Previous Concert Programs
2010 - 2019
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16 November 2019
St Johns Anglican Church
Burke Road
Camberwell
Conductor:Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó
“Flights of Fantasy”
Khatchaturian: Adagio from Spartacus ballet
Kabelevsky: Violin Concerto in C major

[Soloist: Liudmyla Li]
Prokovieff: Lieutenant Kijé (Op. 60)
Sibelius: Karelia Suite
Grieg:
Two Elegiac Melodies
11 August 2019
James Tatoulis Auditorium, MLC
Barkers Road, Hawthorn
Conductor: Willen van der Vis
“Winter,Willard and Willem”
Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61

[Soloist: Willard Zhong]
Hérold: Zampa Overture
Sibelius: Karelia Suite
Waldteufel: Skaters’ Waltz
5 May 2019
James Tatoulis Auditorium, MLC
Barkers Road, Hawthorn
Conductor: Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó
“Homage to Youth”
Strauss, Joh. Jnr: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka (Op. 214)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C (Op. 15) 1. Allegro con brio 2. Largo

[Soloist: Jackie Wong]
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor (Op. 54) 1. Allegro affetuoso

[Soloist: Cherry Oh]
Arturo Márquez: Danzón No. 2
17 November 2018
St Johns Anglican Church
Burke Road
Camberwell
Conductor: Willen van der Vis
“Favourites from the Old World”
Schubert: Rosamunde Overture
Haydn: Symphony No 99
Auber: Fra Diavolo Overture
German: Three Dances from Henry VIII
Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No.8
Bock: Selections from "Fiddler on the Roof"
19 August 2018
James Tatoulis Auditorium, MLC
Barkers Road, Hawthorn
Conductor: Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó

“A Shropshire Lad”
Dora: Lex Overture
Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in Eb
Holst: A Somerset Rhapsody
Coates: London Suite
5 May 2018
James Tatoulis Auditorium, MLC
Barkers Road, Hawthorn
Conductor: Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó

“2:2:2”
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 "Little Russian"
Mozart: Flute Concerto no 2 with soloist Mark Shiell
Dvořák: Slavonic Dance no 2
18 November 2017
St Johns Anglican Church
Burke Road
Camberwell
Conductor: Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó

“The Romantic Violin”
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Svendsen: Romance in G Op 26
Tchaikovsky: Valse Scherzo Op 24
Elgar: Three Bavarian Dances
5 August 2017
James Tatoulis Auditorium, MLC
Barkers Road, Hawthorn
Conductor: Willen van der Vis
“Winter with Willem”
Mozart: : Overture to Idomeneo
Haydn: Symphony no 104 in D
Von Suppé: Overture to Poet and Peasant
Wagner: The arrival of the guests (from Tannhaüser)
Waldteufel: Waltz "Les Patineurs" (skaters' waltz)
14 May 2017
Hawthorn Arts Centre
Burwood Road
Hawthorn
Conductor: Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó

“20th Anniversary Concert”
Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 [Emperor]
Barry McKimm - Three Dances for the Third Age
(Narrator: Beverley Menzies)
Humperdinck - Prelude to “Hansel and Gretel”
Walton - Crown Imperial (Coronation March)
Grainger - Shepherd's Hey
27 November 2016
Performing Arts Centre
Camberwell Grammar School
Mont Albert Road
Canterbury
Conductor: Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó

“Forest Sounds”
Sibelius – Overture to Karelia Suite
Strauss – Tales from the Vienna Woods
Brahms - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
14 August 2016
Madeleine Centre
Genazzano College
Cotham Road
Kew
Conductor: Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó

Soloist: Nathan Juriansz
“Dreams of Sadness and Mirth”
Felix Mendelssohn: Three pieces of Incidental Music to “Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Op. 61)
No. 7 – Nocturne (Con moto tranquillo)
No. 9 – Wedding March
No. 11 – Clown Dance
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor (Op. 64)
Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture (Op. 81)
Jean Sibelius: Valse Triste (from Kuolema, Op. 44)
Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2 in A minor
7 May 2016
St Johns Anglican Church
Burke Road
Camberwell
Conductor: Willen van der Vis

Soloist: Charlotte Miles
Von Suppé: Pique Dame Overture
Liadov: Enchanted Lake
Soloist: Charlotte Miles
Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody
Paganini: Variations on a theme by Rossini
Tchaikovsky: Nocturne.
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite,
Sibelius: Valse Triste and
Rodgers: selections form Oklahoma.
View Charlotte's performance on YouTube by using the links below
Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody
Paganini
: Variations on a theme by Rossini
Tchaikovsky
: Nocturne
29 November 2015
Camberwell Grammar School
Mont Albert Road
Camberwell
Conductor:Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó

David Keeffe – The Thousand Steps (2014)
Haydn - Symphony no 100 in G, “Military”
Max Bruch - Concerto in E min for Clarinet and Viola (Op88)
Soloists: Aaron Klein and Rebecca Parfitt
Antonin Dvořák – Slavonic Dances op 46 nos 4 and 7
22 August 2015
St Johns Anglican Church
Burke Road
Camberwell
Conductor:Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó

Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op.26
Elgar: Wand of Youth (Music to a Child’s Play) Suite No. 2
Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody, from Appalachian Spring.
Boccherini: String Quintet in C, Op.28
Ravel: Pavane for a dead princess (M. 19)
See a video of our string quintet recorded 22 August 2015 click here
26 April 2015
Hawthorn Arts Centre
Burwood Road
Hawthorn
Conductor: Willem van der Vis

Soloist–Douglas Coghill
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite [excerpts]
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata
19 October 2014
Performing Arts Centre,
Camberwell Grammar School
Mont Albert Road, Camberwell
Conductor:
Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó

Soloist–Aaron Klein
Rossini: Overture to The Thieving Magpie
Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1
Delibes
: Sylvia ballet suite
Haydn: Symphony No 45, Farewell
27 July 2014
James Tatoulis Auditorium, MLC
Barkers Road, Hawthorn
Conductor:
Willem van der Vis

Soloist–Jack Bailey
Saint-Saëns: Suite Algerienne
Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugen Onegin
Strauss: Egyptian March
Lerner and Loewe: Selections from My Fair Lady
10 May 2014
St. Johns Anglican Church
Burke Road, Camberwell
Conductor:
Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó

Soloist–Matthew Rigby
Mendelssohn: Fingal's Cave Overture
Walton: The Lark Ascending
Borodin: Steppes of Central Asia
Vivaldi: Autumn from Four Seasons
Sculthorpe: Small Town
Badelt: Pirates of the Caribbean
Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11
Strauss: Unter Donner und Blitz
20 October 2013
Performing Arts Centre
Camberwell Grammar
Conductor:
Willem van der Vis

Soloist–Faye Goldsmith
Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Meyerbeer: Coronation March from "The Prophet"
Tschaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile
Gilbert & Sullivan: Excerpts in association with the
Choir of U3A Hawthorn
Badelt: Pirates of the Caribbean
14 July 2013
Performing Arts Centre
Camberwell Grammar
Conductor:
Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó

Soloist– Janneke Ferwerda
Emile Waldteufelr: Les Patineurs Valses Op. 183
Wolfgang Mozartr: Two arias from The Marriage of Figaro
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 7 in B minor "The Unfinished"
Ludwig van Beethoven: Drei Equali [3 movements]
Benjamin Britten: Soirées Musicales Op. 9
Frederic Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
21 April 2013
Madeleine Centre
Genazzano College
Conductor:
Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó

Soloist– Lachlan Dent
Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto
Edward Elgar: Chanson de Matin
Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
4 November 2012
Madeleine Centre
Genazzano College
Conductor:
Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó

Narrator – Beverley Menzies
Photo: Michele Hancock
Johann Strauss Jnr: Overture to "Gypsy Baron"
Edward Elgar:The Wand of Youth
Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
John Williams: Raiders March
Leopold Mozart: Toy Symphony
5 July 2012
Madeleine Centre
Genazzano College
Conductor:
Willem Van Der Vis

Soloist – Jessica Foot
Photo: Michele Hancock
Gaetano Donizetti: Overture to "Don Paquale"
John Kalliwoda: Concertino for Oboe & Orchestra Op.110
Johann Strauss: Blue Danube waltz
Eric Coates: "Knightsbrodge" March
Pergolesi/Barirolli (arr): Concerto on themes of Pergolesi for Oboe and Strings No. 4
Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2
Leroy Anderson: The Typewriter
12 April 2012
Madeleine Centre
Genazzano College
Conductor:
Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó

Soloist – Emily Sheppard
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Barry McKimm: "The Rose, The Thistle and The Shamrock"
Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 85 in Bb,"La Reine"
Charles Gounod: "Petite Symphonie"
Edvard Grieg: Two Elegaic Melodies
Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction, Rondo and Capriccioso for violin and orchestra
Jean Sibelius: "Finlandia"
Johann Strauss: "Postillon d'amour" (French Polka)
24 November 2011
Hawthorn Town Hall
Conductor:
Willem Van Der Vis

Soloist –David Keeffe
Alphonse Adam: "Si j'etais Roi"
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto no. 1
Brahms: Symphony no 2
5 August 2011
Hawthorn Town Hall
Conductor:
Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó

Ian Cousins

Soloist – Lachlan Dent
Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dance in A flat, No. 3 (Op. 46)
Gustav Mahler – "Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen" (Songs of A Wayfarer)
1. "Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht"
2. "Gieng heut' Morgens über's Feld"
3. "I hab' ein glühend Messer"
4. "Die zwei blauen Augen"
Antonín Dvořák - Cello Concerto in B minor (Op. 104)
1. Allegro
2. Adagio ma non troppo
3. Allegro moderato
12 May 2011
Hawthorn Town Hall
Conductor:
Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó

Claude Debussy:
Prélude à L'aprés-midi d'un faune
Claude Debussy: :Rapsodie for alto saxophone and orchestra<
Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1
Gabriel Fauré: Pavane (Op. 50)
Charles Gounod::Marche funèbre d'une marionette
Charles Gounod: Faust Ballet Music
25 November 2010
Hawthorn Town Hall
Conductor:
Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó
Emma Knitght
Johann Strauss: Waltz "Artist's Life"
Mozart: Flute concerto no 1
Mozart: Sarastro's Aria from The Magic Flute
Wagner: Introduction to Act III of Die Meistersinger
Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite no 2

Soloist::Richard Gabriel lyric bass
29 July 2010
Hawthorn Town Hall
Conductor:
Willem Van Der Vis
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Haydn: Concerto in C major for Cello and Orchestra
Sarah Hopkins: Honour the Earth

Harmonic Whirlies in action!

Robert Ekselman
29 April 2010
Hawthorn Town Hall
Conductor:
Christopher Martin
Farewell Concert for Christopher Martin

Walton: Crown Imperial
Vivaldi; Concerto Grosso No.11
soloists: Christopher Martin, Rosia Pasteur [violas] Annette Martin [cello]
Schubert; Scherzo from Symphony No.9

Bach; Concerto for 2 violins BWV 1043
soloists: Gillian Rosefield, Juliette Zeelander
Elgar: Enigma Variations [Enigma, 1, V111, IX]
Strauss: Radetzky March
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