June Tour

The next S&F tour begins on the 28th of June in Bowral - just a couple of weeks away now. It is a beautiful program, a delight to practice and I am very much looking forward to rehearsals beginning soon. As you know from my previous newsletter, TRIOZ cellist Emma-Jane Murphy is now awaiting the arrival of her baby and we are fast approaching her due date. Our friend, Julian Smiles, will be our guest cellist for this tour while Emma-Jane is on her very short maternity leave. I hope you will join us in warmly welcoming him - Niki and I are looking forward to exploring these three great masterworks with Julian.

Mozart, Dvorak and Schubert are all deserving of the title, Master of Melody, and these three works show off their individual genius perfectly. All three works are very old friends and always continue to surprise me each time I visit with them. I believe you, like me, will succumb to the simple beauty of each which so cleverly hides the mastery beneath.

PROGRAM

W.A Mozart - Piano Trio in G major, K.496
Antonin Dvorak - Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, 'Dumky'
Franz Schubert - Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat, D. 929

DATES

Saturday 28 June - Recital Room at Oxley College, Bowral - 5:30pm
Sunday 29 June - Elder Hall, University of Adelaide - 2:30pm
Monday 30 June - Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery, Canberra - 7:30pm
Tuesday 1 July - City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney - 7pm
Wednesday 2 July - Melba Hall, University of Melbourne - 8pm

Single tickets are available to all concerts (excluding Canberra).
You can contact us on 02 9969 7039 or email info@selbyandfriends.com.au.

For Sydney single tickets, please call City Recital Hall on 8256 2222 or go through their comprehensive website http://www.cityrecitalhall.com/events/id/205/Selby-and-Friends-2008-Recital-Hall-Concert-Series.

In Adelaide, tickets may also be purchased through BASS.

GAMES!

I believe it has been some time since I gave away some gifts and I would like to do so again in this issue. To win a couple of tickets to the upcoming tour in your city (excluding Canberra), please be the first to answer this question correctly:

What is the name of the great composer who so encouraged Dvorak during his lifetime?

| Best of luck!

A Little Lunch Music

Our most recent lunchtime concert in May featured myself as piano soloist and I had a great time chatting to a sold out house about some of my favourite piano solo works - coming up though on June 25th at 12:30pm, Niki, Julian and I will present selections from the upcoming tour and take you through some of the highlights of this incredible and delicious program. I do hope you'll join us and bring your lunch for a relaxing hour of music and fun. You can find out all details of these concerts by calling City Recital Hall on 8256 2222 or by visiting my website.

Sunday Afternoon in Turramurra

Concerts on Sunday afternoons have been part of my life for the better part of sixteen years and so it is with great pleasure that I advise you of a concert planned for Sunday, 9th November at 2:30pm at the Turramurra Uniting Church which will feature TRIOZ in works by Faure, Rebecca Clark and Tchaikovsky. Here are the details:

PROGRAM

Gabriel Fauré - Piano Trio in D minor, Op.120
Rebecca Clarke - Piano Trio (1921)
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Piano Trio in A minor, Op.50

When: Sunday 9th November, 2008
Time: 2:30pm
Where: Turramurra Uniting Church

Turramurra Avenue right near Pacific Highway
- Modern and light filled; fully cushioned pews
- Free Council Carpark next to the Church entrance
- Turramurra train station only 100 metres away
- No Steps!
- Tickets are Full price: $45, *Seniors price: $41, *Student/Pensioner: $34 *please include proof of concession status to receive discount

How can you book tickets?

You can book tickets one of two ways:
1) simply call us on 02 9969 7039 to book tickets over the phone
2) I will place a ticket order form on the website within the next couple of days. Then all you need to do is go to the Turramurra Tickets link on the website at www.selbyandfriends.com.au, print out the ticket order form and then send it to us. The details of where to send it are on the form itself or you can use the details at the bottom of this newsletter too.

2009

2009 is just around the corner and I am busy putting together a season of works I have both discovered and rediscovered, for want of a better description. It looks like a solid year of piano trios at the moment but I am still toying with a few different ideas, so if you have any suggestions for me, please send them to me now, as soon as possible please as the ink is almost dry!

Till Next Time...

Hope to see you in June or July and in the meantime, stay warm!

Warm regards

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