AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE
2015
CONCERT SEASON
Artistic Director & Violin Skye McIntosh
WELCOME
TO AHE’S 2015 CONCERT SEASON It is hard to believe our first full concert series was in 2013. I have been amazed both by the overwhelming response from our audiences and the wonderful support we have received from our sponsors, patrons and board members. The outstanding performances by our musicians, have earned us a growing band of committed AHE enthusiasts.
Our 2014 series in Sydney has been so popular that for 2015 we are scheduling a second performance for three of our concerts in the Sydney Opera House Utzon Room. We have also added Newcastle and Berry to our regional tours. We have an exciting program for you in 2015 including a host of guest artists from both Australia and overseas. We launch the year in March with a special Easter collaborative project. The Song Company and AHE will perform Haydn’s profound and passionate work "The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross". It will be presented by candlelight in several of Australia’s most beautiful and atmospheric spaces. Our Beethoven Piano Concerto cycle continues with our amazing colleague and historical-performance expert, Neal Peres Da Costa. Neal will play Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto with the AHE on a replica ‘Graf’ piano - applying newly researched performance techniques from Beethoven‘s time. You will hear a piano sound that would have been familiar to Beethoven himself. We are also delighted to present one of Opera Australia's principal sopranos, Taryn Fiebig, as soloist in a program of chamber motets and cantatas by Haydn and Hasse. The crowning glory of the year will be a wonderful all-Haydn project recreating the style of his Esterházy Palace orchestra. The project will see the return of our fabulous colleague, Canadian violinist, Marc Destrubé. Marc will co-direct with our regular guest artist, Erin Helyard, who will perform Haydn’s famous harpsichord concerto in D Major. I look forward to welcoming you to one or all of our concerts. Do please join us!
Skye McIntosh Artistic Director Australian Haydn Ensemble
AHE BOARD
Dr Timothy Pascoe AM (Chair) Skye McIntosh (Artistic Director) Marco Belgiorno-Zegna AM Tom Gregory
2015 SEASON OVERVIEW PROGRAM 1
MARCH HAYDN SEVEN LAST WORDS WITH THE SONG COMPANY Sydney . Newcastle . Canberra
PROGRAM 3
JUNE BEETHOVEN’s PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3
PROGRAM 2
APR/MAy Mozart’S Flute CHAMBER MUSIC FOR FLUTE & STRINGS Sydney . Southern Highlands Canberra
GUEST SOLOIST NEAL PERES DA COSTA Sydney . Canberra
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PROGRAM 6
December Haydn’s Esterházy Orchestra HARPSICHORD SOLOIST ERIN HELYARD GUEST VIOLIN SOLOIST MARC DESTRUBÉ Sydney . Newcastle . Canberra
PROGRAM 5 PROGRAM 4
August Michael Haydn Requiem WITH THE CHOIR OF ST JAMES Sydney . Newcastle
September Taryn Fiebig Soprano
CHAMBER CANTATAS & MOTETS BY HAYDN & HASSE Sydney . Canberra . Bowral
Artistic Director & Violin Skye McIntosh Cello Anthony Albrecht Viola James Eccles Violin Matthew Greco Flute Melissa Farrow Double Bass Jacqueline Dossor
Cello Anthony Albrecht Viola James Eccles
AHE
AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE
“BRILLIANT YOUNG MUSICIANS... A REVELATION” NEW YORK ARTS AHE offers an intimate experience. Audience members enjoy the wonderful sounds of historical works performed on period instruments in smaller spaces. This allows the nuance of the gut strings and wood flute to be heard more distinctly. It also specialises in presenting historical chamber versions of famous classical works, bringing them to life in a new and refreshing way. The Ensemble brings together a wealth of expertise from first class Period and Modern ensembles and orchestras across the world: The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, The Australian Chamber Orchestra, The English Chamber Orchestra (London), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (London), The Irish Chamber Orchestra, Berliner Sinfonie Orchester, Little Baroque Company (London), Pinchgut Opera, New Dutch Academy (Holland), The Gabrielli Consort (London), Juilliard415, The English Baroque Soloists (London), Welsh National Opera, English National Opera & Ballet (London), Sydney Omega Ensemble & Les Talens Lyriques (Paris).
AHE INSTRUMENTS Part of what makes AHE special is the instruments and bows our players use. As a group specialising in late baroque and early classical repertoire, we use gut strings and more flexible lighter bows. To the right you can see a collection of baroque and ‘transitional’ classical bows used by our players that have frogs made from bone or wood, making them lighter. These work well with the gut strings providing a more connected and flexible sound. The Ensemble has started an instrument collection beginning with the beautiful 1820 Joseph Panormo violin you see held by our Artistic Director inside the front cover. The instrument has been acquired for the Artistic Director by the kindness of one of our wonderful sponsors. If you are interested in helping to sponsor an instrument for one of our players, we would love to hear from you! Please contact us at: instruments@australianhaydn.com.au
Artistic Director & Violin Skye McIntosh Cello Anthony Albrecht Viola James Eccles Violin Matthew Greco
HAYDN SEVEN LAST WORDS with
THE SONG COMPANY
HAYDN’S PROFOUND EASTER WORK THE SEVEN LAST WORDS FOR SINGLE STRINGS & VOICES. PROGRAM
HAYDN ‘Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross’ Haydn’s original string quartet version performed by candlelight with Haydn’s original vocal parts.
The Ensemble launch their 2015 season with an unmissable Easter project presenting one of Haydn’s most sublime works, The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, in collaboration with Australia’s premiere vocal group, The Song Company. Haydn was originally commissioned to write the work by the Spanish church of Santa Cueva in Cádiz for Lent, to be enhanced by a local custom which enchanted the composer: “The walls, windows, and pillars of the church were hung with black cloth, and only one large lamp hanging from the centre of the roof broke the solemn darkness”. Our performances will recreate this sublime atmosphere combining Haydn’s own string quartet and oratorio arrangements of this extraordinary work. Join us for this deeply moving experience.
ARTISTS THE SONG COMPANY THE AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE
SYDNEY Cell Block Theatre Saturday March 14th, 7pm NEWCASTLE Tantrum Theatre - 48 Watt Sunday March 15th, 6pm CANBERRA Wesley Uniting Church Sunday March 22nd, 6pm
MOZART’S FLUTE
STUNNING MUSIC FOR FLUTE & STRING TRIO BY MOZART, HAYDN, WENDLING, BOCCHERINI & BEETHOVEN.
Mozart’s works for the flute are beloved jewels for this exquisite instrument, despite the composer admitting in a letter to his father that he “cannot bear” composing for it! One of Mozart’s glorious flute quartets is joined by another ravishing but lesser-known work for this instrumentation by the composer Wendling. Wendling, a friend to Mozart, was flautist with the Mannheim Orchestra, a travelling virtuoso and inspired Mozart to write his many beautiful flute parts found in the symphonies, quartets and concerti. Three charming string trios are also featured on this program. Haydn indulged his patron Prince Esterházy with 126 trios for his favourite instrument, the baryton. However there are just three short works from this great master’s Op 53 for the combination of violin, viola and cello. Beethoven is said to have mastered the string trio with his Op 9 collection, however the Op 8 Serenade reveals ‘a giant at play’, with Beethoven stretching the limits of the old suite format with a bold and very entertaining series of movements. This is light-hearted chamber music at its best.
PROGRAM
HAYDN String trio op. 53 no. 1 WENDLING Flute quartet no. 1 BOCCHERINI String trio op. 47 no. 1 BEETHOVEN String trio op. 8 MOZART Flute quartet in C Major ARTISTS THE AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE
SYDNEY Sydney Opera House - Utzon Room Monday April 27th, 7pm CANBERRA Drill Hall Gallery Thursday April 30th, 7pm SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS Buradoo - The Rose Room Saturday May 2nd, 2.30pm
Flute Melissa Farrow
“..a sensitive and aesthetic touch heralding the fine nuances of the composition with admirable finesse.� The Culture Concept Circle
Guest Fortepianist Neal Peres Da Costa
BEETHOVEN’S
PIANO CONCERTO THE BEETHOVEN CYCLE CONTINUES FEATURING NEAL PERES DA COSTA PERFORMING BEETHOVEN’S 3RD PIANO CONCERTO 2015 marks the third year in our cycle of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos with internationally renowned, historical keyboard specialist Neal Peres Da Costa. After the success of our newly commissioned chamber arrangement of the 2nd Piano Concerto in 2014, we will be performing a world-premiere arrangement of the 3rd Piano concerto with chamber forces. Dr. Peres Da Costa is able to combine his cutting-edge research of period performance practice and style on the fortepiano with formidable talent and a spirit of adventure that makes this one of our most exciting annual experiences. He will be performing on a replica ‘Graf’ fortepiano, similar to the instrument Beethoven would have used to premiere the work in 1803. The Ensemble also continues its exploration of Cimador’s excellent arrangements of Mozart’s best symphonies. Audiences were thrilled by the beauty and virtuosity of the 39th Symphony in 2014, and will now experience the drama, passion and intensity of the 40th Symphony in G minor. This program also features a wonderful string quintet by Michael Haydn, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn.
PROGRAM
MICHAEL HAYDN String quintet in C Major BEETHOVEN Piano concerto no. 3 new chamber arr. MOZART Symphony no. 40 in g minor historical arr. by Cimador (1805)
ARTISTS NEAL PERES DA COSTA Solo fortepiano THE AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE
CANBERRA
Larry Sitzky Recital Room Friday June 19th, 7pm & Saturday June 20th, 2pm
SYDNEY
Sydney Opera House Utzon Room Sunday June 21st, 2.30pm & Monday June 22nd, 7pm
“..a young and engaged group” SHM 2013
Cello - Anthony Albrecht
MICHAEL HAYDN REQUIEM with
the CHOIR OF ST JAMES
A BOLD COLLABORATION PRESENTING SACRED WORKS BY THE BROTHERS HAYDN. DIRECTED BY WARREN TREVELYAN JONES After a marvelous collaborative performance of Mozart’s Requiem in 2014, the AHE and the Choir of St. James join forces again to present Joseph Haydn’s great mass no. 7 (the ‘Little Organ Mass’), and the Requiem in C minor by his brother Michael Haydn.
PROGRAM
A 15-year-old Mozart played in the orchestra at the premiere of Michael Haydn’s Requiem in Salzburg. The young Mozart’s extraordinary ear and memory resulted in the use of some of this deep, lyrical and beautiful Requiem’s harmonic ingenuities in his own, composed some twenty years later.
ARTISTS THE CHOIR OF ST JAMES WARREN TREVELYAN JONES Director THE AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE
The work resonates with the grief and despair felt by the composer over the loss of his only daughter, Aloisia, the same year. The ‘Little Organ Mass’, earned its nickname from the exceptional obbligato organ writing in the Benedictus of this ‘brief’ but wonderful work. Written for The Brothers Hospitallers, a medical services charity for the poor, the work was originally performed in the Brothers’ tiny chapel at Eisenstadt, necessitating ‘little’ forces of a string quartet, organ and chamber choir. This music makes for affirming and healing listening.
JOSEPH HAYDN Mass no. 7 in B flat major ‘Little Organ Mass‘ MICHAEL HAYDN Requiem in C minor
SYDNEY
St James Church King Street Saturday August 8th, 5pm
NEWCASTLE Newcastle Conservatorium Sunday August 9th, 3pm
TARYN FIEBIG HAYDN
SOPRANO
ArianNA A NAXOS DRAMATIC MOTETS & CHAMBER CANTATAS BY HAYDN & HASSE "...the sweetest, most clearly coloured singing ...an almost ideal mixture of fresh brightness, golden clarity and warmth." Peter McCallum, Sydney Morning Herald The Australian Haydn Ensemble presents Opera Australia’s gorgeous principal soprano, Taryn Fiebig, in a dramatic chamber concert of cantatas and motets. The program also features the Ensemble members in Hasse’s haunting B minor concerto for flute and violin and an anonymous 18th century chamber arrangement of Haydn’s Symphony no. 102. Directed by Erin Helyard from the harpsichord, the program will be performed with a small band of strings & flute and feature Haydn’s wonderful work, Arianna a Naxos.
PERFORMERS TARYN FIEBIG Soprano soloist ERIN HELYARD Director THE AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE
PROGRAM
HASSE ‘Alta Nubes Illustrata’ Motet for soprano, strings & continuo HASSE Concerto for flute, violin & strings in B minor HASSE ‘Salve Regina’ Antiphon for soprano, strings & continuo HAYDN Symphony no. 102 in B flat chamber arr. anon. HAYDN ‘Arianna a Naxos’ Cantata for soprano strings & continuo CANBERRA Wesley Uniting Church Thursday September 24th, 7pm SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS St Jude’s Church, Bowral Friday September 25th, 6pm SYDNEY Sydney Opera House - Utzon Room Saturday September 26th, 8pm & Sunday September 27th, 2.30pm
Guest Soprano Soloist Taryn Fiebig
HAYDN’S ESTERHÁZY ORCHESTRA A DAZZLING ALL HAYDN PROGRAM RECREATING THE ORCHESTRA OF THE ESTERHÁZY PALACE. PROGRAM
HAYDN Symphony no. 6 ‘Le Matin’ HAYDN Symphony no. 7 ‘Le Midi’ HAYDN Concerto for harpsichord HAYDN Symphony no. 8 ‘Le Soir’ Joseph Haydn was no fool. When he took up his position as composer at the Esterházy Palace he knew that it was not only the Prince with whom he would need to win favour, but also the musicians of his orchestra. The results of his musical flattery were his beautiful early symphonies Le Matin, Le Midi & Le Soir (morning, noon and evening).
PERFORMERS MARC DESTRUBÉ - Guest co-director & violin soloist ERIN HELYARD co-director & harpsichord soloist THE AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE
Each symphony features the principal players of the Esterházy Orchestra that Haydn had at his disposal: a small band of 13-17 players. The composer himself also enjoyed showing off in the concertmaster’s chair, and thus there are many instances of flourishing violin solos. Playing the role of Maestro Haydn will be our dear friend and guest co-director, violinist Marc Destrubé from Vancouver.
CANBERRA Albert Hall Thursday December 18th, 7pm
To complement these great works, guest co-director and soloist Erin Helyard will perform Haydn’s thrilling concerto for harpsichord in D major. A magnificent end to our 2015 season.
SYDNEY Sydney Opera House - Utzon Room Sunday December 20th, 2.30pm Monday December 21th, 7pm
NEWCASTLE Christ Church Cathedral Saturday December 19th, 2pm
A WEEKEND AWAY WITH AHE
STRATHVEA FESTIVAL
We invite you to join us in the Yarra Valley for a weekend of classical chamber music, musical discussions, masterclasses, wonderful Yarra Valley wines, fabulous food and great company at the Historic Strathvea Guest House.
Enjoy spending time with the AHE artists and also exploring the wonderful natural surrounds and ornamental gardens of this wonderfully maintained 1920's bed and breakfast establishment. The Australian Haydn Ensemble will be in residence rehearsing new repertoire throughout the week leading up to the festival. The Strathvea concert space is very intimate so advance booking is advised as seats sell out fast! We would love to see you there. Visit our website for more details and to book tickets. www.australianhaydn.com.au
AUGUST 2015 YARRA VALLEY
Violin - Matthew Greco
AHE EDUCATION DAYS Our team of dedicated musicians are passionate about Education and Community Support. In 2013 we launched an education program working on 18th century repertoire and performance styles with students from over 34 different schools. By popular demand, our education projects have continued to expand. All of our core players are experienced and proficient educators and have worked in a variety of educational and charity projects. Above all, they love sharing what they do! In 2015 we will host a number of string workshops where students will have the chance to play alongside AHE musicians, learning about musical style, ensemble skills and communication. For more information about the programs available, to apply or enquire about a workshop in your school, please visit the education page on our website: australianhaydn.com.au or call us on 1800 334 388.
2015 EVENTS String workshops in Sydney, Canberra & the Southern Highlands.
Open to all stages and includes focused sessions for primary and secondary students. Find dates & application forms on our website: australianhaydn.com.au
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Viola James Eccles Viola - James Eccles
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A special huge thanks to Martyn Cook Antiques who hosted our 2015 photo-shoot at their premises in Rushcutters Bay. They have a fabulous array of antiques from the Classical Era and we loved having some of them as part of our 2015 look!
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Also thank you to Loco socks and the marvelous Bevan Roberts who generously styled our artists for the photo-shoot and has sponsored our gents with loads of wonderful quirky socks to wear whilst performing!
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BROCHURE CREDITS Photo-shoot venue Martyn Cook Antiques Photography: James Mills Photo-shoot styling Bevan Roberts Brochure design: Skye McIntosh
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Cello - Anthony Albrecht
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Catagories are named after famous patrons of the classical era...
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AHE BOARD Dr Timothy Pascoe AM (Chair) Skye McIntosh (Artistic Director) Marco Belgiorno-Zegna AM Tom Gregory
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