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Maria Lindsay
Maria Lindsay (violin), Meriel Owen (Piano)

Dance and Romance Around the World

Programme:

Hungarian Dance No 5 in F♯ minor – Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
4 Romantic Pieces Op 75 – Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Romance from Gadfly Suite Op. 97a – Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Three Fantastic Dances Op. 5 – Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) (arr. Harry Glickman)
Augusta´s Garden Waltz: for violin and piano – Elena Kats-Chernin (1957 -)
Slicked Back Tango – Elena Kats-Chernin (1957 -)
Spanish Dance No. 5. Andaluza from Danzas Españolas – Enrique Granados (1867-1916) (arr. Fritz Kreisler)
Ausencias – Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Street Tango – Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Romanian Folk Dances – Béla Viktor János Bartók (1881-1945)
Scène de la Csárda No.4, Op.32 – Hejre Kati (Hey Katie) – Jenö Hubay (1858-1937)

Sunday 23 August 2026, 3pm
Kettering Community Hall
Tickets will be available on-line.
$20+booking fee on-line; $25 at the door (cash only)
Stay for the post-concert afternoon tea, meet and chat with the musicians.

Maria Lindsay

Maria Lindsay has a vibrant and varied career as soloist, chamber musician, artistic director and concertmaster. She is leader of the Lurline Chamber Orchestra and concertmaster of Willoughby Symphony. Tommy Tycho dedicated his exquisite Violin Concerto to Maria and she has performed it many times since its premiere in 2010. Maria has held positions with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, Australian Chamber Orchestra and Australian World Orchestra, touring extensively worldwide. She has been guest concertmaster with Canberra Symphony, Sydney Philharmonia, North Sydney Symphony, Christchurch Camerata and many others. Maria established the Lurline Recital Series and Blue Mountains Chamber Concerts, performing with many of Australia’s great chamber musicians and programming new and little-known compositions. She has performed contemporary chamber music with Seymour Group, Alpha Ensemble, Ensemble Offspring and Klangforum Vienna. A lifelong passion is performing in homes and communities and bringing beautiful music to accessible venues. Maria composed and premiered the highly descriptive “Song of the Ocean” at Sydney Biennale in 2022. Maria released CDs with pianist Daniel Rojas and the Apollo Trio. She has made broadcasts for A.B.C. and Fine Music, and taught at Sydney Conservatorium for 22 years. She was Student of the Year at Sydney Conservatorium and furthered her studies in Vienna.

Meriel Owen

Meriel Owen enjoys a versatile musical life and is in demand as a pianist and harpist. She studied piano with renowned composer and pianist, Larry Sitsky at the Canberra School of Music and collaborative piano with Rita Sloan at the University of Maryland. As the recipient of the Stuart and Norma Leslie Churchill Fellowship in 2013, Meriel undertook further study of harp technique and repertoire in ensemble. Now based in Hobart, Meriel performs regularly with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Van Diemen’s Band and is an examiner for AMEB Tasmania.

Bob Brown – Artist

Bob Brown says "If there was a parallel universe, I would be a photographer - with fancy cameras, filters and tripods, plus one of those metallic umbrellas to bounce light on the underside of the world. But I have a very ordinary Olympus OMD". My camera has always been a relaxer and always hand-held. Taking photographs is fun and diverts us from the cares of the world to its beauties. I just take what I see. And mostly of nature in its myriad of stunning moments, none ever to be repeated, all part of the unbelievable panoply of existence. Seeing my pictures will not match the real moments of joy any viewer has experienced in their own lives. Yet sharing them heightens my own joy of life.'

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