THE GREAT ROMANTICS – Elgar, Rimsky Korsakov, Verdi and Mascagni with the Lake Macquarie Philharmonic Orchestra
- Date & Time: Sunday 23rd March 2025, 2pm.
- Venue: Warners Bay Theatre.
Conducted by Christopher Bearman OAM, we present celebrated cellist Anthea Scott-Mitchell playing the Elgar Cello Concerto, one of the finest works in the cello repertoire.
The Lake Macquarie Philharmonic Orchestra will play Capriccio Espagnol by the Russian Romantic composer Rimsky-Korsakov. There are five sections: Alborada, Variations, Alborada, Scene and Gypsy Song, and Fandango Asturiano. Familiar from film and television, it is a showpiece for all sections of the orchestra.
The Opera Hunter Chorus joins the orchestra in Verdi’s Triumphal Scene from Aida, and the lovely Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni.
Tickets
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- Adult – $45
- Concession – $35
Enquiries: mbuck@exemail.com.au
About Anthea Scott-Mitchell
Anthea was Co-Principal Cellist and Soloist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Co-Principal Cellist with the Camerata Lysy Gstaad, a permanent member (Professoressa di Violoncello) of the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under Leonard Bernstein, and Principal Cellist and Soloist with the Camerata Strumentale di Santa Cecilia. She has also been Guest Principal Cellist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
After receiving the Associate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with Merit, Anthea obtained a Bachelor of Science in Music Degree (Cello Performance) with High Distinction at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, and was invited to join the Honorary Music Society, Pi Kappa Lambda, for academic excellence (with the motto: “Strive Always for the Best and the Beautiful”). She then studied Cello at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Gstaad, Switzerland.
Anthea’s cello teachers include John Painter, Lois Simpson, Fritz Magg, Eva Czako Janzer, Janos Starker, Paul Tortelier, Radu Aldulescu and Pierre Fournier. Among her musical mentors are Yehudi Menuhin, Robert Pikler and Alberto Lysy (String Orchestra), Bruno Giuranna (Piano Quartets), and the Amadeus Quartet (String Quartets).
Anthea was Senior Lecturer in Cello at the University of Newcastle from 1995 to 2017, and has recorded a Cello and Piano album with Erin Sweetman, “Into the Silence” (now on Spotify, Apple Music and iTunes). She continues to be active as a soloist, chamber musician and recording artist, as well as teaching and mentoring young cellists.
Tickets
Available from Sticky Tickets
- Adult – $45
- Concession – $35