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PROGRAM 1. CHROMA QUARTET
Hunters Hill Town Hall 03.
Sunday 23 February 2.30pm
PROGRAM 2. SWIRL, SWOOP & DANCE
Sunday 4 May 2.30pm
Hunters Hill Town Hall 05.
PROGRAM 3. TIMO-VEIKKO VALVE & AURA GO
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Sunday 10 August 2.30pm
Hunters Hill Town Hall
PROGRAM 4. AFFINITY QUARTET ‘INCANTATIONS’
Sunday 23 November 2.30pm
Hunters Hill Town Hall
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From the Director.
I was thrilled to overhear at a recent Hunters Hill Music concert ‘…surely this must be one of Sydney’s best kept secrets!’. When I hear the buzz of anticipation before each concert, and the cheers of delight after the performance, I cannot disagree!
I am now thrilled to present Season 2025, beginning in February with the works of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn performed by Sydney’s own Chroma Quartet, whose shared love of string quartets shines through with every note. Another quartet, the Affinity Quartet, laureates of several international chamber music competitions and rising stars of the international circuit close the season with Debussy’s String Quartet and two contemporary works, one by French composer-singing sensation Heloise Werner and the other by Australian composer Justin Williams (who will also be playing in the Series).
In August, Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve, Principal Cellist of the Australian Chamber Orchestra is joined by his duo partner, pianist Aura Go for a magnificent program featuring Schubert’s Arpegionne Sonata and a selection of works reimagined for cello and piano.
In May, I am honoured to be joined by violinist Glenn Christensen, violist Justin Williams and cellists Julian Thompson and Eliza Sdraulig performing one of my favourite works, the Schubert Cello Quintet together with three short Australian works for string quartet.
Each concert is followed by complimentary wine, courtesy of HHM wine partner, Savannah Estate and I am thrilled that, following on from the success of the Boronia Kitchen x Savannah Estate collaboration in December 2024, conversations surrounding 2025 events are ramping up! Watch this space!
I look forward to creating many wonderful memories with you in 2025!
Lerida Delbridge Artistic Director
Program 1. Chroma Quartet
Sunday 23 February 2.30pm
Hunters Hill Town Hall
ARTISTS
Chroma Quartet
Harry Bennetts – 1st Violin
Victoria Bihun – 2nd Violin
Elizabeth Woolnough - Viola
Eliza Sdraulig - Cello
Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn: two prodigiously gifted musical siblings raised lovingly with the finest education, and yet bound by the restrictive shackles of the conservative Prussian aristocracy. Fanny was instructed by her family that her musical endeavors should always remain an ‘ornament…’ and for her brother, Felix, ‘a profession’. The siblings would remain devoted throughout their lifetime; Felix celebrated as a great composer, conductor and pianist; Fanny quietly composing over 500 works behind closed doors. In this program, the music of Fanny and Felix sit side by side. Fanny’s E flat Quartet brimming with a mature sophistication; Felix’s Opus 80 Quartet overflowing with grief at the sudden death of his beloved sister.
The Five Pieces of Czech-German composer, Erwin Schulhoff sit between the Mendelssohn siblings. Schulhoff’s works are gleefully ironic, and the Five Pieces are imbued with parody, dissonance and cheekiness. In the hands of the Chroma Quartet, prepare yourself for a performance of sheer exuberance and finesse.
Running Time: 60 minutes without interval.
PROGRAM
FANNY MENDELSSOHN
String Quartet in E Flat Major SCHULHOFF
Five Pieces for String Quartet
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
String Quartet Opus 80
Program 2. Swirl, Swoop & Dance
Sunday 4 May 2.30pm
Hunters Hill Town Hall
ARTISTS
Glenn Christensen – Violin
Lerida Delbridge – Violin
Justin Williams – Viola
Julian Thompson – Cello
Eliza Sdraulig - Cello
Youth reigns in this exuberant program featuring three short works for string quartet by young Australian composers Harry Sdraulig, Holly Harrison and Joseph Twist and Schubert’s masterpiece, his String Quintet written shortly before his death, aged 31.
Harrison, Sdraulig and Twists’s works are inventive, evocative and arresting, with chromatic twists and turns and pulsating rhythmic impetus.
Schubert’s Quintet, distinctive for its scoring of two cellos, is a work of extraordinary melodic expression and inventiveness; with the second cello adding a depth of tonality and sonority. Imbued with dancelike gypsy rhythms, the Quintet remains a defining work in the chamber music repertory.
Featuring ACO cellist Julian Thompson; former ACO violinist Glenn Christensen; SSO principal players and former Tinalley String Quartet members Justin Williams and Lerida Delbridge; and Chroma Quartet cellist Eliza Sdraulig
Running Time: 75 minutes without interval.
PROGRAM
HOLLY HARRISON
Swoop
HARRY SDRAULIG
Swirl
JOSEPH TWIST
Dancing with Somebody SCHUBERT
String Quintet in C major D.956
Program 3. Timo Veikko - Valve & Aura Go
Sunday 10 August 2.30pm
Hunters Hill Town Hall
ARTISTS
Timo-Veikko Valve - Cello
Aura Go - Piano
ACO Principal Cellist Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve and pianist Aura Go are widely regarded as two of Australia’s finest chambers musicians and instrumentalists. Acclaimed for the musical chemistry that exists between them, this intimate recital features the re-imaginings of works by Mozart and a new work by Australian/UK composed Lisa Illean
The program is bookended by Beethoven’s Horn Sonata, arranged by Beethoven himself for cello and piano. (Beethoven is widely viewed as the ‘father’ of the piano and cello sonata in the same vein that Haydn is referred to as the ‘Papa’ of the string quartet). Schubert’s effervescent Arpeggione Sonata ends the program. Conceived for the six stringed ‘Arpegionne’ the work is fiendishly difficult but in the hands of Tipi and Aura, prepare to be astonished and delighted!
PROGRAM BEETHOVEN
Horn Sonata Op.17 (arranged by Beethoven) MOZART
Andantino for cello and piano KV Anh. 46 (374g) (completed by Annette Isserlis) MOZART
Allegro KV Anh. 48 (arranged and completed by Ian Munro) MOZART
Andante and Fugue KV402 (arranged and completed by Ian Munro) LISA ILLEAN ever-weaver (2022/24) SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata
Running Time: 90 minutes with interval.
Program 4. Affinity Quartet
‘Incantations’
Sunday 23 November 2.30pm
Hunters Hill Town Hall
ARTISTS
Affinity Quartet
Seonhye Song, violin
Nicholas Waters, violin
Isabella Bignasca, viola
Mee Na Lojewski, cello
The Affinity Quartet has captured the world’s attention with its exceptional music making. Winners of the 2023 Melbourne International String Quartet Competition and Laureates of the Bad Tölz International String Quartet Competition (Germany), the Mozart International String Quartet Competition (Austria) and the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, the Affinity Quartet is making waves in Australia’s vibrant music culture.
Passionate about performing new works for the repertory, the program features ‘Incantation in Four Parts’ by the French composer Heloise Werner and the ‘Movement for String Quartet’ by Australian composer Justin Williams, one of Australia’s finest violists who is gaining momentum as a new voice in the Australian compositional landscape.
Debussy’s String Quartet in G minor, a work that at the time of its premiere, was utterly modern in its conception and is imbued with dazzling textures, radical tonality and sensual beauty, closes the 2025 Season.
Running Time: 80 minutes with interval.
PROGRAM
HELOISE WERNER Incantation in Four Parts MOZART Adagio and Fugue in C minor JUSTIN WILLIAMS Movement for String Quartet DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor
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Hunters Hill Music.
Hunters Hill Music is a community organisation that has been presenting vibrant, engaging and diverse chamber music concerts in the heart of Hunters Hill for over 80 years. Directed for many years by Geoffrey Chard AM and a selfless committee of volunteers, the organisation has presented many of Australia’s finest musicians, including Simon Tedeschi, Tamara-Anna Cislowska; Teddy TahuRhodes, Tarryn Fiebig, Andrew Goodwin, Emma Matthews, Yvonne Kenny; the Australian Piano Quartet and the Orava Quartet.
Under the direction of Artistic Director, Lerida Delbridge, Hunters Hill Music remains committed to presenting Australia’s finest artists and musicians, with community engagement at the heart of the organisation.
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