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November 2013
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1 Fri
2 Sat
3 Sun
3pm - 5pm St Stephen's, Willoughby
$5 and $2
Afternoon tea
4 Mon
5 Tue
6 Wed
7 Thu
1.10 - 1.40pm St Andrew's Cathedral
David Tagg (Assistant, St Stephen's, Macquarie St)
$5 entry
8 Fri
9 Sat
5.00pm - 6.00pm FM 102.5 Fine Music Organ Music Society Radio Program 102.5MHz Program details
7pm - St John's Pro-Cathedral, Parramatta
150th Anniversary of the Organ
David Osborne (Organist and Director of Music) and students
Free / Donation
10 Sun
followed by recital in memory of the late Geoff Bock
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Pied Piper Concert with Robert Goode (organ), Fiona Maconaghie (soprano), Jeanette Russell (mezzo soprano) and Melissa Abraham (trumpet and percussion).
Afternoon tea will be served
Admission: $25/$15 Enquiries 9267 3614 (Tue - Fri)
11 Mon
12.30pm - Sydney Town Hall
Robert Ampt (City Organist) with Richard McGreggor and Donald.
Free.
12 Tue
13 Wed
14 Thu
1.10 - 1.40pm St Andrew's Cathedral
Michael Butterfield (Assistant Organist, St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta)
$ entry
15 Fri
8pm - St Augustine's Catholic Church, Eaton Street, Balmain
The Glory of the OrganThe Sydney Consort with Amy Johansen, organ
Tickets at the door $35/$25 (conc)
0416 345 489 music@sydneyconsort.com.au
The Season concludes with a premier performance of the Sydney Consort with the church pipe organ. St Augustine's pipe organ was built in 1886 in England by William Hill and commissioned for the concert hall in Pitt Street. For a short time it was moved to St Carthage's Cathedral in Lismore, and finally was moved to St Augustine's Balmain. Only a small number of William Hill organs in original condition have survived in Australia. This famous English organ maker exported organs all around the world including the one in Sydney Town Hall.
Compositions for the organ and strings are the most innovative and musically diverse masterpieces to have sprung forth from the baroque period.
This program includes, works for the organ and strings, as well as the famous Adagio. Adagio is a neo-Baroque composition popularly attributed to the 18th C Venetian master Tomaso Albinoni, but was actually composed by the 20th century musicologist and Albinoni biographer Remo Giazotto and is based on the purported discovery of a manuscript fragment from Tomaso Albinoni.
At the same concert, the rarely performed music by Michel Corrette will be a special treat to keyboard music lovers. This French composer, organist and author of musical method books, is not enough performed today as he certainly deserved it. A very well known Sydney based organist and music scholar Mr. Pastor de Lasala, made an edition of all Corrette concerti, and two of this collection will be presented on Fridays concert. Two concertos of this remarkable composer will be performed: one for organ with strings and another one for harpsichord with strings.
Majestic and powerful pipe music will be performed by the world renowned Amy Johansen, one of Australia's most charismatic organists.
Do not miss this opportunity to attend the 2013 final performance of the Sydney Concert celebrating the pipe organ –
- 1886 William Hill!Enjoy music by
Tomaso ALBINONI Sinfonia for Strings
Johann Sebastian BACH Fantasy & Fugue in G Minor BWV 542
Antonio VIVALDI Concerto for 2 Violins & Violoncello obbligato
Michel CORRETTE Concerto for Organ & Strings in A Major
Michel CORRETTE Concerto for Cembalo & Strings in G Major
Tomasso ALBINONI/ Remo GIAZOTTO Adagio for Organ & Strings
MUSICIANS
Amy Johansen - organ
Monika Kornel - harpsichord
Stan Kornel - violin
Fiona Ziegler - violin
Valmai Coggins - viola
Teije Hylkema - cello
Biography
Soloist
Amy Johansen was appointed Sydney University Organist in 1998. Her duties include performing at over sixty graduations and ceremonies annually in the University's splendid Great Hall, as well as overseeing and performing in the organ recital series. She is also an Honorary Carillonist at the University.
Born and educated in the United States, Ms Johansen earned the Bachelor of Music degree and Performer's Certificate in Organ at the University of Florida. She then obtained her Masters Degree from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Postgraduate study took her to London where she studied with Thomas Trotter, and Paris where she studied with Naji Hakim. Although her repertoire encompasses all periods of music, it was her first CD, The Embrace of Fire, devoted to the organ music of Naji Hakim, which initially brought her international acclaim. She has performed recitals in England, France, Norway, the USA, Australia and New Zealand.
In July 2000, she organized the BACHATHLON: a performance of the complete organ works of J.S. Bach by 26 Sydney organists on the Great Hall organ at Sydney University.
In August 2000 she performed the organ part in Mahler's Symphony Nr. 8 - Symphony of a Thousand - in the Opening Concert of the Olympic Arts Festival, playing on the Sydney Town Hall organ while all of the other musicians were 16 kilometers away at the Homebush Superdome.
Ms Johansen has performed often as soloist and accompanist with Australian and foreign ensembles including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, The Sydney Philharmonia Choir, Sydney Chamber Choir and the Scottish National Orchestra Choir, with her performances broadcast on American Public Radio's Pipedreams, the ABC, and the BBC. Her recordings are available on the Move, Newington and Pro Organo labels. One of the CDs recorded by Move at Sydney University, showcases both the Great Hall organ and the University carillon (played by University Carillonist Jill Forrest), including two tracks in which the two instruments are combined, thanks to the wonders of clever technology. A solo organ CD, also recorded at the Great Hall, was released last year.
Performances in the past year have included organ recitals in Melbourne and Christchurch (NZ) Town Halls, as well as carillon recitals in the USA at the International Carillon Festival in Springfield, Illinois, and the University of Florida.
Ms Johansen is married to Sydney City Organist Robert Ampt, and together they have developed two specialities - the playing of organ duets, and the presentation of children's 'Introduction to the Organ' programs. Their duet playing has included performances at the Town Halls of Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Dunedin (NZ), as well as on the great organs at Methuen and San Diego's Balboa Park, both in the USA. Last year they appeared as the finale of the gala concerts celebrating the 25th birthday of the magnificent Ronald Sharp organ of the Sydney Opera House.
Tickets at door $35/$25 (conc)
Enq: 0416 345 489
music@sydneyconsort.com.au
www.sydneyconsort.com.au
16 Sat
17 Sun
2 - 3pm Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney
Organ Recital Series on 3rd Sundays
Kurt Ison
Enquiries: 0430 372 990
Entry by note donation
4pm - St Mary's Cathedral
Ross Cobb (St Andrew's Cathedral)
Retiring collection
3.30pm - Great Hall, Sydney University
Amy Johansen and special guests for the Glebe Music Festival
This Sunday 17 November is the date for the last Great Hall organ recital for 2013. In association with the Glebe Music Festival and titled "On the Lighter Side", the recital will feature entertaining music for organ, including Robert Ampt's variations on an Australian Folk Tune (see below)! Two special guests will also join Amy for the program; soprano Helen Saltos and pianist David Miller will perform opera favourites. Starting time is 3.30pm as usual.
Honorary Carillonist Isaac Wong will play the carillon recital at 2pm in the Quadrangle. Bring a picnic and enjoy the music of the bells!
Grand Chœur Dialogue - Eugène GigoutSoprano and organ:
V'adoro, pupille from Guilio Cesare - G.F. HandelOrgan Concerto in A major - Michel Corrette
March on "Lift up your heads" - Alexandre Guilmant
Soprano and piano: Three opera favourites
O mio Babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi - Giacomo Puccini
Comme autrefois from The Pearl Fishers - Georges Bizet
Quando m'en vo from La Bohème - Giacomo PucciniSerenade - Derek Bourgeois
Irish Tune from County Derry - Percy Grainger
Variations on The Pub with No Beer - Robert Ampt
Free
18 Mon
19 Tue
20 Wed
1.15pm St James', King Street
Marko Sever (organ scholar)
Donation
21 Thu
1.10 - 1.40pm St Andrew's Cathedral
NO RECITAL
$5 entry
5.30pm Wollongong Town Hall
22 Fri
23 Sat
24 Sun
25 Mon
26 Tue
27 Wed
28 Thu
1.10 - 1.40pm St Andrew's Cathedral
Edwin Taylor (St Paul's Burwood)
$5 entry
29 Fri
1.10pm St Stephen's, Macquarie St, Sydney.
Heather Moen-Boyd (Organist, Scots Kirk, Mosman)Program details
Donation welcome
Enquiries: 0413 166 803 (or email Mark Quarmby)
30 Sat
3pm - Lindfield Uniting Church with Jessica Lim
Short recital prior to silent film)
AUSTRALIA'S SILENT FILM FESTIVAL
www.ozsilentfilmfestival.com.au
Telephone 0419 267 318
info@ozsilentfilmfestival.com.au
Cost $20/$15 concession (cash only at the door)Click here for more information.
