All funds will be used to support ongoing visits to Vietnam by Dr Peter Scougalland colleagues from the Hand Surgery Unit of Sydney Hospital.During the visits they conduct a series of workshops to teach the intricacies of hand surgery to local surgeons
Louise Johnson Janet Webb
Janet Webb
Janet began her musical career as Principal Flute in the Singapore Symphony in 1980. From 1985-2017 she was Principal Flute of the Sydney Symphony.
She is in demand as a soloist and chamber musician, a highlight playing a double concerto with Sir James Galway.
Janet performs regularly as guest principal in major orchestras including the ACO, AOBO, Queensland, Adelaide, Tasmanian, Canberra Symphonies and Sadlers Wells Ballet.
Janet is also in great demand as a mentor and teacher.
She is both President of the Roseville Music Club and the NSW Flute Society.
Louise Johnson
Louise’s professional career began at age 15. Before joining the Sydney Symphony as Principal Harp in 1985, she performed round the globe in solo and chamber music concerts, was Principal Harp of the Queensland Symphony and Guest Principal Harp of the London Symphony and all the major Australian and New Zealand Orchestras.
She has recorded for film and television in the major studios including Abbey Rd and performed with musicians from James Galway to Cher.
Leaving SSO in 2019 Louise has established Sydney Harp School and Harp Holiday, is Patron of the Harp Society of NSW, Director of Music for Roseville Music Club and continues to teach at the Sydney Conservatorium and ANU.
Nathaniel Kong
Nathaniel is a pianist, performer and teacher based in Sydney.
He was an award winner at the Australian Concerto & Vocal Competition in Townsville performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2.
Performances have been with Operantics, Operabites, Sydney Fringe Festival, Canberra Enlighten Festival, Cantorion Sydney Choir and the Mosman Symphony Chorus and Orchestra. He is a recording artist at Underwood Studio, and premiered the works of Australian composer Peter Stannard.
He studied under Gerard Willems at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and with Zsuzsanna Giczy at the Australian Institute of Music. He is working on a solo album arranging spiritual classics with influences from jazz and improvisation. Besides piano, he was head cellist of the UNSW orchestra and plays the pipe organ regularly
PROGRAM
Harp and Flute
Histoire du Tango Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Café 1930
Bordel 1900
Flute and Harp Concerto in C W A Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Andantino
Chanson de Mai Alphonse Hasselmans
(1845 – 1912)
Haru no Umi Michio Miyagi (1894 – 1956)
Fantasie Brilliante on Themes Bizet’s Carmen
arr: François Borne (1840 – 1920)
INTERVAL
Piano
Evocations Peter Stannard
A Blue Mountains Suite for Piano
- Valley of the Waters
- The Rainforest
- Patrol of the Mountain Devils
- Lyrebird Dell
- The Ruined Castle
Widmung No.1 Schumann/Liszt
Prelude No. 4 D major, Rachmaninoff
Prelude No. 5 G minor
Concert Paraphrase on Verdi’s Rigoletto Liszt
Rhapsody in Blue Gershwin