Goldmund Quartet
Wednesday, 2 September, 7:30pm CANCELLED
- HAYDN – String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5
- YOUNAN – String Quartet No.2 (World Premiere)*
- SCHUBERT – String Quartet No.14 in D minor, D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’
*commissioned for Musica Viva Australia by Julian Burnside
Germany’s youthful Goldmund Quartet began their career in stellar fashion, winning prizes at major events including the 2018 Wigmore Hall Competition and the 2018 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, and bursting onto the concert scene with a jam-packed schedule of performances across Europe and, more recently, in Asia and North America.
For their debut Australian tour, Goldmund offer some of the great masterpieces of the string quartet canon: Haydn and Schubert, set alongside a brand-new work, written for this tour by rising Australian composer Elizabeth Younan.
“Incredible musicality, rhythmic precision and crystal clear intonation” RADIO HR2 – ‘KULTUR’
- Florian Schötz (violin)
- Pinchas Adt (violin)
- Christoph Vandory (viola)
- Raphael Paratore (cello)
Beesley, Kraemer & Martyn-Ellis
Friday, 30 October, 7:30pm CANCELLED
- BACH – Sonata in G major for Violin and Basso Continuo
- BWV – 1021
- MATTEIS – Other Ayres and Pieces
- GABRIELLI – Sonata for Violoncello Solo and Basso Continuo No. 1 in G major
- RAVENSCROFT – The Three Ravens
- DE MURCIA – Gaitas
- MCCRAE -Rachel Rae
- GEMINIANI – Scots Tunes
- BIBER – Sonata Representativa in A major for Violin and Continuo
- CORELLI – Sonate for Violin and Basso Continuo Op. 5 No. 4
- VERACINI – Sonata in A major, Op. 2, No. 9
Internationally renowned baroque violinist, Rachael Beesley is joined by cellist Natasha Kraemer and theorbist Simon Martyn-Ellis.
The program is a mixture of ensemble music and solo works, including Biber’s charming Sonata Representativa, in which the violin imitates the sounds of various creatures including a nightingale, a frog, a cat, as well as a squad of musketeers!
“Perhaps the best thing I’ve heard all year” CLIVE O’CONNELL ON 3MBS FM, MELBOURNE (OCTOBER 2009)
- Rachael Beesley (violin)
- Natasha Kraemer (cello)
- Simon Martyn-Ellis (theorbo and baroque guitar)
Umberto Clerici & Daniel De Borah
Friday, 27 November, 7:30pm CANCELLED
- MENDELSSOHN – Song without words Op. 109 in D Major
- CHOPIN – Cello Sonata in G Minor Op. 65
- CHOPIN – without words No. 8 in D Major and No. 9 in G Major from Op. 74
- MENDELSSOHN – Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58
Principal Cellist of the Sydney Symphony, Umberto Clerici, joins esteemed pianist Daniel de Borah for a special concert in Coffs Harbour.
Umberto made his debut as a soloist with SSO in 2017 with Strauss’ Don Quixote and in 2018 the Brahms double concerto. He has recorded several CDs with concertos, solo and chamber music and, in 2017, he realized two new solo recordings for ABC Classic.
Daniel de Borah is fi rmly established as one of Australia’s foremost musicians, consistently praised for the grace, fi nesse and imaginative intelligence of his performances. Festival appearances have included the Adelaide Festival, Musica Viva Festival, Huntington Estate Music Festival and the Australian Festival of Chamber Music. Daniel is a founding member of Ensemble Q.
“Clerici’s playing is soulful, robust, and beautifully sculpted.” ANDREW ARONOWICZ, LIMELIGHT MAGAZINE (31 AUGUST 2017)
Ticket sales end Wednesday, 2 September, 2020 at 7:30PM.