Spring Early Music Festival
7-19 October 2008
Presented by the Early Music Studio, Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne
Director John Griffiths
BOOKINGS: Easytix(03) 9639 0096 www.easytix.com.au
ENQUIRIES: Early Music Studio (03) 8344 3023 or email vwatts@unimelb.edu.au
The Spring Early Music Festival is a unique event in Melbourne’s artistic calendar. Now in its fourth year, the Festival brings together University students, recent graduates, local and visiting professionals for 14 events over 13 days, including masterclasses, pre-concert talks and concerts. No other Festival combines such a variety of artists with years of experience alongside youthful excitement to present a program of stunning virtuosity and passionate insight.
American virtuoso lutenist Hopkinson Smith comes to Melbourne for the first time to perform along side younger emerging artists from overseas and closer to home. Satyr’s Band, Dutch-based ensemble lead by recorder player & oboist Amy Power, and distinguished Spanish pianist Enrique Pérez de Guzmán also give their first performances in Melbourne. Trinity Chapel will come alive when violinists Lorenzo Colitto and Lisa Ferguson and viola player Peter Bucknell join with Melbourne Collegium, an orchestra of young early string specialists, to present a concert of Baroque favorites. And the Australian Chamber Choir brings the music of mid-16th century composer Simon Boyleau, chapel master of the Cathedral of Milan, back to life with the premier modern performance of these beautiful motets. The Festival culminates with a student opera production Récréation de Musique, a French musical entertainment devised and directed by French Baroque specialist Greg Dikmans.
Concert Details
Masterclass — Hopkinson Smith
7 October (Tuesday) 6pm
Early Music Studio, University of Melbourne - 27 Royal Pde Parkville
A great figure of early music, Hopkinson Smith through his recordings and performances has changed the way the world hears and plays the lute. For any player of any instrument or any lover of the art of music, a masterclass with Hopkinson Smith is an unforgettable journey through time and the sonic universe.
$20/$10 senior/student/conc - performers $40
In Your Lap: the Lute Connection
A pre-concert talk — John Griffiths
9 October (Thursday) 7pm
Early Music Studio, University of Melbourne - 27 Royal Pde Parkville
The tool of the spy, the symbol of just government, the soul’s tuning machine and the predecessor of the iPod—this induction into the magic and enchantment of the lute will prepare your spirit for Hopkinson Smith’s recital.
Free entry
Pure Silk — True Grit
9 October (Thursday) 8pm
Hopkinson Smith, lute and baroque guitar
Trinity College Chapel, University of Melbourne - Royal Pde, Parkville
Baroque Music from Germany, France and Spain. A program that balances joyous extroversion and sublime poetry within contrasting musical climates: the clearly structured lyricism of Sylvius Leopold Weiss, decorative and decorous restraint of “le Vieux” Galutier, and the traditionally inspired and intuitive dynamism of Spaniards, Francesco Guerau, Antonio de Santa Cruz and Gaspar Sanz.
$40/$20 senior/student/conc
Early Music Studio Baroque Ensemble
(dir. Greg Dikmans)
10 October (Friday) 1pm
Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne - Swanston St, Parkville
A free lunch-hour concert showcasing a varied program of works performed by students of the University of Melbourne Faculty of Music.
Free entry
Enrique Pérez de Guzmán, piano
10 October (Friday) 8:00pm
Melba Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne - Royal Pde, Parkville
The program is the annual Director’s Caprice, the one concert in the festival that’s outside the square, but that everyone loves. Distinguished Spanish pianist Enrique Pérez de Guzmán makes his first visit to Australia, and this will be his only Melbourne performance. The first part of his program comprises works by Chopin, Liszt, and Scriabin, while the second part will feature Spanish masters Granados, Federico Mompou and Manuel de Falla.
Sponsored by the Consulate General of Spain.
$25/$20 senior $15 student/conc
The Flute’s Pleasure Garden
11 October (Saturday) 2pm
Recorder Students from the Early Music Studio (dir. Ruth Wilkinson)
Early Music Studio, University of Melbourne - 27 Royal Pde Parkville
Directed by Ruth Wilkinson, Faculty of Music recorder students join with Louisa Hunter-Bradley, soprano & recorders, to present the pleasures of music by Jacob van Eyck and contemporaries in the delightful garden setting of the Early Music Studio at the University of Melbourne. The Victorian Recorder Guild invites you to join them for afternoon tea following the concert.
$15/$10 seniors/student/conc
Introducing Simon Boyleau
11 October (Saturday) 8pm
Australian Chamber Choir (dir. Douglas Lawrence)
Trinity College Chapel, University of Melbourne - Royal Pde, Parkville
First performance since the 16th century of motets by French nobleman composer Simon Boyleau, chapelmaster at the Cathedral of Milan. Based on the recent research of Melbourne scholar Sally Watt and her edition of Boyleau’s 1544 publication Motetta in quatuor vocem nunquam hactenus impressa.
This event will also serve to launch the Melbourne publication of this important collection by Lyrebird Press.
$30/$20 senior /$10 student/conc
The Satyr in the Baroque Imagination
12 October (Sunday) 1pm
A pre-concert Lecture — John Weretka
Early Music Studio, University of Melbourne - 27 Royal Pde Parkville
In Baroque thought the Satyr conjured images of sexual abandon and lust. In classical mythology satyrs were woodland demons, partly human and partly bestial, the supposed companions of Bacchus. Greek artists represented the satyr with the ears and tail of a horse while Roman sculptors gave it the ears, tail, and legs of a goat, and budding horns. This talk explores 17th and 18th-century imaginings of the satyr and their musical implications.
Free entry
The Four Corners of the Satyr
12 October (Sunday) 2pm
Satyr’s Band
Andreas Böhlen - recorder, Amy Power - recorder and baroque oboe, Lisa Goldberg - baroque bassoon, and Takashi Watanabe - harpsichord
Trinity College Chapel, University of Melbourne - Royal Pde, Parkville
A program combining unfamiliar jewels from different corners of Baroque alongside works by well-known masters. The Incorporation of improvisation is an important element of their performance, adding liveliness and spontaneity to virtuosic instrumental music of the 17th and 18th centuries.
$40/$20 seniors/students/conc
Masterclass — Amy Power
14 October (Tuesday) 6:00pm
Early Music Studio, University of Melbourne - 27 Royal Pde Parkville
An open invitation to see into the mind of a leading young recorder player through pedagogical interaction with emerging local performers.
Free entry
Stringanza
17 October (Friday) 8pm
Lorenzo Colitto & Lisa Ferguson violins, Peter Bucknell, viola join with the Melbourne Collegium.
Trinity College Chapel, University of Melbourne - Royal Pde, Parkville
Immerse yourself in the sumptuous sounds of Baroque strings when international guests Lorenzo Colitto & Lisa Ferguson violins and Peter Bucknell, viola join forces with Melbourne Collegium to present an exciting program of Baroque favorites and rare masterpieces: Zavateri; Bergonzi; Muffat Armonico Tributo; Vivaldi Estro Armonico; Telemann Viola Concerto; Handel; Geminiani La follia.
$40/$20 seniors/students/conc
Récréation de Musique
18 October (Saturday) 8pm & 19 October (Sunday) 2pm
University of Melbourne opera project: Soloists, Early Voices & Baroque Ensemble (dir. Greg Dikmans)
Brunswick Town Hall - 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Devised and directed by French Baroque specialist Greg Dikmans, this concert presents a musical entertainment on the grand scale. The highlight of the program is Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Actéon, a miniature tragédie en musique that tells the story of the hunter Actéon who, after discovering the goddess Diana bathing with her attendants, is torn apart by his own hounds after being transformed into a stag by the angry goddess. This rarely-heard masterpiece is complemented by instrumental music and choruses from the opera Armide by Jean-Baptiste Lully, including the famous Passacaille from Act V, and Airs de cour by Michel Lambert.
$30/$15 seniors/students/conc
Festival Sponsorship
The Spring Early Music Festival thanks the following organisations for their support.
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Fringe Event
The Baroque Cello
Sunday 5th October at 3pm
$30/$20
Bookings essential on 9387 1073 or bachcelloseries2008@yahoo.com.au
St Mark's Anglican Church, 250 George St. Fitzroy
Jamie Hey (Principal Cello Australian Brandenburg Orchestra) joins Rosanne Hunt and Linda Kent in a fascinating programme of 17th and 18th century cello works: Bach, Vivaldi, Gabrielli, Marcello, Boismortier, Cervetto.
Festival venues and how to get there
Brunswick Town Hall - 233 Sydney Road (cnr Dawson St), Brunswick
Mel Ref: 29 G8 Tram: no.19 stop 21 Train: 4min 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 up 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