Unforgettable (St Paschal's)

Sunday 24th August 2025 at 2pm

St Paschal’s Catholic Church
30 Warraba Ave, Wavell Heights 
$35 (including light supper)
Bookings:- https://www.olaparishchermside.org.au/events or Phone 3359 0239. Tickets also sold at the door if not previously sold out.

Guest Artist at St Paschal's Church will be Our Lady of the Angels Choir conducted by Debra Todhunter.

The Brisbane City Pops Orchestra is delighted to present our third concert series for 2025, entitled “Unforgettable,” at St Paschal’s Catholic Church, Wavell Heights on 24^th August. We have chosen a very entertaining program that is full of music that is well-loved, from amazing musicals and movies, to iconic pop hits, to soulful ballads and to favourite orchestral classics and more! Every piece has something special and unique that makes it simply Unforgettable.

You will be treated to an orchestral selection from the richly melodic and memorable Les Miserables by Schonberg, as well as a Medley of favourites from the eternally popular Sound of Music!

The BCPO will also feature the very beautiful music of Franz Lehar, with the spirited Maxim’s March and the graceful and romantic Merry Widow Waltz. We will also perform the very playful and charming ragtime piece, The Entertainer, by Scott Joplin, as well as the very rousing Dam Busters theme by Eric Coates.

And who could ever forget the hauntingly beautiful ballad, Yesterday, made famous by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, from the Beatles - a timeless classic!

The orchestra will also delight you with the Adagio from Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major, one of the most exquisite and expressive pieces in the clarinet repertoire

As part of our concert, we will be featuring the wonderful Our Lady of the Angels’ Gumnuts Choir, conducted by Debra Todhunter, always a joy to hear and a highlight of the evening.

So, please join the Brisbane City Pops Orchestra for this truly unique concert – a musical celebration of timeless and beautiful melodies that have left a lasting imprint on our hearts and are truly Unforgettable!

Neill Flottmann (Conductor)

After studies in flute and piano at the University of Sydney, Neil Flottmann went on to a varied career as a flautist, music educator and conductor. A former member of several major Australian orchestras, including the QLD Symphony Orchestra, he has also worked as Chorus Master for the Lyric Opera of Queensland, The Australian Opera and The Canadian Opera Company. He has been at various times a member of the professional staff at the NSW State Conservatorium of Music, the QLD Conservatorium of Music and QUT lecturing in flute, musicianship, opera studies and conducting. 

In 1984 Neil was awarded the prestigious Willem van Otterloo Memorial Conducting Scholarship, leading to studies in Sydney and London with Myer Fredman and Sir Charles Mackerras. Since then he has appeared as guest conductor with the Sydney, Queensland, Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, the ABC Sinfonia, the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra and the Australian Ballet. Neil has conducted thirteen seasons for the Queensland Ballet including the widely acclaimed Australian premiere of Peter Maxwell- Davies; Salome in 1986 and Francois Klaus’s 1998 production of Peer Gynt. In 2010 he was a member of the creative team for the Brisbane performance of Havergal Brian’s “Gothic Symphony”. He is currently Director of Curriculum at West Moreton Anglican College.