Saturday afternoon concert of orchestral music (including choral orchestral items), from Baroque to contemporary, featuring a major work each week.


20th February

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  • Stravinsky, Igor: Dumbarton Oaks, Concerto in E flat. Scottish CO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
  • Strauss R: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30. Melbourne SO/Sir Andrew Davis.
  • Mahler, Gustav: Ruckert Lieder. Janet Baker, contr. New Philharmonia Orch/Sir John Barbirolli.
  • Bartok, Bela: Concerto for orchestra, Sz.116. Chicago SO/Sir Georg Solti.

  • 13th February

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  • Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No. 53 in D, Hob.I:53 - Imperial. La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken.
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K364. Christopher Moore, vla., Richard Tognetti, vln. Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.
  • Cherubini, Luigi: Requiem Mass in C minor. Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti.

  • 6th February

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  • Lovelock, William: Sinfonietta. Melbourne Symphony Orch/Patrick Thomas
  • Williamson, Malcolm: Concerto in A minor for two pianos and strings. Malcolm Williamson, pno., Simon Campion, pno. Tasmanian SO/Barry Tuckwell.
  • Bartok, Bela: Violin Concerto No.2, Sz.112. Isabelle Faust, vln., Swedish Radio Symphony Orch/Daniel Harding
  • Schoenberg, Arnold: Transfigured Night, Op.4. Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan.

  • 30th January

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  • Evans, Lindley (arr. Goodman, Isadore): Idyll. Isador Goodman, pno. Melbourne SO/Patrick Thomas.
  • Sutherland, Margaret: Concerto for String Orchestra. Queensland SO/Patrick Thomas.
  • Lloyd, George: Cello Concerto. Anthony Ross, vlc. Albany SO/David Alan Miller.
  • Elgar, Sir Edward: Symphony No.2 in E flat, Op.63. Staatskapelle Berlin/Dabiel Barenboim

  • 23rd January

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  • Handel, George Frederic: Royal Fireworks Music, HWV 351. English Concert/Trevor Pinnock.
  • Tartini, Giuseppe: Violin concerto in A, D.96. Uto Ughi, vln. I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone.
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Oboe concerto in F, BWV1053. Heinz Holliger, oboe Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Iona Brown.
  • Telemann, Georg Philipp: Viola concerto in G, TWV51:G9. Stephen Shingles, vla. Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner.
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV212, Peasant Cantata. Dietrich Knothe, hpschd., Edith Mathis, sop., Peter Schreier, ten., Theo Adam, bass, Werner Tast, fte. Berlin CO/Peter Schreier.

  • 16th January

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  • Weber, Carl Maria von: Overture: Der Freischütz. Hanover Band/Roy Goodman.
  • Dvorak, Antonin: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.53, B.108. Frank Peter Zimmermann, vln. Czech PO/Jiri Belohlavek.
  • Bartok, Bela: Piano concerto No.3, Sz.119. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, pno., BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda
  • Brahms, Johannes (arr. Schoenberg, Arnold): Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25. London SO/Geoffrey Simon.

  • 9th January

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  • Elgar, Sir Edward: Cockaigne Overture, Op.40. London PO/Sir Adrian Boult.
  • Schubert, Franz (arr. Davidson, Robert): Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D.821. Patricia Pollett, vla. Queensland PO/Werner Andreas Albert.
  • Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No.7 in E. Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink.

  • 2nd January

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  • Mills, Richard: Bamaga Diptych. Melbourne SO/Richard Mills.
  • Elgar, Sir Edward: Introduction and allegro Op.47. Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.
  • Vaughan Williams, Ralph: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No.1). Katherine Broderick, sop., Roderick Williams, bar., Halle Choir, Schola Cantorum, Ad Solem, Halle Orch/Sir Mark Elder

  • 26th December

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  • Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No.104 in D, Hob.I:104 - London. Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer.
  • Bach CPE: Cello Concerto in A, Wq.172. Alison McGillivray, vlc. English Concert/Andrew Manze.
  • Schubert, Franz: Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus, Incidental Music, D.797. Tasmanian SO/Sebastian Lang-Lessing.
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No.41 in C, K.551, Jupiter. Sydney SO/Stuart Challender.


  • As well as boasting five years working for the internationally acclaimed Steinway and Sons in London, Gary has serviced pianos at The Barbican and Wigmore Halls, and the famous Abbey Road Studios in London. Gary is now putting his knowledge and expertise to use closer to home from his base in Point