RVMS August Concert - the Gabriella Ensemble

WEDNESDAY August 27th at 2:00pm.

OUR NEXT CONCERT

PROGRAMME FOR CHAMBER CONCERT

TO BE PERFORMED AT THE

ST. JOHN’S CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CENTRE, MERYLA ST., ROBERTSON.

MUSIC BY THE GABRIELLA ENSEMBLE

Gabriella Pusner, Piano; Belinda Manwaring, Cello; Sally Walker, Flute.

will combine to play a range of exciting music which will include:-

J.S. Bach.

Flute Sonata in E minor BWV 1034

1. Andante

2 Allegro

3 Andante con moto

4 Allegro moderato

Schumann

Three Fantasy Pieces for Violoncello and Piano Op 73

Joncieres

Hungarian Serenade for Flute and Piano

De Falla

Popular Spanish Suite for Violoncello and Piano

Weber

Trio for Flute, Violoncello and Piano in G minor Op 63

1. Allegro moderato

2. Allegro vivace

3. Shepherd’s Lament – Andante espressivo

4. Finale – Allegro

Gabriella Pusner

Gabriella Pusner is the Society’s Artistic Director and one of Australia’s leading Piano Soloists and Accompanists. Her musical collaborations have included high-profile recitals with noted internationally acclaimed flautists, William Bennett, Paul Edmund-Davies, Feliz Renggli and Alex Still. This is her second appearance for RVMS.

Belinda Manwaring studied at the Sydney Conservatorium with distinguished cellist Lois Simpson and in 1982 was awarded a Queen Elizabeth 11, Silver Jubilee Award to study with Radu Aldulescu and Pierre Fournier in Switzerland. She also participated in master classes having lessons with Jacqueline Du Pre and William Pleeth, among others. She joined Camerata Lysy, and working with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra has shared the stage with the legendary superstars, Pavarotti, Dame Joan, Sir Charles Mackerras and Yehudi Menuhin. RVMS has especially flown Belinda down from Brisbane to play on this day.

Sally Walker is amongst the finest flute players performing in Australia today. She returned to Australia in 2006, having spent the previous nine years in Europe where she performed with such high-profile Orchestras as the Cologne Chamber, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss and the Leipzig Gewandhaus. Sally has performed as soloist on modern flute, baroque flute and piccolo and has worked with great conductors, Sir Simon Rattle, Herbert Blomstedt, Kurt Masur and Sir Roger Norrington. Sally has a great love for Chamber Music and this is her first visit to RVMS.