ACMF 2023 | Program Session 2
Albury Chamber Music Festival ’23
17 – 19 November 2023
“Favourite Things”
Friday 17 November - Session 2
We have gathered some of our favourite artists and compositions including works by ten Australian composers. Your festival pass gives you access to ten exceptional performances at the exclusive Albury Club, St Matthew’s Church and in the exquisite Adamshurst ballroom. It also includes a sumptuous three-course dinner (valued at $100) at the legendary Gala performance. We will host whimsical Claudia Rubinstein as our artist in residence and our living legend the extraordinary milliner Phillip Rhodes. There will be lots of other little surprises, pop-up performances and our festival dessert, “crisp apple strudel”. And if you come on your own, no worries, we can pretty much guarantee that you will leave Albury with a couple of new musical friends!
“Bright copper kettles” Session 2, Performance 1, Carmina Burana
St. Matthew’s Church
Friday, 17 November, 2:00pm–3:15pm
We are opening the festival with a bang! Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana is a collection of mostly satirical songs sung in Latin and Middle-high German. Recent research suggests that they were written in Seckau Abbey, Austria, where Mario grew up. No wonder Carmina is one of his “favourite things”.
Sara Macliver, soprano
Stephen Marino, counter tenor, dying swan
Michael Lampard, baritone
Konstantin Shamray and Raymond Yong, pianos
Edward Higgs, Michael Evans-Barker, Marcus Govan, Alexander Meagher, percussion
JackPot, vocal quartet
Lux Alba, chamber choir
Murray Concert Choir,
Mario Dobernig, conductor
“Schnitzel with Noodles” Session 2, Performance 2, Favourite Things
Adamshurst Ballroom
Friday, 17 November, 4:00pm-5:00pm
We are mixing Schnitzel with noodles to showcase a pastiche of our artists’ favourite works, songs from their childhood, works they have performed all their lives, and those composed by or for them including a first performance. Favourite things indeed!
Jaso Sasaki, violin
Simon Oswell, viola
Scott Marshall, oboe
Raymond Yong, piano
John Bolton Wood, baritone
Calvin Bowman, piano and composer
Sally-Anne Russell, mezzo soprano
Robert Schubert, clarinet
Calvin Bowman Egrets (first performance)
Carl Nielsen Fantasy Pieces: Romance and Humoresque
Eugène Ysaÿe Sonata No. 5 for violin
Lawrence Whiffen/Julian Yu Suite Colette
Fréderic Chopin Fantasie Impromptu and Grande Valse Brilliante Op. 18
Giuseppe Verdi Un ballo in Maschera: Alla vita che t’arride
Robert Schumann Op 113 Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures) for Viola and Piano 4th movement Langsam mit melancholischem Ausdruck
“Brown Paper Packages Tied up with Strings” Session 2, Performance 3, Living Legend Milliner Phillip Rhodes
Adamshurst Ballroom
Friday, 17 November, 5:15pm–6:15pm
What a brilliant present this is! Our living legend, milliner to the stars of stage, screen and the social darlings. A Phillip Rhodes hat is a covetable piece to own! His hats have been featured in Australian Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Marie Claire. Phillip’s celebrity clientele includes Kylie Minogue and Joanna Lumley, and his millinery has been exhibited at the
V&A in London and at the NGV. Show and tell – Phillip will bring his favourite hats.
“Warm Woollen Mittens” Session 2, Performance 4, Candlelight Serenade
St Matthew’s Church
Friday, 17 November, 7:30pm
Come and be serenaded by candlelight at St Matthew’s. Rosanne Hunt celebrates the birth of the cello as a solo instrument with a program of early baroque cello repertoire played on a beautiful early Italian instrument.
Rosanne Hunt, baroque cello
Johann Sebastian Bach Suite 1 in G major for solo cello
Domenico Gabrielli Ricercar in D Major for solo cello
Johann Sebastian Bach Suite 2 in d minor for solo cello
Saturday 18 November - Session 2
“Doorbells with Sleighbells” Session 2, Performance 5, Calvin Bowman at the Organ
St Matthew’s Church
Saturday, 18 November, 9:00am–10:00am
We will ring the bells at St Matthew’s Church to herald the arrival of composer and organist Dr Calvin Bowman at the Letourneau pipe organ. Calvin is regarded as one of Australia’s finest organists and composers, his performance of all of Bach’s organ works in a single seventeen hour sitting made him a super(Bach)man. Calvin’s favourite thing is Bach, counterpoint and the fugal process.
Johann Sebastian Bach Einige canonische Veränderungen über das Weynacht-Lied:
Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her’ BWV 769a
Variation I In Canone all’Ottava
Variation II Alio modo in Canone alla Quinta
Variation III L’altra sorte del Canone al rovescio: 1) alla Sesta 2) alla Terza 3) alla Seconda 4) alla Nona
Variation IV In Canone alla Settima
Variation V In Canone all’Ottava per augmentationem
César Franck Prélude, Fugue et Variation Op. 18
Jacques Ibert Fugue
Johann Sebastian Bach Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’ BWV 662
Jannequin Alain Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin
Johann Sebastian Bach Christ ist erstanden BWV 627
“When the bee stings” Session 2, Performance 6, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater
Adamshurst Ballroom
Saturday, 18 November, 1:00-2:00pm
Long-time collaborators Sara Macliver and Sally-Anne Russell will recreate their Aria Award Winning ABC Classics disc “Pergolesi Stabat Mater” in the intimate surroundings of the Adamshurst Ballroom. Listen to Sara and Sally-Anne Here
Sara Macliver, soprano
Sally-Anne Russell, mezzo soprano
Yi Wang, violin
Jaso Sasaki, violin
Simon Oswell, viola
Rosanne Hunt, cello
Luke Richardson, double bass
Liam Green, harpsichord
“Whiskers on Kittens” – Session 2, Performance 7, Shamray’s Piano
St Matthew’s Church
Saturday, 18 November, 3:00pm–4:00pm
The cats certainly got the cream. Lucky are we to hear the winner of the Sydney International Piano Competition, virtuosic concert pianist Konstantin Shamray! He will delight you with a stunning program from the French baroque through to Chopin and Liszt. Konstantin’s favourite baroque composer is Rameau, Chopin has been his most played composer and Ravel’s La Valse reflects on personal memories which he will share with you in Albury!
Konstantin Shamray, piano
Jean-Philippe Rameau 4 pieces
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 12 Variations on “Je suis Lindor” from the Barber of Seville
Franz Liszt Fantasia on two themes from Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro”
Frédéric Chopin Valse A-flat major, op. 64 no.3
Maurice Ravel La Valse
“Cream Coloured Ponies” Session 2, Performance 8, Gala Dinner
The Albury Club
Saturday, 18 November, 6:30pm–9:30pm
Come along for the ride and a delicious three-course dinner (included in your festival pass) at our legendary Gala. Guaranteed to be heaps of fun with entertainment from the virtuosi of the Art of Sound Salonorchestra. Last year we had a seductive gypsy named Carmen, Kate Bush, a garden hose, and a xylophonist in his Lederhosen. This year will be equally awesome… Pop, classical, jazz and everything in between, expect the unexpected. **A free glass of sparkling on arrival.
Sara Macliver, soprano
Sally-Anne Russell, mezzo soprano
Michael Lampard, baritone and composer
Scott Marshall, oboe
JackPot, vocal quartet
Yi Wang, violin
Robert Schubert, clarinet
Jack Stephens, horn
Rosanne Hunt, cello
Luke Richardson, double bass
Raymond Yong, piano
Mario Dobernig, conductor and percussion
Sunday 19 November - Session 2
“White dresses with blue satin sashes” Session 2, Performance 9, Festive Sunday
St Matthews Church
Sunday, 19 November, 9:00am
Archdeacon, TV star, activist and musician Fr Peter Macleod-Miller will lead the Festival Service. Our festival artists (and the sheep) will add to the experience! Everyone is welcome… Everyone is included! Sunday mornings are Fr Peter’s favourite things! Watch Peter in action: Here
Sara Macliver, soprano
Sally-Anne Russell, mezzo soprano
Calvin Bowman, organ
JackPot, vocal quartet
Lux Alba, chamber choir
St. Matthew’s Choir, parish choir
Johann Sebastian Bach Schafe können sicher weiden BWV 208
Stephen Marino Ave Maria (world premiere)
Jodie O’Regan Prayer for Sanctuary Psalm 23 (world premiere)
“The Moon on their wings” Session 2, Performance 10, JackPot: A cappella Vocal Quartet
Adamshurst Ballroom
Sunday, 19 November, 1:00pm-2:00pm
We have hit the JackPot with Jack Stephens. He and his quartet will present A cappella treats from around the world including Australian Martin Wesley-Smith and favourite Australian folk classics. Join us as we celebrate the power of the human voice, uniting cultures and continents through music.
Molly Ryan, soprano
Alex Siegers, alto
Liam Green, tenor
Jack Stephens, bass and director
Scandanavian: 13th Century Icelandic hymn Heyr himna smiður
Ola Gjeilo Ave Generosa
American: arr. Roland Peelman Little Stars
arr. Ian Cooper Tea for Two
arr. Kirby Shaw Java Jive
arr. Kirby Shaw And So It Goes
Australian: arr. Ian Cooper Limejuice Tub
arr. Ian Cooper Waltzing Matilda
Martin Wesley-Smith I’m a caterpillar of society
Martin Wesley-Smith Australian Classics
2:00-3:00pm: Our favourite dessert, a crisp apple strudel will be served in the charming grounds of Adamshurst or in the Carriage way if “the raindrops are on roses…”
