2024 Yarragon Studio Winter Feast Program

YARRAGON STUDIO

Winter Feast SUNDAY 4 AUGUST 2024

One warm winter afternoon. The undisputed top of Australian music, food and wine.

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Welcome to the Yarragon Studio Winter Feast P r o g r a m m e 15:15

Arrive carpark, walk to St Jarlath’s

15:30

Introduction Concert

16:15

Afternoon Tea

17:00 Reeds Bending Concert 18:00 Supper with Wine 19:00 After Dinner Gala 20:00 Return to carpark

Location: St Jarlath’s Catholic Church & Church Hall 30 Campbell St, Yarragon VIC 3823

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Reeds Bending Rachel Bullen - Oboe Mitch Berick - Clarinet Niels Bijl - Saxophones Jorja Withall - Bass Clarinet Matthew Kneale - Bassoon “The reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.” ― Confucius Reeds Bending, a new sensation in Australian chamber music, is a quintet united by their mastery of reed instruments. Instigated by Yarragon Studio’s own Saxophonist Niels Bijl and Bassoonist Matthew Kneale, this reed quintet will present their inaugural concert at the 2024 Yarragon Studio Winter Feast.

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Dimity Shepherd Mezzo Soprano Dimity Shepherd is one of Australia’s most experienced and renowned mezzo sopranos, with over 25 years experience as a professional singer and performer in opera and musical theatre. A five-time Green Room award winner and 2018 Helpmann Nominee, Dimity has a reputation for delivering performances celebrated equally for their dramatic and vocal intensity.

Richard Piper Actor, Singer Richard Piper has had a distinguished acting career in England and Australia, appearing in over 80 productions, including 40 for Melbourne Theatre Company.

In the 1980s he travelled to Australia as part of the band The Bouncing Czecks, before deciding to move to Melbourne permanently.

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Introduction Introducing the Reeds - JS Bach (1685-1750) Canon alla Ottava from the Art of Fugue * Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Trio Opus 87: III - Menuet Reeds Bending - Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Air from the Holberg Suite Introducing Richard Piper William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Under the Greenwood Tree Introducing Dimity Shepherd Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Dido’s Lament * Richard and Dimity - John Prine (1946-2020) In spite of Ourselves Reeds Bending - Ton Ter Doest (1964-) Circus Muziek I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII * Transcription Niels Bijl WWW.YARRAGONSTUDIO.COM.AU/FESTIVAL

Reeds Bending Ludwig van Beethoven - Trio Opus 87 I - Allegro II - Adagio IV - Finale, Presto Marc Mellits (1966-) - Splinter II - Sugar Maple V- Cherry VI - River Birch VIII - Red Pine Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Children’s Corner I - Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum II - Jimbo’s Lullaby III - Serenade of the Doll IV - The Snow is Dancing V - The Little Shepherd VI - Cake-Walk Edvard Grieg - Holberg Suite I - Praeludium, Allegro Vivace II - Sarabande V - Rigaudon

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After Dinner Gala Niels Bijl, Matthew Kneale Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Duo Sonata KV 292, III - Rondo Richard Piper - Philip Larkin (1922-1985) Church Going Reeds Bending - John Dowland (c. 1563-1626) Flow my Tears * Dimity and Reeds Bending Georges Bizet (1838 –1875) Seguidilla and Habanera from Carmen * Richard Piper - William Shakespeare Come to Dust Dimity and Reeds Bending Folksongs from Armenia, France, Mexico, Azerbaijan & Great Britain

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The Long Paddock, Lindenow Tanya Bertino and Anton Eisenmenger This chef duo have worked in a star-studded lineup of fine-dining restaurants, but The Long Paddock is about going back to basics. They honour their abundant East Gippsland home by championing its produce and creating honest flavours.

Afternoon Tea Selection of Cakes & Cream Winter Supper Onion Soup with Gruyere Croutons Bœuf Bourguignon Savoury Tart for the Vegetarians Duchess Potatoes Dressed Watercress Bread and Butter

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Entropy Wines Ryan Ponsford Awarded the 2022 Young Gun of Wine Award, Ryan makes unique and minimal-intervention wines from the savagnin, sauvignon blanc, semillon, pinot noir and syrah grapes he harvests. He is challenging perceptions about some varietals, with wines he describes as quite traditional in style. He uses "...old barrels, wild ferments, simple winemaking...I just want to make well-farmed wines that speak of the incredible place we live..."

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2025 Yarragon Studio Festival Sunday 2 March Food by Messmates & Wine by Xavier Goodridge

Upcoming Yarragon Studio Concerts Sunday 8 September - 3 PM Georgina Lewis - Piano Recital Mists and Exhalations Special guest Vincent Ward - Cello Music by Debussy, Caroline Shaw, Stuart Greenbaum, Philip Glass and others Sunday 13 October - 3 PM Duo Kirsanova - Brozgul Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata, Janacek Sonata, Margaret Sutherland's Nocturne Thanks to: Elizabeth Flann, Rachel Needoba & Bill Downie, Jude Conway, Emma Nicolson, Barbara Kingwill, Stuart Meredith, Oscar Bijl, Martha Downie, Emerson Downie, Quentin Downie, Rosella Marshall, Woodland Marshall

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