Silver Linings

NOOSA Orchestra’s 2023 winter concert series theme is: Despite disappointment and despair, great music can follow.

CELEBRATING everything horse, rodeo and country, the annual Kenilworth Show & Rodeo is a fantastic family-friendly event.

Running now for over 100 years, there is always something for everyone: from woodchop to horse events, dog jumping to sideshows, chainsaw post ripping, chooks, and snake shows, plus exciting competitions in horticulture, cooking, craft and sewing. The National Rodeo Association will also host exciting events including bull rides, bronc rides, barrel races, roping, and steer wrestling.

It starts at 8 am on Saturday 16 September at the Kenilworth Showgrounds, a community-owned-and-run venue specialising in camp- ing and equestrian activities. The showgrounds are fully equipped: amenities include a dining room and kitchen, a recreation hall and bathrooms. There are powered and unpowered sites available.

The Kenilworth Show & Rodeo is the perfect opportunity to dust off the cowboy boots and Akubra, so don’t miss this fantastic ride.

Feel buoyed by Beethoven’s Eroica, 3rd Symphony, 1st Movement and Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien, get swept up in the drama of C.P.E Bach’s Symphony in D major, delight in the lyricism of Ferdinand David’s Concertino Trombone before the final upswing of contemporary Japanese composer Toru Minegishi’s Legend of Zelda. Conductor maestro Antoni Bonetti said the concert’s principal masterpieces by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky were created from disappointments or personal disasters.

Trombone soloist Clayton Fiander will play a delicately beautiful concerto written for the trombone by Century 19th German composer Ferdinand David.

Fiander’s trombone-playing career spans 40 years and includes four seasons playing for operas and the ballet at the Sydney Opera

What’s On

What: Noosa Orchestra’s winter concert Silver Linings with trombone soloist Clayton Fiander

House, a 20-year stint with Canberra Symphony Orchestra and more recently with Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra.

The sessional musician and Coast resident also conducts the Sunshine Coast Concert Band and regularly plays concerts with Noosa Orchestra.

To hear Fiander’s beautiful trombone solo and other great music by Noosa Orchestra & Ensembles, book online now at eventbrite. com.

When: Sunday 20 August (Cooroy) and Sunday 27 August (Noosaville) starts at 2:30 pm

Where: Cooroy Memorial Hall, 23 Maple Street, Cooroy and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Hall, 115 Eumundi Road, Noosaville

Tickets: Pre-purchase online: Adults $29, students (18-) $10 (plus booking fee) or tickets at the door ($35/$15) unless sold out

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