Armidale has a huge number of orcgestral concerts each year and 2023 is no exception. A week ago on Mothers Day I had the privlege of attending a wonderful concert presented by the Armidale Symphony Orchestra. Their contribution was brilliant. I often wonder how a small town of just 25,000 people can deliver such high class classical music performances.
On this occasion, the last piece played was Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. Apart from the music, the peformance had a narrator who explained to all the young children attending what the music was explaining about the story.
The second majpr work also blew me away. Beleive it or not, it was the world premier of a Piccolo Concerto called "The Wanderer". Moreover, the composer, Matthew Pinter, was actually the orchestra's conductor! So our little town niw has a major composer. The Piccolo player, Lamoma Nightingale, is also a champion of new Australian music and plays with our country's leading orchestras. "The Wanderer" explores the New England countryside around and was warmly received by an enthusiastic audience.
An the first work on the agenda was no less than "Overture to Egmont" written by someone called Ludwig van Beethaoven. This work was written 213 years ago, but commemorates a sad event 455 years ago when the Spansih executed a Dutch nobelman Count lamoral van egmont.
Here are some views of the proceedings.
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