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    Artistic Director John Foster

    From LEIPZIG WITH LOVE

    2:30pm Sunday 30 May, 2021


    The Concert

    Christoph Graupner 1683-1760 Overture in A minor GWV 478

    Johann Jakob Froberger 1616-1667 Suite for Harpsichord

    Lamento- Courante- Sarabande - Gigue

    Graupner Concerto for 2 trumpets and timpani in D Major GWV 318

    Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 Suite in G minor BWV 1070

    Interval

    Wilhelm Friedemann Bach 1710-1784 Trio in B flat major

    Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach 1714-1788 Minuet with 5 Variations

    Johann Adolph Hasse 1699 – 1783 Sonata for Recorder in B flat major

    Georg Philipp Telemann 1681-1767 Quartetto TWV 43

    J.S Bach Suite No.2 for Cello

    G.P Telemann Sinfonia Melodica TWV 50


    The Orchestra
    Violins Recorder/s
    Wayne Brennan (Concert Master) Kathleen Williams-DeVries
    Wendy Cawse Joshua Cass
    Shannon Luk Bassoon
    Anya Tang Joshua Cass
    Lauren Davies Trumpets
    Doni Wolfenstein John Foster
    Carol McCabe Richard Fomison
    Violas Timpani
    Íris Do Jason Connors
    Shannon Luk
    Management Team
    Cello
    Matthew Farrell Artistic Director – John Foster
    Andrew Leask Librarian – Kathy Williams-DeVries
    Double Bass Consultant - Matthew Farrell
    John Varney Front of House – Hannah
    Wolfenstein
    Harpsichord
    Covid Marshall – David Foster
    Huguette Brassine
    Queensland Baroque is a talented and vibrant, period instrument orchestra
    founded in 2018. During its brief history Queensland Baroque (under the
    artistic direction of John Foster) has delighted audiences with their unique
    brand of performance and attention to historical performance practises. In the
    past few seasons Queensland Baroque has performed numerous concerts in
    various venues across Queensland, including soldout performances of
    Handel's 'Messiah' with the Brisbane Concert Choir and performances at the
    4MBS Music Festival among others. Now in the third season of their own
    subscription series, Queensland Baroque has also enjoyed collaborations with
    such renowned artists as Madeleine Easton (Bach Akademie Australia) Sarah
    Curro (violin MSO), Amy Moore (Soprano), Lathika Vithanage (Violin) and many
    other leading artists.

    John Foster – Artistic Director

    John Foster is widely regarded as one of


    the world’s leading exponents of
    performance on historical trumpets and
    cornetto, and is the Artistic Director of
    both Queensland Baroque and the
    Australian Baroque Brass. John also
    regularly conducts the Sydney based,
    Orchestra of St James’. John was a
    member of the Sydney Symphony
    Orchestra from 2001-2013.

    John has appeared as soloist at festivals and concert series worldwide and
    performed as soloist with many leading orchestras and ensembles, including:
    the Sydney Symphony, Sydney Philharmonia, Queensland Symphony, Adelaide
    Symphony, Norwich Baroque (United Kingdom) among others. John also
    performed as soloist with Belgium's leading baroque orchestra 'Il
    Fundamento'. John was also a soloist for the launch of the Kammerorchester
    Basel (Switzerland) 2012 season. He has made several solo recordings as well
    as extensive recordings for radio, television and film. John has given master
    classes throughout the world, including at the Juilliard School of Music, the
    Cleveland Institute of Music, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Sydney
    Conservatorium of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester),
    the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, Northwestern University
    (Chicago), Indiana University, Bern University of Applied Sciences
    (Switzerland), and Conservatorio da Belo Horizonte (Brazil) among numerous
    others.

    Mr Foster has also enjoyed performing with such ensembles as the Australian
    Chamber Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, English National Ballet
    (United Kingdom), Concerto Grosso Heidelburg, Kammermusik Potsdam,
    Hannoverschen Hofkapelle, Berlin Baroque, St Thomas Boys' Choir of Leipzig,
    (Germany), Le Concert Lorrain (France), Collegium Musicum Grossmunster
    (Switzerland), Barokorkest Concerto Vivo (Holland), Australian Brandenburg
    Orchestra, New Zealand Baroque Soloists, West Australian Symphony
    Orchestra, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Symphonie Orchesta de
    Macau, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, Tasmanian
    Symphony Orchestra. Since 2015 John has been the director of the
    Australasian Trumpet Academy, which annually draws students and guest
    artist from around the world to Australia. John Foster has also recently been
    appointed to the ‘board of directors’ of the International Trumpet Guild.

    Matthew Farrell – Cello

    Matthew Farrell studied cello with Sela Trau and


    Nelson Cooke and has performed in Asia, Europe
    and throughout Australia. Having worked with
    several Australian orchestras, Matthew joined the
    Victorian String Quartet before later accepting the
    Principal Cello chair with the Queensland
    Philharmonic Orchestra, performing and recording
    in Brisbane and touring within Australia, Japan,
    China and S E Asia. After 2001 he became a
    member of Queensland Symphony Orchestra. He
    has worked with Baroque luminaries including
    Barthold Kuijken, Christopher Hogwood, and
    Australians Paul Dyer and Geoffrey Lancaster.

    Matthew has given solo performances with orchestras including the


    Tasmanian Symphony, Queensland Philharmonic and The Queensland
    Orchestra. Matthew is a long standing member of the Queensland
    Conservatorium string staff at Griffith University. He has had a long
    involvement with secondary and tertiary music education and has also worked
    at the University of Queensland and the University of Southern Queensland.
    Matthew has also worked in major performing arts executive management for
    many years, as Director-Orchestra Management at the QSO. He is Chair of
    4MBS Classic FM

    Huguette Brassine - Harpsichord

    After graduating from the Conservatopire Royal


    in Brussels with Premier Prix with Distinction,
    Huguette Brassine pursued a performing and
    academic career in various countries, including
    Belgium, France, USA, South Africa, West Africa,
    Sweden and England. She came to Australia and
    to take up her appointment at the Queensland
    Conservatorium of Music where she lectured in
    harpsichord and other courses. In recent years,
    she has performed at King’s College and at the
    International Early Music Festival in London, at
    the New England Bach Festival, and at the New South Wales and Queensland
    Conservatoriums.

    Kathy Williams-DeVries

    Kathy Williams-DeVries (a native of Brisbane,


    Australia) after graduating with a Bachelor of
    Music Performance 1st class honours in 1999,
    she studied for two months at the Australian
    Academy of Music, came second in the
    International Clarinet Association Young
    artists Competition in 2000 then moved to
    London to study on exchange with the Royal
    College of Music. She decided against a career
    in clarinet performance in 2002. In 2010 she
    began a Master of Music Studies on clarinet
    and nurtured her interest in Music Technology. By mid-way through her
    degree she found an interest in Baroque music and initially bought a C clarinet
    to play oboe and flute Baroque works, before buying an alto recorder and
    rediscovering her love of the instrument. After attending several EMSQ
    recorder afternoons, she continued buying recorders and now has about 20.
    She now plays recorder and chalumeau with Queensland Baroque and in April
    was contracted by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra to play descant
    recorder in Opera Queensland’s production of John Adams’ A Flowering Tree.

    Kathy has been clarinet soloist twice with the Conservatorium Symphony
    Orchestra, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the Harlow Symphony
    Orchestra in the UK, and a recorder soloist with Queensland Baroque. She also
    performs on recorder, classical clarinet and chalumeau at Albert St and
    recently hosted a Recorder Extravaganza at St Mark’s Anglican Church, The
    Gap. She has an impressive collection of online YouTube and Soundcloud
    recordings

    Please support Queensland Baroque

    Here is your chance to make a real difference to the future of baroque music
    in Queensland. Giving to Queensland Baroque is a great way to show your
    appreciation to both the arts in Queensland and to ensure that we can
    continue to bring you high quality baroque concerts for years to come. All
    donations are welcome and no sum is too big or too small to make a real
    difference to our organisation. If you are able to help us, please feel free to
    approach John Foster or Queensland Baroque’s treasurer (Malcolm Liddell),
    who would love to hear from you. Donors are eligible to receive exclusive
    benefits and can acknowledged for their kind contribution. Queensland
    Baroque has the following categories of giving for our donors:

    ‘Cherub’ Donor $1 +

    All donations are appreciated and sums of this amount help to pay for a range
    of day-to-day running costs.
    ‘Well-Tempered’ Donor $50 +

    These donations help us to cover the expenses of hiring and purchasing music.

    ‘Seraphim’ Donor $100 +

    This amount helps to go towards the cost of instrument hire and tuning.

    ‘Abblässen’ Donor $250 +

    This amount helps cover the cost of an airfare for one of our
    interstate guest artists.

    ‘Courtly’ Donor $500 +

    This amount goes towards the expense of hiring concert venues.

    ‘Prince Regent’ Donor $1000 +

    Donations of this amount make it possible to invite some of Australia’s finest


    musicians and soloists to work with Queensland Baroque.

    ‘Fairy Queen’ Donor $5000 +

    This level of giving allows Queensland Baroque to potentially


    increase the number of concerts we currently perform, as well contributing to
    the cost of purchasing new instruments for the orchestra. ‘Fairy Queen’
    donors receive a variety of special benefits as recognition from the orchestra.

    ‘The Conquering Hero’ Donor $10,000 +

    These donations help secure Queensland Baroque’s future. For this level of
    giving, the donor receives the naming rights for the Queensland
    Baroque concert season. Additionally, donors at this level receive a variety of
    special benefits from the orchestra, including a private concert.
    3 Zamia St. Sunnybank QLD 4109

    www.qldbaroque.com

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