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25.01.2022 Our next playing day is on Sunday 27 September 3-6pm at the Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre. Programme so far: John Rice will play the Prelude and the Minuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin by Ravel... Barbara Borecka will play: 1st movement of Beethovens sonata in C minor no 5 op 10 no 1 2; Johannes Brahms - Rhapsody in G minor op 79 no 2 2; Mary Mageau - Elite Syncopations Ilma Cave will play Beethovens Sonata Op. 14, no. 1

25.01.2022 On Club day 29 March, Dr Ralph Schureck will give a talk about his amazing keyboard collection and concert programme. Quote from my music magazine ... "I decided 35 years ago to set up a collection of antique Western keyboard instruments ... originals or copies ... restored to concert condition. At an acquisition rate of 1 per year, the collection now numbers 35 instruments (!). These include harpsichords, virginals, fortepianos, organs, spinets etc" http://schureckcollection.org/

25.01.2022 Next playing day, 31 May, Iona Luke will play: Mazurka in C sharp minor Op 6 No 2, Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52, by Fryderyk Chopin.

25.01.2022 On 28th Feb club day, Alison and Lokman will perform 2 of the 4 songs from Brahms "Regenlied" cycle; Dein blaues Auge (Your blue Eyes) and Regentroppen aus den Baumen (Raindrops falling from branches). Lokman will also play the 1st two movements from Mozarts Concerto no. 12 in A K 414.

24.01.2022 Dear fellow music lovers, I thought youd all like to know that I will be giving a solo recital on Sunday 8 May at the Glebe Justice Centre. Here are the details: The program:... J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 883 Beethoven Sonata no 30 in E major, Op 109 Chopin Ballade no 1 in G minor Chopin Etude, Op 25 no 10 12.45pm (starting time), Glebe Justice Centre 37-47 St Johns Road, Glebe Tickets: $10 Bookings: www.trybooking.com/LHWX See attached flyer for more information or email me if you have questions. See you there or at the next club meeting. Best Regards, Anthony van den Broek

24.01.2022 On Club day 29 March, Iona Luke will play: Chopin Waltz in b minor Op 69 No. 2 Chopin Polonaise-Fantasie in A flat major Op 61.

22.01.2022 On Club day 29 March, John Rice will play Nocturne in E minor, Op 72 No 1 (posthumous) by Chopin

21.01.2022 Dear fellow music lovers, I thought you'd all like to know that I will be giving a solo recital on Sunday 8 May at the Glebe Justice Centre. Here are the details: The program:... J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 883 Beethoven Sonata no 30 in E major, Op 109 Chopin Ballade no 1 in G minor Chopin Etude, Op 25 no 10 12.45pm (starting time), Glebe Justice Centre 37-47 St Johns Road, Glebe Tickets: $10 Bookings: www.trybooking.com/LHWX See attached flyer for more information or email me if you have questions. See you there or at the next club meeting. Best Regards, Anthony van den Broek

20.01.2022 Next playing day 31 May, Nick Marshall will play two Schubert Impromptus (or possibly some Mozart).

20.01.2022 Our next performance day is Sunday, 26 April from 3pm to 6pm at the Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre, 16 Fitzroy St, Kirribilli. If youd like to participate, either as a performer or spectator, please reply here.

19.01.2022 Hi all, Here is the finalised programme for this Sunday 26 July at the Amateur Performers Club, Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre. The programme features two main performances. Steve Gilmore will present a talk on Virtuosic Music through the Ages, interspersed with performances of a number of examples of virtuosic music. ... Then Iona Luke will present a recital of a number of Chopins greatest and most-loved works. Ionas concert is in three parts. To refresh the palate between each part will be shorter pieces by our other performers. As we estimate the programme will go over two hours, there will be a short break following Steves talk, plus further refreshments after the concert. Hope you can join us for this not-to-be-missed concert! Stay tuned, Ilma Ilma Cave President Amateur Performers Club www.amateurperformers.com.au m: 0410 758 941 www.facebook.com/AmateurPerformersClub Programme for Sunday, 26 July 2015 Your MC: Lokman Merican Steve Gilmore Piano Presentation and performances: Virtuosic Music through the Ages Estimated duration: 50 minutes Various SHORT BREAK Iona Luke Piano Estimated duration: one hour Part 1: Waltz in B minor Op. 69No.2 Nocturne in F major Op. 15 No.1 Impromptu in G flat major Op. 51 Fryderyk Chopin Part 2: Mazurka in C sharp minor Op 6 No 2 Mazurka in C sharp minor Op. 50 No. 3 Scherzo No. 4 in E major Op. 54 Part 3: Polonaise-Fantasie in A flat major Op. 61 Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 Anthony Shewan Prelude from Bachs Little Prelude from Bachs Little Preludes & Fugues J S Bach Papillons Op2 (Pieces 1-4) Robert Schumann John Rice Piano Prelude and the Menuet from Tombeau de Couperin Maurice Ravel Phillip Johnston Piano Gymnopedie No 1 Eric Satie Ilma Cave Piano Prelude from Prelude & Fugue in Ab Major from Well-Tempered Clavier, Bk 1 J S Bach Lokman Merican Piano To be announced J.S. Bach REFRESHMENTS

19.01.2022 Heres the programme so fare for our next playing day, 30 August: Steve Gilmore: Talk and Demonstration: Virtuosic Music through the Ages... Mark Dennett will play: Piece: Gogol Composer: Gonzales, Chilly Piece: O Mio Babbino Caro Composer: Puccini, Giacomo Piece: K450 Composer: Scarlatti, Domenico Alison Kimble Fry accompanied by Anthony van den Broek will perform: Still wie die nacht by Carl Bohm Believe me if all those endearing young charms (Irish traditional) by Thomas Moore Ilma Cave will play: Sonata, Op. 14 No. 1 by Beethoven

18.01.2022 Our next performance day is Sunday, 29 March from 3.30pm to 6pm. If youd like to participate, either as a performer or spectator, please reply here.

17.01.2022 On Club day 26 April, Violinist Setsuko Oshima and pianist Anthony van den Broek will play the 1st movement of "From the native country" by Smetana. Alison Kimble-Fry accompanied by Lokman Merican will sing: Plaisir dAmour by Giovanni Martini... Anthony van den Broek will play Chopins Ballade No 1 in G minor. Brenda Hunting and Anthony van den Broek will play the duet Fantasie in F minor by Schubert.

16.01.2022 On 28th Feb club day, Ilma Cave will perform the 3rd movement of Beethovens Sonata Op. 14, No. 1

16.01.2022 How many of you know or have played the Preludes of Faure or by the Russian composer Liadov? Who has played a Mazurka by someone other than Chopin? On Sunday I will be giving a lecture/recital entitled "Musical Gems of the Non-Virtuosic Piano Repertoire". In this lecture I will be exploring a range pieces that, while not the hardest or most difficult in the repertoire, are beautiful pieces well worth learning. This musical journey delves into pieces by famous composers that ...are not often played and works by composers that hardly get played. When: 3pm Sunday 31 May Where: 16-18 Fitzroy St, Kirribilli (Gallery Room) Cost: $5 entry

16.01.2022 Heres our programme so far for our next concert on 28 February 3-6pm at the Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre. Its a lovely mix: Leo Dent: Chopin Nocturne Op 62 no1 in B major Anthony van den Broek: Beethoven Sonata no 30 in E major Op 109 Nick Marshall: possibly some Chopin Mazurkas... Caitlin Gleeson: Pink Floyds Wish you were here Luna Gu: Lowside Blues by Joanna MacGregor See more

15.01.2022 On Club day 29 March, Alison Kimble-Fry will be singing the same two Brahms pieces that Lokman played last time, but including as number three The Sapphic Ode (Brahms). As a fourth item, she will sing The Last Rose of Summer arranged by Greg Gilpin.

15.01.2022 Our next playing day is on Sunday 29 November 3-6pm at the Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre, with our Christmas dinner to follow at the Bangkok Sidewalk restaurant. We have eight participants so far (programme to follow), and more performers are welcome: Anthony van den Broek: Rachmaninoff Prelude No 5 in G minor (Op 23) ... Liszt Valee dObermann Barbara Borecka: Debussy Clair de Lune Anthony Shewan: Preludes by Bach or Debussy Nick Marshall: Beethoven, Pathetique Sonata Ilma Cave: Brahms, Intermezzo Op. 117, no. 2; Debussy, La Plus Que Lente Leo Dent: Beethoven, Bagatelles Alison Kimble-Fry: O Cessate Scarlatti accom. Anthony In the Bleak Midwinter Harold Darke accom. Lokman Kirribilli 4 guitar quartet: Albeniz I., Tango (arr Y Rivoal) Mercury F. et al, Bohemian Rhapsody (arr M. Houghton)

14.01.2022 Our next performance day is Sunday, 31 May from 3pm to 6pm at the Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre, 16 Fitzroy St, Kirribilli. If youd like to participate, either as a performer or spectator, please reply here.

13.01.2022 Hi all, The programme so far for this Sunday: Steve Gilmore - talk and demonstration of Virtuosic Music through the Ages - playing a selection from the Baroque, Classical and early Romantic eras Lokman Merican - some Bach (yet to be decided) Phillip Johnston - Gymnopedie No 1 by Eric Satie... Iona Luke - Chopin mazurka, ballade and polonaise Ilma Cave - not sure yet ...... See more

12.01.2022 Next playing day, 31 May, Ilma Cave will play the first movement from Beethovens sonata Op. 14 No. 1.

12.01.2022 Hi all, Here is our programme so far for next Sunday, 28 August. Still lots of room for more performers if you feel inclined. Yimin Yao: Polonaise in A major, op.40, No.1 Chopin Alison Kimble-Fry: TBD ... Ann Howell (flute): South Africa The Rainbow Nation - Own composition Tibet the Roof of the World - Own composition Lokman Merican: Italian Concerto (first movt) J S Bach Ilma Cave: Sonata, Op. 14, No. 1, 3rd movement Beethoven Steve Gilmore: Contrapunctus XIII (13) J S Bach Katzen Fugue D Scarlatti Prelude and Fugue in Ab Major Op.35 No.4 FMendelssohn Intermezzo from Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op. 26 Schumann Prelude and Fugue from the Suite in F major Op. 90 Saint-Saens See more

12.01.2022 Next playing day, 31 May Alison Kimble-Fry will sing two songs accompanied by Anthony van den Broek. These are: Caro Mio Ben Giuseppe Giordani Pie Jesu from Requiem Gabriel Faure

11.01.2022 Our next playing day is on Sunday 25 October 3-6pm at the Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre. Our participants so far (programme to follow) are: Anthony van den Broek - talk on Baroque Ornamentation Steve Gilmore Lokman Merican... Alison Kimble-Fry Nick Marshall Tony Cusack Florian Bertele Ilma Cave Please join us!

10.01.2022 On Club day 29 March, Nick Marshall will perform: Beethoven, sonata no. 24, opus 78, F Sharp Major Beethoven, 32 variations in C minor

10.01.2022 Hi Amateur Performers, Here is the great programme so far for our concert on 24 April: Leo Dent, piano Messiaen Vingt Regards sur lEnfant-Jesus IV Regard de la Vierge... Tony Cusack and Alison Kimble, guitar and vocal Caro Mio Ben - Giuseppe Giordani Down by the Salley Gardens - Traditional Tony Cusack, guitar Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande from Suite in G by Robert De Visee YiminYao, piano Waltz in C sharp Minor Op 64, No.2 by Chopin Sophie Sylvester, piano Melodie - Gluck, Etude - Moscheles Op 70 no. 9 Allegro Barbaro - Bartok Matthew Radzyner, piano Scriabin Prelude No1 Op22 JS Bach Sinfonia No12 Haydn Finale from Sonata Hob XVI:34 Steve Gilmore, piano Balakirev Sonata 2 in Bb minor - 1st movement (fugue) Balakirev Mazurka 7 in Eb minor Beethoven Sonata 28 in A - 4th (final) (fugue) or 2nd movement Ilm Cave, piano Brahms Intermezzo Op. 117, No. 2 in Bb minor Kirribilli Quartet, guitar Shebaeg Shemore by OCarolan Tzigane by Gauffriau Looking forward to seeing you on the 24th, Ilma

07.01.2022 The programme so far: At this Sundays Amateur Performers Club Diane Parks will play the second movement of Beethovens Sonata No.1. Leo Dent will play Bachs Prelude and Fugue Book 2 No 5 in D BWV874.... Steve Gilmore will play either Mozart Fantasy in C minor and Liszt Tarantella from Annees De Pelinage Bk3 or Mozart Fantasy and Sonata in C minor or Liszt Fantasia "apres une lecture du Dante" (Dante Sonata) Nick Marshall will play: Beethoven: Adagio movement from his sonata no. 14, C# minor, opus 27 no.2; Mozart, Rondo D major, K 450; Mozart, Sonata No. 16 in C major, K 545 Ilma Cave will play the 2nd movement of Beethovens Sonata Op. 14, No. 1

06.01.2022 On 28th February club day, Phillip Johnston will perform the Second Movement Adagio Cantabile from Beethovens Pathetique Sonata, Op. 13. He will also perform an arrangement of Dance of the Blessed Spirits by Gluck.

06.01.2022 Next playing day 31 May, Steve Gilmore will play Mozart Fantasy in D minor, Anton Rubinstein Caprice in F#, Godowsky paraphase of Albeniz Tango and (time permitting) Chopin Ballade in F.

05.01.2022 Here are more performers for this Sundays concert: Steve Gilmore: Albeniz El Polo from Suite Iberia, Glinka A minor fugue, Glinka A minor fugue Tony Cusack (guitar) and Alison Kimble (voice): Ave Maria - Charles Gounod & JS Bach; Plaisir dAmour - Giovanni Martini... Diane Parks: Debussy Preludes: La fills aux Cheveux de Lin; Voiles Alison Kimble-Fry accom. by Anthony van den Broek: Dream of love (Liebestraume), F. Liszt

04.01.2022 Hi amateur performers. On the 7/8 October, club member Anthony van den Broek will be running a two-day workshop on how to build a high level piano technique that you might be interested in. There is a promotion code for club members that will get you 10% off also: TECHNIQUE10 (valid until midnight on Wednesday 23rd August). Go to www.trybooking.com/QFMA for more details and to book. ... Would love to see you there! Email [email protected] if you have any questions.

03.01.2022 At our next club day on 29 March, Lokman Merican is going to perform: 1. Bachs Partita no. 4 in D, 1st mov and at least 1/2 of the 2nd movement Allemande 2. Mozart concerto in A K. 414 1st mov only.

02.01.2022 On 28th February club day, Iona Luke will perform Chopin Mazurka Op. 50 (all 3 in that opus: No. 1 in G major, No 2 in E flat, No 3 in C sharp minor ), and also Chopin Scherzo No 4 in E major Op 54.

02.01.2022 Hey Amateur Performers: were still having a meeting this Easter Sunday followed by a drink at the Kirribilli hotel afterwards. On the program is Beethoven: Sonata in A major Op 101 (Steve Gilmore) ... OCarolan: Shebaeg Shemore (Kirribilli Guitar Quartet) Gauffriau: Tzigane (Kirribilli Guitar Quartet) Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus (Alison Kimble-Fry) Handel: Lascia Chio Piangi (Alison Kimble-Fry) Bach: Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor, WTC 2 (Anthony van den Broek) Chopin: Ballade no 1 (Anthony van den Broek) Chopin: Etude Op 25 no 10 (Anthony van den Broek) Looking forward to seeing you all there :-)

01.01.2022 Improvising ornaments in baroque music: Come along to a lecture and demonstration on ornamentation in baroque music this Sunday at the Adult Amateur Performers Society by Anthony van den Broek. Teachers, students, amateur performers and audience members welcome. 25 October 2015... 3pm Kirribilli neighbourhood centre 16-18 Fitzroy St, Kirribilli $5 entry See more