Keys of Gold - Festival Launch Concert
Event description
Bendigo’s Keys of Gold Classical Music Festival is so called as the festival not only features keyboard instruments at every concert, but also features the rich heritage of glorious buildings, grand public spaces and elegant streetscapes all made possible through the discovery of gold in 1851.
Inspired by the vision of the great Victorian architect William Vahland to make Bendigo the ‘Vienna of the South’, the festival will bring Bendigo and surrounds’ multi-million dollar unique heritage of spectacular pipe organs to life, together with the Steinway concert grand piano selected by Vladimir Ashkenazy himself for the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall and much more. There are 16 concerts across Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in July 2025 - in 11 venues in Bendigo, Castlemaine, Inglewood and Maldon, with 27 instruments and 45 performers.
PROGRAM
Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
‘Molly on the Shore’ – Irish Reel
Piano and Organ Duet
Edwin H. Lemare (1865-1934)
Concertstück (In the form of a Tarantella), Op. 90
Organ Solo
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
Allegro de concierto, Op. 46
Piano Solo
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque
Piano and Organ Duet
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Golliwog’s Cake-walk from Children’s Corner
Piano and Organ Duet
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), trans. Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Variations in E major – ‘The harmonious blacksmith’ from Klavier Suite No. 5, HWV 430
Organ Solo
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Prelude in B minor, Op. 32 No. 10
Piano Solo
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
i. Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F-sharp minor
ii. Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major
Piano and Organ Duet
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Grande Valse Brillante [Waltz No. 1 in E-flat major], Op. 18
Piano and Organ Duet
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
THOMAS HEYWOOD
YASMIN ROWE
Keys of Gold is presented by Bendigo Fine Music. BFM is a registered charity led by a team of people living in and around this beautiful city, aspiring to enrich lives for the good of the wider community through world-class fine music experiences in Bendigo’s unique performance spaces, unparalleled in regional Australia.
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