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Joseph Haydn - the White Hat guide
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St Lawrence String Quartet and Diana Doherty
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Hat suggests that lovers of the oboe should head out of their way for this
concert. Diana Doherty is an Australian oboist who has won international
acclaim. In this concert she joins with the fine St Lawrence String Quartet to
perform Mozart's F major oboe quartet which is tuneful and refined - you would
expect nothing less of Mozart and later performs Australian composer Matthew
Hindson's Rush with its driving rhythms borrowing strongly from rock and
pop music. Mozart's quartet is flanked by string quartets from fellow Viennese,
Haydn and Beethoven.
7.30pm, Saturday 14th April 2012,
Harold Lobb Concert Hall,
Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, Newcastle
7pm, Monday 16th April 2012, City
Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney
7pm, Wednesday 18th April 2012,
Conservatorium Theatre,
Brisbane
7.30pm, Thursday 19th April 2012,
Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide
7pm, Tuesday 24th April 2012, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall,
Melbourne Recital Centre,
Melbourne
7.30pm, Thursday 26th April 2012,
Perth Concert Hall,
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St Lawrence String Quartet and Diana Doherty
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A fine string quartet, one of the best oboists in the world, a Mozart chamber
work full of tuneful grace and a Dvorák quartet ending with a movement of
exuberant optimism. White Hat suggests it would be a dreary soul indeed who
wouldn't enjoy this concert.
2pm,
Saturday 21st April 2012,
City Recital Hall, Angel
Place, Sydney
8pm, Saturday 28th April 2012, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre,
Melbourne |
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Australian Brandenburg Orchestra - Dazzling Virtuoso
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 Most people know of the surprising loud chord in Haydn's Surprise Symphony.
White Hat suggests that fewer people realise how surprising the opening three
notes by the soloist of Haydn's trumpet concerto were at the time. The
natural trumpet had
already become an accepted part of larger Baroque orchestras but, just like a
bugle, it could basically play fanfares - melodies only being possible at the
top of its range. By the end of the 18th century a
keyed trumpet had been
created to overcome this limitation. It was for this keyed trumpet and the same
particularly skilled player that both Haydn and Hummel wrote their trumpet
concertos. Hummel introduces the trumpet with a suitable fanfare flourish but
Haydn creates the real surprise by having the trumpet play the first three notes
of the major scale in the middle of its range. To see why this was such a
surprise go to The
White Hat Guide to Haydn's Trumpet Concerto.
The keyed trumpet never found widespread use in the orchestra and was
eventually replaced by the
valve trumpet. However Gabriele Cassone from Italy has become a
skilled performer on the keyed trumpet so when he joins with the
Australian
Brandenburg Orchestra (Artistic Director Paul Dyer) you know you are in for
a truly surprising concert.
7pm Wed 25th & Fri 27th July , Wed 1st , Fri 3rd & Sat 4th Aug; 2pm Sat
2nd Aug
2012, City Recital
Hall, Angel Place, Sydney
7pm,
Sat 28th July; 5pm 29th July 2012,
Melbourne Recital Centre |
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Australian String Quartet - Sunrise
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When ABC listeners voted on their top 100 chamber works, Bartók's 3rd and 4th
string quartets didn't get a guernsey. However In White Hat's list of top 100
chamber works both came within the top 20. Why not go along to this concert by
the Australian
String Quartet with Paul Dean (clarinet) and judge whether you think the ABC
listeners are right or whether White Hat is right. Mores seriously, why not go
along and experience some seriously good music performed by some seriously good
performers.
7pm, Wednesday 12th September 2012,
Adelaide Town Hall
7pm, Monday 17th September 2012,
Conservatorium Theatre,
South Bank, Brisbane
7pm, Friday 14th September 2012,
Perth Concert Hall
7pm, Wednesday 19th September 2012,
Melbourne Recital Centre
7pm, Tuesday 11th September 2012,
City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney |
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