VENUE: Paul Latham Auditorium, Churchlands Senior High School, Lucca Street, Churchlands
CONDUCTOR: Elise Chong
SOLOIST: Marshall Read (violin)
PROGRAM:
Brahms - Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Robert Schumann - Symphony no. 2
Franz Schubert - Rondo in A major D.438 for violin and orchestra
Brahms - Hungarian Dance No 6
Season 4: Winter Warmer - Sunday 14 August
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TIME: 5:00pm
VENUE: Leckie Music Centre, Melvista Avenue, Nedlands
CONDUCTOR: David Pye
SOLOISTS: Michael Hodgkins (clarinet), Renee Ng (harp), Sarah Brien (horn)
PROGRAM:
David Pye: Serenade
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto K622, Adagio
Bach: Trombone Quartets
Handel: Harp Concerto in B flat
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat K447
SEASON 5: Piano Concerti - Sunday 4 September
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TIME: 3pm
VENUE: Paul Latham Auditorium, Lucca Street, Churchlands
CONDUCTORS: Sara Duhig, Kate McNamara, Sarah Mills-Menogue
SOLOISTS: Tina Algeri, Nicole Li, Hannah Wang, Sidney Eric & Jason Yuen
PROGRAM:
Mozart - Piano Concerto in A major K488, 1st movement
Chopin - Concerto no. 1 in E minor
Grieg - Concerto in A minor Op. 16
SEASON 6: Sunday 27 November
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TIME: 3:00pm
VENUE: Churchlands SHS Concert Hall, Lucca Street, Churchlands
CONDUCTOR: David Pye
SOLOIST: Lawrence Ng (Piano)
PROGRAM:
Giuseppe Verdi - Overture to Nabucco
Frédéric Chopin - Piano Concerto no. 1
Jean Sibelius - Symphony no. 5
