ALL CONCERTS FOR 2020 HAVE BEEN POSTPONED OWING TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. WE HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN IN 2021 WITH MUSICAL DELIGHTS FOR OUR VALUED AUDIENCE AND PATRONS.
Mozart & More
2.30pm, Sunday March 22
Gavin Clark (cello), Andrew Muthurajah (bassoon)
David Banney (conductor)
The Camerata opens its second decade with a concert featuring Mozart's Bassoon Concerto and the Camerata's principal cellist, Gavin Clark, as soloist in sparkling music of Vivaldi.
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in F, RV 412
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto, K 191
Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Britten: Simple Symphony
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Gypsy Airs
2.30pm, Sunday May 31
Maria Lindsay (violin), David Banney (conductor)
We welcome outstanding Sydney violinist Maria Lindsay, performing a concerto composed for her by legendary Hungarian-born composer and conductor Tommy Tycho - a work full of colour, life and pathos. The concert concludes with Dvorak's Serenade, and its references to the folk music of his native Bohemia.
Concert includes:
Nielsen: Little Suite for Strings, Op 1
Tycho: Violin Concerto
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen ('Gypsy Airs'), Op 20
Dvorak: Serenade for Strings, Op 22
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Mahler One
2.30pm, Sunday August 16
Sally Walker (flute) with Newcastle Strings, Newcastle Youth Orchestra and
Festival Orchestra. David Banney (conductor)
To celebrate the end of the Newcastle Music Festival, be thrilled by the passion and drama of Gustav Mahler, whose symphonies are unsurpassed in melodic beauty and emotional range. Before interval, the Camerata is delighted to perform Mozart with Sally Walker, one of the country's finest soloists.
Rameau: Overture from Näis
Mozart: Flute Concerto in D, K 314
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D ('The Titan')
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Postcard from Paris
2.30pm, Sunday October 25
Peter Guy (organ), Christ Church Cathedral Choir
David Banney (conductor)
Organist Peter Guy and the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral join the Camerata in a concert that features the most sublime of all Requiem Masses, and the grandest of all Organ Concertos. The concert opens with the ethereal sound world of Eric Satie.
Satie: Gymnopedie No. 2
Poulenc: Organ Concerto, FP 93
Fauré: Requiem, Op 48
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