2024 festival program
as at 25 February 2024
Concert 1
French Connections
Friday 19 July, 7.30 pm, Point Lookout Community Hall
DURATION: 1 hr 45 min (including interval)
Francis Poulenc: Clarinet sonata, FP 184 (1962)
(Maximiliano Martín, clarinet; Sonya Lifschitz, piano)
Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet (1907)
(Emily Granger, harp; Tim Munro, flute; Maximiliano Martín, clarinet; Hed Yaron Meyerson and Rebecca Seymour, violins; Sally Boud, viola; Dan Curro, cello)
Leo Smit: Sonata for flute and piano (1943)
(Tim Munro, flute; Stephen Emmerson, piano)
Interval
Gabriël Fauré: Trio for clarinet, cello and piano in D minor, Opus 120 (1922–23)
(Maximiliano Martín, clarinet; Eric de Wit, cello; Stephen Emmerson, piano)
Henriëtte Bosmans: String quartet (1927)
(Hed Yaron Meyerson and Rachel Smith, violins; Sally Boud, viola; Eric de Wit, cello)
Concert 2
A Quintet for Stadler
Saturday 20 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 (no interval)
W. A. Mozart: Violin sonata in C, KV 14 (1764)
(Hed Yaron Meyerson, violin; Eric de Wit, cello; Stephen Emmerson, piano)
Claude Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp, L 137 (1915)
(Emily Granger, harp; Tim Munro, flute; Sally Boud, viola)
W. A. Mozart: Clarinet quintet K 581 (1789)
(Maximiliano Martín, clarinet; Hed Yaron Meyerson and Rachel Smith, violins; Sally Boud, viola; Eric de Wit, cello)
Concert 3
Quartet for the End of Time
Saturday 20 July, 1.30 pm, Point Lookout Community Hall
DURATION: 1 hr (no interval)
Olivier Messaien: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1940–41)
(Maximiliano Martín, clarinet; Hed Yaron Meyerson, violin; Eric de Wit, cello; Stephen Emmerson, piano)
Concert 4
Dances and Metamorphoses
Saturday 20 July, 7.00 pm, Point Lookout Community Hall
DURATION: 1 hr 15 min (no interval)
John Adams: John’s Book of Alleged Dances for string quartet (1994)
(Black Square Quartet – Camille Barry and Mike Patterson, violins; Charlotte Burbrook de Vere, viola; Dan Curro, cello)
Philip Glass: Metamorphosis for solo piano (1988)
(Sonya Lifschitz, piano)
Concert 5
The King’s Alchemist
Sunday 21 July, 10 am, Point Lookout Community Hall
DURATION: 1 hr 10 min (no interval)
Tristan Coelho: Rustic Dances for flute, harp and string sextet (2019)
(Emily Granger, harp; Tim Munro, flute; Rachel Smith and Rebecca Seymour, violins; Sally Boud, viola; Dan Curro, cello)
Sally Beamish: The King’s Alchemist for string trio (2013)
(Rebecca Seymour, violin; Sally Boud, viola; Dan Curro, cello)
Kate Moore: E is for Elijah for solo violin (2023)
(Rachel Smith, violin)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie for violin and harp, Opus 124 (1907)
(Hed Yaron Meyerson, violin; Emily Granger, harp)
Claude Debussy: Première rhapsodie for clarinet and piano (1909–10)
(Maximiliano Martín, clarinet; Sonya Lifschitz, piano)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Tarantelle in A minor for flute, clarinet and piano, Opus 6 (1857)
(Maximiliano Martín, clarinet; Tim Munro, flute; Sonya Lifschitz, piano)
Concert 6
A Spring Quintet
Sunday 21 July, 2 pm, Point Lookout Community Hall
DURATION: 1 hr 15 min (no interval)
Joseph Haydn: Piano trio no. 40 in F-sharp minor, Hob. XV:26 (1795)
(Rachel Smith, violin; Eric de Wit, cello; Stephen Emmerson, piano)
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke for clarinet and piano, Opus 73 (1849)
(Maximiliano Martín, clarinet; Stephen Emmerson, piano)
Johannes Brahms: String quintet no. 1 in F major, Opus 88 (1882)
(Hed Yaron Meyerson and Rebecca Seymour, violins; Sally Boud and Charlotte Burbrook de Vere, violas; Eric de Wit, cello)