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Sunday, 22 nd May 2011
East Malvern Uniting Centre
Serrell Street, East Malvern


                                                                      
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 Our Conductor, Basil Hawkins announced the dedication of this performance to mandolin virtuoso Kurt Jensen who passed away early this year.

The afternoon concert featured one of our favourite soloists Fiona Keys - Mezzo Soprano
Fiona delighted audiences with four arias,
Voi, che sapete - Mozart
Sposa son disprezzata - Vivaldi
Hymne a l'amour - Monnot
 Habanera - Bizet

Other items included two longer pieces each with four movements:
Suite No 4 by Handel,
and the more modern  A Day at the Circus by Australian composer Richard Charlton


                                                    



Sunday 31st July 2011
Ewing Memorial Church, East Malvern, Melbourne

The photos shown above were taken at this event.  Middle inserts feature Michelle Nelson and David Laity

The programme included two 'Firsts' for Concordia.
For the first time the orchestra performed in concert the Klezmer Suite  by Tober-Vogt.
Concordia recorded it with Move Records a few years ago.
This performance featured soloists David Laity - clarinet, Juliette Maxwell - piano accordion,
Danielle Wilkinson - percussion and Andrew Head - tuba

The second feature of the concert was a piece written by guitarist and composer Michelle Nelson.
Named "After the Fire'" this was an Australian premier performance.








TWO EVENING CONCERTS
 Sponsored by
THE 1812 THEATRE
ROSE STREET,  UPPER FERNTREE GULLY

 
THURSDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER, 2011 AND FRIDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2011 AT 8.00 PM

Concordia was delighted to return to this wonderfully intimate theatre at the foothills of the Dandenong Range.

  For the first time we combined with our friends COOLGRASS, a four piece instrumental and vocal ensemble which takes
 the traditional bluegrass line-up of banjo, mandolin, guitar and double bass and makes musical mischief.
  The mandolin player, Bruce Packard was instantly recognisable, as he plays mandocello and double bass in most Concordia concerts.

Concordia opened both concerts with old favourites 'Benvenuto Overture' by Kok, Suite No. 6 by Ambrosius,
and Beka Roka, featuring Juliette Maxwell on piano accordion.
 Coolgrass played a selection of their own tongue-in-cheek songs, and hilarious takes on composers and songwriters
which has made them so popular on both sides of the Tasman.
After interval, Juliette on piano accordion played the extremely demanding piece 'Zigeunerweisen' by Sarasate to appreciative applause for her skills.
An arrangement by Bruce Packard of  'Apache' by Lordan was the final piece played by all musicians.