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Alan Holley's ornithological interlude between two masterpieces in Sydney

By Tony Burke, 12 November 2015
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Reviewed at Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Sydney on 11 November 2015
Programme
Dukas, La Péri: Fanfare
Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op.22
Purcell, Ground in C Minor, Z. D221
Holley, Oboe Concerto
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch Ravel)
Performers
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor
Vadym Kholodenko, Piano
Shefali Pryor, Oboe
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Tony Burke
Tony Burke
Tony worked in medicine for many years, having his own GP practice in New South Wales. He plays piano and is an enthusiastic concert-goer, his travels often taking him to Edinburgh in the (UK) summers.