Previous Concert Programs
2010 - 2023
13 August 2023
James Tatoulis Auditorium
MLC, Barkers Road
Hawthorn
Conductor:David Keeffe
“Scenes from Far and Near”
Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture
Grieg - selections from Peer Gynt suites 1 and 2
Hanmer - Blue Hills Rhapsody
Keeffe - St Kilda
Woodforde-Finden - Four Indian Love Lyrics
Soloist: Kristian Gregory
Dreyfus - Larino Safe Haven; Lawson's Mates
7 May 2023
James Tatoulis Auditorium
MLC, Barkers Road
Hawthorn
Conductor:Simon Harvey
“Bizet - the Bold and Brilliant!”
Symphony No.1 in C
Carmen Suite No.1
1a. Aragonaise, 3. Séguedille, 5. Final Les Toréadors
Carmen Suite No.2
6. Marche de Condrabandiers 7. Habanera
Two arias from Carmen
soloists: Anna Maria Adamidis and Yu Lin
5. Habanera
22. Micaela's Air
Carmen Suite No.2
9. Chanson du Toréador
11. Danse Bohème
13 November 2022
James Tatoulis Auditorium
MLC, Barkers Road
Hawthorn
Conductor:David Keeffe
“Stepping Out Again”
Strauss Overture to Die Fledermaus
Katchaturian Waltz from Masquerade
Levy Samba from Suite Brésilienne
Piazzolla Libertango
Elgar Pomp & Circumstance March No.4
Schubert Symphony No.8 The Unfinished plus
Entr'acte No.1 from Rosamunde
14 August 2022
James Tatoulis Auditorium
MLC, Barkers Road
Hawthorn
Conductor:Marie-Louise Wright
“From the Old World to the New”
Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture
George Bizet L'Arlésienne Suite (excerpts)
Bernstein arr. Jack Mason West Side Story (selections)
Antonin Dvořák Symphony No.8
1 May 2022
James Tatoulis Auditorium
MLC, Barkers Road
Hawthorn
Conductor:David Keeffe
“After the Fires”
Elgar Froissart Op.19
Keeffe After the Fires
Soloist: Jason Xanthoudakis
Mozart Overture to The Magic Flute
Mendelssohn Trauermarsch Op.103
Parry Symphonic Variations
2 May 2021
James Tatoulis Auditorium
MLC, Barkers Road
Hawthorn
Conductor:Gyula [Jules] Cseszkó
“Basically Baroque”
Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Series 3
William Grant Still Danzas de Panama
Vivaldi Violin Concerto in G major
Adel Kalnoki (violin) Jordina Howell (soprano) Lyle Hoefer (trumpet)
Purcell Sonata for Trumpet and Strings
Handel Three Arias:
Piangerò la sorte mia
Bel piacere
Let the Bright Seraphim
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
Saint-Saëns:
Havanaise in E Op83
Svendsen: Romance in G Op 26
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