Unmask the treasures of 2025 to discover an eclectic array of chamber music, from the intimacy of fine-grained ensemble-work to the impressive sound of larger forces. Join us in Sir John Clancy Auditorium UNSW, as we welcome a stunning array of guest pianists including Andrea Lam, Timothy Young, David Fung and, for the first time, Konstantin Shamray. Former ACO Principal violist Christopher Moore along with your favourite guest musicians including Andrew Barnes, bassoon, Joshua Batty, flute; Andrew Meisel, double bass; and Carla Blackwood on French horn, bring vitality and a new energy to our stage.
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FAURE Piano Trio Op.120 in D minor (1922-23)
RAVEL Sonata for violin & cello (1920-22)
MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time (1940-41)
In two short decades, three very different French composers produced three very different masterpieces. Clarinettist David Griffiths joins colleagues for Messiaen’s dramatic yet ultimately comforting vision of the end of time; Fauré’s late Trio, powerful in its lyricism and formal beauty, and Ravel’s tensile, balletic sonata.
SCHUMANN Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales) Op. 132 (1853)
KAPUSTIN Sonata no. 2 (1989)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Six Studies in English Folksong (1926)
BRAHMS Piano Quartet in C minor Op.60 (1875)
Fairy tales and hopeless love, folksongs and subversive jazz each spurred these four composers. Schumann and Brahms give us classical works with enigmatic sources, cellist Julian Smiles performs Kapustin Sonata no. 2; and Vaughan Williams transmutes popular music into high art.
GRENFELL Poems of a Bright Moon (2000)
FINZI Five Bagatelles (1942)
CRUMB Vox Balaenae (1971) ARENSKY Piano Trio no. 1 Op. 32 (1894)
In music from Russia, the US, Britain and here, composers reflect on the majesty and beauty of the natural world, while considering the joy and sadness of human experience.
BEETHOVEN Clarinet Trio Op. 11 (1797-98)
SKIPWORTH New work – premiere performance (2025)
SCHUMANN Three Romances Op. 22 (1853)
DVOŘÁK Serenade Op.44 (1878)
In his great Serenade Dvořák captures something of the radiant good-humour of Mozart, while Beethoven shows his own witty side, as we place centre stage clarinettist David Griffiths. Clara Schumann’s delicate Romances showcase violinist Dimity Hall, while Lachlan Skipworth crafts a new work for mixed quartet.
4-Concert Packages: General Public bookings open 2 December 2024 from 10am.
2025 Packages
Adult $180 | Senior $135 | Concession $108 (All tickets are subject to booking fees.)
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