In their final concerts for the year, Strathfield Symphony Orchestra, featured at Breakfast on Bondi on 23 October, presents a dynamic programme of Beethoven’s beloved 5th Symphony and the spectacular compositions of “the Maestro”, Tommy Tycho, under the baton of conductor/pianist Bernard Walz. From its opening notes – arguably the 4 most famous notes in…
Category: 2011 Season
Breakfast on Bondi
On 22 September I received a phone call from Gareth Lewis of Fourth Wall Events asking if we would be interested in providing the orchestra for the inaugural Breakfast on Bondi event as part of the Crave Sydney International Food Festival on Sunday 23 October, playing an hour of music at sunrise to an audience…
2011 Season 3 – Fire & Ice
Two masterpieces of the Romantic repertoire will be featured in Strathfield Symphony’s third season concert on Sunday 11 September at 2.30pm at Strathfield Town Hall. Kenichi Mizushima returns as soloist in one of the greatest and best loved of all cello concertos, the fiery Dvorák Concerto in B minor, op 104. And in his debut…
2011 Season 2 – Rowing for Rivendell
Great music for a great cause! Strathfield Symphony presents Elena Kats-Chernin as soloist and Geoffrey Gartner conducting sensational music on 24 & 25 June at Strathfield Town Hall. Kats-Chernin “Redmyre Suite”- commissioned by the Orchestra in 2009 and revised for these concerts Kats-Chernin “Mater” – arranged for full orchestra in a commission for these performances…
2011 Season 1 – Winter Daydreams
After an extreme Sydney summer, the mind wanders. To icy lakes, bare trees against a grey misty sky, perhaps even a skating rink. Maestro Cristian Cimei, returned from an Italian winter, will take our spirits north to Europe and Russia. Strathfield Symphony’s first concert season for 2011 features Tchaikovsky’s first symphony, “Winter Daydreams”. Not as…
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