WAGNER SOCIETY EVENTS IN 2022

 

UPDATED 22 MAY 2022
WEDNESDAY
ZOOM
19 January		   7.00pm [AEDT]: Documentary film makers Wayne Groom and Dr Carolyn Bilsborow talk to us from Adelaide about and show excerpts from their latest production Marjorie Lawrence: The World at her Feet

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Zoom video

 by Zoom
SUNDAY
30 January		  

2.00pm [AEDT]: Recital by Rebecca MacCallion, Bronwyn Douglass and Bradley Kunda with Lieder by composers including Brahms, Wolf, Wagner, Berg, Marx and Richard Strauss

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Updated program

 Mosman Art Gallery
SUNDAY
20 February		  

1.30pm [AEDT]: Talk by Robert Gay on The impact of French Grand Opera on the works of Verdi & Wagner

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Program

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 Goethe Institut, Woollahra
WEDNESDAY
ZOOM
2 March		    

7.00pm [AEDT]: BBC broadcaster 
Christopher Cook talks to us from Deal, England, via zoom on Amfortas! Die Wunde ... Two Wounded Disciples: The post-Christian world of Parsifal and the curious symbiosis between Amfortas and Klingsor

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Zoom video

Talk transcript

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 by Zoom
SUNDAY
13 March

 

2.00pm [AEDT]: Masterclass with Christina Henson Hayes (Warwick Fyfe's vocal coach) & Bradley Gilchrist (piano), featuring Ellen McNeil (Jane Mathews AO / PO scholarship holder), Nathan Bryon & Damien Noyce (WSNSW funded), Paul McLeod (WSNSW member) and Michael James, Anita de Lisen & Ashlee Woodgate (students of Christina Henson Hayes), with guests of honour Warwick Fyfe and Ruth Frances

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 St Columba Community Centre,
Woollahra
SUNDAY
 27 March

12.30pm [AEDT]:
DVD
Silent Wagner

 

2.00pm [AEDT]: Talk by Ralph Myers [Designer of the Aix en Provence Tristan und Isolde] on Isolde in Aix

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Slideshow

Goethe Institut,
Woollahra
      
SUNDAY
10 April

12.30pm [AEST]: 
DVD
Die Feen
A delightful children’s version

2.00pm [AEST]: Talk by Peter Bassett on Hurry away then, towards the East

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Goethe Institut,
Woollahra
SUNDAY
1 May		    

1.30pm [AEST]: DVD of Fritz Lang’s masterpiece Siegfried

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Goethe Institut,
Woollahra
WEDNESDAY
ZOOM
4 May		   12.30pm [AEST]: Award winning author, scriptwriter, lecturer and journalist Erica Miner talks to us from Seattle about Wagner and Berlioz Photos by Zoom
SUNDAY
29 May		   1.00pm [AEST]: AGM (Financial members only)
2.00pm: Concert by Brad Cooper, Jane Ede & Bradley Gilchrist
3.30pm: Wagner’s Birthday Celebrations		 Details St Columba Community Centre,
Woollahra
SUNDAY
26 June		  

2.00pm [AEST]: DVD - Marjorie Lawrence: the World at her Feet

 Details Goethe Institut,
Woollahra

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  SUNDAY
31 July

   2.00pm [AEST]: Concert with Valda Wilson & Nathan Bryon   Mosman Art Gallery

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SUNDAY
21 August

   2.00pm [AEST]: Recital by Rachel Bate   Mosman Art Gallery

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SUNDAY
18 September

   2.00pm [AEST]: Robert Gay continues his talk on French Grand Opera   Goethe Institut,
Woollahra
TBA        

 

NEXT EVENT: 29 May 2022 - AGM / Concert by Brad Cooper, Jane Ede & Bradley Gilchrist / Birthday celebrations

 

Richard Wagner


 

A Wagner Society in NSW in-person event on Sunday 29 May 2022

Program

1.00pm [AEST]: Annual General Meeting 
for financial members only

2.00pm [AEST]: Concert by Brad Cooper (tenor), Jane Ede (soprano) and Bradley Gilchrist (pianist)

3.30pm: Wagner’s Birthday Celebrations

$40 members / $50 non-members / $10 full-time students

St Columba Community Centre,
53A Ocean Street (cnr Forth Street)
Woollahra

Members of the public are most welcome!

 

 

About the concert

Born in Sydney, Brad Cooper is a dynamic performer, equally at home in the world of Opera, Cabaret and Art Song.

Jane Ede is one of Australia’s most versatile sopranos. 

Pianist Bradley Gilchrist is an in-demand accompanist, chamber musician and vocal coach based in Sydney.


Full details about the three artists will appear in the program which will be available at the event.

 

Concert artists

 

1: If you plan to attend, please let us know:

— by emailing us at webmaster@wagner.org.au OR
— by registering via this event on our facebook page

This is important - we need to know how many will be attending for the purposes of Covid-19 regulations and catering


2: Payment at the door 

OR

Optional pre-payment: 

— by using your bank's internet banking facilities to send your payment electronically - listing your name - to Westpac Banking Corporation, Paddington NSW Branch.

Account name: The Wagner Society / BSB: 032040 / Account Number: 911323

— by debit or credit card - an e-invoice enabling payment by card will be emailed on request


3. Keeping you safe: please do the following:

— face masks are encouraged
— please don’t attend if you feel unwell / are displaying any of the COVID-19 symptoms as identified by NSW Health / are required to self-isolate or quarantine.

 

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