SOCIETY NEWS
November 2011
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Welcome to the final edition of our newsletter for 2011.
Our concert on 4 December brings to a close what has been an exceptional year of activity for the Society as it celebrated its 90th anniversary. I would especially like to thank our Committee for the extraordinary amount of work they put in to make it all happen. Also, I would like to thank all the artists who have entertained us throughout the year.
In earlier times the Society ran a series of concerts for young people. A copy of the article that appeared in the Argus newspaper on the 19 April 1944 to promote two of these concerts is reproduced here. Our December concert revisits that time in our history. The Huntingtower String Orchestra is an award winning school group that has won many first prizes in several of Melbourne’s large Eisteddfods. The numbers of students learning a classical instrument at the school (75% in the Junior School and 50% in the Senior School) is testament to the strength of Huntingtower’s music program.
Following the concert, the Committee and our three faithful volunteers, Elisabeth, Pam and Terry would like to invite you all to join them for a special Christmas supper, with wine, cheese, savouries and Christmas cake, as well as the usual tea and percolated coffee.
I look forward to seeing you at the December recital.
Sarah Cuming
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year! From the LMS Committee
Our Gold Coin Donation for Programs is proving a success. Since we last published our fundraising thermometer in our September newsletter, we have raised a further $200 to assist with increasing our artists’ fees.
Thank you to everyone who has supported this very important initiative. Your help is important to us and we look forward to your continuing involvement in 2012!
4 DECEMBER
Huntingtower String Orchestra Conducted by Lynley Bramble
Holst: St. Paul’s Suite
Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in D minor Op. 3 No. 11
Britten: Simple Symphony
Rutter: Suite for Strings
Traditional arr. Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry & Mock Morris
Anderson: Plink, Plank, Plunk
Huntingtower is a co-educational primary and secondary school interested in promoting performance excellence in music. There are orchestras, ensembles and choirs available for student participation at all levels. Members of the orchestra are currently holders of the Glen Prior Award, the Murray Sharp Award, the Olwen Game Award (all coveted awards for chamber music) and the George Logie-Smith Perpetual Trophy for Performing Excellence. They have also won the Victorian Secondary Students’ Chamber Music Award for ten years. The Huntingtower String Orchestra has performed with soloists Prudence Davis (flute), Jeffrey Crellin (oboe), Geoffrey Payne (trumpet), Julie Payne (trumpet), and Eric Bramble (french horn) – all principal players with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. World-renowned conductor Professor John Hopkins, the orchestra’s patron, has also conducted the orchestra on several occasions. The Orchestra toured New Zealand in 1997, 2004 and 2010 and it has also toured Tasmania and South Australia on four occasions during which live broadcasts were given for ABC Radio.
2012 CONCERT PROGRAM
We have managed to attract another amazing lineup of artists for our 2012 concert series. The Program will be available at or December concert but here are some of the highlights we have in store for you.
4th March – Kalimna Duo Karen Schofield-Flute & Alannah Guthrie-Jones-Harp Farr, Piazzolla, Brumby, Damase, Ibert
1st April – Violin & Harpsichord Miwako Abe –Violin Elizabeth Anderson-Harpsichord All Bach Program – Sonatas & Partita
6th May – Soprano & Piano Vivien Hamilton-Soprano & Len Vorster-Piano A six-course feast based on music of ‘Les Six’. Satie, D”Indy, Auric, Tailleferre, Mompou, Durey, Poulenc, Debussy, Honegger, Hahn, Stravinsky, Milhaud, Satie, Weill, Piaf & Poulence
3rd June – Melbourne Piano Trio Ji Won Kim-Violin, Chris Howlett-Cello & Hoang Pham-Piano Brahms, Beethoven & Mozart
1st July – Violin & Piano Yi Wang-Violin & Ian Munro-Piano Debussy, Brahms, Mozart & Chinese Folk Song
5th August – 2012 Lyrebird Commission Stefan Cassomenos-Composer & Curro String Quartet Monica & Sarah Curro-Violins, Christopher CartlidgeViola & Dan Curro-Cello Cassomenos: String Quartet (Premiere) Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor Op 57
2nd September – Two Cellos Molly Kadarauch & Josephine Vains Gabrielli, Saint-Saens, Barriere, Gliere, Telemann & Boccherini
7th October – Quartet Jane Robertson-Clarinet, Rosanne Hunt-Cello Marianne Rothschild-Violin, Glenn Riddle-Piano Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
4th November – Piano Solo Elyane Laussade Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Schumann, Mompou, Liszt, Satie, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Ravel and Gershwin.
2nd December – Concinnity Pri Victor-Saxophone & Anna Carson-Piano Sutherland, Bennett, Hindson, Debussy, Turnage, Piazzolla, Mont
SPONSORS Thank you to our sponsors and supporters for their contribution to the Society’s 90th anniversary year activities.
