By Jeremy Lister, Age 10
On Sunday afternoon I went to a ‘Music in the gallery’ concert at the Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery. There was a really good solo violinist from the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) in the concert called Alan Smith and he played with the Stanthorpe Occasional Players. The musicians in the Occasional players were Mike Spiller, Esther Plath, Maple Egerton, Mum, Dave Martin, Julie Crozier and Peggy Channon. The concert was sold out and was really popular. I went with Nonna and Dad, and Mayor Vic was there as well.
My favourite piece was the first piece they played which was the English Folk Song Suite. After the big group played a few popular style pieces with Mr Smith, Mr Smith performed a solo unaccompanied Bach Partita which was really good. In the second half of the concert a smaller group from the Occasional Players played Winter and Spring from the Vivaldi Four Seasons with Mr Smith playing the solo part. Before each season Paolo Vellington and Selina Venier recited the Italian sonnets to the Four Seasons in Italian and then Robert Channon recited the English translations. There was also a photo slideshow of local photography put together by our friend Glenda Riley. Mr Smith is going to come back for another concert in Stanthorpe and Tenterfield early next year organised by Dr Cuskelly.
