Classical music in the Whitsundays

It’s not often we are treated to world class classical music in the Whitsundays, so when the Chamber Philharmonia Cologne was advertising a concert in our local church we were keen to attend.

St. Martin of Tours Church was abuzz with the cognoscenti of Airlie Beach, interspersed with visiting grey nomads, and the likes of us. With front row seats, we were looking forward to the program of popular works from well-known composers Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Bach.

The mesmerizing Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons featured two different soloists, and took us to the interval nearly one hour later. The second half of the program featured Tchaikovsky’s somber Pezzo capriccioso (Dmitri Gornovsky was entrancing on the Violoncello); Mozart’s Divertimento in F major followed by soprano Sabine Könner and her magnificent rendition of the Eucharistic Latin hymn of Ave verum corpus; and Bach’s Suite No.2 in B Minor with flutist and composer Michal Rosiak.

The Chamber Philharmonia Cologne tours the world over with the objective of inspiring as many people across all generations to enjoy classical music. Playing 300 concerts annually, you are sure to catch them somewhere near you. Don’t miss it!