Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s Last Night of the Proms concert in 2019 combines the traditional elements of the Royal Albert Hall event with a unique Australian touch, featuring Australian artists and music.

Immerse yourself in Nigel Westlake’s Oboe Concerto. The eclectic composer of many great Australian works is familiar through his music in the soundtracks Babe and the Beatrix Potter biopic starring Renée Zellweger. Listen for sprinklings of rock, jazz, electronic and 21st century contemporary styles in this concerto of catchy appeal. Sing along to traditional choruses - Jerusalem, Land of Hope and Glory, Sea Songs and patriotic marches are the annual staples of this tongue-in-cheek homage to the Proms.

Conductor Benjamin Northey
Soloists Diana Doherty, Oboe; Rachelle Durkin, Soprano
Chorus Brisbane Chorale

Program

Borodin Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, mvts 1 & 2
Westlake Spirit of the Wild: Concerto for Oboe
Saint-Saëns Symphony No.3 in C minor (Organ Symphony)
INTERVAL
Rossini William Tell Overture
Gounod Roméo et Juliette, Je veux vivre
Gjeilo Tundra
Gershwin By Strauss
Wood (arr. Lawson) Fantasy on British Sea Songs
Lehár Meine Lippen, Sie Küssen so Heiss from Guiditta
Elgar Pomp and Circumstance: No.1, D major (Land of Hope and Glory)
Parry Jerusalem

Featured non-Australian music: Borodin, Saint-Saëns, Rossini, Goubod, Gjeilo, Gershwin, Wood, Lehar, Elgar, Parry

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (07) 3833 5044

Featured Australian Works

Spirit of the Wild : Chamber concerto for oboe, piano, string quartet and double bass (2017) by Nigel Westlake — performed by Benjamin Northey, Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Diana Doherty

Featured artists

• Performer Diana Doherty
• Performer Queensland Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor Benjamin Northey