Recent Concerts By the Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra
Concerts Performed in 2007
1. Sunday February 25th - The Chapel at Sale Grammar School - music by Mozart, Gianoncelli, Piazzolla, Milhaud, Massenet, Nelson and others.
2. Sunday April 22nd - The Great Hall of the Gum San Chinese Museum, Ararat - music by Ambrosius, Angulo, Witt, Gianoncelli, Carr-Boyd, Kuwahara and others
3. Sunday May 20th - Colac Otway Performing Arts Community Centre, Colac - music by Angulo, Kuwahara, Nelson, Gianoncelli and others
4. Sunday June 3rd - Federation Square for the Melbourne Italian Festival - popular Italian music
5. Sunday June 10th - Piazza Italia, Lygon Street Carlton for the Melbourne Italian Festival - same repertoire
6. Sunday July 22nd - Caulfield Town Hall Annual Concert with the Armenian Choir - 13 folk tunes and dances from Armenia
7. Sunday September 9th - Cowes Cultural Centre - the fourth of five trips into rural Victoria during 2007, one of our busiest years for a long while! The program included music ranging from the arrangements of composers of the Baroque era to contemporary compositions created specifically for the mandolin orchestra:
Brolga Dances by Michelle Nelson
Il Sogno Del Pesciolini (the Dream of the Little Fish) by Eduardo Angulo featuring Michelle Nelson (guitar soloist)
Song of The Japanese Autumn by Yasuo Kuwahara
I Met You Traditional Russian Romantic melody arranged by and featuring Abram Iourgaev (solo rubob)
In An Old English Garden by Eileen Pakenham
Concert Rhapsody by Babayev, arranged by and featuring Abram Iourgaev (solo rubob)
Bergamasca by Bernardo Gianoncelli
8. Sunday October 21st - in the famous Spiegeltent in front of Melbourne's Art Centre as part of the Melbourne International Festival.
9. Saturday October 28th - Halls Gap Centennial Hall, Halls Gap - a repeat of the program we performed at the Spiegeltent
10. Saturday November 17th - St John's Church, Southgate - our last concert for the year (phew it's been exhausting!!) comprising an all-Australian repertoire to highlight the talent within our lucky country. Works performed included Dances for the Mandolin and the Moon by Richard Charlton, Brolga Dances by Michelle Nelson, Nirthanjali by Eric Austin Phillips, Capricorn Light by Michelle Nelson, Memories of Bendigo by Fred Witt and others.