Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
Celebrate 250 years since Beethoven’s birth with a performance of his beloved violin concerto by stunning young soloist Willard Zhong. After interval is Schubert’s tuneful 3rd Symphony, written in his spare time when he was still only 18 and a full-time schoolmaster.
Soloist: Willard Zhong, Violin
Willard Zhong’s creed as a violinist is to connect with the people of today with raw and honest expression.
As a soloist he has performed the Sibelius, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn and Wieniawski 2nd violin concerti with various orchestras. Willard is also a lover of chamber music, having participated in the Mimir festival emerging artist’s programme in Texas and the Rippon Lea concert series, learning and collaborating with many incredible musicians. As an orchestral musician he has been the concertmaster of ANGO, the Australasia Orchestra, the Melbourne University String Ensemble, Philharmonic Ensemble, and the Melbourne University Symphony Orchestra. He has also played in and been soloist in various international orchestra tours in Japan, Europe, America and China.
Willard hopes to continue to learn and share his music as honestly as he can. He is incredibly grateful to all the amazing mentors that surround him and all the fantastic music he has been lucky enough to enjoy!
Conductor : Willem van der Vis
| Rossini | Overture Tancredi | |
| Beethoven | Violin Concerto in D Op. 61 | |
| Schubert | Symphony No. 3 in D |
George Wood Performing Arts Centre, Yarra Valley Grammar, 84-90 Kalinda Rd, Ringwood
Adult $30, Concession $25, (plus $1 booking fee); Children under 16 free
Bookings: Available early 2020
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Enigmatic Passion
Tchaikovsky’s Pathetique symphony portrays the full range of human emotions from hope through happiness to despair. Written just before he died, the true meaning of this most dramatic of symphonies remains an enigma. Popular young cellist Charlotte Miles returns to perform Elgar’s poignant cello concerto, written shortly before the death of his beloved wife Alice and his last major work. The concert opens with the dramatic overture to Verdi’s early opera Nabucco..
Soloist: Charlotte Miles, Cello
Conductor : Willem van der Vis
| Verdi | Overture Nabucco | |
| Elgar | Cello Concerto in E min Op. 85 | |
| Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 6 in B min Op. 74 Pathetique |
George Wood Performing Arts Centre, Yarra Valley Grammar, 84-90 Kalinda Rd, Ringwood
Adult $30, Concession $25, (plus $1 booking fee); Children under 16 free
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A Cosmopolitan Journey
Join us for an eclectic program featuring composers from Russia, Germany, France and Austria. Our tribute to Beethoven continues with a performance by Julliard graduate Elyane Laussade of his third piano concerto, alternately brooding and exciting. Coppelia is Leo Dellibes’ best-loved ballet about a doll that comes to life and this suite features the best known music from the ballet. Evocative pictures of Russia from Mussorgsky and Borodin, and a stirring Viennese march by Strauss complete the concert.
Soloist: Elyane Laussade, Piano
Conductor : Willem van der Vis
| Mussorgsky | Prelude to Khovanshchina | |
| Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 3 in C min Op. 37 | |
| Borodin | In the Steppes of Central Asia | |
| Delibes | Coppelia Suite No. 1 | |
| Johann Strauss II | Radetzky March |
George Wood Performing Arts Centre, Yarra Valley Grammar, 84-90 Kalinda Rd, Ringwood
Adult $30, Concession $25, (plus $1 booking fee); Children under 16 free
Bookings: Available early 2020
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(This program will be repeated for a private concert on Sunday 13 September at Aveo Cherry Tree Grove Retirement Village, Maroondah Highway, Croydon.)
A Pastoral Afternoon
Beethoven’s famous depiction of the countryside in his Pastoral symphony concludes our tribute to his 250th birthday year. The pastoral theme continues with Mendelssohn’s famous nocturne from his incidental music to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Italian composer Antonio Salieri was a teacher of many famous composers including Beethoven and Mozart and came to fame in Peter Schaffer’s play and film Amadeus. Although mainly a composer of opera, he also wrote this attractive concerto for flute and oboe, performed by Lauren Gorman and Brienne Gawler.
Soloists: Lauren Gorman, Flute & Brienne Gawler, Oboe
Conductor : Willem van der Vis
| Salieri | Concerto for Flute and Oboe in C | |
| Mendelssohn | Nocturne from A Midsummer Night’s Dream | |
| Beethoven | Symphony No. 6 in F Op. 68 Pastoral |
George Wood Performing Arts Centre, Yarra Valley Grammar, 84-90 Kalinda Rd, Ringwood
Adult $30, Concession $25, (plus $1 booking fee); Children under 16 free
Bookings: Available early 2020
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