Featuring our guest conductor Richard McIntyre OAM

Richard McIntyre, OAM, BMus (University of Sydney) has maintained a long and distinguished career as bassoonist, music educator, conductor and arranger. A Composition graduate from Sydney University, he was appointed Associate Principal Bassoon with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra as a 20-year-old in 1968, moving to The Canberra School of Music as a foundation member of the Canberra Wind Soloists in 1978. With this renowned quintet, he recorded and toured internationally during a 30-year period, and gave it a unique repertoire with his virtuoso arrangements of large-scale orchestral works. He was for many years Principal Bassoon with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and appeared on many occasions as guest Principal Bassoon with most of the Symphony Australia Orchestras - also as concerto soloist, and independently as a recitalist. Click on Richard McIntyre OAM's photo to see the full biography.

Music Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Ave Verum Corpus
• Three German Dances, K525 1st movement – Allegro
• Eine kleine Nachtmusick, K525 – Allegro
• Concerto for Horn No. 4 in E flat, K191 – Rondo Allegro vivace (Soloist: Brendan Orchard)
• Concerto for Violin in G major, K216 – Andante ma Adagio (Soloist: Richard McIntyre)
• Concerto for Violin in G major, K216 – Allegro (Soloist: Carolyn Lloyd-Doolan)
• Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 – Allegro motto
• Symphony No. 41 in C Major “Jupiter”, K550 – Molto Allegro
• Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K622 – Adagio (Soloist: Alisha Coward
• Concerto for Flute in G major, K313 – Rondo tempo di Menuetto (Soloist: Megan Franklin)
• Overture to The Magic Flute
• Requiem, K626 – Kyrie