HARP CONSORT

ADELAIDE CHAMBER SINGERS: FIRE SONGS

Let Adelaide Chamber Singers set your emotions ablaze with a feast of secular and sacred music from six centuries of western heritage. We have chosen the very best from two of Monteverdi’s nine magnificent books of madrigals, combined with the swirling polyphony of Guerrero’s Missa Surge Propera which glows with inner devotion.

IMPRESSIONS OF A HOLIDAY

The S&F National series has earned an enviable reputation for the highest quality performances and an atmosphere of warmth and familiarity where relaxing with an extended ‘family’ leads to the true pleasure of chamber music – good conversation amongst friends.

CAROLINE ALMONTE & KRISTIAN CHONG

Piano duo Caroline Almonte and Kristian Chong return to Adelaide with an exquisite program of music for two pianos, including Mozart’s Sonata in D major. The Bartok Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion and Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story feature Fleur Green and Andrew Weiring.

RECITALS AUSTRALIA: DIANA DOHERTY & BERNADETTE BALKUS

Widely regarded as two of the most talented Australian instrumentalists performing today, Diana Doherty and Bernadette Balkus play works for oboe and piano by European composers Dutilleux, Franck, de Falla and Sylvestrini, and Australian Tim Dargeville.

THE KEGELSTATT ENSEMBLE: BRAHMS THE LOVER

Since being named 'Best New Group' by The Advertiser 'Oscarts' in 2006, The Kegelstatt Ensemble has generated an ever-expanding pool of gifted and passionate young musicians who are able to work together joyfully and fruitfully in bringing great chamber music to life.

THE KEGELSTATT ENSEMBLE: BRAHMNS THE POET

Since being named 'Best New Group' by The Advertiser 'Oscarts' in 2006, The Kegelstatt Ensemble has generated an ever-expanding pool of gifted and passionate young musicians who are able to work together joyfully and fruitfully in bringing great chamber music to life.

AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: BACH AND BEYOND

Richard Tognetti and the ACO join leading singers from Australia and the UK to perform Bach choral music for Easter, interwoven with 20th century music inspired by Bach. Expect deeply affecting, fearsomely virtuosic music-making.

FLIGHT

The Australian String Quartet opens its season with the sparkling clarity of Haydn’s ‘Bird’ Quartet followed by the atmospheric first quartet by one of Australia’s most exciting composers, Paul Stanhope. The final work features the superb musicianship of pianist Lucinda Collins in a performance of Brahms’ turbulent Piano Quintet, a work that the composer revised several times before forging its final brilliant form.

LONDON SINFONIETTA | WIND AND GLASS

PROGRAM 2 Wind & Glass Soloists SCOTT TINKLER, ERKK I VELTHEIM & THE YOUNG WÄGILAK GROUP led by BENJAMIN WILFRED