About
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Bendigos 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
Philip Charles Plaisted (1844-1920), transcribed by Thomas Heywood (b.1974)
Grand March [composed for the opening of the Melbourne Town Hall organ, August 1872], Organ solo
Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
Yum-Yums Aria: The sun whose rays are all ablaze from The Mikado
Johann Strauss, Jnr (1825-1899), arranged by Ralph Benatzky (1884-1957)
The Nuns Chorus from Casanova
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), trans. W.T. Best (1826-1897)
Military March No. 1 in D major from Three Military Marches, Op. 51, Organ solo
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Hear ye, Israel from Elijah, Op. 70
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
Pie Jesu from Requiem, Op. 48
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), trans. Dr Osborne H. Peasgood (1902-1962)
Hornpipe from Water Music Suite No. 2 in D, HWV 349, Organ solo
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Ave Maria - Meditation sur le Premier Prelude de Piano de J.S. Bach
Louis James Alfred Lefebure-Wely (1817-1869)
Sortie [in E flat], Organ solo
Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
Panis angelicus from Messe solennelle in A major, Op. 12
The Revd Dr George William Torrance (1835-1907), trans. Thomas Heywood (b.1974)
The Melbourne Exhibition March, Organ solo
Stephen Adams [Michael Maybrick] (1844-1913)
The Holy City
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
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 Bendigos unique performance spaces, unparalleled in regional Australia.