Love was in the air at Cooroy last Sunday when the Pacific Chamber Players presented Rhapsodies and Romances at the Memorial Hall.
There are 10 musicians in the Sunshine Coast Players and in a word they were magnificent in their ability to woo the audience with the mastery of their instruments and the studied variety of the program.
Their interpretation of the expressive melodies of 19th century and 20th century composers like Elgar, Schumann and Strauss, particularly his Viennese waltzes, right through to George and Ira Gershwin was a delight with classical trumpet player Warren Brewer showing a great empathy for swoon with the hit, Our Love Is Here to Stay, from the movie The Goldwyn Follies starring Gene Kelly,
There are 10 players in the group—Anna Moores and Cathie Roberts (violin), Andrew Paszowski (viola), Franziska O’Connor (cello), Nik Davey (bass), Janet Brewer (piano), Sue Hunkin (oboe), Christy Dykes (clarinet), Neil Heymink (bassoon) and Warren Brewer.
While they played as an ensemble, they also split up as duets, trios and quartets and particularly notable was the world premiere of Australian composer Noel Fidge’s Romance for Violin and Piano which he wrote last year.
All in all, it was a brilliant performance and worthy of a much larger venue and a bigger audience than the 70 or so who were lucky enough to be there.
