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Contra Guitar Duo | Dalby

  • St John's Anglican Church 52 Drayton Street Dalby, QLD, 4405 Australia (map)

Tickets: $40 Non-Members; $35 Members/Concession; $15 Student

PROGRAM

Our program is a reflection of who we are as musicians and what inspires us. This concert is in two halves with an interval. The concert opens with a set of Schubert inspired works by Johann Kaspar Mertz and continues with a beautiful minimalist work by the late Australian composer Phillip Houghton, before bringing the first half to a close with a new arrangement for two guitars of Australian composer Maria Grenfell's Di Primavera.

The second half of the concert opens with the juxtaposition of two pieces by Ross Edwards, a lullaby Emily’s Song and the lively and joyous Djanaba. We then play an interesting arrangement of a solo guitar work, Tansman’s Variations on a theme of Scriabin; here the audience gets to enjoy Tansman’s work in greater depth and colour, providing a new listening experience of a much loved work in the guitar repertoire. Finally the concert closes with a celebration of Brazilian music by Clarice Assad, with her three movement Brasileirinhas. The work explores many elements of traditional Brazilian music and is an exciting virtuosic conclusion.

 

ST. JOHN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH

Located in the heart of Dalby, St John's Anglican Church is a heritage-listed church designed by Henry James Marks. It is the third church of that name on the site and was built in the 1920s.