Australian String Quartet Dunkeld Festival of Music 2020 - Program

Dunkeld Festival of Music

Friday 17 – Sunday 19 April 2020 Sunday 19 – Tuesday 21 April 2020

PROGR AM

Dunkeld Festival of Music AT A G L A N C E David Greco, baritone Andrea Lam, piano Australian String Quartet Presented by The Hon Barry Jones AC DAY ONE

8.00pm Opening concert Myers’ Library

DAY TWO

11.00am Morning concert Myers’ Library 12.30pm Picnic lunch Mt Sturgeon Woolshed 2.00pm Afternoon concert Mt Sturgeon Woolshed 5.45pm Drinks and canapés Myers’ Gallery and Garden 6.30pm Evening concert Myers’ Library 8.00pm Gala dinner Sterling Place

DAY THREE

10.30am Finale concert Mt Sturgeon Woolshed

Australian String Quartet ground-breaking Close Quarters For over 30 years, the Australian series continues with more compelling String Quartet (ASQ) has created partnerships, and our regional unforgettable string quartet festivals travel again to Dunkeld and performances for national and Margaret River, and for the very first international audiences. Dedicated time, to the shire of Dungog in New to musical excellence with a distinctly South Wales. Also, we are thrilled Australian flavour, the ASQ’s purpose to join creative forces with Sydney is to create chemistry and amplify Dance Company for a brand new intimacy through experiences work, and in the 250th year since the that connect people with string great composer’s birth, Beethoven quartet music. is celebrated with a series of special From our home base at the events across the country.

University of Adelaide, Elder At home in South Australia, we Conservatorium of Music, we reach continue our work as Quartetout across Australia and the world to in-Residence at the University of engage people with an outstanding Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium of program of performances, Music with education projects and workshops, commissions and performances as part of the Elder education projects.

Hall Lunchtime Concert series, and Our distinct sound is enhanced Mornings at UKARIA will continue to by a matched set of 18th century bring the sounds of the string quartet Guadagnini instruments, handcrafted to the beautiful landscape of the

by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini Adelaide Hills. between c.1743 and 1784 in Turin and Piacenza, Italy. These precious instruments are on loan to the ASQ Dale Barltrop plays a 1784 for their exclusive use through the Guadagnini Violin, Turin generosity of UKARIA. Masterworks by Beethoven, Dutilleux, Dvořák, Janáček and Mozart, alongside world premieres of Australian composers Anne Cawrse and Ross Edwards, make up our three major National Tours in 2020.

We are also excited to be touring with acclaimed pianist Konstantin Shamray. Looking beyond, our

Francesca Hiew Plays a 1748-49 Guadagnini Violin, Piacenza Stephen King plays a 1783 Guadagnini Viola, Turin Sharon Grigoryan plays a c.1743 Guadagnini Violincello, Piacenza ‘Ngeringa’

David Greco, Baritone

Andrea Lam, Piano

G U E S T A RT I S T

G U E S T A RT I S T

Australian baritone, David Greco has worked on the cutting edge of the early music movement in Europe, performing regularly with The Academy of Ancient Music under Richard Egarr and Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra under Ton Koopman.

He has appeared as a soloist in prestigious festivals like Festival Aix-en Provence/ Gluck’s Alcêste (Ivor Bolton), and Glyndebourne Festival Opera/Purcell’s The Fairy Queen (Lawrence Cummings).

David was a baritone Lay Clerk in Westminster Abbey Choir, and in 2014 was the first Australian appointed a position with the Sistine Chapel Choir in the Vatican, Rome.

David regularly appears with Australia’s finest ensembles and orchestras. In 2017 he undertook the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s tour of Handel’s Messiah and performed Bach’s cantata Ich habe genug

in Helpmann Award-winning concerts with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Recent appearances as Seneca in Pinchgut Opera’s The Coronation of Poppea received critical acclaim.

In 2018 David released his Schubert’s Winterreise with keyboardist Erin Helyard on ABC Classics label. This year he will complete the Schubert song cycle trilogy when he makes the first Australian period-instrument recordings of Die Schöne Müllerin & Schwanengesang on the same label.

2019 also saw David release two contrasting recital discs of Bach Cantatas; one with Australian early music ensemble Van Diemen’s Band, and the second with Dutch based Luthers Bach Ensemble on the European label Brilliant Classics. www.davidgreco.info

Pronounced a “real talent” by the Wall Street Journal, New York-based Australian pianist Andrea Lam performs with orchestras and leading conductors in Australasia, Japan, China and the United States, including the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and all major Australian symphony orchestras. From New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center to the Sydney Opera House, she has played for Sydney Festival, Musica Viva’s Huntington Festival (Australia), Orford Festival (Canada), Chelsea Music Festival (USA) with works from Bach, Schumann and Chopin to Aaron Jay Kernis, Lilya Ugay, and Nigel Westlake.

Recent engagements include New York’s Chelsea Music Festival, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Melbourne Recital Centre, Monash University and as soloist with the Melbourne and Canberra Symphony Orchestras, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, and Australian Youth Orchestra.

2020 Australian performances include Sydney Opera House’s Utzon Music Series and International Piano Day livestream.

A keen chamber musician, Andrea also performs and records extensively as pianist of New York’s acclaimed Claremont Trio.

Andrea Lam was a semi-finalist in the 2009 Van Cliburn Competition, silver medalist in the 2009 San Antonio Piano Competition, winner of the ABC’s ‘Young Performer of the Year’ Award in the Keyboard section, and the Yale Woolsey Hall Competition. Recordings include Mozart concerti with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Huntington Festival’s commemorative album (ABC Classics) and with renowned cellist Matt Haimovitz (Pentatone Oxingale). She holds degrees from both the Yale, and the Manhattan Schools of Music. www.andrealam.com www.claremonttrio.com

Concert Program D AY O N E

D AY T W O

D AY T H R E E

8.00pm OPENING CONCERT Myers’ Library David Greco, Andrea Lam, Australian String Quartet

11.00am MORNING CONCERT Myers’ Library David Greco, Andrea Lam, Australian String Quartet

10.30am FINALE CONCERT Mt Sturgeon Woolshed David Greco, Australian String Quartet

Franz Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703

GF Handel Theodora HWV68 As with Rosy Steps

Samuel Barber Dover Beach

Franz Schubert arr. Lim Lieder Die Götter Greichenlands An den Mond D259 Heidenröslein D257 Die Taubenpost D957 Erlkönig D328 Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major op 44 1. Allegro brillante 2. In modo d’una marcia 3. Scherzo 4. Allegro ma non troppo

Paul Stanhope Agnus dei (After the Fire) Frank Bridge Piano Quintet 1. Adagio 2. Adagio ma non troppo 3. Allegro energico

2.00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Mt Sturgeon Woolshed Australian String Quartet Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartets op 18 nos 1-6 (selections)

6.30pm EVENING CONCERT Myers’ Library David Greco, Andrea Lam Franz Schubert Die Winterreise D911

Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor op 131 1. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo 2. Allegro molto vivace 3. Allegro moderato 4. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile 5. Presto 6. Adagio quasi un poco andante 7. Allegro

PENHURST APPROX 20 MINUTES

TO HAMILTON & ADELAIDE

CAVENDISH

MT STURGEON WOOLSHED

D Sterling Place – Gala dinner

C Royal Mail Hotel

2.7KM ROYAL MAIL HOTEL TO CNR GLENELG HWY AND CAVENDISH ROAD

RECREATION RESERVE

ROYAL MAIL HOTEL

MYERS LIBRARY AND GARDEN

B Mt Sturgeon Woolshed – Picnic lunch, afternoon concert and finale concert

STERLING PLACE

A Myers’ Library and Garden – Opening concert, morning concert and evening concert

BLACKWOOD DUNKELD RD

TO MELBOURNE

Donors The Australian String Quartet would like to acknowledge and sincerely thank the following donors for their ongoing support along with those donors whose very important contributions either remain anonymous or are less than $1000.

The following donations reflect cumulative donations made from 2015 onwards and the Australian String Quartet is extremely grateful for all the support received from its donors.

The ASQ is registered as a tax deductible recipient. Donations can be made by phoning the ASQ on 1800 040 444 or online at asq.com.au/support

Principals ($50,001+) Mr Philip Bacon Nicholas Callinan AO & Libby Callinan Clitheroe Foundation Kay Freedman & the late Ian Wallace Richard Harvey AM & the late Tess Harvey Peter & Lyndsey Hawkins Andrew Johnston The Stuart Leslie Foundation Joan Lyons Mrs Diana McLaurin Allan J Myers AC & Maria J Myers AC Andrew Sisson AO Thyne Reid Foundation Wright Burt Foundation Champions ($25,001 - $50,000) Don & Veronica Aldridge Janet & Michael Hayes Lang Foundation Peter & Pamela McKee David McKee AO & Pam McKee Macquarie Group Foundation Pauline Menz Lady Potter AC-CMRI Brenda Shanahan Charitable Foundation Anonymous (2) Guardians ($10,001 - $25,000) John & Libby Clayton TC & MR Cooney Maurice & Tess Crotti Margaret Flatman Helen & Michael Gannon Nonie Hall Mr Hartley Higgins Neil & June Jens Klein Family Foundation Glenda & Greg Lewin AM Michael Lishman & Deidre Willmott Janet McLachlan Robert Menz

Tony & Margaret Pagone MG Prichard & BE Panizza James & Diana Ramsay Foundation Susan M Renouf Nigel Steele Scott Carl Wood Anonymous (1) Classic Partners ($5,001 - $10,000) John & Mary Barlow Berg Family Foundation Brand Family Foundation Caroline & Robert Clemente Perri Cutten & Jo Daniell Mr James Darling AM & Ms Lesley Forwood John Funder & Val Diamond Susan & Daniel Hains Kimberley & Angus Holden Keith Holt & Anne Fuller Mr Robert Kenrick Roderick & Elizabeth King Sonia Laidlaw Annette Maluish Marshall-Hall Trust Mrs Skye McGregor Kerrell & David Morris Paul O’Donnell Rosalind-Ruth M Phelps Patricia H Reid Jill Russell Bernard Ryan & Michael Rowe Robert Salzer Foundation Gary & Janet Tilsley Annie & Philip Young Fay Zaikos Anonymous (2) Friends ($1,001 - $5,000) Peter Allan Roslyn Allen Andrew Andersons AO Michael & Susan Armitage Dr Margaret Arstall John Arthur OAM & Angela Arthur Charles & Catherine Bagot Bernard & Jackie Barnwell

Philip Barron David & Caroline Bartolo Bernard & Sharon Booth Debbie Browne Jahn Buhrman Lyndie & Tim Carracher John & Christine Chamberlain Ric Chaney & Chris Hair John & Libby Clapp Geoffrey Clarke John & Libby Clayton Dr Peter Clifton Bruce & Bronwyn Cooper Colin & Robyn Cowan Marie Dalziel Geoff & Anne Day Ross & Sue Dillon Alan R Dodge AM Mr Peter Dorrian Jane Doyle Michael J Drew Josephine Dundon Vivien & Jack Fajgenbaum Pamela Fiala in memory of Jiri Lyndis and Roger Flynn Richard Frolich Ross & Jen Gallery Fleur Gibbs Colin Golvan AM QC & Dr Deborah Golvan Mrs Helen Greenslade Noel & Janet Grieve Jean Hadges Professor Keith Hancock Annette Harris Dr Penny Herbert in memory of Dunstan Herbert Linda Herd J Holden Family Foundation Janet Holmes à Court AC Jim & Freda Irenic Beth Jackson & John Griffiths Barbara Jarry Barry Jones AC & Rachel Faggetter Peter Jopling AM QC Kevin & Barbara Kane Andy & Jim Katsaros M & F Katz Family Foundation Irene Kearsey & MJ Ridley Stephen & Kylie King Hon Diana Laidlaw AM Dr David Leece PSM RFD ED Jenny Legoe & Christopher Legoe AO QC Peter Lovell

Dr Kathryn Lovric & Dr Roger Allan Megan Lowe Grant Luxton Great Southern Grammar School David & Anne Marshall Robyn Martin-Weber Diane McCusker Elisabeth McDonald H E McGlashan Helen & Phil Meddings Christopher Menz & Peter Rose Hugo & Brooke Michell Mrs Frances Morrell Jock & Jo Muir Victor & Barbara Mulder Maria O’Donnell Catherine Parr & Paul Hattaway Mr Robert Peck AM & Ms Yvonne von Hartel AM John Phillips Adam & Michele Plumridge Dr Rodney G Crewther Robert Pontifex AM Ellen & Marietta Resek Ms Eda Ritchie AM Chris & Fran Roberts Trish & Richard Ryan AO Jeanette Sandford-Morgan OAM Vahe Sarmazian Drs Paul Schneider & Margarita Silva David Scown Prof Jennie Shaw Diana Sher OAM & Jeffrey Sher QC Simply for Strings - Brisbane Antony & Mary Louise Simpson Segue Financial Services Mary & Ian Steele James & Anne Syme Hugh Taylor AC & Elizabeth Dax AM Mrs A N Robinson & Dr M G Tingay Mr Eng Seng Toh Jenny & Mark Tummel Sue Tweddell John & Catherine Walter Nicholas Warden Lyn Williams AM Sally Willis Janet Worth Pamela Yule Anonymous (21)

Australian String Quartet Richard Divall Australian Music Fund Don & Veronica Aldridge Roslyn Allen Bernard & Jackie Barnwell Brand Family Foundation Nicholas Callinan AO & Libby Callinan John & Christine Chamberlain John & Libby Clayton Caroline & Robert Clemente Perri Cutten & Jo Daniell Fleur Gibbs Roz Greenwood & Marg Phillips Alan Gunther Tim & Irena Harrington Dr Penny Herbert in memory of Dunstan Herbert Keith Holt & Anne Fuller Kevin & Barbara Kane Rod & Elizabeth King Angus Leitch Glenda & Greg Lewin AM Pauline Menz Jo & Jock Muir Allan J Myers AC & Maria J Myers AC Tony & Margaret Pagone MG Prichard & BE Panizza Karin Penttila Lady Potter AC-CMRI Susan M Renouf Drs Paul Schneider & Margarita Silva Diana Sher OAM & Jeffrey Sher QC Rob & Jane Southey Mary & Ian Steele Gary & Janet Tilsley Annie & Philip Young Anonymous (3)

Thank you The Australian String Quartet warmly acknowledges the generosity of Allan and Maria Myers, whose support and enthusiasm have made the Dunkeld Festival of Music such a special highlight of our season.

PAT RON MARIA MYERS AC

Board Nicholas Callinan AO, Chair Bruce Cooper, Deputy Chair Alexandra Burt John Evans Janet Hayes Marisa Mandile Janet McLachlan Paul Murnane Susan Renouf Suzanne Stark Angelina Zucco – Chief Executive

OFFICIAL PARTNERS Major Partner

Government Supporters

Leader Sponsor

Violin Sponsor

THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE

MELBOURNE COLLECTIVE

NICHOLAS CALLINAN AO & LIBBY CALLINAN Viola Sponsors

PHILLIP BACON

MRS JOAN LYONS & MRS DIDY MCLAURIN

INSTRUMENT PARTNER

NATIONAL PROGRAM PARTNERS National Wine Sponsor

Management Angelina Zucco – Chief Executive Sophie Emery – Operations Manager Alison Growden – Executive Assistant Samuel Jozeps – Marketing & Communications Manager Helen Kearney – CRM & Marketing Administrator Leigh Milne – Accounts Michelle Richards – Development Manager

Artistic Directors

Major Supporters

ALLAN J MYERS AC & MARIA J MYERS AC

Staff and Board

New South Wales & Victoria Tour Partner

PROJECT PARTNER

Dale Barltrop – Artistic Director | Violin 1 Sharon Grigoryan – Artistic Director | Cello Francesca Hiew – Artistic Director | Violin 2 Stephen King – Artistic Director | Viola

Australian String Quartet Quartet–in–Residence The University of Adelaide SA 5005 Australia T 1800 040 444 (Freecall) F +61 8 8313 4389 E asq@asq.com.au W asq.com.au

Special thanks to the staff of the Royal Mail Hotel, and Vahé Sarmazian, piano technician.

National Program 2020 creative – Photography by Jacqui Way. Design & art direction by Cul-de-sac Creative. Printed by Print Solutions SA.

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