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1 – 10 January 2016 World-class Music Intimate Performances Unique Peninsula Places We would like to thank our Welcome sponsors and supporters Major Sponsors Welcome to the 2016 Festival, and another great summer of music-making on offer. Balnarring & District Julia Fredersdorff Community Bank® Branch Artistic Director Our ninth festival features a superb assembly of artists from Australia, the UK, Malta, Israel, India, France and Italy. Join us for Festival Partners 10 days of music that ranges from the early Italian baroque to the minimalist stylings of Philip Glass, from an Indian bansuri master to the late Geoffrey Tozer, via Napoleon’s exile to St Helena, the English Civil War and the endlessly intriguing realm of the musical Middle East. I am thrilled to be presenting our third Festival Academy, under the direction of internationally-renowned director and soloist Enrico Gatti, which culminates in a beautiful program of concerti grossi presented ‘al fresco’ in the festival marquee on the lawns at St John’s Flinders. As always I extend my deepest gratitude to our sponsors, donors, supporters and venues, without whom this Festival quite simply would not be possible. Festival Supporters Media Sponsors Come and immerse yourself in the beauty of music from all parts of the world this January, and enjoy some of the most beautiful venues the Mornington Peninsula has to offer. Summer just can’t get better than this! 2 3 2016 Festival at a glance Date Event Venue Page Friday 1 January Hair of the Dog: Lindenderry at Red Hill 6 The Stiletto Sisters Saturday 2 January Airs de Coeur St Peters Anglican Church 7 Sunday 3 January Napoleon’s Guitar The Briars Homestead 8 Twilight Jazz: Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove 9 Paul Grabowsky & Vince Jones Monday 4 January Peninsula Summer Garden Party Elgee Park Winery 10 Tuesday 5 January Royal Consorts St Peters Catholic Church 11 The Tempest Red Hill Baker 12 Wednesday 6 January Sutherland Trio Moorooduc Estate 13 Generations St Peters Catholic Church 14 Thursday 7 January The Rhythmic East Port Phillip Estate 15 Friday 8 January Vinod Prasanna in Recital Hummingbird Eco Retreat 16 Love’s Trials St Peters Catholic Church 17 Saturday 9 January Family Concert: Blinky Bill On the lawn of St John the Evangelist 18 Tozer by Redd Church of St John the Evangelist 19 Inventi Ensemble Church of St John the Evangelist 20 Music with Changing Parts On the lawn of St John the Evangelist 21 Sunday 10 January Concerti Grossi On the lawn of St John the Evangelist 22 Suite Française Church of St John the Evangelist 23 Festival Finale: On the lawn of St John the Evangelist 24 Joseph Tawadros Trio 4 5 Hair of the Dog: Airs de Coeur The Stiletto Sisters New Year’s Day with a difference Love songs from 17th Century France What better way to start the 2016 Festival – and the New Year Grace and intimacy combine in this stunning compilation of – than with the fiery gypsy melodies and seductive tango rhythms rarely-heard love songs for soprano, tenor, baritone, vocal of The Stiletto Sisters? ensemble and lute. This year our signature Festival commencement event will inflame The most popular type of secular vocal music during the reign the senses and inspire the soul. A gypsy trio with a seductive Louis XIII, Airs de cour (Songs of the Court), explore all aspects of knack for 3-part harmonies, The Stiletto Sisters play love with the tenderness and sophistication of the French Baroque. old continental favourites and love songs from Europe and Superb Australian lutenist Rosemary Hodgson makes a welcome Latin America. return to the Festival, joined by an ensemble of renowned vocalists For the complete Hair of the Dog experience, enjoy lunch at the to perform this exquisite new program in the soaring acoustic of Lindenderry Cellar Door (open from 11am). St Peters Anglican Church. Artists Hope Csutoros violin, vocals Artists Rosemary Hodgson lute Judy Gunson piano accordion, vocals Vivien Hamilton soprano Jo To double bass, vocals Christopher Roache haute contre Paul Bentley taille Date and time Friday 1 January at 3pm Stephen Grant bass Venue Lindenderry at Red Hill Date and time Saturday 2 January at 7pm 142 Arthurs Seat Rd, Red Hill Venue St Peters Anglican Church Tickets $58/$52 concession Corner Octavia and Queen Streets, Please note seating is cabaret-style Mornington in tables of eight. Tickets $58/$52 concession 6 7 Napoleon’s Guitar Twilight Jazz: Paul Grabowsky & Vince Jones An extraordinary instrumental journey Jazz under the summer sky When Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to Saint Helena, he took Take your place on the lawns at Montalto as two of Australia’s with him his beloved guitar. Housed with the Balcombe family giants of Australian jazz combine forces. at “The Briars”, Bonaparte gifted his guitar to the teenaged Vince Jones and Paul Grabowsky have been making music Betsy Balcombe, who had treated her family’s guest to many together for as long as each can remember. On the wave of musical evenings. their acclaimed new album release, this is a rare opportunity to Betsy became a music teacher in London, taking Napoleon’s guitar experience their musical conversation; one voice, one piano and with her, then travelled with her family to Australia in 1824. They an unspoken language. built a new ‘Briars’ homestead in Mount Martha, where Napoleon’s Pair your evening with handmade wood-fired pizzas and wine on guitar still lives today. the lawn, or Montalto’s famous two-course dinner in the dining Napoleon’s Guitar celebrates this intriguing journey with songs of room with premium balcony seating overlooking the stage. the Napoleonic era by Giuliani, Bonaparte, Crescentini, Davey and Carulli. Artists Vince Jones voice Paul Grabowsky piano Artists Geoffrey Morris classical-romantic guitar Date and time Sunday 3 January at 7pm Tyrone Landau tenor Venue Montalto Date and time Sunday 3 January at 1pm & 4pm 33 Shoreham Rd, Red Hill South Venue The Briars Homestead Tickets All lawn tickets $60 Nepean Hwy (near Uralla Rd), Mount Martha 3 course restaurant meal $140 Tickets $58/$52 concession – phone Montalto (03) 5989 8412 Presented in association with the National Trust 8 9 Peninsula Summer Royal Consorts Garden Party “Robert Manley (cello) and Emily Sheppard (violin) were extraordinary. That over-worked adjective ‘amazing’ could not have been more appropriate when applied to these two gifted Music for English Kings string players” – Arts Hub Delve into the world of 17th-century England, with music written for kings and nobles during the tumult of the Civil War, and tunes Join us for an exclusive event showcasing the rising generation of which reverberated in town houses and taverns throughout Australia’s musicians, performing in an exclusive venue amongst the country. a stunning collection of Australian visual art. Performing on instruments that the composers themselves would Enjoy some of the finest Peninsula wines and canapés upon arrival, have known, Baroque trio Latitude 37 bring to life the music of the before proceeding into the Elgee Park Winery to take your seat for English Civil War. Featuring works by Jenkins, Dowland, Simpson a very special recital by rising stars Emily Sheppard and Robert and C. Gibbons plus renditions of popular 17th century English Manley. For this event they have crafted a program of works by tunes such as Greensleeves and John Come Kiss me Now. Australian and European composers including Don Banks, Stuart Greenbaum, Jules Massenet and JS Bach. Artists Julia Fredersdorff Baroque violin Tea, coffee and petit fours will be served after the recital. Laura Vaughan viola da gamba Donald Nicolson harpsichord Artists Emily Sheppard violin Date and time Tuesday 5 January at 5pm Robert Manley cello Venue St Peters Catholic Church Date and time Monday 4 January at 6pm Byrnes Rd, Shoreham Venue Elgee Park Winery Tickets $58/$52 concession Entry via 310 Wallace’s Rd, Dromana Tickets $200 canapé, wine and recital package (includes a $100 tax deductible donation to support the Festival Academy) This event has very limited capacity 10 11 The Tempest Sutherland Trio Exhilarating pianist Gabi Sultana Hailed as “technically exceptional, musically mature and artistically adventurous” (CLASSIKON), Sutherland Trio brings in recital together the wealth of talent and experience belonging to three Maltese-born, Ghent-based pianist Gabi Sultana has been of Australia’s most distinguished musicians. hailed as “a demon of energy; yet one of impeccable articulation” They perform a selection of their personal favourites from the (Sunday Times, Malta). Since winning the “Outstanding Pianist” many riches of the piano trio canon – Mozart Piano Trio in C Major and “Contemporary Music Prize” at the 2013 IBLA Grand Prize K548, Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor and Piazzolla International Music Competition, she has toured throughout Verano Porteño (Summer) and Otono Porteño (Autumn) from the Europe, United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Australia and the USA, Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. culminating in her debut in Carnegie Hall in 2014. For her Festival debut in one of our newest venues, she performs Artists Elizabeth Sellars violin Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata Op.31 No.2, Debussy’s Images Molly Kadarauch cello Book 1 and selections from George Crumb’s Makrokosmos Caroline Almonte piano Vols 1 & 2. Date and time Wednesday 6 January at 5pm Artists Gabi Sultana piano Venue Moorooduc Estate 501 Derril Rd, Moorooduc Date and time Tuesday 5 January at 7.30pm Tickets $58/$52 concession Venue Red Hill Baker at Balnarring 3050