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Listen back to the 3BBR-FM Concert Hall presenting the recent West Gippsland Symphony Orchestra concert under the direction of David Williams OAM. 

• MOZART – Divertimento No.1 in Eb Major, K113
• HAYDN – Symphony No.101 in D major “The Clock”
• BEETHOVEN – Symphony No.4 in Bb major, Op.60

This performance was recorded on the 7th July 2024 at the West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul by 3BBR.

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Members of the renowned Melbourne-based Genesis Baroque presented a concert of four Paris Quartets  by the master of the German baroque Georg Philipp Telemann, at a recent Wesley of Warragul Concert. 

Warragul has had to wait 280 years to hear a live performance of four of these Quartets composed in the 1730’s. 

Telemann travelled to Paris in 1737 where he received high praise and honour, which inspired him to write a second volume of 6 quartets, so 12 quartets in all.  The Quartets are written for transverse flute, baroque violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord, and were immediately recognized as outstanding chamber music. 

3BBR-FM was there to record this sublime performance which was broadcast in the 3BBR FM Concert Hall from 2:00pm on Sunday 7th July 2024. 

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Listen back to this piano recital by the remarkably versatile and exciting young pianist, Joshua Hooke, heard in the 3BBR FM Concert Hall on Sunday June 16 at 2:00pm.

Originally from regional Victoria, Josh completed his PhD in Music Performance at Melbourne University and has studied in Vienna with the late Paul Badura-Skoda and in London with Imogen Cooper.  Josh has many awards to his name from Australian and International institutions. He’s a regular performer both at home and in Europe.  He recently completed a Victorian Regional tour which included this recent recital at Wesley of Warragul recorded by 3BBR FM on 26 May 2024.

• Federico MOMPOU – Paisajes (Landscapes)
• Robert SCHUMANN – Carnaval, Op. 9
• Claude DEBUSSY – Pièce pour le Vêtement du blessé (Piece for the clothing of the wounded)
• Claude DEBUSSY – Préludes Book 1
  • II. Voiles
  • X. La cathédrale engloutie
  • XI. La danse de Puck
• Igor STRAVINSKY – Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka (Three movements from Petrushka)

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Listen back to the first recital by the newly-formed CANE Ensemble; Eliza Shephard – flute, Niels Bijl – saxophone and Adam McMillan – piano, broadcast on Sunday June 9 in the 3BBR-FM Concert Hall which continues to bring you recordings made by 3BBR-FM of the finest concerts performed in our region. This performance is no exception with this amazing concert from the Yarragon Studio 2024 Concert Season, featuring world premiere compositions by six young Australian composers.

• Kym Alexandra Dillon – Scherzo (Leucopogon parviflorus)
• Christopher Healey – Mise-en-Scène
• Andrew Howes – The Aching Bones
• Katy Abbott – Making Angels
• Luke Severn – And Other Lines; 1.Little Birds of the Night
• Catherine Likhuta – Me Disagrees

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Listen back to a recent concert with Brian Chapman (piano), Susan Pierotti (violin) and Zoe Knighton (cello) recorded at Wesley of Warragul by 3BBR, broadcast on Sunday 19th May in the 3BBR Concert Hall.

Schubert:

• Sonatina in G minor for Violin and Piano, D.408 (Op.137 No.3)
• “Arpeggione” Sonata in A minor, D.821
• Trio in E flat major for Piano, Violin and Cello, D.929 (Op.100)

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Listen back to the recent West Gippsland Symphony Orchestra concert in the 3BBR-FM Concert Hall broadcast on Sunday 12 May 2024.

To coincide with Mother’s Day, the program featured ‘Women in Song’ with guest sopranos Iris Zavou and Janneke Ferwserda delighting the audience with a romantic selection of Arias and Songs from popular music theatre.

Pianist Lisa Blackman performed the Grande Tarantelle by Gotschalk.

Two Australian works in the program included ‘Mythic’ by Elena Kats-Chernin and ‘Honour Earth’ by Sarah Hopkins, all under the direction of conductor David Williams OAM.

This performance was recorded on 27 April 2024 at the West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul.

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Listen back to the 3BBR-FM Concert Hall, featuring the West Gippsland Chorale celebrating its 40th Anniversary with a special concert of music specifically chosen by chorale members, selected from the Chorale’s innovative and diverse repertoire over the past 4 decades.

The selections included works from the Baroque to present day and from blockbuster musicals. We’ll also hear stories told by Chorale members about how much their involvement as a Chorale member has meant to them.

Our broadcast was recorded at Wesley of Warragul on Friday 17 April 2024 by the 3BBR team.

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The 3BBR-FM Concert Hall at 2:00pm on Sunday 28th April featured the recent recital by Michael Leslie (piano) and Niels Bijl (saxophones) recorded by 3BBR at Yarragon Studio on April 14, 2024.

For context, the concert prefaced the performance of Ethel Smyth’s Cello Sonata by playing a recording of her amusing reflection on Brahms, in particular protesting his attitude to women, and Michael Leslie introduces his solo performance with the fascinating story of a chaotic concert fundraiser with Beethoven “improvising” his Fantasia.

• Brahms – Clarinet Sonata in E flat major Op. 120 No.2
• Beethoven – Fantasia in G minor/B major Op.77
• Ethel Smyth – Cello Sonata in A minor, Op.5
• Robert Schumann – Adagio (Romanze) and Allegro

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