Paul Terracini | conductor
Rosamund Plummer | flute
TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker Suite No. 1
REINECKE Flute Concerto in D
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Sheherazade
Two Russian masters inspired by two exotic stories. Tchaikovsky’s universally popular fairytale adaptation evokes memories of childhood Christmases, dolls and gingerbread men. Rimsky-Korsakov conjures up the exoticism of ancient Persia as the legendary queen Sheherazade entrances the King with her stories for a thousand and one nights, thus winning his heart and escaping the grizzly fate of her predecessors.Carl Reinecke may not be a household name today, but in his lifetime made a substantial contribution to the flute repertoire, was a pre-eminent composition teacher and Mozart interpreter, and was director of one of the world’s oldest symphony orchestras, the Gewandhaus Orchestra.
Soloist Rosamund Plummer is Principal Piccolo with the Sydney Symphony, teaches at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and regularly commissions and performs new music by Australian composers.