The inaugural event of the Swiss Global Artistic Foundation was a private reception to raise funds for the UK Friends of Bundanon Ltd, a charitable company set up to promote cultural exchanges between the United Kingdom and Australia.
Taking place at Christie’s Great Rooms, the soirée introduced a number of talented young artists: Alexander Boyd piano, Helen Brown soprano, Simon Dinnigan guitar, David Wickham piano, Ian Wilson clarinet and flute and Harriet Wiltshire cello.
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| John Carmichael | Fêtes Champêtres i. Rigaudon ii. Berceuse | clarinet and piano |
| Peggy Glanville-Hicks | Thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird (Wallace Stevens) Nos.3,4,2,5,7,8,11,13 | soprano and piano |
| Wendy Hiscocks | Two Sacred Songs Stars (C.J.L. Almquist) | soprano, flute, cello and piano |
| Francisco Tarréga Isaac Albeniz | Recuerdos de la Alhambra Asturias | guitar |
| Margaret Sutherland | The Orange Tree (John Shaw Neilson) | soprano, clarinet and piano |
| Malcolm Williamson | From a Child’s Garden (Robert Louis Stevenson) i. From a railway Carriage ii. Happy Thought | soprano and piano |
| trad. arr. Percy Grainger | Died for Love | soprano, clarinet, guitar and cello |
| Percy Grainger | Scandinavian Suite i. Swedish Folksong and Dance ii. Vermelandsvisa iii. Norwegian Folksong and Finale | cello and piano |
| Frédéric Chopin | Polonaise Fantasia in A flat | piano |