2022 festival program
as at 3 July 2022
Concert 1
HOMMAGE À NADIA BOULANGER
Friday 22 July, 7.30 pm, Point Lookout Community Hall
DURATION: 1 hr 15 min (+ interval)
Lili Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps, for piano trio (1917–18)
(Therese Milanovic, piano; Sophie Rowell, violin; Louise King, cello)
Gabriel Fauré: Adagio non troppo from Piano Quartet no. 2 in G minor, Opus 45 (1886)
(Stephen Emmerson, piano; Rachel Smith, violin; Caroline Henbest, viola; Eric de Wit, cello)
Aaron Copland: Two Pieces for string quartet (1928)
(Michele Walsh and Rachel Smith, violins; Elizabeth Woolnough, viola; Eric de Wit, cello)
Nadia Boulanger: Three Pieces for cello and piano (1914)
(Louise King, cello; Therese Milanovic, piano)
Interval
Jean Françaix: Quartet for cor anglais, violin, viola and cello (1970)
(Michael Pisani, cor anglais; Sophie Rowell, violin; Caroline Henbest, viola; Eric de Wit, cello)
Igor Stravinsky: Suite from L’Histoire du soldat for clarinet, violin and piano (1919)
(Irit Silver, clarinet; Rachel Smith, violin; Timothy Young, piano)
Astor Piazzolla: Four, for Tango (1987)
(Sophie Rowell and Michele Walsh, violins; Caroline Henbest, viola; Louise King, cello)
Concert 2
HOMMAGE À BACH
Saturday 23 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. Coffee service ends at 9.15 am and then the music starts at 9.30 am in this intimate venue looking through tea-trees to the ‘whale tail’ sculpture and the sea.
CONCERT DURATION (from 9.30 am): 1 hr
György Kurtág: Sonatina from the Actus Tragicus cantata, BWV 106, arranged for piano four hands
(Stephen Emmerson and Therese Milanovic, piano)
György Kurtág: Hommage à J. S. B. for string trio
(Rachel Smith, violin; Caroline Henbest, viola; Eric de Wit, cello)
W. A. Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in F major, KV 404a, III, for string trio
(Rachel Smith, violin; Caroline Henbest, viola; Eric de Wit, cello)
Ignaz Moscheles: No. 10 from Melodisch-kontrapunktische Studien: Con moto agitato, after Prelude in C minor, WTC I, BWV 847, for cello and piano
(Eric de Wit, cello; Stephen Emmerson, piano)
Ian Munro: Aus Tiefer Not for clarinet, cello and piano (2017)
(Irit Silver, clarinet; Louise King, cello; Timothy Young, piano)
Robert Schumann: Prelude from Cello Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009, for cello and piano
(Eric de Wit, cello; Stephen Emmerson, piano)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fugue no. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 867, arranged for string quintet, Hess 38 (c. 1801)
(Sophie Rowell and Rachel Smith, violins; Caroline Henbest, viola; Louise King and Eric de Wit, cellos)
W. A. Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor, KV 546, for string quintet (1788)
(Sophie Rowell and Rachel Smith, violins; Elizabeth Woolnough, viola; Louise King, cello; Marian Heckenberg, double bass)
Brett Dean: Prélude and Chorale: Hommage à Bach for solo piano (2009–10)
(Therese Milanovic, piano)
Concert 3
TRAPEZE
Saturday 23 July, 1.30 pm, Point Lookout Community Hall
DURATION: 1 hr 5 min
Sergei Prokofiev: Quintet in G minor, Opus 39 (1924)
(Michael Pisani, oboe; Irit Silver, clarinet; Sophie Rowell, violin; Elizabeth Woolnough, viola; Marian Heckenberg, double bass)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Opus 57 (1940)
(Stephen Emmerson, piano; Sophie Rowell and Michele Walsh, violins; Caroline Henbest, viola; Louise King, cello)
Concert 4
MEGAN WASHINGTON
Saturday 23 July, 7.00 pm, Point Lookout Community Hall
DURATION: 1 hr 10 min
An evening of song in an intimate setting with acclaimed singer, songwriter and composer Megan Washington. What the critics say:
‘That jaw-dropping instrument in her throat was enough to send everyone off on a high … The Brisbane indie pop singer-songwriter delivered a live experience that won’t soon be forgotten.’ (The Australian)
‘There’s truly nothing that Megan Washington can’t do.’ (Rolling Stone)
(Megan Washington, piano and vocals, and the Festival Strings)
Concert 5
SONG OF THE BIRDS
Sunday 24 July, 10 am, Point Lookout Community Hall
DURATION: 1 hr 5 min
Frank Martin: Pavane ‘Couleur du temps’, for string quintet (1920)
(Sophie Rowell and Rachel Smith, violins; Elizabeth Woolnough, viola; Louise King, cello; Marian Heckenberg, double bass)
Frank Bridge: Lament for Two Violas, H 101b (1912)
(Elizabeth Woolnough and Caroline Henbest, violas)
Tōru Takemitsu: A Bird Came Down the Walk, for viola and piano (1994)
(Caroline Henbest, viola; Therese Milanovic, piano)
Olivier Messiaen: ‘Abîme des oiseaux’ from Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1941)
(Irit Silver, clarinet)
Grażyna Bacewicz: Suite for Two Violins (1943)
(Sophie Rowell and Rachel Smith, violins)
Darius Milhaud: Elégie for cello and piano, Opus 251 (1945)
Pablo Casals: Song of the Birds, for cello and piano
(Eric de Wit, cello; Stephen Emmerson, piano)
Arvo Pärt: Da Pacem Domine, for string quartet (2004, 2006)
(Sophie Rowell and Michele Walsh, violins; Caroline Henbest, viola; Louise King, cello)
Concert 6
PARIS 1920s
Sunday 24 July, 2 pm, Point Lookout Community Hall
DURATION: 1 hr 5 min
Igor Stravinsky: Suite d’après des thèmes, fragments et morceaux de Giambatista Pergolesi, for violin and piano (1925)
(Sophie Rowell, violin; Timothy Young, piano)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Oboe Sonata in D major, Opus 166 (1921)
(Michael Pisani, oboe; Therese Milanovic, piano)
Arthur Honegger: Choral à 3 voix, for cor anglais, violin and cello, from Trois contrepoints, H 43 (1922)
(Michael Pisani, oboe; Rachel Smith, violin; Eric de Wit, cello)
Maurice Ravel: ‘Blues’, from Violin Sonata in G major (1927)
(Rachel Smith, violin; Stephen Emmerson, piano)
Darius Milhaud: La création du monde, Opus 81b, for piano quintet (1923)
(Stephen Emmerson, piano; Sophie Rowell and Michele Walsh, violins; Elizabeth Woolnough, viola; Eric de Wit, cello; Marian Heckenberg, double bass)
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