The St James' Lunchtime Concert on Wednesday the 18th of September at 1:15pm is 'Mozart, Beyond and Back' presented by Joshua Han - Piano. Tickets are $10.

Programme:

W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Nine variations in D Major for piano on a Minuet by Jean Pierre Duport, K.573 (1789)

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata, S. 161, No. 7 (1837)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Miroirs III: Une Barque sur l'océan (1904)

William Bolcom (b.1938)

The Garden of Eden: III. The Serpent's Kiss (1974)

Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) arr. Alexey Kurbatov

Bohemian Rhapsody (transcribed 2021)

W. A. Mozart arr. Arcadi Volodos

Concert Paraphrase on 'Turkish March' (Sonata in A major, K.331) (1997)

Joshua Han is an accomplished performer who has appeared with distinguished orchestras including the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and North Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Joshua is currently studying piano performance with Dr Paul Rickard-Ford from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. An Australian-born pianist, Joshua started piano studies at the age of four. Following his first gold in the Sydney Eisteddfod at the age of six, and his Licentiate of Music, Australia (LMusA) at the age of 10, Joshua has achieved considerable success in music. Joshua received First Prizes at the 2014 Ettlingen International Piano Competition in Germany, and the 2015 Aarhus International Piano Competition in Denmark, where he also received the Audience Prize. In 2016, he received a Fellowship Recital Diploma at the age of 14. In 2022, Joshua received Second Prize and Audience Prize in the Australian Youth Classical Music Competition and First Prize in the New South Wales 2MBS Fine Music Young Virtuoso Awards. Joshua was a major prizewinner in the 2024 Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition, receiving Second Prize, Concerto Prize, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra Musicians’ Choice Prize and the Virtuoso Study Prize. He was also a recipient of the 2024 Inaugural John Lamble Helping Hand Grant to support a creative project for aspiring musicians. Aside from classical music, Joshua also performs popular music. He and his brother made the Australia’s Got Talent 2013 grand final with a rendition of Pirates of the Caribbean.