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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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The 3BBR-FM Concert Hall on Sunday 14th April at 2:00pm featured the recent concert recording of the extraordinary young pianist, Ronan Apcar, recorded by 3BBR at Yarragon Studio on March 24, 2024.

Ronan explained the background to his intriguing and varied program throughout this fine performance of works by;

• Dulcie Holland
• J.S. Bach – F. Busoni
• Brad Mehldau
• Ronan Apcar
• Einojuhani Rautavaara
• Carter Pann

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The 3BBR-FM Concert Hall on Sunday 7th April at 2:00pm featured the recent concert recording of the extraordinary Contra Guitar duo, Emma-Shay and Hamish Strathdee, recorded by 3BBR at Wesley of Warragul on March 16, 2024.

This fabulous concert featured a compelling program of works by;

• Domenico Scarlatti
• Johann Kasper Mertz
• Phillip Houghton
• Maria Grenfell
• Ross Edwards
• Alexandre Tansman
• Clarice Assad

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On Sunday 24th March, the 3BBR Concert Hall broadcast Wesley of Warragul’s season opening concert with Brian Chapman (piano), Susan Pierotti (violin) and Rosanne Hunt (cello).

This superb program included;

• Beethoven: Sonata No.4 in C major for Cello and Piano, Op.102 No.1
• Frank: Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano
• Mendelssohn: Trio in D minor for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op.49

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On Sunday 17th March from 2:00pm, the 3BBR-FM Concert Hall featured the closing concert at St Jarlath’s Church from the recent Yarragon Studio Festival.

To close this stunning festival of four sold-out concerts on 2nd March 2024, four amazing musicians brought the audience to their feet in a cheering ovation after an incredible program of music from Bach to Piazzola, arranged for saxophone (Niels Bijl), violin (Kyla Matsuura-Miller), flute (Eliza Shepherd) and bandoneon (Stephen Cuttriss).

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The 3BBR FM Concert Hall on Sunday 3 March at 2:00pm featured the recent recording made by 3BBR-FM of the extraordinary combination of guitar and harp duo, Andrew Blanch and Emily Grainger. It was the 2024 Concert Season opener at Yarragon Studio.

This fine concert marked their Australian CD Launch Tour of ‘Suite Mágica’ and features works by;

• PEREIRA – Fantasia Concertante
• KATS-CHERNIN – Fleeting Encounters
• WHITWELL – Tiny Dances
• GRANADOS – Spanish Dance VI
• COELHO – Forest Stories
• PUJOL – Suite Magica

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