2008 Music Lovers' Society recitals and artists

Recitals are held in Ewing Memorial Uniting Church, corner of Coppin Street and Burke Road, Malvern East (Melway 59G12, north of tram route 3, stop 60), unless otherwise noted.  Ida Doubleday Bequest Recitals are held in the Glen Eira Arts Complex, corner Hawthorn & Glen Eira Roads, Caulfield (tram route 64, stop 54).

Saturday 15 March, 8 p.m.

· Winnie Sim (piano)
Bach's Prelude & Fugue in B flat, BWV866
Chopin's Ballade in A flat, no. 3, op. 47
Kabalevsky's Sonata in F, no. 3, op. 46
Eight Bagatelles by Humble
Liszt's Verdi's Rigoletto

· Jessica Foot (oboe)
Leigh Harrold (piano)
C. P. E. Bach's Sonata in G minor, Wq135
Silvestrini's Six Etudes for Oboe
Reitz's Concert Piece for Oboe & Orchestra

Saturday 26 April, 8 p.m.

· Chris Howlett (cello):
2007 H. A. Owen Award winner
· Stefan Cassomenos (piano)
playing works by Schumann, Bach, Rachmaninov and Liszt
Bach's Cello Suite no. 3 in C, BWV1009
Sonata for Cello and Piano, op. 6 by R. Strauss
and Popper'sCycle

Saturday 24 May, 7 p.m. AGM, 8 p.m. concert.

· Georgina Lewis (piano)
2007 H. Newey Award winner (VCA)
Schubert Impromptus, D935 Nos 1 & 2
Schumann's Papillons, op. 2
Fauré's Nocturne No. 13 in B minor

· Stacey Alleaume (soprano)
2007 Mordialloc Eisteddfod winner
accompanied by Amir Farid (piano)
singing songs and arias by
Duparc, Debussy, Ned Rorem, Mozart, Charpentier and Donizetti

Sunday 29 June, 2 p.m. Special Concert:

· Margaret Haggart (soprano)
· Robert Tuttleby (baritone)
accompanied by Wendy Morrison (piano)
Menotti's The Telephone
Purcell and Mozart duets

Saturday 12 July, 8 p.m.

· Dominique Chaseling (flute)
accompanied by Peter de Jager (piano)
Marais' Les Folies d'Espagne
Poulenc's Sonata for Flute and Piano
Boehm's Grande Polonaise


· Elizaveta Petrova (mezzo soprano)
accompanied by Tatiana Belkin (piano)
singing Schumann's Frauenliebe und leben
arias by Gounod, Gluck, Mozart and Handel

Saturday 23 August, 8 p.m.

· Jacqueline Porter (soprano)
with Elizaveta Petrova (piano)
singing songs and arias by
Mozart, Schubert, Verdi and Rossini

· Carolyn Alphonso (piano)
2007 H. Newey Award winner (VCA)
Brahms Intermezzi, works by Chopin & Ravel,
Mozart's Sonata in A, K331

Saturday 20 September, 8 p.m. Ida Doubleday Bequest concert, Glen Eira Arts Complex

· Aura Go (piano)
Mozart's Sonata in F, K332
Brahms' Klavierstucke, op. 118 (2nd mvmnt)
Beethoven's Sonata No. 31, op. 110
Ravel's Miroirs

Saturday 18 October, 8 p.m.

· Edwina Hookey (violin)
with Nicholas Jensen (cello)
and Stefan Cassomenos (piano)
playing violin and cello duos by Bach and Bartok
and Mozart's Sonata in E minor for violin and piano

· Edward Smith (bass)
with Julie Haskell (piano)
singing songs, lieder and arias by
Schubert, Finzi, Schumann, Loewe, Mozart, Halevy and Verdi

Saturday 29 November, 8 p.m.

· Nick Hoszko (piano)
2008 H. Newey Award winner (VCA)
Schumann's Humoreske, op. 20
Scottish songs by Grainger
Barber's Excursions, op. 20, no. 1 and 3

· Amy Garretto (mezzo soprano)
2008 Jean Robinson Award winner (MMCM)
accompanied by Janet Gibbs (piano)
songs and arias by A Scarlatti, Pergolesi, Caldara, Rosa, Storace, Quilter, Handel, Mozart and Schubert