Paul Terracini conductor
Shafali Pryor oboe
Ayse Goknur Shanal soprano
Penrith City Choir, Academy Singers, Warrimoo Chorale
Lucy McAlary chorus director
WAGNER Die Meistersinger Prelude
TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake Suite
MOZART Oboe Concerto
TERRACINI Like a Minstrel
The grandeur of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger opened the very first orchestral concert in the Sydney Opera House in 1973, and now ushers in our celebration of the Joan’s 25th anniversary. Tchaikovsky’s irresistibly passionate Swan Lake suite continues the exciting mood before giving way to the sinuous beauty of Mozart, played by one of Australia’s finest oboists, Sydney Symphony Associate Principal, Shefali Pryor. Completing the richly varied program is Terracini’s Like a Minstrel: based on a G K Chesterton poem (The Strange Music), it was commissioned by the Joan and PSO to mark the occasion.