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WILLIAMS  Three Concert Pieces for Violin and Piano*

    cloud, ground, trees
    white sea bird
    valleys of the sky (chapel of pure light)

SUTHERLAND  Nocturne (1944)

HANSON  Three Fancies for Violin and Piano

    Of an elephant who dreamt he danced like a faun
    Of the platypus who envied the hawk in his flight
    Of a fugue that wished it could walk

HYDE  Piano Sonata in G minor, First movement (1944)

SUTHERLAND  Sonatina for Violin and Piano (1957)

GREENBAUM  Infinite Heartbeat from the Sonata for Violin and Piano (2000)

*Commissioned for this concert tour

Rebecca Gill makes a welcome return to her home town, in a recital premiering works of fellow Novocastrian, composer Chris Williams who recently graduated from Oxford University, with a Masters of Philosophy in Composition.  Rebecca Gill is a former resident of Newcastle who completed her Bachelor of Music Performance with first class honours in 2009, and the Masters of Music Performance (Research) in 2013, both at Sydney Conservatorium. Rebecca is the 2015 Stefan Kruger Scholarship Recipient. Rebecca is a member of Sydney Symphony’s Fellowship Program, and performs as guest leader of many Sydney based ensembles. Rebecca Gill appears courtesy of 102.5 Fine Music.

Paul Cheung enjoys a busy schedule of accompanying and solo recitals.  A graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium, where he studied with Tamara Anna Cislowska and David Miller AM, Paul has won numerous prizes and scholarships, including second prize in the 2MBS Young Performers Award, and has performed in prestigious venues including the Utzon Room and the Concert Hall of the Sudney Opera House.

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Featured Australian Works

	Nocturne : violin with piano (1944) by Margaret Sutherland — performed by Paul Cheung and Rebecca Gill
	Sonata for piano in G minor (solo piano) (1944) [movt 1] by Miriam Hyde — performed by Paul Cheung
	Sonata for violin and piano : violin with piano (2000) ['The infinite heartbeat'] by Stuart Greenbaum — performed by Paul Cheung and Rebecca Gill
	Sonatina : for oboe (or violin) : for violin (or oboe) and piano (1957) by Margaret Sutherland — performed by Paul Cheung and Rebecca Gill
	Three fancies, op. 19 : for violin & pianoforte (1946) by Raymond Hanson — performed by Paul Cheung and Rebecca Gill
	three horizons : for violin and piano (2016) by Chris Williams — World premiere — performed by Paul Cheung and Rebecca Gill

Featured artists

• Performer Rebecca Gill
• Performer Paul Cheung