Players find shire’s tune

THE Pacific Chamber Players 4MBS Festival concert is on again and this year it’s headed to the shire.
Comprised of musicians living along the length and breadth of the Sunshine Coast, The Pacific Chamber Players forms part of the radio 4MBS Classic FM (103.7) Festival of Classics.
The annual festival is the largest festival of its type in Australia, with this year’s theme being ‘The Glory of Vienna.’
Thirty-two concerts are being held at 21 venues in and around Brisbane during the course of the festival and this is the first time it will be hosted by three locations on the Sunshine Coast.
On Saturday 30 May at 2pm, the majestic sounds of The Pacific Chamber Players will echo through Cooran Memorial Arts Hall to the theme of ‘Viennese Salon Music’.
The delightful program of music, which emanated around Vienna, will begin and end with two Strauss waltzes, The Blue Danube Op 314 and Vienna Blood Op 354; then Haydn’s Piano Trio No 3 in C XV27; Beethoven’s Septet in Eb Op 20 for wind and strings and Mozart’s flute Quarter in D K285 featuring flautist Sharelle Guest from Coolum. The Pacific Chamber Players will include guest musicians Sue Coleman-Mann (Viola), George Valenti (double bass) and Elena Katahanis and Aiden Gabriels (horn) as well as core players Janet Brewer (piano), Julie-anne O’Reilly, Jenny Vandenberg (violins), Anne Bowyer (cello), Ronald Webb (oboe), Graham Evans (clarinet), Neil Heymink (bassoon), and Warren Brewer (trumpet).
Tickets are available from 4MBS ticketing on 07 3847 1717 or 4mbs.com.au. Adults $27, 4MBS subscribers and concessions $22, school students $7 (late door tickets if available).
Afternoon tea will be served after the concert.
For further concert inquiries telephone (07) 5446 8128, or (07) 5446 7253.