2025 festival program
as at 20 March 2025
Concert 1
Spillville 1893
Friday 18 July, 7.30 pm, Point Lookout Community Hall
DURATION: 1 hr 45 min (including interval)
Antonín Dvořák: Sonatina for violin and piano in G major, Opus 100 (1893)
Aaron Copland: Sextet for clarinet, piano and string quartet (1937)
Interval
Ned Rorem: Trio for flute, cello and piano (1960)
Antonín Dvořák: String quartet in F major, ‘American’, Opus 96 (1893)
(Hed Yaron Meyerson, Rachel Smith and Rebecca Seymour, violins; Sally Boud and Caroline Henbest, violas; Eric de Wit and Louise King, cellos; Irit Silver, clarinet; Liam Viney and Anna Grinberg, piano; Tim Munro, flute)
Concert 2
Café Schubert
Saturday 19 July, Point Lookout Community Hall
Come to the hall from 8 am to enjoy morning birdsong with Merlo coffee and muffins (included in the ticket price for this concert) from Michael Bulloch’s ‘Coffee in Cylinders’ team. Coffee service ends at 9.15 am sharp and then the music starts at 9.30 am in this intimate venue looking through tea-trees to the ‘whale tail’ sculpture and the sea.
CONCERT DURATION (from 9.30 am): 1 hr 15 min (no interval)
Franz Schubert: Piano quintet in A major, ‘Trout’, D667 (1819)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet quintet in F-sharp minor, Opus 10 (1895)
(Hed Yaron Meyerson, Rachel Smith and Rebecca Seymour, violins; Sally Boud and Caroline Henbest, violas; Eric de Wit and Louise King, cellos; Irit Silver, clarinet; Stephen Emmerson, piano; Marian Heckenberg, double bass)
Concert 3
From the Monkey Mountains
Saturday 19 July, 2.30 pm, Point Lookout Community Hall
DURATION: 1 hr 15 min (no interval)
Erwin Schulhoff: Concertino for flute, viola and double bass (1925)
Leoš Janáček: Selection from On an Overgrown Path for piano solo (1912)
Pavel Haas: String quartet ‘From the Monkey Mountains’, Opus 7 (1925)
(Hed Yaron Meyerson and Rachel Smith, violins; Sally Boud and Caroline Henbest, violas; Eric de Wit and Louise King, cellos; Irit Silver, clarinet; Tim Munro, flute; Marian Heckenberg, double bass; Stephen Emmerson, piano; John Parker, percussion)
Concert 4
Trichotomy + 1
Saturday 19 July, 7.30 pm, Point Lookout Community Hall
DURATION: 1 hr 10 min (no interval)
Experience an extraordinary fusion of contemporary jazz and traditional African rhythms as Brisbane’s acclaimed trio Trichotomy return for this year’s festival. Renowned for their inventive blend of modern jazz, ambient music and avant-garde rock, Trichotomy have carved a distinctive niche in Australia’s music scene.
In this special performance, the trio delve into their extensive back catalogue, showcasing music from their 25-year career. Adding a unique dimension to the concert, they collaborate with Senegalese-born Wolof griot and Brisbane-based musician Ziggi Mabeye Diagne. A master of the kora – a 21-string West African harp – Ziggi brings a rich heritage of traditional music, learned from his father and honed since his professional debut at 14 with the Ngewel Diagne Group. His global experience includes performing with renowned artist Baaba Maal’s Daande Lenol Orchestre, where his friendship with kora player Kaouding Cissoko inspired him to master the instrument, placing it at the heart of his musical expression.
This collaboration promises an evening of innovative improvisations and delicate atmospherics, blending Trichotomy’s contemporary sound with the soulful melodies of the kora.
(Sean Foran, piano; John Parker, drums; Samuel Vincent, bass; and special guest Ziggi Mabeye Diagne, kora)
Concert 5
All Air and Shadows – In memory of Jan Johnman
Sunday 20 July, 10 am, Point Lookout Community Hall
DURATION: 1 hr 10 min (no interval)
Joseph Haydn: Piano trio no. 38 in D major, Hob. XV:24 (1795)
Paul Stanhope: All Air and Shadows, for flute, clarinet and viola (2015)
Sadie Harrison: Fire in Song, for clarinet, viola and clapsticks (2020)
Iain Grandage: After Silence, for string quartet (2010)
Lachlan Skipworth: Cavern, for alto flute and string quartet (2022)
(Hed Yaron Meyerson, Rachel Smith and Rebecca Seymour, violins; Sally Boud and Caroline Henbest, violas; Eric de Wit and Louise King, cellos; Irit Silver, clarinet; Tim Munro, flute; Stephen Emmerson, piano)
Concert 6
Brahms Without Beard
Sunday 20 July, 2 pm, Point Lookout Community Hall
DURATION: 1 hr (no interval)
Johannes Brahms: Piano quartet no. 2 in A major, Opus 26 (1861)
(Hed Yaron Meyerson, violin; Sally Boud, viola; Eric de Wit, cello; Stephen Emmerson, piano)
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