ARTISTS

Principals of the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra

Nicole van Bruggen, Basset Clarinet
Rachael Beesley, Violin
Alison Rayner, Violin
Stephen King, Viola
Natasha Kraemer, Cello

Featuring new commission by Nicole Murphy, composer

PROGRAM

HAYDN String Quartets arranged by Vincenzo Gambaro as Clarinet Quartet No.1 in B flat major

MOZART String Quartet No.4 in C major, K.157

BEETHOVEN Cavatina from String Quartet No.13 in E flat major, Op.130

MURPHY Wavelength (world premiere ARCO commission)

VOYAGE OF MUSICAL DISCOVERY QLD

WEDNESDAY 28 AUGUST, 2024 | St. Peters Lutheran College, Indooroopilly
THURSDAY 29 AUGUST, 2024 | Sunshine Beach State High
TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER, 2024 | Maryborough State High
THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER, 2024 | Bundaberg State High

Presented by Nicole van Bruggen and Nicole Murphy

Viennese Vogue | Mozart Clarinet Quintet, Schubert & Hummel

SUNDAY 5 MARCH 2023
The Events Centre, Caloundra

TUESDAY 7 MARCH 2023
David Li Sound Gallery, Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts, Monash University, Melbourne

FRIDAY 10 MARCH 2023
Adamstown Uniting Church, Newcastle

SUNDAY 12 MARCH 2023
Orange Chamber Music Festival

TUESDAY 14 MARCH 2023
RJ Phipps Performing Arts Centre, The Hills Grammar School, Kenthurst

WEDNESDAY 15 MARCH 2023
Albert Hall, Canberra

THURSDAY 16 MARCH 2023
The Neilson, ACO Pier 2/3, Sydney

THURSDAY 16 MARCH 2023
Australian Digital Concert Hall

ARTISTS

Members of Australian Romantic &
Classical Orchestra

Nicole van Bruggen | Basset Clarinet & Clarinet
Peter Clark | Violin
Julia Russoniello | Violin
Simon Oswell | Viola
Daniel Yeadon | Cello

PROGRAM

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Clarinet Quartet in E flat major, S.78

Franz Schubert
String Trio in B flat major, D.471

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581

New Perspectives | Beethoven Septet & Louise Farrenc Nonet

WEDNESDAY 31 MAY 2023
RJ Phipps Performing Arts Centre, The Hills Grammar School, Kenthurst

FRIDAY 2 JUNE 2023
The Neilson, ACO Pier 2/3, Sydney

SATURDAY 3 JUNE 2023
Ithaca Auditorium, Brisbane City Hall

SUNDAY 4 JUNE 2023
The Events Centre, Caloundra

TUESDAY 6 JUNE 2023
Albert Hall, Canberra

WEDNESDAY 7 JUNE 2023
Adamstown Uniting Church, Newcastle

SATURDAY 10 JUNE 2023
David Li Sound Gallery, Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts, Monash University, Melbourne

SATURDAY 10 JUNE 2023
Australian Digital Concert Hall

ARTISTS

Members of Australian Romantic &
Classical Orchestra

Georgia Browne | Flute
Tatjana Zimre | Oboe
Nicole van Bruggen | Clarinet
Anneke Scott | Horn
Lisa Goldberg | Bassoon
Jenna Sherry | Violin
Stephen King | Viola
Daniel Yeadon | Cello
Rob Nairn | Double Bass

PROGRAM

Louise Farrenc
Nonet in E flat major, Op.38

Ludwig van Beethoven
Septet in E flat major, Op.20

MIDSUMMER DREAMS | Mendelssohn Scottish & Beethoven Eight

SUNDAY 30 JULY 2023
Brisbane City Hall

TUESDAY 1 AUGUST 2023
Albert Hall, Canberra

FRIDAY 4 AUGUST 2023
Monash University, Melbourne

SATURDAY 5 AUGUST 2023
Newcastle City Hall

SUNDAY 6 AUGUST 2023
Richard Bonynge Concert Hall, The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith

TUESDAY 8 AUGUST 2023
The Concourse, Sydney

TUESDAY 8 AUGUST 2023
Australian Digital Concert Hall

ARTISTS

Australian Romantic &
Classical Orchestra

Rachael Beesley | Conductor

PROGRAM

Felix Mendelssohn
Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op.21

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.8 in F major, Op.93

Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 Scottish

Voyage of Musical Discovery
Design & Innovation

MONDAY 6 MARCH 2023
St Peters Lutheran College, Brisbane

MONDAY 9 MARCH 2023
David Li Sound Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne

MONDAY 13 MARCH 2023
The Neilson, ACO Pier 2/3, Sydney

Presented by Peter Clark & Nicole van Bruggen

ARTISTS & PROGRAM

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
MOZART | Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581 (1789)

Sally Whitwell | composer, piano
Anna Fraser | soprano
Katy B Plummer | video installation
Sally WHITWELL | WE ARE ALL ASTONISHINGLY WISE

Voyage of Musical Discovery
Cultural Narratives

THURSDAY 1 JUNE 2023
The Concourse, Sydney

MONDAY 5 JUNE 2023
St Peters Lutheran College, Brisbane

Presented by Peter Clark & Nicole van Bruggen

ARTISTS & PROGRAM

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Louise FARRENC | Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (1849)

Guest Ensemble | Sydney
Acacia Quartet
Alice Chance | Composer

Guest Ensemble | Brisbane
Tango Enigmático
Cécile ELTON | Composer

VOYAGE OF MUSICAL DISCOVERY
MUSICAL IDENTITIES

MONDAY 31 JULY 2023
St Peters Lutheran College, Brisbane

MONDAY 7 AUGUST 2023
City Recital Hall, Sydney

Presented by Peter Clark & Nicole van Bruggen

ARTISTS & PROGRAM

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
MENDELSSOHN | Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 Scottish (1843)

Guest Ensemble | Brisbane
Muses Trio & Guests
Nicole MURPHY | Invocation
Nicole MURPHY | Exchange
Nicole MURPHY | Spinning Top
Nicole MURPHY | Pearl

Guest Ensemble | Sydney
Ensemble Offspring
Nardi SIMPSON | Of Stars and Birds | Wilga’s Last Dance
Fiona LOADER | Lorikeet Corroboree
Brenda GIFFORD | Gambambara (Seasons) | Bardju (Footprints) 

NORTHERN SERENADES | HOLST, ELGAR, WOLF, SCHUMANN & HERBERT

SUNDAY 20 MARCH 2022
RJ Phipps Performing Arts Centre, The Hills Grammar School, Kenthurst

TUESDAY 22 MARCH 2022
Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle

WEDNESDAY 23 MARCH 2022
City Recital Hall, Sydney

SATURDAY 26 MARCH 2022
Queensland Conservatorium Theatre, South Brisbane

TUESDAY 29 MARCH 2022
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne

ARTISTS

Australian Romantic &
Classical Orchestra

Rachael Beesley
Director

PROGRAM

Gustav Holst
St Paul’s Suite in C major Op.29, No.2

Edward Elgar
Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op.20

Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade in G major (string orchestra version)

Robert Schumann / Shauna Beesley
Fantasiestücke, Op.73 for strings (world premiere)

Victor Herbert
Serenade for Strings in F major, Op.12

AUSTRIAN ENCOUNTERS | MOZART, JOSEPH HAYDN & MICHAEL HAYDN

SATURDAY 21 MAY 2022
St. Mary’s Basilica, Geelong

SUNDAY 22 MAY 2022
Sacred Heart Church, Carlton

ARTISTS

Suzanne Shakespeare | soprano
Emily Bauer-Jones | contralto
Henry Choo | tenor
Stephen Marsh | baritone

Australian Boys Choir

The Vocal Consort

Australian Romantic &
Classical Orchestra

Nicholas Dinopoulos | conductor

PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Litaniae Lauretanae in B flat major, K.109

Joseph Haydn
Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo

Michael Haydn
Litaniae Lauretanae, MH 71
(Australian premiere)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Missa Brevis in C major, K.220 (Spatzenmesse)

SOUNDS OF VIENNA | SCHUBERT & EYBLER

SUNDAY 29 MAY 2022
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Noosaville

WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE 2022
Queensland Conservatorium Theatre, Brisbane

FRIDAY 3 JUNE 2022
Orange Regional Conservatorium, Orange

SUNDAY 5 JUNE 2022
UKARIA Cultural Centre, Mount Barker Summit

TUESDAY 7 JUNE 2022
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra

WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2022
Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle

SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2022
St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend Winter Arts Festival, Woodend

WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2022
City Recital Hall, Sydney

ARTISTS

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra

PROGRAM

Joseph EYBLER 
String Quintet in D major

Franz SCHUBERT 
Octet in F major, D.803 

TEMPESTUOUS SKIES | MOZART

TUESDAY 16 AUGUST 2022
RJ Phipps Performing Arts Centre, The Hills Grammar School, Kenthurst

WEDNESDAY 17 AUGUST 2022
Albert Hall, Canberra

THURSDAY 18 AUGUST 2022
Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle

SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2022
St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane

SUNDAY 21 AUGUST 2022
The Events Centre, Caloundra 

WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST 2022
City Recital Hall, Sydney 

ARTISTS

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Rachael Beesley | Director
Neal Peres Da Costa | Fortepiano
Emerging Musicians from Young Mannheim Symphonists

PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

Serenade No.6 in D major, K.239  Serenata Notturna

Piano Concerto No.23 in A Major, K.488 

Overture to Don Giovanni, K.527 

Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551 Jupiter 

VOYAGE OF MUSICAL DISCOVERY
DESIGN & INNOVATION

VOYAGE OF MUSICAL DISCOVERY
CULTURAL NARRATIVES

VOYAGE OF MUSICAL DISCOVERY
MUSICAL IDENTITIES

MONDAY 21 MARCH 2022
City Recital Hall, Sydney

FRIDAY 25 MARCH 2022
St Peters Lutheran College, Brisbane

Presented by Nicole van Bruggen & Rachael Beesley

ARTISTS & PROGRAM

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Rachael Beesley | director

Edward ELGAR | Serenade for Strings (1892)
Gustav HOLST | St Paul’s Suite (1912/3)

Guest artists | SYDNEY
Elena Kats-Chernin & Tamara-Anna Cislowska

Elena KATS-CHERNIN | A selection of pieces from the Butterflying album including Eliza Aria (2016)

Guest ensemble | BRISBANE
Nonsemble

Chris PERREN | Go Seigen vs. Fujisawa Kuranosuke (2014)

ILLUMINATE | BRUCH, BRITTEN & TCHAIKOVSKY

TUESDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2021
R J Phipps Performance Centre
The Hills Grammar School

THURSDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2021
Newcastle City Hall Concert Hall

FRIDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2021
City Recital Hall

MONDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2021
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Cancelled due to COVID-19)

ARTISTS

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra

Rachael Beesley | director
Jacqueline Porter | soprano

PROGRAM

Max Bruch Serenade for Strings after Swedish Melodies

Benjamin Britten Les Illuminations, Op.18

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence, Op.70

EVOKE | BEETHOVEN & BERWALD

SUNDAY 25 APRIL 2021
Blackheath Chamber Music Festival

MONDAY 26 APRIL 2021
R J Phipps Performance Centre
The Hills Grammar School

SUNDAY 2 MAY 2021
Canberra International Music Festival

THURSDAY 6 MAY 2021
City Recital Hall, Sydney

FRIDAY 7 MAY 2021
Upper Hunter Conservatorium of Music, Muswellbrook

SATURDAY 8 MAY 2021
Adamstown Uniting Church, Newcastle

SUNDAY 9 MAY 2021
Primrose Potter Salon
Melbourne Recital Centre

ARTISTS

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra

PROGRAM

Ludwig van Beethoven
3 Equali for four trombones, WoO 30

Franz Berwald
Grand Septet in B-flat major for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass

Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio in E-flat major, Op.38 for clarinet, cello and fortepiano (after Septet, Op.20)

EMERGE | HAYDN, MOZART & MANNHEIM

CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19

MONDAY 2 AUGUST 2021
The Hills Grammar School, Sydney

TUESDAY 3 AUGUST 2021
Melbourne Recital Centre

SATURDAY 7 AUGUST 2021
Orange Regional Conservatorium

THURSDAY 12 AUGUST 2021
Newcastle City Hall as part of the Newcastle Music Festival

FRIDAY 13 AUGUST 2021
City Recital Hall, Sydney

Artists

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra

Rachael Beesley | director
Jane Gower | historical bassoon
Emerging musicians from Young Mannheim Symphonists

Program

Christian Cannabich
Sinfonia No.54 in E-flat major

Joseph Haydn
Symphony No.103 in E-flat major ‘Drum Roll’

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, KV.191

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No.35 in D major ‘Haffner’, KV.385

LOVE & LIFE | GRIEG & SCHUMANN

MONDAY 15 MARCH 2021
Primrose Potter Salon
Melbourne Recital Centre

ARTISTS

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra

Rachael Beesley | director
Jacqueline Porter | soprano

PROGRAM

Edvard Grieg String Quartet No.2, EG 117

Robert Schumann Frauenliebe und Leben, Op.42
(arr. Shauna Beesley)

Edvard Grieg Two Elegiac Melodies, Op.34

3MBS Haydn Marathon

SATURDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2021
Athenaeum Theatre and online through Melbourne Digital Concert Hall

ARTISTS & PROGRAM

Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No.104 in D ‘London’ (arr. Salomon)

CANBERRA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

From 30 April to 3 May 2021, the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra was a Festival Artist at the Canberra International Music Festival, performing five unique programs over nine concerts.

Two of these concerts were livestreamed around the world through the Melbourne Digital Concert Hall.

OPENING GALA
FRIDAY 30 APRIL 2021

PROGRAM
Ludwig van Beethoven Equali for four trombones, WoO 30

ARTISTS
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra

GREATEST MOZART I
SATURDAY 1 MAY 2021

PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Quartet in D Major KV.285

Carl Friedrich Abel (attributed W.A. Mozart)
Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, KV.18

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto in A Major No.23 KV.488

ARTISTS
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Sally Walker | flute
Neal Peres Da Costa | fortepiano

SEVEN & THREE
SUNDAY 2 MAY 2021

PROGRAM
Ludwig van Beethoven Trio Op.38
Franz Berwald Grand Septet

BEETHOVEN FOR BREAKFAST
MONDAY 3 MAY 2021

PROGRAM
Ludwig van Beethoven Serenade Op.25

GREATEST MOZART II
MONDAY 3 MAY 2021

PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet in G Minor KV.478

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major KV.581

ARTISTS
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Nicole van Bruggen | Clarinet
Neal Peres Da Costa | Fortepiano

VOYAGE OF MUSICAL DISCOVERY
MOTIVIC DEVELOPMENT

WEDNESDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2021
City Recital Hall, Sydney

Presented by Nicole van Bruggen & Rachael Beesley

ARTISTS & PROGRAM

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
MAX BRUCH | Serenade for Strings after Swedish Melodies (1916)

Nick Russoniello
NICK RUSSONIELLO | Suite for Saxophones and Loop Station (2018)

VOYAGE OF MUSICAL DISCOVERY
VOICES & INSTRUMENTS

TUESDAY 4 MAY 2021
City Recital Hall, Sydney

Presented by Professor Neal Peres Da Costa

ARTISTS & PROGRAM

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
FRANZ BERWALD | Grand Septet in B-flat major (1828)

Sydney Chamber Choir
BRENDA GIFFORD | Mother Earth / Minga Bagan (2020)
ELLA MACENS | Stāvi Stīvi, Ozoliņ (2019)
CLARE MACLEAN | A West Irish Ballad (1988)
PAUL STANHOPE | Agnus Dei: (Do not stand at my grave and weep) (2016)

Voyage of Musical Discovery
Texture & Timbre

CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19

THURSDAY 5 AUGUST 2021
City Recital Hall, Sydney

Presented by Rachael Beesley
& Nicole van Bruggen

Artists & Program

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
HAYDN | Symphony No.103 in E-flat major ‘Drum Roll’ (1795)

Taikoz
KERRYN JOYCE and RYUJI HAMADA | Flowing Water (2019)
IAN CLEWORTH | ... like a ripple… (2012)

The Impresario

Voyage of Musical Discovery:
Motivic Development

THURSDAY 5 MARCH 2020
RJ Phipps Performance Centre
The Hills Grammar School
Kenthurst, NSW

FRIDAY 6 MARCH 2020
City Recital Hall, Sydney

SUNDAY 8 MARCH 2020
Newcastle City Hall Concert Hall

Artists

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Rachael Beesley | Director

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario), K.486

Anton Eberl
Symphony in E-flat major, Op.33

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.7 in A Minor, Op.92

WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2020
City Recital Hall, Sydney

presented by Nicole van Bruggen & Rachael Beesley

ARTISTS & PROGRAM

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra

Anton Eberl
Symphony in E-flat major, Op.33

The World According to James

James Greening
Pleated Skirt
Me, Me, Me

Melbourne Digital Concert Hall - Cavatina

FRIDAY 10 JULY 2020
Live-streamed from Melbourne Digital Concert Hall

3-10 AUGUST and
12 SEPTEMBER 2020
On-Demand via Melbourne Digital Concert Hall

ARTISTS

Rachael Beesley | Violin
Anna McMichael | Violin
Simon Oswell | Viola
Katie Yap | Viola
Natasha Kraemer | Cello
Emma Sullivan | Double Bass

PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in F Major KV 138

Franz Xaver Richter
Sinfonia à Quattro in B-flat Major

Ludwig van Beethoven
Cavatina from String Quartet No.13 in E-flat Major op. 130

Gioachino Rossini
String Sonata No. 1 in G major

Felix Mendelssohn
Sinfonia No. 10 in B minor

Melbourne Digital Concert Hall - Mozart & Abel

FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 2020
Live-streamed from Melbourne Digital Concert Hall

ARTISTS

Georgia Browne | Flute
Matthew Greco | Violin
Julia Russoniello | Violin
Karina Schmitz | Viola
Daniel Yeadon | Violoncello
Kirsty McCahon | Double Bass
Simon Martyn-Ellis | Theorbo

PROGRAM

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
Flute Quartet in A major Op.12 No.2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Flute Quartet in D major K.285

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in C major K.157

Carl Friedrich Abel
Flute Concerto No.5 in G major

THE CREATION

MONDAY 4 MAY 2020
Canberra International Music Festival
Fitters' Workshop, Kingston

TUESDAY 5 MAY 2020
Canberra International Music Festival
Fitters' Workshop, Kingston

SUNDAY 10 MAY 2020
City Recital Hall, Sydney

ARTISTS

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Jakob Lehmann, conductor

Celeste Lazarenko, soprano
Andrew Goodwin, tenor
James Ioelu, bass-baritone
Sydney Chamber Choir

PROGRAM

Joseph Haydn
Die Schöpfung (The Creation), Hob.XXI:2

OPUS 38

SUNDAY 17 MAY 2020
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

ARTISTS

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Keiko Shichijo, fortepiano

PROGRAM

Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio in E-flat major, Op.38 for clarinet, violoncello and fortepiano (after Septet, Op.20) (1803)

Louise Farrenc
Nonet in E-flat major, op.38 for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and strings (1849)

VOYAGE OF MUSICAL DISCOVERY - VOICES & INSTRUMENTS

TUESDAY 28 APRIL 2020
City Recital Hall, Sydney

ARTISTS & PROGRAM

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra

Louise Farrenc
Nonet in E-flat major, op.38 for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and strings (1849)

Sydney Chamber Choir

Ella Macens
Stavi Stivi, Ozolin (2019)
Paul Stanhope
I have not your dreaming (2005)
Clare Maclean
A West Irish Ballad (1988)
Joseph Twist
How shall we sing in a strange land (2011)

LUDWIG & LOUISE

FRIDAY 8 MAY 2020
Melbourne Recital Centre

SATURDAY 9 MAY 2020
Melbourne Recital Centre

ARTISTS

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra

PROGRAM

Ludwig van Beethoven
Serenade in D for flute, violin and viola, Op.25 (1795-96)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Variations on Là ci darem la mano from Mozart’s Don Giovanni for flute, clarinet and bassoon, WoO 28

Louise Farrenc
Nonet in E-flat major, op.38 for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and strings (1849)

CANBERRA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

OPENING GALA CONCERT
FRIDAY 1 MAY 2020
Fitters' Workshop, Kingston

G.F Handel, Water Music (extracts) (1717)
J.F. Rebel, Les Elemens (1737)

OPUS 38
SATURDAY 2 MAY 2020
Fitters' Workshop, Kingston

Ludwig van Beethoven, Trio op 38
Louise Farrenc, Nonet op 38

THE CREATION
MONDAY 4 MAY 2020
Fitters' Workshop, Kingston

Joseph Haydn, Die Schöpfung (The Creation), Hob.XXI:2

THE CREATION
TUESDAY 5 MAY 2020
Fitters' Workshop, Kingston

Joseph Haydn, Die Schöpfung (The Creation), Hob.XXI:2

BEETHOVEN FOR BREAKFAST
WEDNESDAY 6 MAY
Fitters' Workshop, Kingston

Ludwig van Beethoven, Variations on ‘La ci darem la mano’ WoO 28
Ludwig van Beethoven, Serenade Op 24

UP CLOSE AT GORMAN
WEDNESDAY 6 MAY
Fitters' Workshop, Kingston

Georg Friedrich Telemann, Fantasias
performed by Rachael Beesley, violin

KREUTZER SONATA
SATURDAY 9 MAY 2020
Fitters' Workshop, Kingston

Ludwig van Beethoven, Eroica Variations op 35
Ludwig van Beethoven, Kreutzer Sonata op 47
performed by Jakob Lehmann, violin
and Keiko Shichijo, fortepiano

The Souvenir

Voyage of Musical Discovery 3 Texture & Timbre

SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2020
Orange Regional Conservatorium

THURSDAY 6 AUGUST 2020
RJ Phipps Performance Centre
The Hills Grammar School

FRIDAY 7 AUGUST 2020
City Recital Hall, Sydney

ARTISTS

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Rachael Beesley, director
Anneke Scott, natural horn

PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No.6 in D major Serenata Notturna, K.239

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No.3 in E-flat major, K.447

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sextet for winds in E-flat major, Op.71

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Florence, Op.70

WEDNESDAY 5 AUGUST 2020
City Recital Hall, Sydney

ARTISTS & PROGRAM

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Rachael Beesley, director

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No.6 in D major Serenata Notturna, K.239 (1776)

Taikoz

Ian Cleworth
Home (2017)

Madness & Confrontation

MANNHEIM ROCKET

New Constellations

FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2019
The Hills Grammar School Performance Centre

SATURDAY 17 AUGUST 2019
Harold Lobb Concert Hall – The Conservatorium of Music, Newcastle, NSW

SUNDAY 18 AUGUST 2019 
City Recital Hall, Sydney

THURSDAY 22 AUGUST 2019 
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre

SATURDAY 24 AUGUST 2019
The Edge, State Library, Southbank, Brisbane

SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2019
Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel, Noosaville

PROGRAM

Felix Mendelssohn
Octet for Strings in E-flat Major
 
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No.1 in D Major for Nonet

Artists

Violin | Jakob Lehmann (Guest Director), Rachael Beesley,
Miki Tsunoda & Anna McMichael
Viola | Simon Oswell & Bernadette Verhagen
Violoncello | Daniel Yeadon & Natasha Kraemer
Double Bass | Robert Nairn
Flute | Georges Barthel
Clarinet | Nicole van Bruggen & Emily Worthington
Bassoon | Robert Percival
Horn | Darryl Poulsen

WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH 2019

PHRASING & FORM

presented by Nicole van Bruggen & Rachael Beesley

TUESDAY 14 MAY 2019

CULTURAL & HISTORICAL CONTEXTS

presented by Nicole van Bruggen & Rachael Beesley

MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2019 

Dynamics & Expressive Techniques

presented by Nicole van Bruggen & Rachael Beesley

AUSTRALIAN ROMANTIC & CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA

Johannes Brahms
Serenade No.1 in D Major for Nonet

THE IDEA OF NORTH

Kolbeinn Tumason (1173–1208) (text)
Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson (1938–2013) (music)
Heyr Himna Smiður (Hear, smith of the heavens)

Nick Begbie, arr Naomi Crellin
Growing Pains

Luke Thompson
Beyond The City

Tim Minchin
F Sharp

Walker/Prestwich, arr Naomi Crellin
Flame Trees

Virtuosic Chamber Music for Winds & Strings
Punto | Devienne | Beethoven

THURSDAY 28 MARCH 2019
Auditorium – Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Monash University, Victoria

FRIDAY 29 MARCH 2019
Recital Hall West, Sydney Conservatorium of Music

SATURDAY 30 MARCH 2019
Bowral Autumn Music Festival
St Jude’s Church, Bowral

ARTISTS

Nicole van Bruggen | Clarinet
Anneke Scott | Horn
Lisa Goldberg | Bassoon
Anna McMichael | Violin
Simon Oswell | Viola
Daniel Yeadon | Violoncello
Kirsty McCahon | Double Bass

PROGRAM

Punto | Horn Quartet No 1 in F major, Op. 18
Devienne | Bassoon Quartet No 1 in C major, Op. 73
Beethoven | Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20

Richard Gill AO | Celebration of A Life

THURSDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2019 | Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall

PROGRAM

Welcome: Claire Spencer | Arts Centre Melbourne

Speaker: The Hon Steve Bracks AC

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART The Magic Flute: Bei Männern
GIUSEPPE VERDI Nabucco: Va, pensiero
Victorian Opera
Orchestra Victoria
Victorian Opera Chorus
Daniel Carter | conductor
Jacqueline Porter | soprano
Samuel Dundas | baritone

Speaker: Nicole van Bruggen | Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra

EDVARD GRIEG Two Elegiac Melodies Op.34
- Hjertesår (The Wounded Heart)
- Våren (The Last Spring)
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Rachael Beesley | director
Jacqueline Porter | soprano

Speaker: Colin Cornish | Australian Youth Orchestra

ANTONÍN DVORÁK Wind Serenade Op.44
Australian National Academy of Music

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7: Allegretto
Australian Youth Orchestra
Dan Carter | conductor

Speaker: Rohan de Korte | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

CLAUDE DEBUSSY Prelude a ‘L’Après-midi d’un faune’
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Northey | conductor

Speakers: Anthony Gill & Claire Gill

HUBERT PARRY Jerusalem

Pastoral Melodies
Idyllic & Tempestuous

22 MARCH 2018
Melbourne Recital Centre

25 MARCH 2018
City Recital Hall, Sydney

ARTISTS

Richard Gill | conductor
Polyphonic Voices | guest choir for Melbourne concert
Sydney Chamber Choir | guest choir for Sydney concert

PROGRAM

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Hebrides Overture Op.26 ‘Fingal’s Cave ’ (1830)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Five Songs Op.104 (1888)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Spaur Messe KV.258 ‘Piccolomini’ (1776)

Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No.6 Op.68 ‘Pastoral’ (1808)

Classical Melodies
Timeless & Thrilling

12 MAY 2018
Yabba Yabba Residence, Blackheath

18 MAY 2018
City Recital Hall, Sydney

20 MAY 2018
South Coast Music Society 
& Eurobodalla River of Art Festival, Batehaven, NSW

21 MAY 2018
Melbourne Recital Centre

ARTISTS

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra Chamber Soloists

PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Serenade No.13 in G major ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ KV525 (1787)

Peter Von Winter (1754-1825)
Octet in E flat major for winds and strings (1812)

Vincenzo Gambaro (1746-c.1820)
Quartet in D minor No.2 Op.4 for flute, clarinet, horn & bassoon (1815)

Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quintet in C major Op.29 ’Storm’ (1801)

Poetical Melodies
Elegiac & Daring

19 AUGUST 2018
City Recital Hall, Sydney

22 AUGUST 2018
Melbourne Recital Centre

ARTISTS

Rachael Beesley | director

PROGRAM

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
String Symphony in B minor No.10 (1821-3)

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Elegiac Melodies Op.34 (1880)

Edvard Grieg
‘From Holberg’s Time’ Op.40 (1884)

Johannes Van Bree (1801-1857)
Allegro in D minor for Four String Quartets (1845)

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Crisantemi (1890)

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Serenade in E major for Strings Op.22 (1875)

27 MARCH 2018

MOTIVIC DEVELOPMENT

presented by Richard Gill

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No.6 Op.68 ‘Pastoral’ (1808)

The World According to James
James Greening, Mosman
Bernie McGann, Brownsville
Andrew Robson, Katoomba

15 MAY 2018

TEXTURE & TIMBRE

presented by Richard Gill

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Peter Von Winter (1754-1825)
Octet in E flat major for winds and strings (1812)

Ensemble Offspring
Holly Harrison, Vibe Rant
Thomas Meadowcroft, Medieval Rococo
Bree van Reyk, Light for the First Time
Cassie To, Avialae

21 AUGUST 2018

VOICES & INSTRUMENTS

presented by Nicole van Bruggen & Rachael Beesley

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Johannes Van Bree (1801-1857)
Allegro in D minor for Four String Quartets (1845)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Elegiac Melodies Op.34 (1880)

Camerata Antica
Claudio Monteverdi, ‘O come sei gentile’
Alice Chance, Ode to Melancholy
Elena Kats-Chernin, Black Tie

CHAMBER SOLOISTS

9 JULY 2016
Sydney Grammar School

11 JULY 2016
Melbourne Recital Centre

17 JULY 2016
Noosa Music Society, Sunshine Coast

ARTISTS

Nicole van Bruggen | clarinet
Rachael Beesley | violin
Simon Oswell | viola
Michael Dahlenburg | violoncello

PROGRAM

Joseph Haydn
String Quartets arranged by Vincenzo Gambaro for Clarinet Quartet in B flat major

Franz Schubert
String Trio in B flat major, D.471

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Clarinet Quartet in E flat major

SECOND WINTER FESTIVAL

15 AUGUST 2015
Santa Sabina College

16 AUGUST 2015
Kincoppal Rose Bay

ARTISTS

Rachael Beesley | director
Emma Black | oboe

PROGRAM

Chamber Music Concert
Felix Mendelssohn
Sinfonia No.6 in E flat major

Anton Reicha
Octet in E flat major op.96

Talk
presented by Richard Gill

Orchestral Concert
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No.17 in G major K 129

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oboe Concerto in C major K 314

Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 62 in D major

CHAMBER SOLOISTS

21 NOVEMBER 2015
Sydney Grammar School

22 NOVEMBER 2015
Knox Grammar School

ARTISTS

Kate Clark | flute
Nicole van Bruggen | clarinet
Darryl Poulsen | horn
Lisa Goldberg | bassoon
Jakob Lehmann | violin
Caroline Henbest | viola
Daniel Yeadon | violoncello
Maxime Bibeau | double bass

PROGRAM

Franz Lachner
Septet in E flat major

Ludwig van Beethoven
Septet in E flat major, op.20

Winter Festival - HAYDN, MOZART and the CLASSICAL PIONEERS
 

9 AUGUST 2014
Santa Sabina College, Strathfield

ARTISTS

Rachael Beesley | director & violin
Nicole van Bruggen | clarinet

PROGRAM

Chamber Soloists Concert
Peter Von Winter
Septet in E flat major

Talk
presented by Richard Gill

Orchestral Concert
Franz Richter
Sinfonia a Quattro in B flat major

Johann Stamitz
Clarinet Concerto in B flat major

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in E flat major, K.113

Joseph Haydn
Violin Concerto in G major

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenata Notturna No.6 in D major, K.239

AN EVENING with the VIENNESE TITANS
BEETHOVEN | MOZART | SCHUBERT

22 NOVEMBER 2014
The New Hall, Sydney Grammar School

ARTISTS

Benjamin Bayl | guest conductor
Georgia Browne | flute

PROGRAM

Ludwig van Beethoven
'Prometheus' Overture

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto in G major

Franz Schubert
Symphony in C major 'The Great'

MAKING MUSICAL HISTORY

21 DECEMBER 2013
Sydney Grammar School

ARTISTS

Benjamin Bayl | guest conductor
Jacqui Dark | soprano
Rachael Beesley | director & violin

PROGRAM

Franz Schubert
Overture in B flat major, D.470

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
‘Ah! Chi mi dice mai’ from Don Giovanni, K.527

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
‘Voi che sapete,’ from Le Nozze di Figaro, K.492

Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No.10 in B minor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No.39 in E flat major, K.543