WELCOME
We are delighted to share our final release for 2025, with thirteen new concerts.
As we celebrate our 10th anniversary in August, we’ve been reflecting on the many wonderful artists who have performed at UKARIA and how we have come to know them.
James Crabb curated UKARIA 24 in 2017 and later that same year, Anthony Marwood gave his first performance for us. In the ensuing years, they have become special friends, returning many times. They have since formed a duo and their recent performance at Wigmore Hall in London received a five-star review in The Times. In September they will be in residence at UKARIA inspiring nextgeneration artists from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM).
We first heard the outstanding German cellist Daniel Müller-Schott at Schubertiade in Hohenems, Austria in 2017. He gave a marvellous performance of the Archduke Piano Trio with Julia Fischer and Herbert Schuch. Since then, he has become one of the most in-demand cellists in the world, so we are immensely grateful that he rearranged his tour to Australia and New Zealand to include a recital for us with Konstantin Shamray.
The richness of our season is dependent on strong relationships with our presenting partners, and as we all try to reduce our carbon footprint, it’s imperative that we continue to
collaborate and share artists. Our thanks to Hayllar Music Tours and Daniel de Borah for Cuarteto Quiroga, one of the most dynamic and unique string quartets of its generation, visiting Australia for the first time from Spain; and to the Australian Festival of Chamber Music for enabling us to present the great British clarinettist Michael Collins MBE with the Australian String Quartet.
We’ve also been reflecting on the importance of expanding our sound world and hope you will join us for Where Everything is Music – the coming together of Persian music from Afghanistan and Western Baroque. Being open to new ideas and enabling artists such as Iain Grandage to tell new stories through the unique voices he brings to our stage remains a vital part of our program.
There is much to explore in our new season, and we look forward to sharing every one of these concerts with you.
Ulrike Klein AO Alison Beare Founder CEO
Photo: Randy Larcombe
CALENDAR
Sunday
Michael
Australian
Diana Doherty
Friday
Bernadette Harvey Sunday
Deline Briscoe
Iain Grandage
AUGUST–NOVEMBER 2025
Sunday 12 October 22
Benjamin Grosvenor
Saturday 15 November 28
Grace Barbé
Iain Grandage
Friday 31 October– 24
Sunday 2 November
Chamberfest
Curated by Brooklyn Rider
Sunday 23 November 30
Kristian Winther
Konstantin Shamray
Sunday 9 November 26
Daniel Müller-Schott
Konstantin Shamray
Sunday 30 November 32
Momentum Ensemble
Timo-Veikko Valve
UKARIA honours our First Nations by fostering a shared sense of respect for this land, and we acknowledge and pay our respects to the Peramangk, traditional custodians of the land on which the Cultural Centre stands.
MICHAEL COLLINS WITH THE AUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTET
SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2.30PM
The Australian String Quartet joins forces with esteemed British clarinettist and conductor Michael Collins MBE for an exploration of alchemical mysteries. Elizabethan England was transfixed by the idea that base metals could be transformed into gold, when exposed to the correct processes. Celebrated British composer Thomas Adès took on this Tudor obsession: his Alchymia for clarinet and string quartet moulds four movements from raw musical and literary material – Shakespeare’s The Tempest, a song by William Byrd, a Dowland lute lamentation and a startling London streetscene cameo from Alban Berg’s opera Lulu
As a programmed interlude during this melding of instrumental metals, the first half ends with Erich Korngold’s String Quartet No. 2. Written in 1933, just before Korngold departed Vienna for Hollywood (where he would go on to score sixteen films and be nominated for two Oscars), the second quartet is a work on the brink of change, a quartet with its feet in a world of Viennese late-romanticism, yet with glimmers of the sensuous Hollywood glow that was to come.
In the second half of the program, we return to the particular metallurgy of the opening: Michael Collins rejoins the ASQ to star in Mozart’s beloved Clarinet Quintet. The Quintet, written for clarinettist Anton Stadler, melds brilliance with intimacy in four movements of lyricism and contrast. Indeed, Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet showcases the ultimate musical alchemy: as a contemporary marvelled of Stadler, ‘Never should I have thought that a clarinet could be capable of imitating a human voice so deceptively.’
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($16)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
This will be Michael Collins’ first appearance at UKARIA. ASQ first performed at UKARIA on 29 August 2015.
Michael Collins | Clarinet
Dale Barltrop | Violin
Francesca Hiew | Violin
Chris Cartlidge | Viola
Michael Dahlenburg | Cello
Thomas Adès Alchymia for Clarinet Quintet
Erich Wolfgang Korngold String Quartet No. 2 in E flat, Op. 26
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581
Photo: Benjamin Ealovega
Photo: Hans Goh
LI-WEI QIN WITH KONSTANTIN SHAMRAY
SUNDAY 17 AUGUST 2.30PM
The nineteenth century ushered in a golden era for the cello, during which it was no longer consigned to a supportive continuo role. Composers from Beethoven to Brahms shone a spotlight on the unique voice of this instrument, its timbre and versatility. In this program, Li-Wei Qin and Konstantin Shamray – longtime friends of UKARIA and formidable soloists and chamber musicians – showcase the work of three composers who loved the cello and wrote for it in various formats throughout their careers: Schumann, Brahms and Rachmaninov.
Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 – originally composed for clarinet and piano, but arranged by the composer for cello and piano – are three character pieces that demonstrate the cello’s flexibility: at once tender, tumultuous, singing, these short movements demand a characteristically Schumann-esque level of dexterity and subtlety from both cellist and pianist.
Brahms, who had studied the cello as a young man, professed a love for the instrument throughout his career. His first sonata for cello and piano – written when Brahms was not quite thirty – sees a composer self-consciously positioning himself as the heir to his musical heroes: the third movement clearly references Bach’s Art of Fugue, while the first and second movements bear traces of Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert’s influence.
Unlike Brahms’ youthful effort, Sergei Rachmaninov’s Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 was the last piece of chamber music the composer ever penned. Written in the shadow of Rachmaninov’s monumental second piano concerto, and dedicated to the famed virtuoso cellist Anatoliy Brandukov, the Sonata is a formidable work, by turns brooding and tempestuous. Its orchestral scale and supreme virtuosity demand everything of its performers – and can find no better exponents than Li-Wei Qin and Konstantin Shamray.
Li-Wei Qin | Cello
Konstantin Shamray | Piano
Robert Schumann
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Johannes Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38
Sergei Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($16) Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Li-Wei Qin first performed at UKARIA on 13 February 2022.
DIANA DOHERTY AND BERNADETTE HARVEY
SUNDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2.30PM
Diana Doherty describes her very personal program:
To friendship –
From the first piece in the first recital we ever played together to a brand-new piece to leave to future generations, this program charts more than two decades of a partnership very dear to me. ‘Beep’ (as I call her) and ‘Dees’ (as she calls me) bonded from day one over music, motherhood, and the rollercoaster of life to form what has become a deeply satisfying artistic collaboration and a treasured friendship.
Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70, was the opening piece in our first concert together in January 2001. Borrowed from the horn repertoire, this example of Schumann’s more passionate side (the alter ego Florestan) always felt more instinctive to me than the reflective and deceptively simple Romances (more Eusebius) that he wrote for the oboe itself. How lucky we are that he wrote for oboe at all! We just had to include him.
Two songs, neither originally for oboe but both absolute gems, underpin the beauty of a moment in time and an opportunity to ponder. Bernadette has known Kevin Puts from her student days and it is thanks to her friendship with him that we have permission to adapt this violin Aria for oboe.
The Vocalise-Étude, originally for voice, was an early work by Messiaen that legendary oboist Heinz Holliger convinced the composer much later in his life to expand into a major work for four soloists and orchestra. This became the Concert a Quatre which Bernadette and I were fortunate to perform together in Perth in 2011.
Tim Dargaville’s In the Spirit House was the first piece written for us as a duo. A longtime friend of his and champion of his work, Bernadette commissioned this piece and we have always loved playing it together. It allows us to explore a large range of expression throughout the work, which further highlights how important it is to have challenging, satisfying Australian works to perform in this context.
Last – but absolutely not least – the new Sonata by Nigel Westlake. How lucky are we!? It is a dream come true for me personally, a celebration of another deeply enriching artistic collaboration and personal friendship, and an offering to all future oboists. May they relish the journey and find their Beep.
Diana Doherty | Oboe
Bernadette Harvey | Piano
Robert Schumann
Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
Kevin Puts Aria
Olivier Messiaen Vocalise-Étude
Tim Dargaville
In the Spirit House
Robert Schumann
Three Romances for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94
Nigel Westlake
Sonata for Oboe and Piano (world premiere)
Commissioned by UKARIA for Diana Doherty thanks to the generosity of commissioning partners Gillian Eldershaw and Andrew and Renata Kaldor.
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($16)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Diana Doherty and Bernadette Harvey first performed at UKARIA on 5 August 2018.
ANTHONY MARWOOD AND JAMES CRABB
SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2.30PM
Internationally acclaimed soloists and renowned duo partners Anthony Marwood and James Crabb are no strangers to UKARIA: their imagination, virtuosity and generous musicianship have long cast a spell in the venue’s intimate space. In this program, the duo is joined by frequent collaborator and double bassist Rohan Dasika (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra), as well as a string quartet of next-generation talent from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), to present a program that speaks to their unique musical partnership and interests.
The afternoon’s musical itinerary sallies forth from Scottish folk song to a Haydn double concerto, from music by the renowned contemporary British composer Sally Beamish, to Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending as you have never heard it before.
Join us for a memorable collaboration and the latest chapter in Anthony Marwood and James Crabb’s long friendship with UKARIA.
Anthony Marwood | Violin
James Crabb | Classical Accordion
Rohan Dasika | Double Bass
ANAM String Quartet
Sola Hughes | Violin
Olivia Bartlett | Violin
Jamie Miles | Viola
Ariel Volovelsky | Cello
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($16)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Anthony Marwood first performed at UKARIA on 3 December 2017. James Crabb first performed at UKARIA on 25 August 2017, as curator of UKARIA 24.
Joseph Haydn
Double Concerto in F, Hob. XVIII:6
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Set of Traditional Scottish Pieces (arr. for violin, classical accordion and strings by James Crabb)
Friedemann Stickle Da Trowie Burn
James Scott Skinner Ossian
Neil Gow Lament for the Death of his Second Wife
Traditional Struan Robertson’s Rant / Cuckold Come Out of the Amrey
Sally Beamish
Seavaigers (revised 2022; arr. James Crabb)
Photo: Pia Johnson
QUARTET FROM MELBOURNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WITH ANDREA LAM
SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2.30PM
Friendship and conversation is at the heart of chamber music – as is evidenced in the sensitive musicianship of the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra. In this program, MCO Artistic Director Sophie Rowell leads a quartet of the Orchestra’s players in a program that showcases the variety and versatility of chamber works for strings and piano. They are joined in their musical exploration by internationally lauded pianist and renowned chamber musician Andrea Lam.
Beginning with Schubert’s first completed foray into music for piano and string ensemble, the program also investigates newer sound worlds: a new commission for string quartet by Noongar composer and violist
Aaron Wyatt dialogues with Paul Stanhope’s 2010 work for violin and piano Agnus Dei (after the fire). The afternoon ends with all musicians together on stage, sharing in the exhilaration, lyricism and fireworks of one of the most beloved chamber works of all: Dvořák’s epic Piano Quintet No. 2 in A.
Quartet from Melbourne Chamber Orchestra
Sophie Rowell | Artistic Director / Violin
Miki Tsunoda | Violin
Merewyn Bramble | Viola
Blair Harris | Cello
Andrea Lam | Piano
Franz Schubert Adagio e Rondo concertante in F for Piano Quartet, D. 487
Aaron Wyatt
Under the Canopy (commissioned by MCO)
Paul Stanhope
Agnus Dei (after the fire) for Violin and Piano
Antonín Dvořák
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A, Op. 81
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($17)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Sophie Rowell first performed at UKARIA on 15 April 2018.
Andrea Lam first performed at UKARIA on 6 February 2022.
Photo: Laura Manariti
DELINE BRISCOE WITH IAIN GRANDAGE
SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 7.30PM
Deline Briscoe is a Yalanji woman of song whose roots are planted deep in both Yalanji culture and gospel traditions. Over two decades, she has shared stages with many artists loved both here at UKARIA and around the globe – artists like Archie Roach, Lou Bennett, Paul Kelly, Shane Howard and Emma Donovan.
Her songs and stories mix Yalanji Wawubarri singing, gospel conviction and bluesy grit, evoking her family’s histories in the Daintree Region of Far North Queensland as well as Palm Island.
So it is a thrill to have her joined for this special presentation not only by her long-time collaborator, percussionist Airileke Ingram, but also by Aurora Vocal Ensemble, whose extraordinarily versatile vocal artistry will shine in all-new arrangements we have developed together.
Deline is one of the warmest and most generous humans I have ever had the privilege of making music with. You will, like all who come in contact with her, fall in love with her shining presence and exquisite voice.
– Iain Grandage
This concert is generously supported by
TICKETS
Adult $75 | Concession $70
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Antipasti platter (from $32; serves two)
This will be Deline Briscoe’s first appearance at UKARIA.
Deline Briscoe | Voice / Guitar
Airileke Ingram | Percussion
Iain Grandage | Cello / Piano
Aurora Vocal Ensemble
Directed by Christie Anderson
Photo: Redhanded Media
Photo: Moorilla Gallery
VAN DIEMEN’S BAND AND ENSEMBLE KABOUL WHERE EVERYTHING IS MUSIC
SUNDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2.30PM
Lutruwitan/Tasmanian Baroque ensemble Van Diemen’s Band invites listeners to experience a stunning blend of two distinct musical worlds: the Persian music of Afghanistan and Western Baroque. Created for MONA FOMA 2023 and performed to sold-out venues, this cross-cultural collaboration with Ensemble Kaboul features musicians Khaled Arman (rubab) and Siar Hashimi (tablā and vocals). Embodying artistry and advocacy, this performance preserves and celebrates musical traditions that Afghanistan’s current regime is attempting to silence.
Immerse yourself in the warm, resonant tones of Van Diemen’s Band’s period instruments as they interweave with the intricate melodic patterns of traditional Afghan and Persian music, while soaring vocals merge with the ethereal late-nineteenthcentury piano compositions of Erik Satie, reimagined for this unique ensemble. Traditional Persian compositions have been harmoniously arranged for this blended instrumentation, and Western classical pieces were selected for their fluid, contemplative style, creating a seamless interplay between Central Asian and European musical traditions.
Van Diemen’s Band
Julia Fredersdorff | Artistic Director / Baroque Violin
Rachel Meyers | Viola
Laura Vaughan | Viola da Gamba / Violone
Martin Penicka | Cello
Donald Nicolson | Harpsichord
Luke Plumb | Mandolin
Members of Ensemble Kaboul
Khaled Arman | Rubab (Afghan lute)
Siar Hashimi | Vocals / Tablā / Percussion
Masud Hashimi | Zerbaghali / Percussion
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($17)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Van Diemen’s Band first performed at UKARIA on 24 March 2019. This will be Ensemble Kaboul’s first appearance at UKARIA.
CUARTETO QUIROGA
SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2.30PM
The ‘exquisite’ and ‘interpretatively fresh’ (New York Times) Cuarteto Quiroga celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2023 and now makes its UKARIA debut. The quartet has become a staple of the European and North American chamber music landscape and is renowned for its distinctive musical personality and charismatic music-making. Cuarteto Quiroga’s extensive discography spans Haydn to Kurtág, and its members are passionate advocates for contemporary string quartet repertoire, regularly collaborating with celebrated composers such as Jörg Widmann and Peter Eötvös. Cuarteto Quiroga’s players speak of their fascination with the string quartet repertoire as a response to music that ‘combines audacity, intelligence, wit and poetry, where the greatest composers, since 1760 until our time, have poured their most bold, experimental, honest and intimate musical discourses.’
This concert, featuring three markedly different string quartets, showcases the genre as a source of compositional inspiration, from Austria to Argentina. Mozart’s String Quartet No. 16 in E flat, K. 428, sees a brilliant young voice paying homage to his friend and mentor Haydn, in a work that mixes harmonic adventures in chromaticism with agile humour and frank expression. Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera’s first string quartet presents a shocking contrast: composed in 1948 at an artistic turning point in Ginastera’s career, the quartet erupts into being with a first movement allegro violento ed agitator, its ferocity and folk rhythms nodding to both Bartók’s influence and Argentinian musical traditions. The program ends with Brahms’ revered String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 – a chance to hear one of the great string quartets interpreted by one of the great string quartets at work today.
Aitor Hevia | Violin
Cibrán Sierra | Violin
Josep Puchades | Viola
Helena Poggio | Cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 16 in E flat, K. 428
Alberto Ginastera
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20
Johannes Brahms
String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($17) Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
This will be Cuarteto Quiroga’s first appearance at UKARIA.
Photo: Igor Studio
BENJAMIN GROSVENOR
SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2.30PM
British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is an international sensation, heralded as a ‘genius who has reached the height of his interpretative powers’ (The Spectator ). The youngest British musician ever signed as a Decca Classics recording artist, Grosvenor has performed with (among others) the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, London Philharmonic Orchestra and is a regular soloist at the BBC Proms. As a recitalist he has concertised everywhere from Carnegie Hall to Wigmore Hall, and in 2024 premiered Brett Dean’s Hommage à Liszt.
Renowned for both his virtuosity and poetic sensitivity, Grosvenor makes his much-anticipated UKARIA debut in this recital featuring three giants of the solo piano repertoire. Beginning with a sonata that flummoxed Schumann – Frédéric Chopin’s ambitious and conventiondefying Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 – Grosvenor will then delve into the world of literary-adjacent music. Ravel’s 1908 work Gaspard de la nuit takes three poems – Ondine, Le gibet, and Scarbo –from Aloysius Bertrand’s collection of the same name and transforms them into three darkly atmospheric movements of fiendish difficulty. The result is a suite that the legendary pianist Alfred Cortot described as ‘one of the most extraordinary examples of instrumental ingenuity ever produced.’ To close the program, Grosvenor presents Modest Mussorgsky’s beloved Pictures at an Exhibition in its original 1874 version for solo piano. Dedicated to the composer’s deceased friend, the artist and architect Viktor Hartmann, the ten-piece suite mimics the experience of touring an exhibition of Hartmann’s work at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg, each colourful miniature inspired by a painting.
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35
Maurice Ravel Gaspard de la nuit
Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($17) Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
This will be Benjamin Grosvenor’s first appearance at UKARIA.
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
CURATED BY BROOKLYN RIDER
FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER–SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER
Warm greetings from your Brooklyn Rider friends. We had a deeply memorable visit in February of 2024, inspired by the beauty of this land, the incredible shrine to music which is UKARIA, and the absolutely lovely audiences. So, we were delighted to be asked to curate Chamberfest 25!
This platform of five concerts is especially exciting to us because it gives us a chance to share a range of our many interests, and at an auspicious time; we are celebrating twenty years together this 2025/26 season! For one, we love taking a wide lens to the beautiful historic string quartet tradition – so you will hear core repertory works from Haydn, Beethoven, Bach, and Schoenberg. But also a diverse range of topical works from our lifetime, many of which are recent Brooklyn Rider commissions (and including numerous works by Australian composers). We also seek to convene conversations through the programmatic enterprise.
TICKETS
So – we take a lens to democracy and citizenship, we visit the unique pre-WW1 world of Der Blaue Reiter (our namesake), and we celebrate healing and music in a special Saturday evening musical meditation.
Last, but not least, we also thrive on collaborations! So we have invited some amazing friends including the riveting soprano Ariadne Greif and Australian-born dancers
Melissa Toogood and Fiona Jopp. Lastly, we are so excited to work with a young string quartet from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) for a romp of a finale, ending with a fiery trip to the sun!
See you in October, Brooklyn Rider
Johnny Gandelsman, Colin Jacobsen, Nicholas Cords and Michael Nicolas
Weekend Package | Five concerts, access to reserved seating zone, two meals
Adult $450 | Concession $430
Concerts Only Package | Five concerts, access to reserved seating zone
Adult $320 | Concession $300
Single Tickets | Adult from $70 | Concession from $65 | Student from $30
Brooklyn Rider first performed at UKARIA on 24 February 2024.
Photo: Marco Giannavola
Brooklyn Rider | String Quartet and Curator
Ariadne Greif | Soprano
Melissa Toogood | Dancer and Choreographer
Fiona Jopp | Dancer and Collaborator
ANAM String Quartet
Olivia Kowalik | Violin
Jasmine Milton | Violin
Hanna Wallace | Viola
Max Zhenxiang Wung | Cello
CONCERT ONE | CITIZENSHIP NOTES FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER 7.30PM
CONCERT TWO | CHALK AND SOOT SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER 4.00PM
CONCERT THREE | HEALING MODES SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER 8.00PM
CONCERT FOUR | MORNING DANCES SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 11.30AM
CONCERT FIVE | EVER YOURS SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2.30PM
DANIEL MÜLLER-SCHOTT WITH KONSTANTIN SHAMRAY
SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2.30PM
Daniel Müller-Schott is one of the pre-eminent cellists at work today, decreed ‘a fearless cellist with technique to burn’ (New York Times). His celebrated career began after winning the Tchaikovsky competition at age fifteen, and has seen him become a regular soloist with all the major symphony orchestras in Europe and the United States, including the Philharmonics of Berlin, London and New York. Müller-Schott’s extensive and critically acclaimed discography covers a broad and varied repertoire, and points to a commitment to working with composer contemporaries. In addition to his concerto and recital performances, Müller-Schott is a passionate chamber musician: a regular guest on the international festival circuit, he directs his own annual festival in Vevey and counts Janine Jansen, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Renaud Capuçon among his regular chamber music collaborators.
For this recital Müller-Schott is joined by Russian-Australian piano virtuoso Konstantin Shamray for a program that conveys the depth and breadth of the cello and piano repertoire. Bach’s characterful Suite No. 3 in C for solo cello is followed by a dramatic shift in gear: Shostakovich’s unexpectedly neo-classical Cello Sonata, rich with sensuous lyricism that recalls Shostakovich the young silent-film composer. By contrast, Brahms’ monumental second Sonata for cello and piano showcases the work of a mature composer at the height of his powers, and proves a fitting end to a recital that showcases MüllerSchott’s wide-ranging virtuosity.
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($17)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
This will be Daniel Müller-Schott’s first appearance at UKARIA.
Daniel Müller-Schott | Cello
Konstantin Shamray | Piano
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009
Dmitri Shostakovich
Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F, Op. 99
Photo: Uwe Arens
Photo: Tracy Catherine Frawley
GRACE BARBÉ WITH IAIN GRANDAGE
SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER 7.30PM
Grace Barbé is a force of nature. A creative musician of the highest order who brings joy and energy to audiences across the globe.
Born in the Seychelles, her music draws on the rich Kreol tradions of those Indian Ocean islands, driven by her polyrhythmic bass lines and extraordinary voice. She’s played Festivals in Africa, India and across Australia, and received multiple awards for her music. Much of her time currently involves playing, writing and singing in the adored Australian band The Cat Empire.
For this special intimate performance, she is joined by long-time collaborator guitarist Jamie Searle, and local string players Julian Ferraretto and Steve King.
It’s a thrill to have the opportunity to make music alongside one of Australia’s musical treasures.
– Iain Grandage
This concert is generously supported by
TICKETS
Adult $75 | Concession $70
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Wood oven pizza ($42)
This will be Grace Barbé’s first appearance at UKARIA.
Grace Barbé | Vocals
Jamie Searle | Guitar
Julian Ferraretto | Violin
Stephen King | Viola
Iain Grandage | Cello / Piano
Photo: Jan Safar
KRISTIAN WINTHER WITH KONSTANTIN SHAMRAY
SUNDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2.30PM
Kristian Winther reflects on his program:
For this program – contrary to my own general philosophy of being anti-‘curation’, or in other words, of being against the modern norm of taking multiple historical works of genius and stringing them together in such a way as to unnecessarily impose the curator’s own artistic ‘vision’ of a particular theme or connection – Konstantin and I have created a first half where seemingly disparate works by Sciarrino, Webern, Messiaen, Ysaÿe, and Debussy are closely bonded to one another, but in an intangible, unspoken, dream-like manner which elaboration might only cause to evaporate, and which while creating an invisible, unifying link between works, highlights the individuality of each composer. Rather than continuing this ‘curation’, the second half is of opposing personality, continuing on from the end of the first where the denouement of Messiaen’s piece bursts the thematic bubble, with Clara Schumann and Richard Strauss’ by turns lyrical and heroic works sweeping us through rugged reality.
Kristian Winther | Violin
Konstantin Shamray | Piano
Salvatore Sciarrino
Sonatina for Violin and Piano
Eugène Ysaÿe
Rêve d’enfant, Op.14
Claude Debussy
Sonata in G minor for Violin and Piano, L. 140
Anton Webern
Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7
Olivier Messiaen
Theme and Variations
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22
Richard Strauss
Violin Sonata in E flat, Op. 18
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($17)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Kristian Winther first performed at UKARIA on 25 April 2021.
Konstantin Shamray first performed at UKARIA on 14 May 2017.
Photo: Alastair Bett
MOMENTUM ENSEMBLE WITH TIMO-VEIKKO VALVE BETWEEN WORLDS
SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2.30PM
Australian Chamber Orchestra Principal Cello Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve directs the Australian Youth Orchestra’s Momentum Ensemble in a lush program for cello and strings that masterfully intertwines his Finnish heritage and his Australian experience. Jaako Kuusisto’s Wiima evokes the nostalgic charm of Sysmä, a Finnish town dear to Tipi’s childhood, while Crystalline, by the Australian composer Olivia Bettina Davies, shimmers with delicate textures. The centrepiece of the program is Tipi’s own arrangement of Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata, in which his 1616 Brothers Amati cello will sing with warmth and lyricism. The concert concludes with the introspective gaze of Sibelius’ Voces intimae, interspersed with select movements from Peter Sculthorpe’s dark String Quartet No. 8, to weave Finnish and Australian traditions into a captivating tapestry.
Momentum Ensemble
Timo-Veikko Valve | Cello / Director
Jaakko Kuusisto Wiima
Franz Schubert
Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821 (arr. Timo-Veikko Valve)
Olivia Bettina Davies
Crystalline
Peter Sculthorpe
Selections from String Quartet No. 8
Jean Sibelius
String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 Voces intimae (arr. Timo-Veikko Valve)
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Two hours, including interval
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($17)
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Momentum Ensemble first performed at UKARIA on 25 August 2017.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The 2025 Season is proudly presented by UKARIA.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ulrike Klein AO | Founder
Rob Brookman AM | Chair
Rod Cornish
Amanda Harkness
Paul Kildea
Sam Saunders
Mathew Trinca AM
Mary Vallentine AO
UKARIA FOUNDATION BOARD
David McKee AO | Chair
Amanda Harkness
Diana McLaurin
Kirsty Roderick
STAFF
Alison Beare | Chief Executive Officer
Paola Niscioli | General Manager, Operations
Emma van Lierop | Business Manager and Artist Liaison
Liam Taylor | Venue and Production Manager
Céline Rittner | Food and Beverage Manager
Rachel Bruerville | Senior Communications Coordinator
Tahlia Lamey | Communications Coordinator
John Carter | Facilities Manager
Emma Quinn | Ticketing and CRM Manager
Vernon Schulz | Bookkeeper
UKARIA consists of a small, dedicated team of core staff (FTE 6.4)
To mark our 10th anniversary, we also acknowledge
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2015
Ulrike Klein AO | Founder
David Minns | Chair
Michael Hayes
Thora Klein
David McKee AO
Winnie Pelz
Joan Sedsman
PAST STAFF
Lisa Bird | Food and Beverage Manager
Dylan Henderson | Communications Manager
Kingsley Schmidtke | Operations and Facilities Manager
2025 SEASON BROCHURE CREDITS
Concert descriptions | Brigid Coleridge
Brigid Coleridge is a poet and internationally-acclaimed violinist who performs in the US and Europe with the Merz Trio.
Design | Orange Fridge
Cover photography | Randy Larcombe
Season Partner
Broadcast Partner
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