June 3rd, 2022Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Presents
A double dose of Dvořák and the ferociously brilliant Feld flute concerto, with the legendary Prudence Davis on flute.
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra is delighted to present the next performance in its 2022 Concert Series: Rhapsodic Bohemians.
Passionate, melodic, filled with drama and pathos: the music of Czech composers is always enthralling listening. No Czech composer is more famous than Dvořák, and for these concerts, we feature his miniature for cello and orchestra, Silent Woods, and an opulent orchestral arrangement of his second String Quintet.
In between, one of the most exciting works of the flute concerto repertoire and one of Australia’s most exciting flautists. Jindřich Feld’s concerto was recognised as a masterpiece from its first performance and remains the composer’s most-played work.
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra is joined by legendary MSO Principal Flute Prudence Davis for this special concerto event, alongside Australian-born violinist Alexandra Osborne. Alexandra has carved out an impressive career on both sides of the Pacific, since winning the String category of the Symphony Australia Young Performer Awards in 1999. She returns to Australia from the US to guest-direct this performance for MCO.
DATES + VENUES.
MELBOURNE Thu 16 June 7:30pm Melbourne Recital Centre
ONLINE Fri 17 June 7:00pm* Australian Digital Concert Hall
MT ELIZA Sat 18 June 7.30pm The Village Church, Mt Eliza
MELBOURNE Sun 19 June 2:30pm Melbourne Recital Centre
*ADCH event is a delay stream of performance at Melbourne Recital Centre
PROGRAM.
Antonín DVOŘÁK
From the Bohemian Forest Op.68,
No.5: Silent Woods
Jindřich FELD
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Antonín DVOŘÁK
String Quintet No.2 in G, Op.77 –
arr. string orchestra
ARTISTS
Prudence Davis FLUTE Alexandra Osborne DIRECTOR
BOOKINGS + PRICES.
Melbourne Recital Centre Box Office (03) 9699 3333 melbournerecital.com.au
Tickets $30–$143; under-40s $40, concessions available
Australian Digital Concert Hall
Tickets $24
The Village Church – Mt Eliza
Tickets from $55
CONTACT.
Emma Calverley emma.calverley@mco.org.au or 0417 145 818 for media enquiries
KEY MUSICIANS.
| Prudence Davis has held the position of Principal Flute with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra since 1980. Growing up in Melbourne, Prue studied flute at the Victorian College of the Arts with Peter Edge and later in Switzerland with Aurele Nicolet. She has performed with the Australia Ensemble, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and is also a founding member of the Australian Chamber Soloists and the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra (formerly Australia Pro Arte). She tours regularly for Musica Viva and in 1989 toured Australia with the visiting Reger Trio from West Germany. She has appeared as a soloist in North and South America, Paris, Bonn, The Hague, Brussels, Berlin and Kuala Lumpur as well as on many occasions with the MSO. In January 1993 she undertook a solo tour of Japan where she performed with the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa and gave chamber music concerts and masterclasses. Alexandra Osborne enjoys an exciting and versatile career as an orchestral and chamber musician, solo artist, and educator. She was appointed to The National Symphony Orchestra by Christoph Eschenbach as the youngest member of the violin section in 2009, and most recently was the Acting Assistant Concertmaster. Prior to this, she performed regularly with The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Pittsburgh Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and the New York Philharmonic. A chamber music lover, Ms. Osborne has appeared at the Taos, Pan Pacific, Kneisel Hall, Sarasota, Colorado and Bravo! Big Sky Music Festivals, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, the Fortas Chamber Music Series and was a featured artist in Symphony Magazine. She has been Principal Violinist of the 21st Century Consort (contemporary ensemble in residence at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC), Chiarina Chamber Players, and the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra. Recent highlights include her debut album of world premiere Nico Muhly and Philip Glass works out now on ABC Classic, tours across Australia and the USA with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, founding board member and violinist of Jackson Hole Chamber Music, guest directing The Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, a recording project/residency at UKARIA Cultural Centre, a concert on the “King Louis XIV” Amati at the Smithsonian American History Museum, touring with The Omega Ensemble, Guest Concertmaster with the Auckland Philharmonia, concerts with the Australian World Orchestra and the Australian Piano Quartet, the Dvorak Piano Quintet with Maestro Eschenbach, the Fortas Chamber Music Series, and concerts at the Lucerne, Bonn, Grafenegg and Rostropovich Festivals, and the BBC Proms. |
