Last Night of the Proms
At Townsville Civic Theatre on 10th October 2009
Featuring our guest conductor Sean O'Boyle
Sean O’Boyle is a composer, arranger and conductor with a particular interest in innovative works. He has conducted and/or recorded with many Australian orchestras, including the Adelaide, West Australian, Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, and a number of distinguished European and British orchestras, such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and BBC Concert Orchestras. His compositions have been performed or recorded by all the major Australian orchestras.
Sean was recognised as Honorary Artistic Advisor to BRO when these roles were created in 2005.
Music Programme
Gordon Jacob
- God Save the Queen
Joseph Haydn
- Symphony in B-flat Major “London Symphony” – Finale – Presto
Trad.
- Ye Banks and Braes (Words: Rabbie Burns)
- Finnegan’s Wake
Ivor Novello
- Rose of England
Trad.
- O Waly Waly
Edward Elgar
- Nimrod from Enigma Variations
Alexander Lee. Arr: O’Boyle
- McGregor’s Gathering (Words: Sir Walter Scott)
Lerner & Lowe
- Brigadoon Medley
Sean O’Boyle
- Pirates of the Coral Sea
Hammerstein & Rogers
- If I Loved You
Percy French
- Phil the Fluthers Ball
Trad. arr Percy Grainger
- Danny Boy
Graham Lovland
- You Raise Me Up
Edward Elgar
- Pomp and Circumstance Military March, Op. 39
CHH Parry
- Jerusalem (Words by W. Blake)
Trad. Arr: O’Boyle
- Amazing Grace
- Rule Britannia


