7:30 pm Townsville Civic Theatre

AFCM 2024 Opening Night Concert - Festival Feelings

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Start Time: 7:30 pm I Finish Time: 9:45 pm I Doors Open: 7:10pm I Interval: 15 Min        

​We are thrilled to be back with our beloved AFCM once again and tonight we make the important introductions to our crack team of AFCM musicians! The Goldner String Quartet's AFCM swansong begins with the gorgeous Schumann String Quartet Op.41 No.3. Introducing our three pianists we will hear some Percy Grainger, harking back to the old (or some would say odd) country with an old English Folk Song for three pianists. Gearchange into Hellfire by Mark Holdsworth, which is sure to make our resident winds count for dear life! We finish with an incredible arrangement of Ravel’s String Quartet for all the festival strings making that beautiful work come to life on a symphonic scale.​

TICKETS     FRIEND: $89      ADULT: $98      CONCESSION: $93      STUDENT/UNDER 30: $30

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Concert Details

ROBERT SCHUMANN
String Quartet in A major for Strings, Op. 41, No. 3
Dimity Hall, Julian Smiles, Dene Olding, Irina Morozova

JACQUES BREL
Ne me quitte pas - Guilty Pleasure
Roderick Williams, Brett Dean

PERCY GRAINGER
“Green Bushes”: Passcaglia on an English Folksong
Piers Lane, Amandine Savary, Itamar Golan

MARK HOLDSWORTH
Hellfire
Jackie Newcomb, Ana de la Vega, Shefali Pryor, Ben Jacks, Julian Bliss, Mark Holdsworth

MAURICE RAVEL (Rudoph Barshai)
Petite symphonie à cordes (arr. Rudolph Barshai)
Jack Liebeck, Dene Olding, Adam Barnett-Hart, Alexandra Raikhlina, Dimity Hall, Kevin Hsu, Brett Dean, Irina Morozova, Katie Yap, Christian-Pierre La Marca, Umberto Clerici, Julian Smiles, David Berlin, Mya Whatson, Kees Boersma, Benjamin Roskams

PERCY GRAINGER
Molly on the Shore
Jack Liebeck, Alexandra Raikhlina, Umberto Clerici, Benjamin Roskams, Shefali Pryor, Julian Bliss, Katie Yap, Ben Jacks, Christian-Pierre La Marca, Kees Boersma, Adam Barnett-Hart, Brett Dean, Ana de la Vega, Jackie Newcomb, Dimity Hall, Mya Whatson, Kevin Hsu, Julian Smiles, Irina Morozova, Dene Olding, David Berlin, Timothy Constable, Lloyd van't Hoff

Featured Artists

• Jack Liebeck (Violin)

• Alexandra Raikhlina (Violin)

• Adam Barnett-Hart (Violin)

• Benjamin Roskams (Violin)

• Kevin Hsu (Violin)

• Benjamin Roskams (Viola)

• Brett Dean (Viola)

• Katie Yap (Viola)

• Christian-Pierre La Marca (Cello)

• Umberto Clerici (Cello)

• David Berlin (Cello)

• Mya Whatson (Cello)

• Kees Boersma (Double bass)

• Ana de la Vega (Flute)

• Shefali Pryor (Oboe)

• Julian Bliss (Clarinet)

• Lloyd van't Hoff (Clarinet)

• Jackie Newcomb (Bassoon)

• Ben Jacks (French Horn)

• Timothy Constable (Percussion)

• Roderick Williams (Baritone)

• Piers Lane (Piano)

• Amandine Savary (Piano)

• Itamar Golan (Piano)

• Mark Holdsworth (Composer)

Featuring

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Jennifer Winley conductor
Christopher Moore viola

Program

Deborah Cheetham Long Time Living Here (Musical Acknowledgement of Country)
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
Mark Holdsworth Songs for the Dead: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Beethoven Symphony No.5

About the performance

Experience an evening of sparkling Mendelssohn and Beethoven’s thundering Fifth Symphony with the MSO and conductor Jennifer Winley.

• Awestruck by the towering columns of rock and the rushing water at Fingal’s Cave on a visit to Scotland’s Hebrides islands, Mendelssohn wrote his evocative overture depicting the monumental beauty and forces of nature he encountered.

• Holdsworth draws from contemporary psychotherapeutic models of grief to navigate the experience of bereavement. Songs for the Dead is dedicated to the composer’s close and dear friend who has been a critical figure in the composer’s life, supporting Holdsworth as he has navigated, healed, and grown through his own losses.

• Beethoven’s Fifth opens with the most famous ‘da da da duumm!’ in history. But there is more to this piece than its impactful beginning: Beethoven takes a number of simple themes and expertly weaves them into a layered musical texture, all while building a sense of dramatic urgency.

MSO’s regional touring program is supported by Creative Victoria, Freemasons Foundation Victoria, the Robert Salzer Foundation, and the Angior Family Foundation.

Featuring

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Jennifer Winley conductor
Christopher Moore viola

Program

Deborah Cheetham Long Time Living Here (Musical Acknowledgement of Country)
Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
Mark Holdsworth Songs for the Dead: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Beethoven Symphony No.5

About the performance

Experience an evening of sparkling Mendelssohn and Beethoven’s thundering Fifth Symphony with the MSO and conductor Jennifer Winley.

• Awestruck by the towering columns of rock and the rushing water at Fingal’s Cave on a visit to Scotland’s Hebrides islands, Mendelssohn wrote his evocative overture depicting the monumental beauty and forces of nature he encountered.

• Holdsworth draws from contemporary psychotherapeutic models of grief to navigate the experience of bereavement. Songs for the Dead is dedicated to the composer’s close and dear friend who has been a critical figure in the composer’s life, supporting Holdsworth as he has navigated, healed, and grown through his own losses.

• Beethoven’s Fifth opens with the most famous ‘da da da duumm!’ in history. But there is more to this piece than its impactful beginning: Beethoven takes a number of simple themes and expertly weaves them into a layered musical texture, all while building a sense of dramatic urgency.

MSO’s tour to Warrnambool is supported by the William & Lindsay Brodie Foundation, the Gwen and Edna Jones Foundation, and the Ray and Joyce Uebergang Foundation.

New is Now. Now is New.

Five world premiere works from the next generation of Australian compositional talent in a celebration of bold experimentation, musical risk-taking and raw talent.

Developed in collaboration with Omega Ensemble and leading composer mentors over a nine-month intensive program, five ambitious composers will premiere their groundbreaking new works as the final showcase to the CoLAB: Composer Accelerator Program. New Now marks the program’s second annual showcase.

Featuring premiere works by

• Julia Potter (NSW)

• Christopher Healey (VIC)

• John Rotar (QLD)

• Sophie Van Dijk (NSW)

• Mark Holdsworth (WA)

The 2022 CoLAB program is generously supported by Mark Wakely in memory of Steven Alward, Stephanie Smee & Paul Schoff, Jules Maxwell, The Darin Cooper Foundation and John Claudianos.

Honours Graduation Recital

Program:

Bloodlust

The Echoing Green

The Nightingale and The Rose

Hymn to Hermes

Complimentary wine and beer will be served 30 minutes before the concert as well as afterwards. 

New Acoustic works by composition students from WAAPA and UWA.

Featuring:

Amelia Maynard: http://ameliajutilane.weebly.com/

Mark Holdsworth: http://www.markholdsworth.com

Alexy Turley: http://alexturley.com

Pippa Lester: http://www.pippalester.com

Andre Biswas: http://andrebiswas-officialsite.weebly.com/

Tim Newhouse: http:timenewhouse.com/

Lila Raubeunheimer: http://www.liliaanneraubenheimer.com/

Tao Issaro: https://www.facebook.com/tao.issaro

Micahel Bednall: https://www.facebook.com/Michael-Bednall-Saxophonist

$5 entry / BYO