SELECTED UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

METROPOLITAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
SEASON 2012 HIGHLIGHTS
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MET SERIES ONE – 11 & 12 February
Independent Theatre and Balmain Town Hall

MOZAR Don Giovanni Overture
WEBER Clarinet Concerto no 1
Clarinet: Andrew Doyle
BEETHOVEN Symphony no 2

MET SERIES TWO – 31 March & 1April
Independent Theatre and Leichhardt Town Hall

SARASATE Zigeunerweisen
Violin: Dan Russell
DVORÁK Czech Suite
FAURÉ Pavane
HOLST St Paul’s Suite
PROKOFIEV Symphony no 1 ‘Classical’

MET SERIES THREE – May
Independent Theatre and Balmain Town Hall

SIBELIUS Valse Triste
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
Violin: Katherine Lukey
BEETHOVEN Symphony no 6 ‘Pastoral’

MET SERIES FOUR - July
Independent Theatre and Balmain Town Hall

SAINT-SAËNS Tarantella
Flute: Svetlana Yaroslavskaya, Clarinet: David Rowden
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
BRAHMS    Serenade no 1

MET SERIES FIVE – September
Independent Theatre and Balmain Town Hall

MONTGOMERY    Air and the Void—Premiere
SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto no 1
Cello: Patrick Murphy
MENDELSSOHN Symphony no 1

MET SERIES SIX – November
Independent Theatre and Balmain Town Hall

SCHUBERT Symphony no 8 ‘Unfinished’
BRAHMS    Symphony no 1


QUEENSLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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CONCERTI 1
QSO South Bank Studio
7pm, Saturday 30 June

LOVELOCK Concertino for Trombone
Trombone: Jason Redman
VINE Pipe Dreams: Concerto for Flute and Strings
Flute: Hayley Radke
MATTHAUS Timpani 'Der Wald' Concerto
Timpani: Tim Corkeron


CONCERTI 2
QSO South Bank Studio
7pm, Thursday 5 July

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Tuba Concerto
Tuba: Thomas Allely
LARSSON Horn Concertino No.5, Op.45
Horn: Peter Luff
HINDEMITH Concerto for Viola (Kammermusik No.5)
Viola: Bernard Hoey


OLYMPIC ASPIRATIONS
QSO South Bank Studio
10:30am & 12pm
Wednesday 1 & Thursday 2 August 2012

Repertoire includes excerpts from
WILLIAMS Olympic Fanfare and Theme
ROSSINI William Tell: Overture
ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance, March No.1
HOLST The Planets, Jupiter
VANGELIS Chariots of Fire
WILLIAMS Summon the Heroes


DAVID HELFGOTT –
RACHMANINO PIANO CONCERTO no 3

SYDNEY
With METROPOLITAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
9 and 10 August
CITY RECITAL HALL, ANGEL PLACE

MELBOURNE
With AUSTRALIAN CONCERT ORCHESTRA
15 August
HAMMER HALL, MELBOURNE


SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE BABIES PROMS

VIVALDI FOUR SEASONS
THE STUDIO, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
14 – 18 MARCH

MUSIC FOR TUTUS
Ballet excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s:
Nutcracker, Swan Lake & Sleeping Beauty
THE STUDIO, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
2-28 MAY
PORT MACQUARIE GLASS HOUSE
29-31 MAY

NURSERY RHYMES
THE STUDIO, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
12-28 SEPT
PORT MACQUARIE GLASS HOUSE
29-30 September


TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAAS
THE STUDIO, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
14 – 18 MARCH


BANGALOW MUSIC FESTIVAL/
SOUTHERN CROSS SOLOISTS

19 AUGUST


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