Planning is under way for next year’s festival, 24–26 July 2020, and details of the program will be released early in 2020.
2019 festival program
Concert 1
ALLA CZECA
Friday 26 July, 7 pm, Point Lookout Community Hall
Hans Krása: Tanec (Dance) for string trio (1943)
(Rachel Smith, violin; Brian Schiele, viola; Eric de Wit, cello)
Bohuslav Martinů: Suite from La Revue de Cuisine (1930)
(Zoë Black, violin; Louise King, cello; Stephen Emmerson, piano; Irit Silver, clarinet; Nicole Tait, bassoon; Mark Bremner, trumpet)
Erwin Schulhoff: Five pieces for string quartet (1923)
(Tijmen Huisingh and Rachel Smith, violins; Caroline Henbest, viola; Louise King, cello)
Interval
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio no. 4 in E minor, Opus 90 (‘Dumky’)(1891)
(Stephen Emmerson, piano; Zoë Black, violin; Eric de Wit, cello)
Concert 2
A FAMILY AFFAIR
Saturday 27 July, Point Lookout Community Hall
Come to the hall from 8 am to enjoy morning birdsong with Merlo coffee and muffins (included in the ticket price for this concert) from Michael Bulloch’s ‘Coffee in Cylinders’ team. Then the music starts at 9.30 am in this intimate venue looking through tea-trees to the ‘whale tail’ sculpture and the sea.
Fanny Hensel: Two pieces for cello and piano (1829)
(Louise King, cello; Sonya Lifschitz, piano)
Clara Schumann: Three Romances for violin and piano, Opus 22 (1853)
(Rachel Smith, violin; Stephen Emmerson, piano)
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quintet no. 1 in A major, Opus 18 (1832)
(Tijmen Huisingh and Zoë Black, violins; Caroline Henbest and Brian Schiele, violas; Eric de Wit, cello)
Concert 3
BRUNDIBÁR
Saturday 27 July, 2 pm, Point Lookout Community Hall
Josef Suk: Meditation on the old Czech hymn ‘St Wenceslas’ for string quartet, Opus 35a (1914)
(Tujmen Huisingh and Rachel Smith, violins; Caroline Henbest, viola; Louise King, cello)
Leoš Janáček: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905
(Sonya Lifschitz, piano)
Gideon Klein: String Trio (1944)
(Rachel Smith, violin; Brian Schiele, viola; Eric de Wit, cello)
Hans Krása: Suite from Brundibár (1938/43), arr. David Matthews
(Tijmen Huisingh and Rachel Smith, violins; Rebecca Wexler, viola; Louise King, cello; Stephen Emmerson, piano; Patrick Nolan, flute; Irit Silver, clarinet, Mark Bremner, trumpet; Vanessa Tomlinson, percussion)
Concert 4
THE JOE CHINDAMO TRIO AT THE SURF CLUB
Saturday 27 July, 6.00 pm, Point Lookout Surf Life Saving Club
Joe Chindamo is a musical polyglot in the tradition of Bernstein and Previn. He is routinely described as one of the best jazz pianists in the world, though his art transcends jazz, as a composer of concertos, chamber music and film music. He possesses an uncanny ability to personalise anything that enters his orbit. ‘He has more facility on the piano than you could ever wish for, his energy is boundless, he is forever inventive and never settles for the obvious (unless it’s the best)’ – James Morrison, jazz maestro
The Joe Chindamo Trio take the stage at the iconic Surf Club concert. Their first set features music from the Great American Songbook (Gershwin, Rogers at al. through to later composers such as Bacharach) and, after interval, Joe’s unique approach comes to the fore in music written for the trio and strings.
(Joe Chindamo, piano, Brendan Clarke, double bass, Danny Fischer, drums, and the festival strings)
Concert 5
A LATE QUINTET
Sunday 28 July, 10 am, Dunwich Public Hall
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet no. 5 in D major, K 593 (1790)
(Tijmen Huisingh and Rachel Smith, violins; Brian Schiele and Rebecca Wexler, violas; Eric de Wit, cello)
Joe Chindamo: This House (2018) – Australian premiere
(Zoë Black, Rachel Smith and Tijmen Huisingh, violins; Brian Schiele and Rebecca Wexler, violas; Louise King and Eric de Wit, cellos; Irit Silver, clarinet/bass clarinet; Patrick Nolan, flute; Nicole Tait, bassoon)
Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Opus 47 (1842)
(Stephen Emmerson, piano; Zoë Black, violin; Caroline Henbest, viola; Louise King, cello)
Concert 6
OLD KINGS IN EXILE
Sunday 28 July, 2 pm, Dunwich Public Hall
Brett Dean: Sextet: Old Kings in Exile (2010)
(Zoë Black, violin; Louise King, cello; Sonya Lifschitz, piano; Irit Silver, clarinet, Patrick Nolan, flute; Vanessa Tomlinson, percussion)
Johannes Brahms: String Sextet no. 2 in G major, Opus 36 (1865)
(Zoë Black and Tijmen Huisingh, violins; Caroline Henbest and Brian Schiele, violas; Eric de Wit and Louise King, cellos)