Bach wrote fast and furiously – to order, for every occasion in the sacred and secular year. Ironwood brings some of these amazing cantatas to life with UK oboe soloist Alex Bellamy and young Australian soprano Charlotte Betts-Dean. A world premiere for harpsichord & viola da gamba by Melbourne composer Kevin March adds to the celebration.
Ironwood with Alex Bellamy - oboe & Charlotte Betts-Dean - soprano
Program
JS Bach Cantata BWV84 Ich Bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke
Kevin March New Work for viola da gamba and harpsichord - 2012
JS Bach Cantata BWV 199 Mein Herz Schwimmt Im Blut
Tickets & Info: ABC Classic FM Sunday Live FREE entry
Please be seated at ABC Iwaki Auditorium before 2.45pm
http://www.abc.net.au/classic/program/sundaylive/
Mozart: Arranged
Sunday 26 May 5pm
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Recital Hall East
A gem of Mozart and a gem of an arrangement. Neal Peres Da Costa, fortepiano & Alexandra Bellamy, oboe join with Alice Evans, violin, Nicole Forsyth, viola & Daniel Yeadon, cello to conjure Mozart's symphonic colours in the perfectly formed & dramatic G minor fortepiano quartet plus a contemporaneous arrangement in minature of Mozart's Gran Partita by Christian Schwenke.
Ironwood with Alex Bellamy - oboe
Program
Mozart (1756-1791)
Fortepiano Quartet in G minor
Serenade in B Flat Gran Partita
Tickets: $35/$25
Information & bookings: ironwoodchamberensemble@gmail.com
http://music.sydney.edu.au/event-listings/calendar/2013/05?pg=4
LOCAL HEROES MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE 2013 CONCERTS
• Mozart: Arranged
Monday 27 May, 6pm
The Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
A gem of Mozart and a gem of an arrangement. Neal Peres Da Costa, fortepiano & Alexandra Bellamy, oboe join with Alice Evans, violin, Nicole Forsyth, viola & Daniel Yeadon, cello to conjure Mozart's symphonic colours in the perfectly formed & dramatic G minor fortepiano quartet plus a contemporaneous arrangement in minature of Mozart's Gran Partita by Christian Schwenke.
Ironwood with Alex Bellamy - oboe
Program
Mozart (1756-1791)
Fortepiano Quartet in G minor
Serenade in B Flat Gran Partita
TICKETS
Standard $35 / Concession $25
Three Concert Package (15% discount)
Standard $90 / Concession $64
Our Box Office is open Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm for bookings and enquiries on +61 (0)3 9699 3333
The Box Office is located in the Audi Foyer of the Melbourne Recital Centre (street level).
It is open Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm, staying open for performance on weeknights. It is also open two hours prior to all performances on weekends and public holidays.
LOCAL HEROES MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE 2013 CONCERTS
• Old Masters, New Sounds
Monday 2 September, 6pm
The Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
Listen closely and change your mind about some old masters. Prepare to have Ironwood transform the previously known sound of this masterwork of chamber music. The result of years of performance research, and the subject of a new book "Off the Record" by Neal Peres Da Costa, Brahms Piano Quartet beguiles and delights in a totally new approach to the romantic era.
Program
Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Quartet Op 25 G minor
TICKETS
Standard $35 / Concession $25
Three Concert Package (15% discount)
Standard $90 / Concession $64
Our Box Office is open Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm for bookings and enquiries on +61 (0)3 9699 3333
The Box Office is located in the Audi Foyer of the Melbourne Recital Centre (street level).
It is open Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm, staying open for performance on weeknights. It is also open two hours prior to all performances on weekends and public holidays.
PREVIOUS CONCERT SEASONS
CONCERT SEASON 2013
Galaxies Ancient & Modern
Friday 3 May
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney
Bach wrote fast and furiously – to order, for every occasion in the sacred and secular year. Ironwood brings some of these amazing cantatas to life with UK oboe soloist Alex Bellamy and young Australian soprano Charlotte Betts-Dean. A world premiere for harpsichord & viola da gamba by Melbourne composer Kevin March adds to the celebration.
Ironwood with Alex Bellamy - oboe & Charlotte Betts-Dean - soprano
Program
JS Bach Cantata BWV84 Ich Bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke
Kevin March New Work for viola da gamba and harpsichord - 2012
JS Bach Cantata BWV 199 Mein Herz Schwimmt Im Blut
MUSICA VIVA FESTIVAL
April 4 - 7
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney
"A Different Sort of Brahms"
Thursday 4 April, 3pm
Recital Hall East, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie St, Sydney
Neal Peres Da Costa, Robin Wilson and colleagues from Ironwood were hailed at the recent New York conference on Brahms for their fresh and insightful interpretative discussion of the contemporary performance practice of this beloved composer. It’s not a question of ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ – but recent research throws a fascinating light on some of the ways Brahms might have expected his music to be played.
This lecture-demonstration on Brahms includes a performance of Brahms’s Piano Quartet in G minor on historical instruments.
Program
Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Quartet Op 25 G minor
LOCAL HEROES MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE 2013 CONCERTS
• Influences from the East
Wednesday 13 March, 6pm
The Salon - Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
Ironwood joins the Melbourne Recital Centre Local Heroes in 2013 in The Salon and travels east with Haydn, Hindson & Lex Marinos, to explore the spicy influences of folk and gypsy music of the classical period. An evening to tantalize your senses with the stories behind the music brought to life by Australian stage legend Lex Marinos.
Program
Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet Op 20 No 4 Minuet Alla Zingarese
String Quartet Op 76 No 3 ‘Kaiserquartett’ Adagio
Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet Op 59 No 2 E minor ‘Theme Russe’
‘Turkish March’ from The Ruins of Athens Op 113
Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata No 11 A major K331 arr ‘Rondo Alla Turca’
Matthew Hindson (1968 - )
Balkan Connection arr for String Quartet (2005:2013)
Influences from the East
Saturday 9 March, 5pm
St George's Anglican Church, Cromwell St, Battery Point, Hobart
Ironwood travels east with Haydn, Hindson & Lex Marinos, to explore the spicy influences of folk and gypsy music of the classical period. An evening to tantalize your senses with the stories behind the music brought to life by Australian stage legend Lex Marinos.
Program
Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet Op 20 No 4 Minuet Alla Zingarese
String Quartet Op 76 No 3 ‘Kaiserquartett’ Adagio
Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet Op 59 No 2 E minor ‘Theme Russe’
‘Turkish March’ from The Ruins of Athens Op 113
Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata No 11 A major K331 arr ‘Rondo Alla Turca’
Matthew Hindson (1968 - )
Balkan Connection arr for String Quartet (2005:2013)
CONCERT SEASON 2012
AYO CHAMBER PLAYERS
Government House Ballroom, Perth WA
Friday 28th September 7:30pm
Saturday 29th September 2:30pm
Chamber music – the music of friends. Enjoy an evening of intimate, sophisticated music with the musicians of the Australian Youth Orchestra. Under the guidance of Australia’s own Dale Barltrop, Concertmaster of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, our string quartets and piano trios will immerse themselves in chamber music favourites, bringing to life a selection of stunning works for the audience.
REPERTOIRE
Beethoven String Quartets Op.18 and Piano Trios Op.1
Haydn String Quartets Op.20
Britten String Quartet No.1 in D major Op.25
Ligeti String Quartet No.1 "Metamorphoses Nocturnes"
Schumann String Quartet No.1 in A minor Op.41, No.1
Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421
Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.1 in D minor Op.49
Dvorak Piano Trio in F minor Op.65
Brahms Piano Trio No.2 in C major Op. 87
Ironwood Developing Artists Winter Concert
Riversdale, NSW 2.30pm Sunday July 29
As part of their residency at Bundanon, Ironwood and Developing Artists will perform a Sunday Winter Concert including works by JS Bach, Handel, Geminiani & Vivaldi. A celebration of the next generation of HIP musicians, in concert with their mentors, Alice Evans & Daniel Yeadon, course directors, Neal Peres Da Costa, & Nicole Forsyth.
Boyd Education Centre, Riversdale, Bundanon Trust, Riversdale Rd, Cambewarra West.
Sunday July 29, 2.30pm
Wollongong Regional Conservatorium and The Art Gallery of NSW presents Ironwood in FANDANGO!
Jamberoo, NSW 7pm Saturday June 16
Sydney, AGNSW 7pm Friday June 22
Hola! Ironwood and Simon Martyn-Ellis on baroque guitar/lute present the fiery fandango rhythms of classical Spain with Boccherini’s famous “Fandango” Quintet for guitar & strings, along with ‘the Spanish Mozart’ Arriaga’s String Quartet No 1. Join us for an evening of classical castanets, tempered by the elegance of Haydn, Hagen and Vivaldi, in arrangements for guitar and lute.
Program
Arriaga String Quartet No 1
Haydn Cassation for lute, violin & cello
Hagen Concerto for baroque lute D Minor
Vivaldi Lute Concerto in D minor
Boccherini “Fandango” Quintet No 4 in G Major
Jamberoo, NSW Wollongong Conservatorium Chamber Music Series 7pm Saturday June 16
Jamberoo School of Arts, 28-30 Allowrie St Jamberoo
Sydney, AGNSW ‘Resonate’ Music Series 7pm Friday June 22
The Art Gallery of NSW
Ironwood presents REVOLUTION
Bellawongarah NSW: Villa Musica 29 April
Melbourne: fortyfivedownstairs 30 April
Join us for an evening of enlightenment discourse and discussion in musical form as Ironwood visit the revolutionary 1770-80’s of Mozart, Haydn and Pleyel. The winds of change and outward expansion refreshed Europe and the new world as Haydn’s student Pleyel drew upon Haydn’s Op 20 Quartets in his Op 1 (1783), which were in turn commented on by the young Mozart, in his own six ‘Haydn’ quartets of 1784.
Program
Pleyel String Quartet Op 1 No 2 in C major
Mozart String Quartet K421 in D minor
Haydn String Quartet Op 20 No 4 in D major
Bellawongarah, NSW:
3pm Sunday 29th April
Villa Music Series, Bellawongarah
Melbourne:
7.30pm Monday 30th April
fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
BRAHMS IN THE NEW CENTURY
Sponsored by the American Brahms Society and hosted by the Brook Center for Music Research at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York NY, USA
Wednesday March 21 Session 3: 4:00-5:30
Performance Practice I: The Piano
Weekly Meetings with Brahms at Home: Etelka Freund's Interpretations of Brahms's Piano Music, Dr. Neal Peres Da Costa (Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney)
Thursday March 22 Session 7: 5:30-6:30
Performance Practice II: Piano and Strings Chamber Music
Brahms Revealed - A Lecture/Demonstration, Dr. Neal Peres Da Costa, piano (Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney) and Ironwood
Brahms Revealed - A Lecture/Demonstration
Eastman East Wing Hatch Recital Hall, EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, ROCHESTER, USA
Monday, March 19, 2012 8:00 PM
Guest Artist Lecture Demonstration - Ironwood
This event is free and open to the public
Dr Neal Peres Da Costa, author of Off The Record: Performing Practices of the Romantic Pianist (Oxford University Press, April 2012) and PhD scholar Robin Wilson, co-present a lecture/recital of Brahms's beloved 1864 Piano Quintet Op.34 in F minor. Joined by other members of Australia?s acclaimed period-instrument ensemble Ironwood, the presentation will explore evidence of string and keyboard performing practices preserved in written texts and early sound recordings emanating from Brahms, his circle and the German school. The performance will experiment with the addition of portamento, a narrower-style of vibrato (used ornamentally), dislocation, arpeggiation, various types of rhythmic alteration and tempo modification - practices that were indispensable in late-nineteenth-century performances, particularly those of the German School - to reveal Brahms in his true colours.
Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields Festival
Recital 5: IRONWOOD PLAY MOZART
Sunday 15th January 3.00 pm
Ballarat Mechanics Institute
117 Sturt Street, Ballarat VIC
Program
Mozart Quartet No 428 in Eb
Mozart Fortepiano quartet No 478 in G minor
Ironwood is one of Australia's most vibrant ensembles exploring music using early string and keyboard instruments.
PENINSULA SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Recital 4: MOZART'S CHILDREN
May it please you to be their father and friend
Dedicated to the “father” of the string quartet, Mozart’s six “Haydn Quartets” stand alone for their bold vision and expressive qualities.
Performing on authentic instruments of the period, Ironwood present the third in the series of "Haydn Quartets", the String Quartet in Eb Major K428. This joyous program also includes the dramatic Quartet in G minor K478, featuring Neal Peres da Costa on fortepiano.
Sunday 8 January 2.30-3.30pm
St Johns, King St, Flinders VIC
BRAHMS REVEALED
At home with Brahms and his milieu
In 2012 we’re delighted to welcome Festival favourites Ironwood Chamber Ensemble back to the Peninsula to perform in the wonderful acoustic of our newest venue, Moorooduc Estate.
Together with Neal Peres da Costa (piano) and Robin Wilson (violin), they apply recent research into 19th century performance practice to Brahms’ beloved F minor Piano Quintet, revealing its original colours like a painted masterpiece.
This enchanting program also includes a rarely-heard string quartet by Josef Rheinberger – a prolific contemporary of Brahms whose works are now being being rediscovered.
Enjoy refreshments with the artists after the performance.
Saturday 7 January 7.00-8.45pm
Moorooduc Estate
501 Derril Rd, Moorooduc VIC
CONCERT SEASON 2011
IRONWOOD & DEVELOPING ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE - CLASSICAL PROGRAM
Saturday October 15, 7:30pm
Carriageworks, Redfern
Sunday October 16, 2:30pm
Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle
Ironwood Classical Orchestra (with Developing Artists)
Neal Peres Da Costa - director/soloist
Program
HAYDN Symphony No.31 in D Major “Hornsignal”
MOZART Piano Concerto No.16 K451 in D major
MOZART Symphony No.25 K183 in G minor
BACH AND BEYOND
Thursday 22 September, 7pm
Saturday 24 September, 5pm
St James, King Street, Sydney
The Choir of St James’ & the Ironwood Chamber Orchestra (with Developing Artists)
Warren Trevelyan-Jones - director
JS Bach has had a far reaching influence on many composers, past and present. This program explores the connections between Bach and contemporary composition and includes Jonathan Dove’s Köthener Messe (2002), written especially for recorders, harpsichord and baroque string instruments and Bach’s exuberant setting of the Magnificat.
Program
BACH Singet dem Herrn
DOVE Köthener Messe
BACH Magnificat
and music by BRAHMS and STANFORD
IRONWOOD presents HORIZONS
Friday 16 September, 7:30pm
Richmond VIC
Sunday 18 September, 6pm
Main Ridge Estate, Flinders VIC
Join Ironwood in string quartet guise for an evening of visionary horizons. The program features Haydn’s Opus 20 - developing the equality of the voices in the classical string quartet in a new way for the 1770’s; Beethoven’s groundbreaking Op 18, as well as Melbourne composer Katy Abbott's “Vertical Horizon" for string quartet. The concert will be performed in the intimate surrounds of a private Richmond gallery and on the Mornington Peninsula’s Main Ridge Estate. Please join us for some wine, music and to discover new horizons of string quartet writing in the 18th, 19th & 21st centuries.
Program
HAYDN String Quartet Op 20 No 2 C major
KATY ABBOTT Vertical Horizon
BEETHOVEN String Quartet Op 18 No 4 C minor
AT HOME WITH BRAHMS
Monday 6 June, 8.30pm
Sydney Conservatorium of Music Recital Hall
Join Ironwood for a late evening of chamber music “at home” with Brahms, based on recent research into 19th century keyboard and string performance practices by Dr Neal Peres Da Costa and Robin Wilson. Together with a chat by Robin Wilson, which will explain the working methods and performance practices of Brahms’ time, hear the beloved F minor Piano Quintet, revealed like a painted masterpiece in its late 19th century colours, using a recently conserved 1878 Streicher piano. Witness Ironwood in their 19th century drawing room, and hear some extraordinary new music revealed from old. The concert will go for one hour, and join us for a glass of wine beforehand (and after..)
Program
Brahms Piano Quintet Op 34 F minor (1864)
With an introductory talk by Robin Wilson
UTZON MUSIC SERIES
Sunday 15 May, 5pm
Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House
Ironwood is one of Australia’s most vibrant ensembles who continually explore the boundaries of old and new. They hold a special affinity for music from the classical period so their interpretation of Mozart’s String Quartet K428, the third of his set dedicated to Haydn, is most exciting. A quartet by the ‘Spanish Mozart’, Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga is not to be missed. A new piece by Australian composer Kevin March displays perfectly the breadth and accomplishment of this ensemble.
Program
ARRIAGA Quartet No. 3 in E-flat major (1st movement only)
KEVIN MARCH Water Dreamers
MOZART Quartet in E-flat major, K428
A ROYAL OCCASION I
Saturday 30 April, 5pm
Thursday 5 May, 7pm
St James, King Street, Sydney
HANDEL Coronation Anthems (selected) and music by WALTON, PARRY and PURCELL
The Choir of St James’ & the Ironwood Chamber Orchestra (with Developing Artists)
Warren Trevelyan-Jones - director
Everyone loves a celebration, particularly British royalty - be it a coronation, wedding or birthday. In the first of two programs which showcase the milestones of composition for royal occasions past and present, The Choir of St James’ and Ironwood don their finery to mark the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton.
ST MATTHEW PASSION
Sunday 17 April, 2pm
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre
BACH St Matthew Passion
Don't miss this opportunity to hear Bach's monumental setting of the Passion story for Holy Week in the glorious acoustic and visual setting of the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall led by world-renowned expert in sacred choral music, Jeremy Summerly (Royal Academy of Music, London). The combined forces of The Consort of Melbourne, The Choir of Trinity College Melbourne, Ensemble Gombert and the critically acclaimed Ironwood Chamber Orchestra, on period instruments, will bring this magnificent and rarely performed work to life. Together with an outstanding cast of soloists this is a rare presentation of one of the great masterpieces of Western music.
Concert sEASON 2010
CONSONANT DISSONANCES
3.00pm, Sunday 7 November
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Ironwood, with guest Darryl Poulsen, natural horn, presents three of the masterworks of the late Enlightenment: Beethoven’s Sonata for fortepiano & horn, reputedly dashed off by the composer a day before its premiere by horn virtuoso Giovanni Punto in 1800, along with Mozart’s Dissonance String Quartet and G minor Piano Quartet of 1785. On the brink of a new century, hear the restlessness and repose of two of the greatest creative minds of the European Enlightenment.
Program
MOZART String Quartet in C major K465 "Dissonance"
BEETHOVEN Sonata in F major for fortepiano and horn, Op.17
MOZART Piano Quartet in G minor, K478
Tickets & booking details
Sydney: Full: $28, Seniors: $25, Concession/ Friends of The Con: $22, Students/ Children: $10
Booking: please phone 02 8256 2222 or www.cityrecitalhall.com/book/id/764
7.00pm, Thursday 4 November
Collins Street Baptist Church, 174 Collins Street, Melbourne
String players Alice Evans, Julia Fredersdorff, Nicole Forsyth & Daniel Yeadon take a journey through the sunlight and storms of the beloved Haydn influenced ‘Dissonance’ and ‘Hunt’ Quartets, as well as one of the early Milanese quartets, written in downtime from his opera – Lucio Silla. Ironwood invites you to take a break – home or away – with us, and experience the highways and byways of Mozart’s own touring days around 18th century Europe.
Program
MOZART String Quartet G major K156 (1772)
MOZART String Quartet Bb major K458 ‘The Hunt’
MOZART String Quartet C major K465 'Dissonance'
Tickets & booking details
Please call Anna Cerneaz ph: 0412 093 063 or tickets at the door
Adults $30, Concession & under 30: $20
2.30pm, Sunday 31 October
Narooma Golf Club, Sapphire Coast, NSW
3.00pm, Saturday 30 October
Wolumla Community Hall, Sapphire Coast, NSW
Neal Peres Da Costa joins Ironwood with fortepiano for the dramatic Quartet in G minor, while string players Alice Evans, Julia Fredersdorff, Nicole Forsyth & Daniel Yeadon take a journey through the sunlight and storms of the beloved ‘Dissonance’ Quartet. Ironwood invites you to take a break – home or away – with us, and experience the highways and byways of Mozart’s own touring days around 18th century Europe.
Program
MOZART String Quartet G major K156 (1772)
MOZART Piano Quartet in G minor K478 (1785)
MOZART String Quartet A major K169 (1773)
MOZART String Quartet C major K465 'Dissonance'
Tickets & booking details
Narooma: please purchase tickets directly at The Pineapple House, Bermagui or at the door to the Golf Club Auditorium. Tickets are Adults-$20, Concessions $17.50, and children accompanied by an adult are free
Wolumla: At the door, Tickets: Adults-$25, Concessions $21 and members $18. Children of schoolage no charge.
6:45pm, Sunday 17 October 2010
Government House, Sydney
The ballroom of Government House is arguably Sydney’s most elegant concert setting. Ironwood presents a vice-regal evening of music for parlour and park: two quartets by Haydn and Onslow based on national anthems, and Mozart’s rollicking quartet ‘The hunt’. Playing on period instruments, Ironwood invites you to share their corner of the music room, as the musicians talk about the music, context and instruments of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and share some of the gems and curiosities of the
classical period.
Program
HAYDN Quartet, op 76 no 3 ‘Kaiserquartett’
ONSLOW Quartet, op 9 no 1 ‘God save the King’
MOZART Quartet in B flat major, K458 ‘The hunt’
Matched with Angove Organic Chardonnay
Gates will open at 6pm with complimentary parking, drinks and gourmet sandwiches available before the concerts commence at 6.45pm.
Tickets
Sold out!
3:00pm, Sunday 18 July 2010
3:00pm, Saturday 24 July 2010
3:00pm, Sunday 25 July 2010
Cockatoo Island, Sydney
Ironwood, in association with the 17th Biennale of Sydney, present 3 performances this July:
Ironwood with Developing Artists presents "A Cabinet of Curiosities"
Sunday 18 July at 3pm, Biennale Performance Space (building 74)
Cockatoo Island, Sydney
Ironwood with Jane Sheldon, soprano “Water Dreamers”
Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 July 2010 at 3pm, Biennale Performance Space (building 74)
Cockatoo Island, Sydney
One of Australia’s most vibrant ensembles, along with developing artists from their education program, will perform 3 concerts in July. The concerts will be a musical-visual exploration around the coves, cliffs and songlines of harbours native and foreign. New Australian and old colonial compositions will be played on instruments of the 18th century, integrated with Cockatoo Island’s own layers of time, and the Biennale’s multi-media works by Australian and international artists.
On Sunday 18 July, Ironwood and the Developing Artists from their highly successful Education Program will form a small orchestra, performing works Geminiani, Handel, Vivaldi, Purcell, CPE Bach and other bizarre curiosities of the baroque.
Australian singer Jane Sheldon will join the string quartet on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 July, to perform the world premiere of ‘Water Dreamers’ by Australian/US composer Kevin March and ‘Sea Chronicles’ by Paul Stanhope.
Tickets $10
60mins with no interval.
Bookings (advised) or pay at the door: 02 9389 8117
Cockatoo Island hosts 120 works by 56 artists and is just 20 minutes by free ferry from the Commissioner's Steps, Circular Quay West. Full ferry timetable available at bos17.com.
The last few weekends have been very busy on the Island, so it is advisable to book your tickets and aim to get to the ferry departure point early.
So come for the day, take a picnic and enjoy some wonderful music.
BEAUTY & THE BAROQUE
3:00pm, Sunday 6 June 2010
St. Patricks Cathedral, Parramatta
Sydney Youth Orchestra
Max McBride - conductor
Rachael Beesley & Ironwood - guest directors
Program
GABRIELI, Canzona
BACH, Partita No.3/Sinfonia from Cantata No 29
BOZZA, Jour d’été à la Montagne
STRAVINSKY, Concerto in Eb Dumbarton Oaks
BACH, Suite No.4 BWV 1069
Get to know the SYO’s talented young musicians a little better with their kaleidoscope of performances celebrating the true genius of Gabrielli, Bach and Bozza - with a little Stravinsky on the side. Presented in one of Sydney’s most beautiful churches, the SYO will harness the architecture and acoustics to bring this music into being – just a glimpse into the musical beauty of our musical heritage.
“I played Bach very regularly during the composition of the concerto and I was greatly attracted to the Brandenburg Concertos. Whether or not the first theme of my first movement is a conscious borrowing from the third of the Brandenburg set, however, I do not know. What I can say is that Bach would most certainly have been delighted to loan it to me; to borrow in this way was exactly the sort of thing he liked to do.”
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Single Tickets
Adult $42
Concession $32
Child $17 (5 - 18yrs)
Family $95 (2 adults and 2 children)
Student Rush $15
Bookings
All bookings are through City Recital Hall Angel Place via the following methods;
Phone (02) 8256 2222
Online Click here
In Person 2 Angel Place, Sydney
SYDNEY CHAMBER CHOIR & IRONWOOD
Presents Via Crucis
7:30pm, Saturday 3 April 2010 (Easter Saturday)
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
As a tribute to Estonian minimalist composer Arvo Pärt, who turns 75 this year, there will be a special Easter Saturday performance of the Berlin Mass, one of his best loved works. Leading Australian choral ensemble, Sydney Chamber Choir, joins forces with renowned historically informed ensemble, Ironwood, to present a different Easter celebration. Arvo Pärt's music creates the perfect contemplative space for the Easter season. His Berlin Mass is at once solemn and uplifting, sparse and rich, exploring the heights and depths of human experience. This is the focal point of a concert of sacred music combining the exquisite sounds of voices and strings. The program also features the Australian premiere of Scottish composer James MacMillan’s Tenebrae Responsories, inspired by the strikingly dramatic harmonies of the Renaissance master Carlo Gesualdo, whose own celebrated work for Easter Saturday will also be presented. As well, Ironwood will present a movement from Haydn's Seven Last Words.
Program
ARVO PÄRT Berlin Mass
CARLO GESUALDO Selections from the Tenebrae Responsories for Easter Saturday
JAMES MACMILLAN Tenebrae Responsories – selections (Australian premiere)
JOSEPH HAYDN Consummatum Est from The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross
ANTONIO LOTTI Crucifixus a 8
Tickets: $45 full, $30 concession
Book online at www.sydneychamberchoir.org or call 1300 661 738.
HAYDN THE BOLD, HAYDN THE BEAUTIFUL
Sydney: 8:00pm, Monday 15 March 2010
Melbourne: 7:30pm, Thursday 25 March 2010
Love and Loss; Storm and Stress; Classical Symmetry and the emergence of Romantic Spirit.
This is the story of Haydn’s little heard Opus 20 quartets and his later regal Opus 77 quartets, with the beautiful textures and warm sounds of gut stringed instruments. Visit an age of eighteenth century elegance and intrigue with twenty-first century time-travellers Ironwood, as we take you on a dramatic musical journey with Haydn The Bold, Haydn The Beautiful.
Australia's renowned historically informed ensemble will perform early and late Haydn string quartets, a beautiful miniature by Boccherini, and a world premiere by Australian composer Damian Barbeler, Silk Panels for gut stringed instruments of the classical age.
Program
BOCCHERINI String Quartet
HAYDN String Quartet Op 20 No 3 in G minor
DAMIAN BARBELER ‘Silk Panels’(world premiere)
HAYDN String Quartet Op 77 No 1 in G major
Sydney: 8pm Monday 15th March 2010
The Barnet Long Room, Customs House, Circular Quay, Sydney
Tickets: $38 Full; Conc & Under 30: $25
Bookings: (02) 9389 8117 / 0412 093 063
Melbourne: 7.30pm Thursday 25th March 2010
Fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Tickets: $38 Full; Conc & Under 30: $25
Bookings: (03) 9662 9966 or www.fortyfivedownstairs.com/tickets.php
CONCERT SEASON 2009
KATIE NOONAN IN CONCERT
Featuring Ironwood and AYO’s Orava Quartet
Sunday 31 May 2009 3:00pm
The Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Education Centre, Riversdale, NSW
Join us at Riversdale for an exceptional afternoon concert of world class music and song including Katie Noonan, unquestionably one of the finest singers in the country. Accompanied by pianist Sam Keevers, Katie will perform an exclusive set of her favourite songs for our Riversdale audience.
Australia's foremost chamber ensemble Ironwood, one of the first music ensembles in residence at Bundanon, will return into residency in 2009 to continue their exploration of chamber music. Ironwood will offer a performance that crosses boundaries of the old and new performing on period string instruments.
The afternoon concert will also present the Youth Australian Concert Artists, in residency at Bundanon in 2009 featuring four of Australia's hottest young talent from the Orava Quartet.
MUSICA VIVA COFFEE CONCERT: MORNING STAR
Tuesday 26 May 2009 10.00am
The Inpedendent
269 Miller Street, North Sydney
MOZART Quartet in G major K80 'Lodi'
PAUL STANHOPE Morning Star
SPOHR Quartet Op,45 No.2 Larghetto
ELENA KATS-CHERNIN Eliza's Aria
HAYDN Quartet in G major Op.54 No.1
REVELRY
Adelaide Chamber Players & Ironwood
Friday 17 April 2009 7:00pm
Elder Hall, University of Adelaide
North Terrace, Adelaide
Come and join the revelry with the stirring sounds of string favourites by Handel, Vivaldi and Corelli. Celebrate the beauty and grandeur of Baroque music when Adelaide Chamber Players unites with Australia’s finest early music specialists the Ironwood Chamber Ensemble. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s own Martin Phillipson will feature as soloist on baroque trumpet.
VIVALDI, HANDEL & CORELLI Concerti Grossi
TORELLI & MOLTER Trumpet Concerti
WASSANAER Concertini
BRESCIANELLO Sinfonia
Tickets: $30 and $20 concession (seniors, pensioners and full time students)
Bookings through BASS: phone 131 246 or visit www.bass.net.au (booking charges apply)
MUSICA VIVA AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2009
Miriam Allan & Ironwood
Purcell & Handel
12th March 7.00pm
Canberra: Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music, ACT
14th March 8.00pm
Sydney: City Recital Hall, Angel Place, NSW
18th March 7.00pm
Brisbane: Conservatorium Theatre, South Bank, Q'LAND
21st March 7.30pm
Newcastle: Concert Hall, University of Newcastle Conservatorium, NSW
24th March 7.30pm
Perth Concert Hall, WA
26th March 8.00pm
Adelaide Town Hall, SA
This concert is being broadcast live for ABC Classic FM
28th March 8.00pm
Melbourne: Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC
30th March 7.00pm
Sydney: City Recital Hall, Angel Place, NSW
31st March 7.00pm
Melbourne: Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC
MOZART’S CELEBRATED STRING QUINTETS
Sunday 4 January 2009 2.30pm
St John's Flinders, VIC
Revel in the lushness of two of Mozart’s most sublime string quintets - G minor and C minor - performed by Ironwood on authentic instruments of the period.