Saturday night’s recital concludes with a performance of Bartok’s modern masterpiece, the Concerto for Orchestra. This week’s interval feature attempts to tell the story behind this remarkable work, as well as delving into the music itself.
Voices heard on this feature include students Elizabeth Hubbard, Glenn Christensen, Justin Beere, Alex Colding Smith and Dominic Fitzgerald; instrumental tutors Emma Sholl and Genevieve Lang, Composition tutor Elliott Gyger, and the Alexander Orchestra’s conductor, Lütz Koehler.
This feature was produced by Hugh Davidson and Ronald Gaynor, with technical assistance from Andrew Dixon. Special thanks also go to the Words About Music tutors Angela Turner and Gordon Willams, and the Words About Music participants, Claire Tomlin, Anne-Marie Mousley, David Lang and Jessica Williams.
Who Comes to Camp? was produced by the students in the Words About Music program, and explores the many different backgrounds of ‘campers’, both students and tutors.
Voices heard on this feature include students Elizabeth Hubbard, Nicholas Evans, Mathisha Panagoda, Julia Doukakis, Hayley McDonald-Burns, Georgy Falster, Imogen Gilfedder-Cooney, Callum G’Froerer, Jeridene Foreman, and violin tutor Lachlan Bramble; conductor Lutz Koehler; Musical Director Tim White, and the Australian Youth Orchestra’s CEO Colin Cornish.
This feature was produced by Anne-Marie Mousley and David Lang. Technical production by Hugh Davidson and Andrew Dixon. With assistance by the Words About Music tutors Angela Turner and Gordon Willams, and the Words About Music students Claire Tomlin, Jessica Williams and Ronald Gaynor.
The first public appearance of the Australian Youth Orchestra was at 3.15pm precisely, on Wednesday 6th March 1957 in the "Great Restaurant" of the cafeteria of David Jones department store on Elizabeth Street in Sydney.