Queen's Birthday Weekend
(13-16 June 2008)

Woodend, Victoria

A feast of music, literary and visual arts...


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We
acknowledge the assistance of Musica Viva
with several of our concerts

Time Concert Program Venue
       
Friday 8th June
8.00 pm Don Burrows &
Kevin Hunt Duo
Don Burrows (clarinet, alto sax, alto ute, concert ute, bamboo ute, tenor sax, percussion) & Kevin Hunt (piano) improvise on a mixed bag of tunes, some by Don and some by jazz greats of yesteryear.
(Presented in association with Musica Viva)
Macedon Spa
 
 
   
Saturday 9th June
12.00 noon Gareth Koch Gareth Koch performs his own transcriptions of Carl Or's Carmina Burana & songs of the Trouvères.
(Presented in association with Musica Viva)
St Ambrose Church
       
12.00 noon Helen Gagliano & John O'Donnell The program features Robert Schumann’s well-loved Frauenliebe und Leben and a variety of songs of Johannes Brahms. St Ambrose Hall
       
4.00 pm Ensemble Gombert & Accademia Arcadia Vocal & instrumental ensembles join forces to present a tercentennial
performance of Handel’s youthful & energetic masterpiece Dixit Dominus, followed by Domenico Scarlatti’s moving Stabat Mater.
(Presented in association with Musica Viva)
St Ambrose Church
       
4.00 pm Ian Munro Internationally acclaimed Melbourne-born pianist and composer Ian Munro performs works by Mozart, Chopin and Schubert, as well as his own Blue Rags.
(Presented in association with Musica Viva)
St Ambrose Hall
       
7.30 pm Accademia Arcadia Accademia Arcadia, including Rachael Beesley (violin), Fiona Piggott (cello) & Jacqueline Ogeil (organ & harpsichord), perform Vivaldi’s La Follia variations, trio sonatas by Corelli & sonatas (both solo & chamber) by Scarlatti.
(Presented in association with Musica Viva)
St Ambrose Church
       
7.30 pm Josephine Vains
and friends
One of Schubert’s best-loved chamber works is performed by Rochelle Bryson (violin), Christian Read (viola), Josephine Vains (cello), Stuart Riley (double bass) & John O’Donnell (piano). St Ambrose Hall
       
 Sunday 10th June 
12.00 noon Gareth Koch Gareth Koch performs his own transcriptions of Carl Or's Carmina
Burana
& songs of the Trouvères.
(Presented in association with Musica Viva)
St Ambrose Church
       
12.00 noon Helen Gagliano & John O'Donnell The program features Robert Schumann’s well-loved Frauenliebe und Leben and a variety of songs of Johannes Brahms. St Ambrose Hall
       
4.00 pm Ensemble Gombert & Accademia Arcadia Vocal & instrumental ensembles join forces to present a tercentennial
performance of Handel’s youthful & energetic masterpiece Dixit Dominus, followed by Domenico Scarlatti’s moving Stabat Mater.
(Presented in association with Musica Viva)
St Ambrose Church
       
4.00 pm Ian Munro Internationally acclaimed Melbourne-born pianist and composer Ian Munro performs works by Mozart, Chopin and Schubert, as well as his own Blue Rags.
(Presented in association with Musica Viva)
St Ambrose Hall
       
7.30 pm Accademia Arcadia Accademia Arcadia, including Rachael Beesley (violin), Fiona Piggott (cello) & Jacqueline Ogeil (organ & harpsichord), perform Vivaldi’s La Follia variations, trio sonatas by Corelli & sonatas (both solo & chamber) by Scarlatti.
(Presented in association with Musica Viva)
St Ambrose Church
       
7.30 pm Josephine Vains
and friends
One of Schubert’s best-loved chamber works is performed by Rochelle Bryson (violin), Christian Read (viola), Josephine Vains (cello), Stuart Riley (double bass) & John O’Donnell (piano). St Ambrose Hall
 
 Monday 11th June
12.00 noon The Australian String Quartet We welcome back the celebrated Tankstream Quartet in their new guise in a program of Schubert, Haydn and Mendelssohn. St Ambrose Church
 
 
   

 


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