Spring Early Music Festival
2-11 October 2009
| Director: | Professor John Griffiths |
| Bookings: | Easytix (03) 9639 0096 |
| Enquiries: | Early Music Studio (03) 8344 3023 vwatts@unimelb.edu.au |
| Ticket Prices: | Individual ticket prices are listed with each event - $33/$18 or $20/$10 for student projects. Trinity Chapel Series (4 concert ticket - L'Inspiration Poetique, Parisian Soirée, Chitarra – Chitarrone, Socrates’ Wife and other Fantasies) $90/$50 |
| Brochure: | Spring Early Music Festival Program (PDF, 750Kb) |
The Spring Early Music Festival is a unique event in Melbourne’s artistic calendar. Now in its fifth year, the Festival brings together current early music students, graduates, local and visiting professionals. This blend of experience, artistic maturity and youthful excitement allows for a unique Festival of stunning virtuosity and passionate insight.
Concert Details
Earthquake
Gloriana Chamber Choir directed by Andrew Raiskums
Friday 2 October 8.15pm (2 hours)
St Mark’s Anglican Church, 250 George Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065
Mel Ref: 2C C9
Entry cost: $33/$18 seniors & concession
The centrepiece of this program is a rare performance of the monumental Missa et ecce terrae motus by Antoine Brumel (c1460-c1512). This mass, both in its deployment of twelve voices for almost its entire duration and in its musical effects, is quite unlike anything else written at the time. The work was widely admired throughout Europe - indeed the only surviving source was copied in Munich under the direct supervision of Orlandus Lassus. This program also includes a number of motets by Brumel’s teacher, Josquin Desprez, widely acknowledged as the greatest composer of his time.
L'Inspiration Poetique
James Holland theorbo and Sophie Ardiet baroque flute
Saturday 3 October 5pm (one hour)
Trinity College Chapel, University of Melbourne, Royal Pde, Parkville 3052
Mel Ref: 2B C5
Entry cost: $33/$18 seniors & concession
An intimate concert of music inspired by the subtle gestures of French rhetoric from the time of Louis XIV. Including works by Hotteterre, de Visee, Boismortier, Lully and Lambert, the program explores delicacy, nuance, and mellifluous ornament.
A Varietie of Lute Lessons
James Hollandlute
Sunday 4 October 5pm (one hour)
Early Music Studio, University of Melbourne, 27 Royal Pde, Parkville 3052
Mel Ref: 2B C5
Entry cost: $20/$10 seniors & concession
A selection of solo renaissance lute music from Robert Dowland's 'Varietie of Lute Lessons' (1610). Including Fantasies, Pavins, Galliards, Almains, Corantos and Volts from English and continental composers such as Laurencini, Holborne, Huwet, Ballard and Dowland.
Gambit
Viol trio Laura Moore, Reidun Turner, Stella Gray, with Miriam Morris viola da gamba and Paul Bentley tenor
Tuesday 6 October 6 pm (1 hour)
Early Music Studio, University of Melbourne, 27 Royal Pde, Parkville 3052
Mel Ref: 2B C5
FREE ADMISSION
Dances, Fantasies and Ayres of Elizabethan and Jacobean England. Works by John Baldwin, Michael East, John Dowland, and Matthew Locke.
Parisian Soirée
Elysium Ensemble directed by Greg Dikmans baroque flute, with Lucinda Moon baroque violin, Laura Vaughan viola da gamba and Ann Murphy harpsichord
Tuesday 6 October 8.15pm (2 hours)
Trinity College Chapel, University of Melbourne, Royal Pde, Parkville 3052
Mel Ref: 2B C5
Entry cost: $33/$18 seniors & concession
Experience the musical atmosphere of the salons of pre-revolutionary Paris. Works in the new style and taste that is properly called ‘Rococo’, a French style of architectural decoration of the late-17th century, born of a relaxation of the rules of French classicism. At the height of his fame, G. P. Telemann made a triumphant visit to Paris in 1737, having composed his now famous ‘Paris Quartets’ for the occasion. Hailed by the French audiences, the quartets combine elements of the French, Italian and German styles (the goûts-réünis) and many of the movements clearly point to the new galant style that was to be brought to its culmination in the works of Haydn and Mozart.
World Premiere!
Michel’Angelo Vella (1710-1792) — Sonatas for 3 Flutes
Wednesday 7 October 1pm
Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Swanston St, Carlton 3053
Mel Ref: 2B E7
FREE ENTRY
This Lunchtime at the Potter presentation is the modern premiere of a selection of the 24 Sonatas for three flutes without bass edited for the first time from the autograph manuscript of Maltese composer Michel’Angelo Vella. This performance by staff and students of the Early Music Studio is the launch of the first printed edition of this extraordinary music, edited by Richard Divall.
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Chitarra – Chitarrone
Simon Martyn-Ellis theorbo & baroque guitar — with Rosemary Hodgson theorbo and Laura Vaughan viola da gamba
Thursday 8 October 8.15pm (2 hours)
Trinity College Chapel, University of Melbourne, Royal Pde, Parkville 3052
Mel Ref: 2B C5
Entry cost: $33/$18 seniors & concession
Flamboyant Spanish and Italian music of 16th and 17th centuries, composed and improvised after the style and art of the times. The selections of music by J.H. Kapsberger, G.B. Granata, Santiago de Murcia, Gaspar Sanz and Vivaldi, illustrate the range and diversity with which the contrasting yet related theorbo and baroque guitar would have been performed at the time.
Socrates’ Wife and other Fantasies
Recorder students from the Early Music Studio directed by Ruth Wilkinson
Saturday 10 October 5pm (1 hour)
Trinity College Chapel, University of Melbourne, Royal Pde, Parkville 3052
Mel Ref: 2B C5
Entry cost: $20/$10 seniors & concession
Chamber music for the recorder by Telemann - fantasies, trio sonatas and concertos.
Refreshments generously provided by the Victorian Recorder Guild.
Oscar Herrero - Flamenco Guitar
Saturday 10 October 8.15pm (2 hours)
Melba Hall, University of Melbourne, Royal Pde, Parkville 3052
Mel Ref: 2B C6
Entry cost: $33/$18 seniors & concession
Bringing his magic to Melbourne for the first time, Spanish flamenco guitarist and composer Oscar Herrero is one of the top bracket of flamenco guitarists in the world today. Winner of Spain’s National Flamenco Guitar Prize in Jerez de la Frontera, he has performed throughout the world and is the author of pioneering pedagogical books on the flamenco guitar. In addition to having been the first flamenco guitarist to teach in the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and the first one to give concerts in Iceland, he has performed across the world in centres that include Cairo, Madrid, St Petersburg, Sydney, Beirut, Buenos Aires and Helsinki.
With the support of the Consulate General of Spain.
Dido & Aeneas
Early Music Studio opera project conducted by Greg Dikmans
Friday 9 October 8.15pm (2 hours) and
Sunday 11th October 5pm (2 hours)
Brunswick Town Hall, Cnr Sydney Rd & Dawson St, Brunswick 3056
Mel Ref: 29 H8
Entry cost: $20/$10 seniors & concession
Prepared and directed for this performance by Vivien Hamilton and Greg Dikmans, Dido and Aeneas, by Henry Purcell (1659 -1695) was first performed in 1689 and is one of the most popular operas in the history of English music. Originally written for young performers, the tragic story of Dido and Aeneas tells the tale of the ultimately doomed love of the Queen of Carthage, Dido, for the Trojan hero, Aeneas. This exciting opera project to mark the 350th anniversary of Purcell’s birth, and involves soloists and advanced student ensembles from the Early Music Studio working with Melbourne early music specialists.
Festival Sponsorship
The Spring Early Music Festival wishes to thank the following organisations for their support: The University of Melbourne, The Consulate General of Spain Melbourne, Early Music Society of Victoria, Trinity College University of Melbourne, Moreland City Council, The Ian Potter Museum of Art University of Melbourne, and the Victorian Seniors Festival.
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Fringe Events
Le Voci della Sensualità
Sunday 4th October 2.30pm
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Guest director – Rachael Beesley
Melbourne Recital Centre Southbank Boulevard, Southbank
Tickets from Melbourne Recital Centre ($20.00 to $89.00) melbournerecital.com.au
Australian violinist Rachael Beesley directs the MCO performing Corelli, Vivaldi, Durante and Brescianello.
Solo Cello: Bach and the Antipodes
Saturday 10 October 2pm
$30/$20
Bookings essential on (03) 9853 3829 1073 or bachcelloseries@yahoo.com.au
St Mark's Anglican Church, 250 George St. Fitzroy
Bach Cello Series 2009: Timothy Walden (Co-Principal Cello Sydney Symphony) joins local cellists Josephine Vains and Rosanne Hunt (baroque cello) in a fascinating exploration of Bach Cello Suites and solo cello works from Peter Sculthorpe, Carl Vine, Julian Yu and Lee Bracegirdle. Bring a cushion!
Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt (BWV 178)
Sunday 11th October 9am
St Johns Bach Choir and Orchestra, director Graham Lieschke
Sunday Eucharist - free entry - no bookings
St Johns Southgate, 20 City Road Southbank
Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt (BWV 178) for soloists, choir, strings, 2 oboes, horn and continuo, including the newly discovered organ fantasia by Bach on the same chorale (BWV 1128)
How to get there & Venue Information
St Mark’s Anglican Church - 250 George Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065
Mel Ref: 2C C9
Wheelchair access? Yes
Brunswick Town Hall - 233 Sydney Road (cnr Dawson St), Brunswick
Mel Ref: 29 G8 Tram: no.19 stop 21 Train: 4 min walk Jewel train station
Wheelchair access? Yes
Early Music Studio, University of Melbourne - 27 Royal Pde, Parkville
Mel Ref: 2B C5 -Tram: no.19 stop 12
Wheelchair access? Yes
Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne - Swanston St, Parkville
Mel Ref: 2B B6 Tram: any tram along Swanston St stop 1 University Terminus
Wheelchair access? Yes
Melba Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne - Royal Pde, Parkville
Mel Ref: 2B C6 Tram: no.19 stop 11
Wheelchair access? Yes
Trinity College Chapel, University of Melbourne - Royal Pde, Parkville
Mel Ref: 2B C5 Tram: no.19 stop 12
Wheelchair access? Yes
St Johns Southgate - 20 City Road Southbank
Wheelchair access? Yes