MUSICA VIVA TASMANIA HOBART TOWN HALL

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Join us in 2018 for LATITUDE 37 JAMES CRABB AND some great live music! AND LUCINDA MOON GIOCOSO QUARTET ANDREW HAVERON Musica Viva Tasmania Thursday 22 February, 8pm Thursday 5 April, 8pm Wednesday 6 June, 8pm OUR SEASON OPENER IS DEDICATED TO JOSEPH HAYDN – String Quartet Op.71 No.2 J.S. BACH – Violin Sonata No.3 BWV 1016 once again brings THE HOBART CITY COUNCIL, CELEBRATING ROBERT SCHUMANN – String Quartet Op.41 No.1 MAURICE RAVEL – Tzigane A DECADE OF PARTNERSHIP. MAURICE RAVEL – String Quartet in F DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (Arr. DMITRY TSYGANOV) – you a varied selection Preludes from Op.34 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Considered one of the most promising and exciting young quartets of their generation, CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS – Introduction and of superb national HEINRICH FRANZ VON BIBER – Partita No.3 the Giocoso String Quartet has been the Rondo Capriccioso from Harmonia artificioso-ariosa and international recipient of important SALLY BEAMISH – Lament from Seavaigers JOHANN JACOB FROBERGER – Plainte faite prizes, including the Musica Viva Australia SCOTTISH/BORDER FOLK TUNES – à Londres pour passer la mélancolie artists from the world Prize at the 2015 International Extended variations by Matt Seattle of chamber music. JOHANN KASPAR KERLL – Batalla Imperial Chamber Music Competition. All four i Mary Scott, Flower of Yarrow GOTTFRIED FINGER – da Gamba Sonata members are prizewinning musicians, ii Cuckold Come out of the Amrey in D minor admired both as soloists and chamber music players. MANUEL DE FALLA – Siete Canciones Take a seat in the JOHANN PACHELBEL – Trio Sonata (Scordatura) Populares Españolas HEINRICH FRANZ VON BIBER – Partita No.6 The three quartets of Haydn’s Op. 71 were CARLOS GARDEL (Arr. JOHN WILLLIAMS) – acoustically brilliant among the first to be composed for the from Harmonia artificioso-ariosa Tango ‘Por una Cabeza’ Town Hall for concert stage instead of the drawing room. FINGER – Trio Sonata in D minor No 2 in D major has all the energy, wit and ASTOR PIAZZOLLA – Oblivion, Escualo this stunning seven JOHANN KASPAR KERLL – Trio Sonata warmth which define Haydn’s late style. JOHANN PEZ – Duplex Genius Sonata 1842 was Schumann’s year of chamber Crabb finds a perfect balance concert series. ANONYMOUS arr. LATITUDE 37 – music when he wrote the three quartets between the delicately sensual Selections from Wallachian, Polish, Slovakian, of Op.41. No.1, while formally displaying and the wildly passionate… and Hungarian dances from Pestry Zbornik, his studies of Haydn and Beethoven, also expresses his very individual musical Irish Independent Kájoni and Vietórisz manuscripts poetry. Ravel’s sole string quartet, modelled on Debussy’s earlier work, James Crabb, a Scottish classical accordion Here, at last, is an Australian contains a suave and intimate lyricism player, has been praised internationally baroque group that can confidently that has made it one of the most popular for his virtuosity and versatile musicianship. mix it with the world’s best. works in the chamber music repertory. He is widely regarded as one of the world’s Photograph: Keith Saunders leading exponents and ambassadors of his The Australian chosen instrument. SEBASTIAN CASLEANU, Violin Latitude 37 is an exciting baroque TEOFIL TODICA, Violin The ensemble gave a mature and trio whose members were drawn MARTHA WINDHAGAUER, Viola together by their passion for historically BAS JONGEN, Cello sensitive reading with particularly informed performance of 17th and 18th fine voicing from Andrew Haveron. century music. Arts Hub Latitude 37 is joined by outstanding violinist Lucinda Moon to tour Bohemia’s woods Andrew Haveron joined the and fields, exploring the diversity of Symphony Orchestra as Concertmaster repertoire from this important part of in 2013. One of the most sought-after Baroque Europe. Bohemia, now part of the violinists of his generation, he is highly modern-day Czech Republic, was a visiting respected as a soloist, chamber musician ground for many aspiring young musicians and concertmaster. from across Europe who were looking to cut their teeth in the music profession. This unique collaboration between these two fine classical musicians will take the Latitude 37 explores works of exceptional listener on a wonderfully exciting and beauty from foreign tourists such as evocative journey. The key-note of the Johannes Pachelbel, who became one of program is variety; a wide range of familiar the most influential keyboard musicians pieces given an exotic twist by Crabb’s back in his native Germany, to locally-grown brilliant transcriptions. As you’ve never virtuosos such as Heinrich Biber who heard them before: Bach’s stately and captivated listeners with his advanced violin beautiful melodies, Ravel’s freewheeling techniques and audacious harmonic homage to Romani culture, Shostakovich’s language. In a specially devised program, modern homage to Bach, the elegance be transported by the experimental melodic of Saint-Saëns, and the charm of Falla’s ideas and haunting beauty of this highly folk arrangements contrasted with folk original music alongside the exotic scales music from Scotland. A concert to open of folk music from Poland, Moldova, the mind and heart. Hungary, Wallachia and Slovakia. Photograph: Keith Saunders Photograph: Latitude 37 – Albert Comper & Christoffer Askmann JULIA FREDERSDORFF, Baroque Violin LAURA VAUGHAN, Viola da Gamba JAMES CRABB, Classical Accordion DONALD NICOLSON, Harpsichord ANDREW HAVERON, Violin LUCINDA MOON, Baroque Violin

I II III BORODIN STEFANIE FARRANDS JOYCE YANG AND JULIEN QUENTIN STRING QUARTET WITH LEIGH HARROLD Saturday 21 July, 8pm Monday 13 August, 8pm Saturday 29 September, 8pm Sunday 28 October, 4pm SERGEI RACHMANINOV – PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY – String Quartet No.1 FRANZ SCHUBERT – Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, Prelude in G sharp minor, Op.32 No.12 Violin Sonata no 1 in D major, Op.12 No.1 HUGO WOLF – Italian Serenade D.821 (Arr. for viola and piano) Prelude in D Major, Op.23 No.24 EDVARD GRIEG – DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH – String Quartet No.15 MARIA GRENFELL – Desert Rain Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.3 No.2 Violin Sonata No 2 in G major, Op.13 WORLD PREMIERE featuring guest artist LEOŠ JANÁCEK – Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 – New Work (2018) The makes music Kaylie Melville FRANZ LISZT – Spanish Rhapsody MANUEL DE FALLA – Suite Populaire Espagnole flow as naturally as speech. HENRI VIEUXTEMPS – Viola Sonata in B Major Op.36 ELIZABETH YOUNAN – New Work (2018) VITTORIO MONTI – Czárdás Wigmore Hall Monthly Archives FRANZ LISZT – Sonata in B minor Stefanie Farrands is one of Ray Chen can do pretty much For more than seventy years, the Borodin Australia’s leading lights. Her attention to detail and clarity anything he wants on the violin. Quartet has been celebrated for its insight The Age is as impressive as her agility, Washington Post and authority. Particularly revered for balance and velocity. its performances of Shostakovich, who Stefanie Farrands has been Principal Violist personally supervised its study of his with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Winner of the Queen Elisabeth (2009) Washington Post quartets, the Quartet is equally at home in since 2015, after living and studying in Berlin. and Yehudi Menuhin Competitions (2008), music ranging from Mozart to Stravinsky. She has performed with many renowned In 2005 Joyce Yang won the silver medal Ray Chen is among the most compelling The Quartet regularly joins forces with other young violinists today, appearing with orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic at the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano distinguished musicians to further explore and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Competition, the youngest contestant some of the world’s leading orchestras. the chamber music repertoire, and also Followed by over two million people on In Australia she has been a guest principal at 19 years old. She made her celebrated receives invitations to give masterclasses Violist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, New York Philharmonic debut with Lorin SoundCloud, Ray looks to expand the and serve as jury members at major classical music audience by increasing and the Australian World Orchestra and is Maazel at Avery Fisher Hall in 2006 and international competitions. a core member of the Melbourne Chamber performed on the orchestra’s tour of its appeal to the young generation via all available social media platforms. Tchaikovsky’s early string quartet, Orchestra. She is also the founding member Asia, making a triumphant return to her of the Hamer Quartet which in 2009 won hometown of Seoul, South Korea. premiered when the composer was virtually unknown, was an instant success and overall First Prize in the Asia Pacific Chamber She has since gone on to an acclaimed Julien Quentin is a remarkably Music competition. In 2016 she was a recipient international career. remains one of his most popular gifted young pianist, fully works, largely due to the lovely melancholy of the Freedman Classical Fellowship. Yang presents a program brimming with in control of even the most folk song of the second movement. romance and passion. Beginning with Wolf’s 1887 Italian Serenade, one of his A pianist of real stature. a selection of Rachmaninov’s beautifully difficult material. few works other than lieder, mixes romantic wrought Preludes, we progress to the The Herald Times sentiment and mocking wit in equal The Review turmoil of Leoš Janácek’s politically inspired measure. Shostakovich’s fifteenth and sonata: ‘From the Street’. A new work by French pianist Julien Quentin has final string quartet was composed while Leigh Harrold enjoys a reputation as one young Sydney composer Elizabeth Younan established himself as a versatile and he was gravely ill. Its six linked adagio of Australia’s busiest and most sought-after is bookended by two technically challenging sensitive musician. Presently resident movements comprise a profound pianists. He has performed extensively works by Liszt’s Spanish Rhapsody and the in Berlin, he has created a concert contemplation on death. throughout Europe, North America and mighty Sonata in B minor, one of the series reminiscent of the salons of Africa as both soloist and chamber musician. Photograph: Keith Saunders milestones of the Romantic piano repertory. the Roaring Twenties. He also pursues Currently Leigh holds positions on the Faculties of ANAM and the University of Photograph: Keith Saunders his interest in other genres of music RUBEN AHARONIAN, Violin through various collaborations in SERGEI LOMOVSKY, Violin Melbourne, and is pianist with the Melbourne JOYCE YANG, Piano projects ranging from improvisation IGOR NAIDIN, Viola Symphony Orchestra. to producing electronic music. VLADIMIR BALSHIN, Cello The final movement was an Beethoven’s first violin sonata, composed whilst studying under Haydn, exhibits the absolute tour de force of percussion classical polish of his early works. Grieg is playing from Melville. in full Norwegian mode for his passionate second violin sonata written during his Classic Melbourne three-week honeymoon. A new work by acclaimed Australian composer Matthew Melbourne-based percussionist Kaylie Melville Hindson, followed the popular transcription is a soloist and chamber musician dedicated of Manual de Falla’s setting of traditional to new music performance. She is a core artist Spanish songs, including the famous with new music pioneers Speak Percussion, Asturiana, and finally Italian composer a co-director of the contemporary ensemble Vittorio Monti’s short, rhapsodic Czárdás. Rubiks Collective and frequently works with leading Australian ensembles and orchestras. Photograph: Ray Chen – Julien Mignot Schubert’s posthumous Sonata for the RAY CHEN, Violin Arpeggione, a sort of bowed guitar (here JULIEN QUENTIN, Piano the viola), is an unusual and beautiful extended contemplation on the Neapolitan chord. This is followed by a new work by local composer Maria Grenfell, especially commissioned for this concert. And to conclude, Vieuxtemps’ romantic Sonata, with its oscillation between expressive maestoso, elegiac barcarola and lively scherzando, considered one of the gems of viola literature. Photograph: Agatha Yim

STEFANIE FARRANDS, Viola LEIGH HARROLD, Piano KAYLIE MELVILLE, Percussion

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Early chamber music recitals usually included selected movements MUSICA VIVA AUSTRALIA or arrangements of orchestral music. In the years before the First World War, COUNTRYWIDE SUPPORTERS a local string quartet comprising Glanville Bishop (first violin), Kathleen McIntyre (second violin), Howard Fawcett (viola) and Allan McIntyre (cello) introduced Hobart audiences to standard quartet repertoire. The first international chamber group to visit Tasmania was the Budapest String Quartet in 1935. As part of a national tour for the Australia Broadcasting Commission, the quartet gave two concerts at the Town Hall in August, and returned in December for another two performances. New radiators were installed on the walls of the Town Hall for the comfort of patrons, but were apparently of little benefit. The four 1935 concerts included quartets by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Dvorák and Debussy. MUSICA VIVA TASMANIA PATRON Mrs Frances Underwood The impressions of consummate team-work given by the quartet at the Musica Viva Tasmania first ecitalr were deepened by the choice programme submitted last GPO Box 1183 Hobart Tasmania 7001 Telephone 6105 0513 night, and it is not too much to say that the visit of these refined artists [email protected] is a milestone in Hobart’s musical history. www.mvt.org.au Mercury, 15 August 1935 Musica Viva Tasmania is Tasmania’s international chamber music The audience … presenter. Please contact us for all non-ticketing enquiries. listened in rapt admiration to the poetic interpretations of this perfect ensemble. One felt that such playing would have gratified the composers BOOKINGS themselves as a realisation of the inner dreams that gave rise to their Contact the Theatre Royal Box Office works. The way in which the members of the quartet lift a melody for subscription and ticketing enquiries. Box Office hours are 9am to 5pm, through the contrapuntal web, first on one instrument and then on Monday to Friday. another, so that the thought of musical unfolding is never lost, is beyond All Bookings at the Theatre Royal Box Office praise. Freshness and zest, warmth of temperament, beauty and Telephone 6233 2299 fluency of phrasing, and flawless intonation are further characteristics www.theatreroyal.com.au of these rare musicians. All details are correct at time of printing. Mercury, 9 December 1935 Musica Viva Tasmania reserves the right to alter without notice programs, performers, The Budapest String Quartet (with a new viola player) returned for another four dates, times, venues and/or prices as may concerts in June and October 1937, repeating Dvorák’s Quartet in F Major become necessary. (American) and the Debussy. Quartets by Haydn, Beethoven and Mendelssohn featured once more, and the quartet gave the first Hobart performances of the Ravel Quartet and Respighi’s Quartetto Dorico. COVER PHOTOGRAPHY Matt Thompson BRAND: ENVELOPEGROUP.COM.AU