Saturday 16 August. RECITAL by baritone Dallas Tippet with accompanist Mark Connors. Featuring some beautiful early songs by Wagner together with some of his later pieces: Mignonne (1839); Lied des Mephistopheles from Pieces for Goethe’s Faust (1831); piano solo Franz Liszt’s Les cloches de Genève (The Bells of Geneva from Years of Pilgrimage, 1848-54); three songs from the Wesendonck Lieder (1857-58) Der Engel, Im Treibhaus, and Träume; Mein Herr und Gott from Lohengrin (1845-48) and O du, mein holder Abendstern from Tannhäuser. At Radio 4MBS Classic FM, 384 Old Cleveland Road, Coorparoo, Brisbane. 3:00pm to 5:00pm. $15 for members and $20 for guests. Please transfer payment to Bank of Queensland BSB 124 021; Account No. 2261 2919. Ref. (surname) August. And please email the Secretary, Alpha Yap, at alphayap60@gmail.com to advise of your attendance and provide the names of your guests.
Lohengrin, sculpture by Caspar David Zumbusch depicting the character from the opera of the same name, by Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Bayreuth, Richard-Wagner-Museum
Saturday 20 September. CINEMA EVENT AND RECEPTION to be held in the Elizabeth Picture Theatre, 175 Elizabeth St. Brisbane City, commencing at 3pm. LOHENGRIN ACT III will be shown in a private screening, preceded by a very brief introduction by Peter Bassett. Afterwards, a ‘Prosecco and Cake’ reception in the adjoining lounge. $15 for members and $20 for guests. Please transfer payment to Bank of Queensland BSB 124 021, Account No. 2261 2919. Ref (surname) September. And please email the secretary Alpha Yap at alphayap60@gmail.com to advise of your attendance and provide the names of guests. To enable us to inform the Cinema of total numbers and to assist with catering arrangements, PLEASE BOOK NO LATER THAN MONDAY 8 SEPTEMBER.
The screening will be of Act III of Lohengrin from Bayreuth, staring Paul Frey, Cheryl Studer, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Gabriele Schnaut, Manfred Schenk, conducted by Peter Schneider and Directed by Werner Herzog. Recorded at the Festspielhaus Bayreuth in June-July 1990.
Saturday 18 October. Peter Bassett. ‘Wagner’s Siegfried and the Power of Nature’. At Radio 4MBS Classic FM, 384 Old Cleveland Road, Coorparoo, Brisbane. 3:00pm to 5:00pm. Further details in September.
Saturday 8 November. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING plus Professor Alpha Yap. ‘Wagner’s calling cards: Leitmotifs – what, why, how? At Radio 4MBS Classic FM, 384 Old Cleveland Road, Coorparoo, Brisbane. 3:00pm to 5:00pm. Further details in October.
Saturday 29 November. CHRISTMAS LUNCH. La Belle Vie French Restaurant, 60 MacGregor Terrace, Bardon 4065. Further details in October.