Featuring our guest conductor Theodore Kuchar

Theodore Kuchar hardly needs an introduction to Townsville audiences as he is one of our celebrated sons. He founded the Australian Festival of Chamber Music and was its Artistic Director for 17 years. The Townsville City Council together with AFCM established the annual Theodore Kuchar Music Scholarship in recognition of his contribution to the development and enhanceent of this city's cultural identity.

Multiple award-winning conductor Theodore Kuchar is one of the most recorded conductor of his generation and appears on over 130 compact discs for the Naxos, Brilliant Classics, Ondine, Marco Polo and Toccata Classics labels. Having recently accepted the positions as Principal Conductor of the Ukrainian Festival Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Ukrainian National Opera and Ballet in Lviv he has served as the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of two of Europe’s leading orchestras, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra (formerly the Czech Radio Orchestra) while also serving as the Principal Conductor of the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra and Slovak Sinfonietta... Click on Theodore Kuchar's photo to see the full biography.

Music Programme

Traditional

• Welcome to Country by William Mabo, Ashley Saltner, and Wulgurukaba Walkabouts

John Williams

• Superman March

Anton Dvorak

• Symphony No. 8 in G major, B. 163, excerpt

Elena Kats-Chernin

• Dance of the Paper Umbrellas

Leonard Bernstein

• Symphonic Dances: IV – Mambo

Ludwig van Beethoven

• Septet in E-flat major for Winds and Strings, Op. 20, Movts 1&6 performed by Umberto Clerici (cello), Julian Bliss (clarinet), Ben Jacks (French horn), Kees Boersma (double bass), Jackie Newcomb (bassoon), Benjamin Roskams (viola) and Adam Barnett-Hart (violin)

Christoph Willibald Gluck

• “Dance of the Blessed Spirits” from Orpheus for flute and strings with Anna Rabinowicz (flute)

Vittorio Monti

• Csárdás with Julian Bliss (clarinet)

Gustav Holst

• The Planets: Jupiter

John Williams

• Star Wars (excerpts)