16TH QPAC
CONCERT SERIES
PEARLS
Music of spirit, peace and belief – these are pearls of the artform that transcend time and speak to the heart.
Hildegarde’s ancient chant and Ross Edwards’ chorale contemplate the spirit as the source and sustenance of life. This meditation is interrupted by the joy of Edwards’ Maninya dance and the exuberance of Mozart. Joe Chindamo collaborates with Williams in a new composition, and displays his skills as an internationally-renowned composer and pianist.
SXS friend, Nina Korbe, joins us to sing her favourite repertoire. ‘Casta Diva’ is a prayer for peace, ‘Summertime’ and ‘Somewhere’ are lullabies about belief - belief in a love so powerful it transcends present realities, belief that there is a calm place for love to be free.
VON BINGEN
Spiritus Sanctus Vificans
EDWARDS
Maninyas Violin Concerto
II. Chorale
III. Second Maninya
MOZART
Flute Quartet in D major, K.285
BELLINI
Casta Diva from Norma
Son vergin vezzosa from I puritani
CHINDAMO/WILLIAMS
World Premiere - DCP work for Didgeridoo and Ensemble
GERSHWIN
Summertime from Porgy and Bess
BERNSTEIN
Somewhere from West Side Story
CONCERT HALL, QPAC
SUNDAY 1 JUNE, 2025 - 3PM
WONDER
Felix Mendelssohn’s four simple, yet magical chords (I-V-iv-I) are a portal to a musical wonderland of elves, fairies, lovers, and a donkey. Mendelssohn stood on the conductor’s podium when the 16-year-old wonderchild composer-performer Clara Wieck premiered her own piano concerto. Her concerto would inspire and influence the concerti of her future husband, Robert Schumann, and their friends Franz Liszt and Johannes Brahms. Known for her unremittingly insightful playing, Aura Go joins SXS to perform Clara Schumann’s ravishing concerto, alongside the free-spirited fantasy of Robert Schumann’s fairytale miniatures.
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Award-winning emerging Queensland composer, Ray Lin, collaborates with Williams in a new composition for Didgeridoo and Ensemble.
MENDELSSOHN
Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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LIN/WILLIAMS
World Premiere - DCP work for Didgeridoo and Ensemble
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R. SCHUMANN
Märchenerzählungen (Fairytales), Op. 132
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O’BOYLE AM
Maggie’s Dance (World Premiere)
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C. SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
CONCERT HALL, QPAC
SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER, 2025 - 3PM
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