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Saturday 9 Jan 7pm - Emily Sun & the PSMF Orchestra | Flinders Civic Hall
Saturday 9 January, 7pm
Flinders Civic Hall
Wine available for purchase, doors and bar open from 6pm
A 1 hour 30 minute performance including interval.
This concert is proudly supported by Neil Kaplan & Su Lesser.
Join us for the first performance of a brand-new violin concerto by Kym Dillon, with Festival Artist, Emily Sun as soloist. This world premiere is at the heart of our Festival Gala, with a 14 piece elite festival orchestra under conductor Simon Bruckard for a celebration of new Australian music. Alongside this exciting world premiere, arrangements of Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune and Beethoven’s beloved Pastoral Symphony, specifically chosen to celebrate a summer's evening in Flinders!
PROGRAM
DEBUSSY (arr. Glynn Davies): Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
KYM DILLON: Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN (arr. Glynn Davies): Pastoral Symphony
ARTISTS
ARTISTS:
Violin soloist - Emily Sun
Conductor - Simon Bruckard
& the PSMF Orchestra
Violinist Emily Sun has established an international reputation as a compelling soloist and chamber musician, performing with leading orchestras including the Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. She appears at venues worldwide including Wigmore Hall, Royal Albert Hall and the Sydney Opera House. Her recordings for ABC Classic have received widespread acclaim. Emily is violin professor at the Royal College of Music in London and plays a 1753 Guadaganini violin, on generous loan from UKARIA.
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Conductor, composer and pianist Simon Bruckard has worked extensively with orchestras and opera companies all over Australia. He is also a prolific composer and arranger, having written for the stage, screen and concert hall. His score to the film The Golden Spurtle was nominated for an APRA AMCOS award for best original score for a documentary.
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Natsuko Yoshimoto joined Queensland Symphony Orchestra as Concertmaster in 2021. Born in Japan, Natsuko has appeared as a soloist with The Hallé, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, London Symphony, Odense Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic, Melbourne Symphony and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras. She plays regularly guests with many chamber groups and has been the leader of the Australian and Grainger String Quartets.
She is a passionate teacher in violin and chamber music and has given world premieres of works by prominent Australian composers, and has recorded for Virgin Classics, ABC Classics, Melba Records and Tall Poppies.
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Kym Alexandra Dillon is an award-winning Australian composer, pianist and presenter whose unique path as a musician has led her to cultivate a category-defying artistic career, equally at home composing contemporary classical music, performing in jazz ensembles, or engaging audiences with her talks on music.
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Saturday 9 January, 7pm
Flinders Civic Hall
Wine available for purchase, doors and bar open from 6pm
A 1 hour 30 minute performance including interval.
This concert is proudly supported by Neil Kaplan & Su Lesser.
Join us for the first performance of a brand-new violin concerto by Kym Dillon, with Festival Artist, Emily Sun as soloist. This world premiere is at the heart of our Festival Gala, with a 14 piece elite festival orchestra under conductor Simon Bruckard for a celebration of new Australian music. Alongside this exciting world premiere, arrangements of Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune and Beethoven’s beloved Pastoral Symphony, specifically chosen to celebrate a summer's evening in Flinders!
PROGRAM
DEBUSSY (arr. Glynn Davies): Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
KYM DILLON: Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN (arr. Glynn Davies): Pastoral Symphony
ARTISTS
ARTISTS:
Violin soloist - Emily Sun
Conductor - Simon Bruckard
& the PSMF Orchestra
Violinist Emily Sun has established an international reputation as a compelling soloist and chamber musician, performing with leading orchestras including the Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. She appears at venues worldwide including Wigmore Hall, Royal Albert Hall and the Sydney Opera House. Her recordings for ABC Classic have received widespread acclaim. Emily is violin professor at the Royal College of Music in London and plays a 1753 Guadaganini violin, on generous loan from UKARIA.
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Conductor, composer and pianist Simon Bruckard has worked extensively with orchestras and opera companies all over Australia. He is also a prolific composer and arranger, having written for the stage, screen and concert hall. His score to the film The Golden Spurtle was nominated for an APRA AMCOS award for best original score for a documentary.
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Natsuko Yoshimoto joined Queensland Symphony Orchestra as Concertmaster in 2021. Born in Japan, Natsuko has appeared as a soloist with The Hallé, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, London Symphony, Odense Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic, Melbourne Symphony and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras. She plays regularly guests with many chamber groups and has been the leader of the Australian and Grainger String Quartets.
She is a passionate teacher in violin and chamber music and has given world premieres of works by prominent Australian composers, and has recorded for Virgin Classics, ABC Classics, Melba Records and Tall Poppies.
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Kym Alexandra Dillon is an award-winning Australian composer, pianist and presenter whose unique path as a musician has led her to cultivate a category-defying artistic career, equally at home composing contemporary classical music, performing in jazz ensembles, or engaging audiences with her talks on music.
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