Piano Recital

Presenter(s)

Phillip Gelbach

Help raise funds for the restoration of the historic Holy Trinity organ.

Phillip Gelbach, pianist and composer, and fresh from the Julliard School in New York will present an afternoon of virtuosic piano music.   This will be followed by afternoon tea.

The organ was purchased from the estate of Mr Henry M Boom of 'Yarradale', Fordholm Road, Hawthorn, and installed at Holy Trinity in 1913.  It is believed that Boom built most of the organ himself with some professional assistance.  One builder is quoted as saying, 'that the wood pipes present a magnificent example of the art of organ building.  They are magnificently made and voiced.  It is very rare to see such small pipes which extend to within the last octave of the top of the 2ft rank.  The work of Henry Boom can only be greatly admired.'

The organ has lately received a National Trust classiciation of 'regional significance.'

Phillip Gelbach

Phillip Gelbach (b. 1968) is an Australian composer and concert pianist. He studied composition with Leonid Hrabovsky, piano with Vladimir Viardo and jazz inprovisation with Barry Harris. Philllip has written for Filter Kingz, Silo String Quartet and Yaroslav Bell.

He has performed on Earth in the Lincoln Center, United Nations, Trinity Church and BMW Edge, and recently in Dallas, New Orleans and New York with James Avatar, Tod Cater, Slava Bell, Karen Emerson and Keith Burstein.

Programme

Part 1

1. J. McHugh, D. Fields - "Exactly Like You"
2. J.S. Bach - Prelude in F minor
3. J. Kern - "All the Things You Are"
4. F. Schubert - Impromptu in B flat major
5. J. Kosma, J. Prévert - "The Autumn Leaves"
6. R. Schumann - 3 Pieces from "Kreisleriana"

Part 2

1. Jazz lmprovisation
2. F. Chopin - Nocturne in E flat major
3. F. Chopin - Walz in E minor
4. F. Chopin - Walz in A flat major
5. F. Chopin - Etude in C minor
6. V. Young, N. Washington - "My Foolish Heart"
7. C. Franck - Prelude, Fugue and Variation