SPRING 2013 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER
welcome Welcome to the spring edition of @QPAC and another season of the best in performing arts from around the world. Each year QPAC presents and hosts over 1000 performances in our four main theatres and outdoor spaces and welcomes over one million people to the Centre. With world class performances from local and national companies and international exclusives including the world famous Bolshoi Ballet already in 2013, QPAC is known as an arts centre of excellence. This spring sees the beginning of a new program at QPAC called The Seed Project Project. The Seed Project is part of QPAC and the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University’s ongoing collaboration to showcase emerging and young performers. The Seed Project will provide a new platform for students in the Bachelor of Contemporary Music program to connect with audiences and perform their original works. These Friday afternoon concerts on the Melbourne Street Green will be a place to discover new sounds and bands. Free Friday entertainment continues in October when the popular Green Jam sessions returns to the Melbourne Street Green with jazz performed by students from the Conservatorium. The Brisbane Festival returns in September with a diverse range of performances. Highlights include Expressions Dance Company’s new work When Time Stops co-presented by QPAC, the world premiere of Debbie Allen’s Freeze Frame, and performing as part of the Festival line up for the first time the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts new production Spirit of the Lore. QPAC’s WunderBar returns as the place to be after performances providing an eclectic mix of free live music from national and international acts, including some secret shows with special Brisbane Festival guests. The QPAC Concert Hall is the home of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) who will be joined by Australian pianists Jayson Gillham and Tamara Anna Cislowska as part of their popular Morning Masterworks series of concerts; and international stars Javier Perianes and Lola Astanova as part of their Maestro Series. Musical theatre lovers also have much to look forward to with perennial favourite Grease and the new stage version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang playing in the Lyric Theatre. The Brisbane season of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will introduce this classic to a new audience. In November the internationally renowned Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam (RCO) will play two concerts in Brisbane as part of their 125th Anniversary tour of Australia. Named by Gramophone as the best symphony orchestra in the world and under the leadership of the highly acclaimed Chief Conductor Mariss Jansons this is the RCO’s first tour to Australia. RCO continues the line up of recent presentations from some of the leading orchestras from around the world in recent years at QPAC including the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. I look forward to welcoming you to QPAC.
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Sensational sets, stunning special effects, Ian Fleming’s irresistible story, and an unforgettable score by the Sherman Brothers (Mary Mary Poppins Poppins) all add up to a blockbuster musical that everyone will love – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! This multi-million dollar production remains the longest running musical ever to play at the London Palladium and was nominated for three Olivier Awards, five Tony Awards, ten Outer Critics Circle Awards and four Drama Desk Awards. It also holds the Guinness World Record for the most expensive stage prop in the history of British theatre! Starring David Hobson, Rachael Beck, Shane Bourne, Jennifer Velutic and a stellar cast, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang comes to the glorious Lyric Theatre, QPAC in November.
‘If you loved Mary Poppins you must see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.’ THE SUNDAY TIMES, UK
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GREASE Dust off your leather jackets and pull on your bobby-socks for the new multi-million dollar production of GREASE. GREASE It’s got groove, it’s got meaning and it’s burning up the quarter mile with electrifying costumes and everyone’s favourite show-stopping tunes including Summer Nights, Sandy Hopelessly Devoted to You, You’re The One Sandy, That I Want and Greased Lightnin’.
Newton returns to his radio roots to play the role of slick veteran disc jockey Vince Fontaine, while Todd McKenney dusts off his dancing shoes to star as Teen Angel, the good-looking, falsetto-voiced, Fabian lookalike. So take a trip to a simpler time as ‘bad boy’ Danny and ‘the girl next door’ Sandy fall in love all over again. GREASE is the word!
In the lead roles of Danny and Sandy are musical theatre favourite Rob Mills and rising star Gretel Scarlett. Bert
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All Shook Up
‘Fast, furious and thrilling, an injection of raw energy...and fun, fun, fun!’ THE DAILY MIRROR, UK
Into a square little town, in a square little state rides a guitar-playing roustabout who changes everything and everyone he meets in this hip-swiveling, lip-curling musical fantasy that’ll have you jumping out of your blue suede shoes and dancing in the aisles! The songs of Elvis Presley form the backdrop for this hilarious tale of mistaken identity, cross-dressing and star-crossed lovers. Based loosely on the story of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night but set firmly in the 1950s Midwest, All Shook Up features Elvis classics including Heartbreak Hotel, Burning Love, Jailhouse Rock, Blue Suede Shoes and Don’t Be Cruel.
PRESENTED BY HARVEST RAIN THEATRE COMPANY WHERE
From 15 November Playhouse
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Freeze Frame WORLD PREMIERE
Exploding onto the stage in a fusion of dance, music, cinema and theatre, this world premiere performance will bring the passion and pain of Los Angeles’ toughest streets to Brisbane. Directed, choreographed and written by three-time Emmy award-winning choreographer Debbie Allen, Freeze Frame will blow audiences away with ‘break the floor’ dance moves, soulful voices and the untold true story of how art, dance and music can transform lives. Debbie Allen’s illustrious career extends from her legendary role as Lydia Grant in Fame, and has seen her direct and choreograph for Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Lena Horne and Sammy Davis Jnr, as well as appearing as a judge on So You Think You Can Dance (USA) and directing and starring in Grey’s Anatomy. Freeze Frame features a powerful musical component led by music director Rickey Minor, whose credits include American Idol Idol, the Grammy Awards and working on numerous superstar tours including Christina Aguilera, Ray Charles and Beyoncé. The score features new music from the great Stevie Wonder along with James Ingram and other artists and seamlessly bounces between hip-hop, soul, gospel and R&B. A highlight of this year’s Brisbane Festival, this must-see performance features the incredibly talented young artists from Debbie Allen Dance Academy as well as seasoned professionals who will portray true stories that will stop you in your tracks, make you laugh, make you cry, make you consider where the world is going, FREEZE FRAME FRAME. WRITTEN, DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY DEBBIE ALLEN
PHOTOGRAPHER DOUGLAS KIRKLAND
PERFORMED BY DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY
PRESENTED BY BRISBANE FESTIVAL, QPAC AND VIRGIN AUSTRALIA WHERE
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WunderBar Sleeping is for October, as September is Brisbane Festival season and QPAC has the hottest bands, dancers and DJs on the Brisbane scene for the return of the FREE after-dark hot spot, WunderBar WunderBar. Featuring a saucy program of live international, national and local acts, titillating performances and the chance to dance late into the night. Set against the stunning set from Wagner’s epic opera, The Ring Cycle, designed by Michael Scott-Mitchell, hang out with the stars as QPAC’s Cascade Court is transformed for WunderBar to capture the Festival party spirit. With an urban-chic slash underground atmosphere and luscious latenight eat options, don’t miss this year’s WunderBar! WunderBar WunderBar kicks off in style with Deni Hines and Band on Saturday 7 September. The festival program will also feature return performances by past favourites, including the saucy Locura, local funkstars Soul Continuum, the visually spectacular TaikoDeck and the rowdy and raucous The Good Ship. And ready to pump up the volume are first-timers to the WunderBar line-up, including Hey Geronimo, Calibre Cats, Classic Nawu, Dubmarine and Linta J. Deni Hines and Band open WunderBar on Saturday 7 September! Keep an eye on the QPAC website for the full program.
PRESENTED BY QPAC AND BRISBANE FESTIVAL WHEN WHERE TICKETS
7 to 28 September (Wednesday to Saturday nights) Cascade Court FREE
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Conversations with Ghosts ‘I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore.’ W.B. Yeats Created by Paul Kelly in collaboration with Australian National Academy of Music’s 2011 resident composer James Ledger, Conversations with Ghosts is a bittersweet reflection on the nature of mortality and an uplifting memorial to those who have been lost. It is a piece that meditates on time, friendship and love. From Kenneth Slessor’s incantatory Five Bells and W.B. Yeats’ Sailing to Byzantium, to Murray’s Once in a Lifetime
PRESENTED BY BRISBANE FESTIVAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH QPAC WHERE
7 September at 8pm Concert Hall
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Snow Conversations with Ghosts pays homage to some Snow, of the English language’s greatest wordsmiths, offering a unique and unforgettable evening of music and lyricism.
THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ASSISTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, ITS ARTS FUNDING AND ADVISORY BODY. SUPPORTED BY PHILIP BACON.
Spirit of the Lore Following on from 2012’s stand out production of Roger Bennet’s Up The Ladder Ladder, directed by Wesley Enoch and the sold out season of Jane Harrison’s Stolen in 2011 under the artistic direction of Leah Purcell, the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA) returns with the powerful new production Spirit of the Lore to examine the universal themes of initiation, isolation, leadership and survival. In this dramatic world premiere production, Spirit of the Lore explores the importance of initiation within community, the ensuing responsibilities and the danger of youth left to their own devices without the guidance of elders.
Spirit of the Lore is a creative collaboration between the staff and students of ACPA and the inspired design of Jacqui Schofield, who has designed for theatre and film and is currently completing a Bachelor of Dramatic Art in Design at the The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). Co-presented by QPAC in association with Brisbane Festival, Spirit of the Lore is a vibrant mix of Indigenous theatre, song and dance.
PRESENTED BY QPAC AND THE ABORIGINAL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH BRISBANE FESTIVAL WHERE
11 to 19 September Cremorne Theatre
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Ute Lemper AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Cabaret legend and star of stage and screen, Ute Lemper returns with an electrifying performance featuring the love poems of Pablo Neruda.
‘...you will be enraptured.’
Famed for her interpretations of Kurt Weill, Marlene Dietrich, Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel and Stephen Sondheim, Ute Lemper introduces audiences to Nobel Prize winning Neruda who wrote sensual poems on the Chilean Isla Negra after years in exile.
‘...she prowls the stage, sits or stretches on a stool, sidles up to her band members, sits back-to-back with her pianist...’
Ute Lemper will also perform a selection of her best loved songs from Berlin to Broadway. PRESENTED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH MAGGIE GERRAND MUSIC BY UTE LEMPER WITH MARCELO NISINMAN CREATED AND PRODUCED BY UTE LEMPER
PRESENTED BY BRISBANE FESTIVAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH QPAC WHERE
13 September at 8pm Concert Hall
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Brisbane Sings In 2013 Brisbane Sings is back – bigger and better than before. Experience the power of 500 massed voices singing some of the world’s most recognised tunes including Hallelujah Chorus, Bohemian Rhapsody Rhapsody, music from the Wizard of Oz and Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Misérables. Explore the worlds of jazz, pop, gospel and opera with some of Brisbane’s premier choral organisations including
Queensland Show Choir (Vox Populus, Voiceworks, Stella Voce, Poco Voci), QPAC Choir, St Edmunds College, St Mary’s College, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Queensland University Musical Society, All Saints Parish Primary School, Queensland Academy of Creative Industries, Brookfield Community Choir, Mount Alvernia College, Cannon Hill Anglican College and Mansfield State High School.
PRESENTED BY QUEENSLAND SHOW CHOIR, QPAC AND BRISBANE FESTIVAL WHERE
21 September at 7pm Concert Hall
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) SHORT. FUNNY. JUST THE BEST BITS. In a world where we constantly lament that we are ‘timepoor’, who has the time or indeed the stamina to endure the daunting length of the Immortal Bard’s canon?
splitting roller coaster ride involving pop culture, audience participation and probably the fastest, funniest ‘Hamlet’ you’re ever likely to see.
So, join us as we present a bold, speedy, irreverent romp through all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays. Without the language barriers or the period hurdles, this piece aims to out-Python Monty!
With each show having an element of spontaneity, not even the actors know what to expect!
Three brave actors brazenly blend the best of the brilliant Bard with the scrapings from the bottom of the absurdity barrel in this farcical feast of inspired lunacy. A side-
‘Pithier than Python. Irresistible.’
PRESENTED BY QPAC IN ASSOCIATION WITH BRISBANE FESTIVAL A STATE THEATRE COMPANY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA PRODUCTION WHERE
21 September to 6 October Cremorne Theatre
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The Rite of Spring / Petrushka AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE One hundred years after Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring caused a near riot in Paris, Brisbane Festival presents a double bill of Stravinsky’s finest works. Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre Artistic Director Michael Keegan-Dolan re-imagines his 2009 Olivier-nominated version and brings to life a new interpretation of Petrushka. Performed by exquisite dancers, both pieces create an intoxicating night of dance theatre that honours the searing modernity of Stravinsky’s music. A special arrangement devised by Stravinsky will be tactically played by two pianists on one grand piano, making for a very powerful evening.
THE RITE OF SPRING SPRING//PETRUSHKA /PETRUSHKA IS A FABULOUS BEAST DANCE THEATRE PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH SADLER’S WELLS, LONDON, IN A CO-PRODUCTION WITH MOVIMENTOS FESTWOCHEN DER AUTOSTADT IN WOLFSBURG, BRISBANE FESTIVAL, GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL AND MELBOURNE FESTIVAL. FUNDED BY CULTURE IRELAND.THE RITE OF SPRING WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED AS A CO-PRODUCTION BETWEEN ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA AND FABULOUS BEAST DANCE THEATRE.
PRESENTED BY BRISBANE FESTIVAL WHERE
25 to 29 September Playhouse
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The Seed Project
You know that rare moment when you stumble across an incredible unearthed band? Well, now you can relive that moment each week! Each Friday night The Seed Project offers free live original music from the very best of our local independent bands before they’ve hit the mainstream airwaves. From funk and pop rap, heavy metal and alt rock, to folk and hip-hop you’ll leave each Friday night as a new fan, in love with a new music genre and simply having had a great evening out. Musicians are drawn from the immense talent within The Con’s Bachelor of Popular Music which has launched the careers of graduates hailing from The Delta Riggs, The John Steele Singers, Nine Sons of Dan, and Wolfmother. QPAC’s Melbourne Street Green is the perfect venue to experience this weekly ‘mini festival’ come alive through the warmth of wood fires, hot and cold beverages, delish comfort food options and smiling faces.
PHOTOGRAPHER NATALIE BROCKETT PICTURED TIMBER BONES
So, don your scarf, bring your friends and an open mind as you wind down your working week and warm up for the night ahead!
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9 August to 11 October Melbourne Street Green FREE
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Green Jam
Swing on by every Friday from 5–8pm for Green Jam Sessions; a free evening of smooth jazz, chilled beverages and great company held at QPAC’s Melbourne Street Green. Unwind to the tunes played by many talented musicians as they showcase their impressive skills with a repertoire of jazz standards, contemporary grooves and laid back funk. Green Jam Sessions, presented by QPAC and supported by Major Partner Heritage Bank, is the perfect way to wrap up the working week and start the weekend wind down with colleagues, friends and family.
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18 October to 20 December Melbourne Street Green FREE
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Tequila Mockingbird
The creative powerhouse behind the smash hit, sell out productions Animal Farm and 1984, return in 2013 with a new Australian play. Directed by Michael Futcher and featuring a cast of some of Queensland’s finest actors, Tequila Mockingbird visits themes of racial prejudice, the perversion of justice and the consequences of alcohol abuse, all in a uniquely Australian context. After a woman is attacked in a remote Australian town, the racist underbelly rears its head as the community targets a young Indian doctor who has recently relocated to the area. Only one local man possesses the strength to uncover the truth and defend the accused in the ultimate fight for what’s right but first, he must take care of other matters, a little closer to home. Don’t miss this bold, brave new work examining a darker side of Australian culture lurking just below the surface.
PRESENTED BY SHAKE & STIR THEATRE CO AND QPAC WHERE
21 August to 7 September Cremorne Theatre
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PICTURED ROBERT COLEBY. PHOTOGRAPHER: ELOUISE VAN RIET-GRAY
Other Desert Cities Christmas in sun-drenched Palm Springs; a desert tomb, populated by shriveled mummies with tans. The Wyeth children are home for the holidays and conversation doesn’t flow easily; politics isn’t fit for table talk in a family as fractious as this. Neither is the war in the Middle East, nor the shadow of terrorism. But there’s one thing everyone wants to chime in on; troubled daughter Brooke has just finished her magnum opus, a tell-all memoir exposing a pivotal, tragic, ferociously guarded family secret. As a quiet Christmas dissolves into feuding, there’s more than one meltdown brewing in the searing desert heat.
‘Other Desert Cities is a winner… funny and fierce, invigorating and intelligent.’ DAILY NEWS
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PRESENTED BY QUEENSLAND THEATRE COMPANY AND BLACK SWAN STATE THEATRE COMPANY WHERE
10 August to 1 September Playhouse
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L-R: JASON KLARWEIN, KELLIE LAZARUS, TAMA MATHESON. PHOTOGRAPHER: ELOUISE VAN RIET-GRAY
Design for Living Gilda loves Otto, and it’s entirely mutual. But Gilda is fond of Leo as well. Leo adores Gilda – but Leo and Otto have a bit of history, too. So who will pair off, and who’ll be left out in the cold? Well, why should they have to? Anything goes, it seems, when you’re an artistic type slumming it in a garret in 1930s Paris. Noel Coward’s subtle comedy Design For Living was scandalously risqué when it was written, painting a vibrant picture of the machinations of a muddled ménage-à-trois.
Are this trio footloose bohemians, or despicable, amoral degenerates? Well their mutual friend, strait laced and stuffy art dealer Ernest, has a pretty strong opinion on what’s decent. What’s that all-too-common comment on relationships “It’s complicated?” This one just happens to be rather more complicated than most.
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When Time Stops
It’s about one moment... From award-winning Australian choreographer Natalie Weir (where where the heart is, R&J R&J) comes When Time Stops – an ethereal voyage of life-changing moments.
The moment a single decision hurtles you into unknown territory... The moment the water rises... The moment you choose to stay or go... The moment that stops time...
This anticipated new signature work from Expressions Dance Company opens the floodgates on those achingly personal yet intensely dramatic life-defining events: new life, loss, love and longing. How we deal with these moments determines who we are, who we become, and what we hold dear. Do we sink or swim? Featuring eight dancers, When Time Stops is EDC’s most ambitious work to date, with design by Bill Haycock, lighting by David Walters, and original composition by multi award-winning Australian composer Iain Grandage performed live by Queensland chamber orchestra, the Camerata of St John’s.
‘Natalie Weir continues to unfold and reveal the full emotional landscape of the human heart.’ THE AUSTRALIAN
PRESENTED BY EXPRESSIONS DANCE COMPANY AND QPAC IN ASSOCIATION WITH BRISBANE FESTIVAL WHERE
6 to 14 September Playhouse
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A Festival of Russian Ballet
Returning to Australia in 2013, The Imperial Russian Ballet Company’s A Festival of Russian Ballet features a diverse and stunning program in three awe-inspiring acts. Act One highlights The Nutcracker featuring Tchaikovsky’s music, one of the most recognisable music scores ever written. Regarded by many as one of the world’s music
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16 to 17 October Concert Hall
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masterpieces, the striking and dramatic ballet Bolero features in Act Two. Highlights from the world’s great ballets including Giselle, Carmen, The Dying Swan and Le Corsaire finish a stunning three act performance.
Ashgrove Dance School
CSTD Dance Extravaganza
ENCORE!
Ashgrove Dance Studio, under the direction of Wendy and Judy Lowe, celebrates its 40th (Ruby) anniversary this year with ENCORE! – a jubilee dance performance featuring students both past and present. This annual presentation will comprise a varied program of classical ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop and contemporary dance. More than 200 dancers will feature highlights from each of the school’s four decades as well as some new works specially choreographed for 2013. The opening of the program will feature male and female senior dancers as well as junior students. After interval, there will be plenty of glamour, glitz and great dancing in the spectacular second half. 40 FABULOUS YEARS OF DANCE!
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Dance Extravaganza 2013 features a cast of 600 talented dance students from South East and regional Queensland. Students will participate in a wide range of dance genres with amazing costumes, fabulous choreography and great flair. The dancers range in age from five years to late teens, with many dancers about to embark on professional careers both in Australia and overseas. The Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dancing is held in high regard in dance circles throughout the world…creating dance for the 21st century. Enjoy a great night of dance with amazing energy, colourful costumes and highly motivated youth.
PRESENTED BY THE COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY OF TEACHERS OF DANCING WHERE
25 October at 7pm Concert Hall
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The Cat In the Hat BASED ON THE BOOK BY DR. SEUSS With mischievous humour and madcap style, THE CAT IN THE HAT introduces his new friends to a crazy afternoon. Based on the all-time favourite book by Dr. Seuss, THE CAT IN THE HAT is now a magically witty play originally produced by the National Theatre of Great Britain producer of the theatrical masterpiece War Horse. Wonderfully anarchic and with its unique combination of hilarious stories and riotous rhymes, this production
of THE CAT IN THE HAT promises to delight and transport audiences young and old into a world they’ve always imagined.
BASED ON THE BOOK BY DR SEUSS PLAY ORIGINALLY PRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN
PRESENTED BY QPAC, AKA AND GGA WHERE
1 to 5 October Playhouse
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SUITABLE FOR DURATION
3 – 7 YEARS (Babes in arms - under 12 months) Approx. 40 minutes
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Anh Do THE HAPPIEST REFUGEE LIVE Due to popular demand, Anh returns to Brisbane with his hit show Anh Do – The Happiest Refugee Live!
‘Hilarious.’
Anh Do’s bestselling book The Happiest Refugee has made readers laugh and cry, and was described by Russell Crowe as, ‘the most surprising and inspiring read I have had in years.’ Anh’s new stage show takes it a step further, combining stand-up comedy with real life stories, photos and filmed pieces to retell his amazing story.
‘I laughed, I cried…such an inspiring book.’
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
DAVID KOCH, SUNRISE
When one of Australia’s most talented comedians delves deep into his own life’s joys and sorrows, the result is an unforgettable night at the theatre that leaves an audience uplifted and quite simply experiencing... happiness.
PRESENTED BY A-LIST ENTERTAINMENT WHERE
1 November at 8pm Concert Hall
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OTELLO AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Johannes Fritzsch, Chief Conductor of Queensland Symphony Orchestra, makes his long-awaited Opera Queensland theatre debut in the Australian Premiere of a bold new interpretation of Otello, evoking the environment and psychological pressure of a contemporary war zone. Simon Phillips, Australia’s foremost director of Shakespeare, leads this special Verdi Bicentenary production – the powerful tale of a military hero undone by manipulation, betrayal and obsessive jealousy. From its first explosive moments, describing the terror of a storm at sea, to the three gentle kisses bestowed upon Desdemona’s cold lips by a dying Otello, Verdi’s magnificent score is one of the great pinnacles of the opera repertoire. Leading a superb cast are the exquisite Cheryl Barker as Desdemona, Douglas McNicol as the scheming Iago and celebrated American tenor Frank Porretta in the title role; while the Opera Queensland Chorus will revel in the grandeur and scale of the work’s monumental choruses.
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‘A tri-national collaboration has resulted in a superlative staging of Verdi’s Otello.’ IOL TONIGHT, CAPE TOWN
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24 October to 2 November Lyric Theatre
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BRASSFEST CELEBRATING AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER BRASS BANDS Blasting into QPAC at a magnitude not before dreamed possible by Australia’s community banding scene, BRASSFEST will generate a kaleidoscope of colour and an exhilarating spectrum of sound across two jam packed days.
See some of Australia’s finest brass bands including the National and Australasian Champion, the Brisbane Excelsior Band and all the top bands from Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania.
Featuring Australia’s top brass bands and soloists in performance and competition, BRASSFEST will provide hours of themed entertainment at QPAC, including in the magnificent Concert Hall.
In its first year presented at QPAC, this event should not be missed by any lovers of brass.
PRESENTED BY QPAC IN ASSOCIATION WITH YAMAHA AUSTRALIA AND THE FEDERATION OF AUSTRALASIAN BRASS BANDS (FABB) WHERE
5 to 6 October Concert Hall
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Cyndi Lauper Iconic singer Cyndi Lauper returns to Australia to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of her groundbreaking album with a nationwide tour. For thirty years, Cyndi Lauper has been dazzling and surprising her fans all over the world. A multi-talented artist and one of music’s most beloved icons, Lauper has racked up global record sales of over 50 million, received 14 Grammy nominations and has won other countless awards.
Don’t miss out on this special performance which features Lauper’s most well-known songs and perennial radio favorites including Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Time After Time, She Bop, Money Changes Everything and All Through the Night.
PRESENTED BY LENNARD PROMOTIONS AND 4KQ WHERE
11 to 12 September Concert Hall
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In The Mood
Harrison Craig
DIRECT FROM AMERICA
MORE THAN A DREAM TOUR
To the delight of Hepcats, Lindy Hoppers and lovers of swing jazz, the brassy, all singing-all dancing-all American 1940s musical revue returns to Australia in celebration of its 20th season.
Freshly crowned as ‘the voice of Australia,’ new superstar Harrison Craig will share his beautiful vocals and inspiring song selection with the entire nation. The More Than a Dream Tour will feature outstanding performances from Harrison’s massive success on The Voice.
In The Mood is much more than a concert and recreates defining moments with the hypnotic String of Pearls Big Band Orchestra, In The Mood Singers & Swing Dancers from New York, sizzling choreography, sassy costumes and an authentic score of over fifty unforgettable hits. Jive and boogie to Chattanooga Choo Choo, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (of Company B), In The Mood Mood, Tuxedo Junction, Sing, Sing, Sing, Well Get It and so much more.
Accompanied by a full band and spectacular stage production, Harrison will perform classics Unchained Melody I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You, You Melody, Raise Me Up and Broken Vow along with his own hits More Than a Dream and Unconditional. If you loved The Voice then you will adore Harrison Craig’s More Than a Dream Tour Tour.
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Queensland Pops Orchestra VIVA ITALIA! Viva Italia is again a completely different style of concert and will feature Anne-Maria La Spina and La Forza (including Greg Fennessy, Greg Moore and Paul Ross).
Italian and Neopolitan songs as well as those worldwide hits that have made the Popera culture currently one of the most attended concerts.
You will get a serving of great Italian music used in your favourite pizza and pasta ads, Italian Overtures, well known
This is one not to be missed.
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OUR TURN!
TaikOz in Crimson Sky
Join us for the final year musical theatre students’ showcase!
Australia’s world-acclaimed taiko drumming ensemble TaikOz returns to Brisbane to present a stunning new work.
Through blood, sweat, tears and a considerable amount of laughter, this talented group of young performers have worked incredibly hard over the past three years to develop their skills as musical theatre performers. OUR TURN! showcases these students through a delicious taste of the world’s most entertaining and often moving repertoire in vignettes of song, dance and scene.
Based on a haiku by Japanese poet Miura Yuzuru Toward The Crimson Sky Sky, this new work has been written by Artistic Director Ian Cleworth, evoking the poem’s sensual, dramatic and often playful imagery of a cloud of dragonflies ascending into a deep red sky.
This is a wonderful opportunity to share in the enthusiasm and excitement that has surrounded the musical theatre program at the Queensland Conservatorium. Catch a glimpse of Australia’s next musical theatre stars!
The thunderous drumming of the taiko is interwoven with the hypnotic melodies of the shakuhachi and shinobue bamboo flutes, voice and a rare performance on the bass koto, a traditional Japanese 17 stringed plucked instrument to be played by special guest artist Satsuki Odamura.
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22 to 26 October Cremorne Theatre
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24 October at 8pm Concert Hall
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Roy Orbison Reborn
Smokie
25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
LIVE IN CONCERT
Roy Orbison lives in the persona of Dean Bourne.
Australia quickly embraced the 1976 landmark ballad of unrequited love, Living Next Door to Alice, making Smokie one of the most popular bands in the world.
Dean received standing ovations on his sold out 2012/2013 national tour and he continues to mesmerise audiences with his unique ability to recreate the magic and great hits of Roy Orbison. Described as ‘The New Roy Orbison,’ Dean physically and vocally performs iconic hits Pretty Woman, Crying, Dream Baby Baby, Leah, Blue Bayou, Penny Arcade, Danny Boy and Only The Lonely much like the unforgettable man himself. An exciting must see two hour concert for anyone who wants to relive the sound, the voice and all of the magical hits of Roy Orbison.
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Including chart-topping hits Lay Back in the Arms of Someone and If You Think You Know How to Love Me with constant tours of the UK and Europe, Smokie’s success story has continued to flourish around the globe. Smokie’s sound is a combination of hook-laden songs and distinctive but unashamedly Stateside-influenced soft-rock harmonies. Their secret is their bittersweet vocal blend – a rasping, emotion-drenched lead set against melodic harmonies. With sold out tours and platinum records in four decades, don’t miss Smokie - live this November!
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15 November at 8pm Concert Hall
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Charley Pride
Here Comes the Night SONGS FROM THE VAN MORRISON SONG BOOK
Born to poor sharecroppers and one of eleven children in Mississippi, Charley Pride is a timeless everyman who is revered by his musical peers and adored by countless millions of fans around the globe. His golden baritone voice has transcended race and spanned the generations. After countless albums and international performances, Charley has not slowed down and proves his voice is as good, if not better than ever. Still touring to sell out crowds, Charley continues to please his audiences. Previous Australian and New Zealand concerts have sold out and this visit down under will be no exception, with thousands of fans waiting years for the Pride of Country Music Star to return.
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Soul/R&B legend Joe Camilleri and his special guests Vince Jones and Vika Bull take to the stage for one night only to celebrate the music of Van Morrison. Effortlessly combining soul, R&B, jazz and Celtic-rock ‘Van the Man’ has penned enduring classics such as Gloria, Moondance, Brown Eyed Girl Girl, Bright Side of the Road Days Like This, Have I Told You Lately Road, Lately, Baby Please Don’t Go and Here Comes the Night Night, earning him a place in both the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Joe Camilleri – singer, songwriter and the man behind the Black Sorrows – has achieved his own iconic status within the Australian music scene. The result of his decades-long love affair with Morrison’s remarkable repertoire, Camilleri leads the specially-formed Voodoo Sheiks Orchestra and the Silo Strings Quartet in a performance that that will have you singing from the rafters and dancing in the aisles. PRESENTED BY DENNIS SMITH AND BEATROOT WHEN
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20 November at 8pm Concert Hall
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22 November at 8pm Concert Hall
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Bjorn Again THE ULTIMATE ABBA EXPERIENCE
PEACE TRAIN: the Cat Stevens Story
Grab your friends, family and dancing shoes and prepare for world-class entertainment with the World’s Number 1 ABBA Show endorsed by the members of ABBA.
Cat Stevens. The name brings back a thousand memories – dark eyes, a winning voice and songs which the whole world sang along to.
Bjorn Again has been delighting audiences around the world for over 20 years, and has performed over 6000 shows in 100 countries.
Experience a night of music and story-telling which will strike a chord deep inside the heart of anyone who longs for something more.
The show features the most irresistible pop melodies performed in Bjorn Again’s unique way, featuring ABBA’s biggest hits SOS, Take a Chance On Me, Knowing Me Knowing You, Dancing Queen and many more!
From The First Cut is the Deepest Deepest, to Remember the Days of the Old School Yard Yard, and Peace Train, Darren Coggan authentically traces the path of a man who never stopped wondering about how to make the world a better place.
‘Fans had better make the most of Bjorn Again because that’s the closest they will get to seeing ABBA. ABBA will never reform!’
PEACE TRAIN: the Cat Stevens Story has had audiences on their feet, cheering for more at every stop.
Benny Andersson of ABBA, live on Capital Radio, London PRESENTED BY ZACCARIA CONCERTS AND TOURING
PRESENTED BY PHIL BATHOLS AND ANDREW MCKINNON PRESENTS
23 November at 8pm Concert Hall
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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Hear the unhearable, feel the unfeelable, touch the untouchable. Celebrating 125 years in 2013, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam makes its long awaited Australian debut in November. Conducted by one of the world’s most esteemed and respected musicians, Maestro Mariss Jansons, the RCO will perform two exceptional programs featuring great masterworks of the orchestral repertoire. Since its first concert in 1888, the Concertgebouw Orchestra has been special. Resident in the opulent Amsterdam Concertgebouw (Dutch for concert hall), the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra has cultivated a sound that combines velvety smoothness with the steely virtuosity of 120 of the world’s best musicians. The combination of individual brilliance harnessed to a collective ideal of excellence is what makes this orchestra extraordinary. It’s the mysterious electricity that passes between musicians and audience when 120 musicians are playing as one. QPAC invites you to experience what many believe is the greatest orchestra in the world in the acclaimed acoustic of the QPAC Concert Hall.
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‘The world’s greatest orchestra.’ GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE
Program 1 – Heroic Grammy award-winning pianist Yefim Bronfman^ has been celebrated for his formidable technique and emotional intelligence. He takes on Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, a varied and dynamic masterpiece which swings from stark drama to barbed wit by way of a celestial slow movement. Richard Strauss dedicated Ein Heldenleben ((AA Hero’s Life Life)) to the Concergebouw Orchestra in 1898, composing it to showcase every virtuoso player of this remarkable ensemble. This is a sonic spectacular of heroic proportions. Only performing in the Sunday 24 November concert
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Program 2 – Legendary Igor Stravinsky’s astonishing suite from The Firebird dazzles and soars, seduces and terrifies. Performed alongside the bustling and sparkling overture to The Taming of the Shrew by Dutch composer Johann Wagenaar and the magnificent Fifth Symphony of Tchaikovsky, with its brooding melancholy and bright-eyed joy, this concert will be a fitting conclusion to your experience of the legendary Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
‘Their sound is beyond belief.’ NEW YORK TIMES
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Program 2 Legendary 25 November at 7.30pm Concert Hall
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Southern Cross Soloists CELEBRATION The Southern Cross Soloists finish their season on a high note with the brilliance and refined musicality of cellist Li-Wei Qin. An exclusive Universal Music artist, Li-Wei Qin is well known for his artistry and sincerity of interpretation, and this sumptuous concert will explore the beauty and versatility of his cello.
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The program flows from the fiery Italian repertoire of Paganini, Vivaldi and Rossini to the lush sounds of Sibelius, Grieg and AndrÊ Previn’s exquisite Vocalise, and ends with the joyous fun of Matthew Hindson. This will truly be a celebration to remember.
The Tallis Scholars Celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2013, The Tallis Scholars are the world’s leading exponents of Renaissance sacred music. Under Director Peter Phillips, The Tallis Scholars achieve the vocal purity and clarity suited to Renaissance repertoire, allowing every detail of the musical lines to be heard. It is the resulting beauty of sound for which The Tallis Scholars have become so widely renowned.
This special anniversary program features some of the most significant works with which The Tallis Scholars have become associated over the last 40 years, including the exquisite Allegri Miserere.
‘…as near extraterrestrial as you can get sitting in a concert hall…’ THE OBSERVER
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QSO with Gillham & Aadland
QSO with Perianes & Aadland
A long awaited return to QSO for Gillham – Grieg’s most popular work and symphonic marvel.
Dancing marionettes, a rising star and panoramic vision.
Young Queenslander Jayson Gillham is making waves on the international music scene. After winning the UK’s Commonwealth Musician of the Year Gold Medal at the Royal Over-Seas League’s Annual Competition, he follows in the footsteps of piano giants Geoffrey Parsons, John Lill, Melvyn Tan and Piers Lane.
Spanish pianist Javier Perianes is a rising international star and adored in his homeland. Hear how his startling imagination and vibrant drive breathes life and passion into Brahms’ Piano Concerto No.1, a work of panoramic vision. Brahms composed the maestoso opening not long after his close friend Schumann’s suicide attempt while the second movement is a tribute to Clara Schumann.
As soloist for Grieg’s Piano Concerto of swirling dramatic pianism and the Norwegian composer’s most popular work, Gillham returns as a fully professional pianist with the QSO under the inspiring direction of Eivind Aadland. Mozart’s Symphony No.39 is considered to be an orchestral marvel of sublime beauty.
Diaghilev commissioned Petrushka as symphonic music for a ballet about three dancing marionettes. Stravinsky’s ravishing score in this milieu was considered to be a ground-breaking masterpiece.
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6 September at 11am Concert Hall
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14 September at 8pm Concert Hall
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QSO Musical Swoons and Lollipops
QSO with Astanova & Schwarz
Zuccarini and a golden era of sensational tunes.
Jazzy classics and Daphnis et Chloe.
Enjoy a selection of glittering orchestral jewels conducted by Marco Zuccarini renowned for his brilliant shaping, ensemble precision and responsive direction of soloists.
Lola Astanova’s emotionally charged and theatrical style harks back to phenomenal nineteenth century recitalists like Franz Liszt and Clara Schumann. Yet, Astanova also exploits contemporary social media to engage new audiences in spellbinding accounts of Chopin, Schumann, Schubert and Brahms.
One of the surprises in this concert will be the performance of the second movement of Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto essayed by the youthful and startling talent of Glenn Christensen. Travel back in time to music’s golden era and the glorious, distinctive sound worlds of Thomas and Busoni.
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Gershwin’s symphonic jazzy classics An American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue are tipped to be sensational. Ravel’s gorgeous Daphnis et Chloe suites were composed in 1909 after Diaghilev commissioned him to write a ballet score. Enjoy Ravel at his most compelling and inventive in these sumptuous suites.
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29 September at 11.30am Concert Hall
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University of Queensland School of Music
ACO Brahms 4 & Steven Isserlis
CHORAL FANTASIA The extraordinary power of voice is presented by Queensland’s future choral stars in this concert featuring the UQ Choral, with the UQ Symphony Orchestra and the UQ Wind Ensemble.
The Fourth is Brahms’ final powerful symphonic statement. Here, Brahms takes flight, as he melds the soaring sounds of Romanticism to classical structure in a constantly evolving drama.
Experience Anton Bruckner’s reverential Mass No.2 in E minor, Elgar’s Cockaigne Overture, and Beethoven’s intriguing Choral Fantasy in an exceptional display of massed voice.
Brahms premiered the symphony with a small orchestra of forty-eight musicians, which he declined to augment. The Australian Chamber Orchestra follows his lead and performs with wind instruments from Brahms’ time.
Under the baton of conductor Warwick Potter and direction of choral conductor Graeme Morton AM, this is an opportunity to be inspired by our creative youth.
Steven Isserlis is one of the ACO’s favourite collaborators – the epitome of the intelligent and passionate cellist. There could be no better soloist for Dvoˇrák’s ardent and much-loved concerto.
PRESENTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND IN ASSOCIATION WITH QPAC
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27 October at 2pm Concert Hall
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28 October at 8pm Concert Hall
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QSO with Osborne & Fritzsch QSO performs a program of appealing variations, dazzling pianism and Beethoven’s irresistible symphony. Included is one of Britten’s most frequently performed pieces, Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, a beguiling exploration of all of the orchestra’s instruments through a set of variations on a catchy theme by Purcell. Also part of the program is Britten’s Piano Concerto No.1 which revels in the piano’s versatility – the colours,
percussive qualities and potential for dazzling passagework. Stylistically, its brooding, ironic character resonates with Britten’s opera Peter Grimes. Scottish pianist Steven Osborne’s insightful interpretation is said to be, ‘packed to the roof with fun, wit, fireworks and dazzling pianism.’ Beethoven has the final word with the composer’s intense and irresistible Fifth Symphony.
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1 November at 8pm Concert Hall
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QYO 2013 Finale Concert
Musica Viva: Academy of Ancient Music & Sara Macliver
A spectacular highlight of the Brisbane concert calendar, the QYO Finale Concert is a ‘best of 2013’ presentation by each orchestra and ensemble in Queensland’s world class youth orchestra.
The Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) is one of the world’s great period-instrument bands. To celebrate 40 years of performances that have touched hearts and inspired minds around the globe, Musica Viva brings the AAM to Australia for a series of vibrant performances with soprano Sara Macliver.
470 musicians aged nine to 25 perform in seven orchestras and ensembles – three symphony orchestras, two wind orchestras, a string orchestra and a big band. With a varied repertoire, the program represents the culmination of a year of rehearsals, sectional tutorials, music camps, tours and concerts. The QYO 2013 Finale Concert is a great event for music lovers of all ages with its music variety, high quality and wonderful enthusiasm.
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The enchanting melodies of Handel and Purcell take centre stage, brought to life by the silvery beauty of Sara’s effortless voice and immaculate coloratura. London-based AAM are world leaders in this repertoire, exploring the golden age of English composition with passion, skill and joyous enthusiasm. This is music performed as the composers anticipated: open-hearted, energised, by turns triumphant and despairing.
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QSO Musical Zoo
QSO Last Night of the Proms
Prokofiev and Saint-Saëns, animal escapades and symphonic birds and beasties.
An orchestral party, a homecoming, British favourites and tongue-in-cheek fun.
Composers like conjuring birds and beasts in their music. Be amazed by the depictions of fish, wolves, bees and revealing spider suppers, aquariums and ballet dancing chicks in this light-hearted realm of animal inspired music.
Last Night of the Proms is based on the final concert of London’s BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall. These days, the Prom concerts have become just as much a staple of Queensland tradition, but with a delightfully Aussie tonguein-cheek twist.
QSO’s Musical Zoo vividly captures birdcalls of the nightingale and cuckoo with Respighi’s The Birds, and musical gestures of the deep grumbling drone of a bear in Haydn’s Symphony No.2 The Bear Bear.
Light-hearted and fun, our persuasive, impassioned Italian Maestro Giovanni Reggioli leads the QSO and the Brisbane Chorale in a joyful celebration of Verdi and Wagner’s 200th anniversaries with the internationally renowned, Britishbased baritone David Wakeham returning home as soloist. Come dressed in red, white and blue and enjoy this flagwaving, musical fun.
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16 November at 7pm Concert Hall
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QSO with Chindamo & Fritzsch Classical escapism with Mozart and Beethoven. Joe Chindamo is an astonishing jazz player and his formidable classical technique will be put into play through Mozart and Beethoven classics. Mozart’s sublime Piano Concerto No.27 with Chindamo powering the keys is bound to result in a refreshing performance with a hint of contemporary sparkle.
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Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony is a groundbreaking masterpiece. Powerful, adventurous and probing, this enigmatic work is one of the most cherished symphonies in musical history with its manifesto of revolution, salvation and heroism. Glorious melodies, ingenious orchestration and spiked with drama, Beethoven concludes this musical retreat into Mozart and Beethoven fuelled escapism.
QSO with Chen & Fritzsch Chen’s charismatic violin and uplifting waltzes. Ray Chen captivates audiences with his youthful, charismatic and authoritative performances and his fondness for sharing a joke with the audience. Chen’s formidable technique and heart-rending musicality will soar
in Tchaikovsky’s timeless Violin Concerto. Two extraordinary masterpieces by Richard Strauss complete the program. One English writer described the tone poem Tod und Verklärung as, ‘too spectacular, too brilliantly lit, too full of pageantry.’
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30 November at 8pm Concert Hall
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PHOTOGRAPHER MICHAEL ANDREW DARE
Tools of the Trade Tools of the Trade explores the world of ballet costume from the many shapes and styles of the tutu to the indispensable pointe shoe. Featuring costumes from the QPAC Museum collection and on loan from Queensland Ballet and The Australian Ballet, Tools of the Trade will take you on an enchanting journey through the styles and traditions of ballet costumes. The origins of ballet began in the court spectacles of Italy and France during the Renaissance and Baroque. Here, the elaborate and fanciful versions of floor-length fashionable dresses worn by the female dancers may have looked spectacular, but restricted movement.
The rise of Romanticism in the 19th century was soon reflected in the ballerina’s costumes. Marie Taglioni’s costume for La Sylphide in 1832 combined a tight fitted bodice with a layered gauze skirt revealing stiffened pointe shoes. A new style was set. As dancers became more skilled, and the audience more attentive, the tutu developed its many different variations during the century, influencing the costume of today. Today’s ballerina wears many different costumes, but the tutu, in either the stiff short frill of net or the softer romantic style, has endured a lasting place in the ballet tradition.
In the late 18th century Marie Camargo shortened her skirt to reveal her ankles and feet. A scandal resulted and a revolution began. PRESENTED BY QPAC WHEN WHERE TICKETS
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Until 12 October (10am-4pm, Tuesday to Saturday) Tony Gould Gallery FREE
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