AFCM Evening Concert 1 - Horrible Histories: Composer's Edition

Note: no composers were harmed in the making of this programme… Inspired by the hit BBC TV programme Horrible Histories, this concert explores some of our most cherished composers who met a sudden, untimely demise (in slightly comic circumstances). Did you know that Purcell froze to death because his wife locked him out of the house? Or that Lully conducted his orchestra by slamming a staff loudly onto the floor, but unfortunately stabbed himself in the foot? Isaac Nathan, the "father of Australian music," was crushed by a tram in 1864 in Sydney, and in another transport-related demise, Chausson cycled into a wall and didn’t live to compose another note! Thankfully, we are able to bring their music back to life at CPAC, right before your very eyes and ears. It’s a miracle!
Concert Details
HENRY PURCELL
Suite Z.661, g minor; arr. for guitar
Karin Schaupp
JEAN BAPTISTE LULLY
Chaconne des Harlequins
Simon Martyn-Ellis
ISAAC NATHAN
Queen of Evening
Robin Tritschler, Qian Wu
ISAAC NATHAN
Thou art another's
Robin Tritschler, Qian Wu
ERNEST CHAUSSON
Concert in D major for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, Op. 21
Jack Liebeck, Dene Olding AM, Dimity Hall, Irina Morozova, Julian Smiles, Alexander Krichel