CONTENTS. Calender 2. Sunday Afternoons 6 Our signature concert series. Featured Composers 26. Evenings 28 Curated by Piers Lane

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1 2018 SEASON

2 CONTENTS Calender 2 Sunday Afternoons 6 Our signature concert series Featured Composers 26 Evenings 28 Curated by Piers Lane Four Voices 36 Curated by Paul Grabowsky UKARIA Curated by Nicolas Altstaedt Mornings 58 Curated by the Australian String Quartet Affiliated Events 60 Adelaide Festival Recitals Australia Adelaide Chamber Singers Venue and Tickets 64 Photo Dylan Henderson Booking Form

3 UKARIA 2018 SEASON FEBRUARY APRIL JUNE AUGUST OCTOBER NOVEMBER Friday 2 February 58 Sunday 15 April 9 Sunday 3 June 12 Sunday 5 August 17 Sunday 14 October 21 Sunday 11 November 22 Australian String Quartet Sunday 11 February 6 The Song Company Sunday 25 February 7 Umberto Clerici Karin Schaupp MARCH Thursday 8 March to 60 Tuesday 13 March Compassion: Chamber Landscapes Adelaide Festival Sunday 25 March 8 Ensemble Q Sophie Rowell Christopher Moore Timo-Veikko Valve Saturday 21 April 38 Deborah Conway Paul Grabowsky Friday 27 April 58 Australian String Quartet Sunday 29 April 10 Ammiel Bushakevitz MAY Sunday 6 May 11 Aiko Goto Ian Munro Saturday 26 May 30 Goldner String Quartet Piers Lane Amy Dickson Saturday 9 46 Monday 11 June UKARIA 24 Sunday 24 June 14 Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara-Anna Cislowska JULY Saturday 7 July 40 Lisa Gerrard Paul Grabowsky Sunday 8 July 15 Lyrebird Trio Sunday 22 July 16 Ensemble Peregrine Spirit Ensemble Sunday 19 August 18 Brown & Breen Piano Duo SEPTEMBER Sunday 2 September 19 Natsuko Yoshimoto & Friends Saturday 15 September 32 Piers Lane Friday 28 September 59 Australian String Quartet Sunday 30 September 20 Simon Tedeschi John Bell Catherine Jones William Carter Van Diemen s Band Saturday 20 October 34 Tasmin Little Piers Lane Saturday 27 October 42 Paul Kelly Paul Grabowsky Paul Wright Michael Dahlenburg Caroline Almonte Saturday 17 November 44 Archie Roach Paul Grabowsky Sunday 25 November 23 Teddy Tahu Rhodes Kristian Chong Australian String Quartet DECEMBER Sunday 2 December 24 Ksenija Sidorova Friday 7 December 59 Australian String Quartet 2 3

4 WELCOME It s hard to believe how much we have grown since the UKARIA Cultural Centre opened in August The demand from artists and audiences alike has meant we ve had to expand our series yet again. We have a beautiful new evening series curated by Piers Lane, which sees UKARIA transformed into a candlelit chamber for the complete Chopin Nocturnes, along with performances with the Goldner String Quartet and British violinist Tasmin Little. Paul Grabowsky s popular contemporary series Four Voices returns, showcasing four more exceptional artists of our time. We re also immensely proud to welcome internationally acclaimed German-French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt to curate UKARIA 24. For the first time, our flagship weekend will have a truly international focus, with artists such as Vilde Frang, Lawrence Power and Denis Kozhukhin all making the journey to Australia for this special event. On Sunday Afternoons, you can hear Latvian accordion superstar Ksenija Sidorova on her debut tour to Australia. The great baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes graces our stage for the first time, and Sophie Rowell, Christopher Moore and Timo-Veikko Valve perform Bach s monumental Goldberg Variations in a magnificent arrangement for string trio. It s also a very special privilege for us to host the world premiere of Lake Dreaming by Ross Edwards, and the chamber version of Nigel Westlake s oboe concerto Spirit of the Wild music that speaks with urgent clarity on our connection with nature, landscape and place. When I started the Jurlique Herb Farm Concert Series in the mid 90s, I could never have imagined that artists of this calibre would someday be passing through our doors. As each year goes by, it becomes more and more apparent that this is a magical place. Ulrike Klein Founder and Director UKARIA Photo Jacqui Way 4 5

5 UMBERTO CLERICI AND KARIN SCHAUPP Songs Without Words Sunday 25 February 2.30pm Photo Blake Castle THE SONG COMPANY Byrd - Round Table Sunday 11 February 2.30pm The fragile intimacy of cello and guitar is one of the most exquisite combinations, but much of the delicate magic these instruments weave is lost in large halls. In the transparency of UKARIA s acoustic, this intimate duo comes alive like nowhere else. Imagine a dinner party where your host passes round antique leatherbound music manuscripts and says, You re singing tenor! Then around the table one voice after another begins to sing from the ancient Dow Partbooks. Since the dawn of history, the human voice and the act of singing have been intrinsically linked with storytelling and the acquisition of culture. For their debut performance at UKARIA, The Song Company presents a beautiful selection of a cappella repertoire, framed by the sumptuous polyphony of William Byrd and his friends, who shared this music over 400 years ago from partbooks around the table in town tavern and country house, no doubt with candles, wine, much laughter and bonhomie! Spanning five centuries, an organic collection of songs and lieder will trace a life s journey from childhood to old age and everything in between: love, jealousy, family, illness, joy and conflict. You ll hear music by Schubert, Ravel, Rodrigo, Rachmaninov, Dvorák ˇ and many others all beautifully reconceived by Umberto Clerici (cello) and Karin Schaupp (guitar). Photo Cybele Malinowski 6 7

6 Photo Kaupo Kikkas ENSEMBLE Q Blue Ginger Sunday 25 March 2.30pm SOPHIE ROWELL CHRISTOPHER MOORE TIMO-VEIKKO VALVE Goldberg Variations Sunday 15 April 2.30pm Jack Liebeck violin Tobias Breider viola Trish O Brien cello Paul Dean clarinet Daniel de Borah piano The morning I woke up after saying our final farewell to our Dad, I went to the back of the house where he grew up and spent his entire life, and there, stark and proud in the middle of one of the gardens was a brilliant and distinctive blue flower. After a little searching, we discovered that the flower and plant was Blue Ginger, and its name and appearance will always be inextricably linked with the days following his death. Paul Dean Internationally acclaimed violinist Jack Liebeck joins Ensemble Q to perform Beethoven s Piano Trio in B flat major, Op.11, Paul Dean s Blue Ginger (2018) for clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano, and the Brahms Piano Quartet No.2 in A major, Op.26. In 1985, Dmitry Sitkovetsky completed the first transcription of the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 for string trio in memoriam Glenn Gould to commemorate the 300 year anniversary of Bach s birth. The serenity, conviviality, and cosmic timelessness of the original is not compromised, but enhanced: the mathematical complexities of Bach s contrapuntal lines are delineated with a transparency of texture that is remarkable. Three of Australia s leading principal players Sophie Rowell (violin) and Christopher Moore (viola) from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and Timo-Veikko Valve (cello) from the Australian Chamber Orchestra unite to perform the greatest model of the Baroque art of variation in one sitting, without interval. Complimentary afternoon tea will be served after the performance. 8 9

7 AMMIEL BUSHAKEVITZ The Wanderer Sunday 29 April 2.30pm In his larger forms, Schubert is a wanderer. He likes to move at the edge of the precipice, and does so with the assurance of a sleepwalker. Alfred Brendel Schubert, the great Viennese master of song, was Liszt s favourite composer: the Hungarian virtuoso performed Das Wanderer many times. Equally synonymous with the Romantic ideal of a wanderer, Liszt composed his own analogous masterpiece, chronicling journeys of self-realization through travels across Italy and Switzerland. Photo Jack Saltmiras Photo Patrick Boland Photo Florent Poirier Off on a voyage of her own, our Founder and Director Ulrike Klein discovered the Israeli- South African pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz during a visit to Balawayo, Zimbabwe. Upon hearing his interpretations of Schubert, there was only one thing to be done: invite him to UKARIA to perform the monumental Fantasie in C major, D.760. AIKO GOTO AND IAN MUNRO The Fairy s Kiss Sunday 6 May 2.30pm Japanese violinist Aiko Goto studied at The Juilliard School of Music in New York and has been a member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra since Ian Munro occupies an unrivalled position as one of Australia s most distinguished pianist/ composers, achieving success in both fields like few of our age. For their first appearance together at UKARIA, they perform an intriguing program showcasing the colourful diversity of the violin and piano duo repertoire: Stravinsky s Divertimento (a transcription from his ballet The Fairy s Kiss), Takemitsu s Distance de fée, and Schubert s Fantasy in C major, D

8 AMY DICKSON Take a Breath Sunday 3 June 2.30pm The average human will take more than 672 million breaths in a lifetime. How we breathe impacts every area of our life. For Grammy nominated classical saxophonist Amy Dickson, the study and mastery of breath goes far beyond a passion it is an obsession. Drawing upon years of research, Take a Breath is a new collaboration between Amy Dickson and American filmmaker and artist David Donnelly (Maestro). Short films and vignettes conveying chapters in the human musical relationship with breath are interwoven with solo performances of Traditional Aboriginal lullabies, alongside music by Mark Anthony Turnage, Jacob ter Veldhuis, Hildegard von Bingen, and Steve Reich. This interactive experience unfolds over one hour, posing a fascinating overarching question: can improved breathing change our experience of listening to music? Complimentary afternoon tea will be served after the performance Photo Christian Mushenko

9 Photo Steven Godbee Photo Renee Hubbard ELENA KATS-CHERNIN AND TAMARA-ANNA CISLOWSKA Dreams on Velvet Sunday 24 June 2.30pm LYREBIRD TRIO Dumky Sunday 8 July 2.30pm In this age where no-one has any time, diaries are chock-a-block, schedules bursting and calendars stuffed, it could be said that what is missing is the space to miss things, even space. I would like to suggest we wind back the clock a moment, or throw out the clock. Tamara-Anna Cislowska In this fun-filled tête-atête, the award winning composer and her long-time collaborator delve into Elena Kats-Chernin s treasure trove of compositions. A delightful sneak peek into the unique beauty and scope of her music, Kats-Chernin and Cislowska perform both solo and together across selections from their two recent and chart-toping albums: Butterflying and Unsent Love Letters: Meditations on Erik Satie. That wondrous Bohemian alternation of brooding pathos with light-hearted dance is a defining feature of much of Dvorák s ˇ oeuvre. Boldly innovative and strikingly atypical in form, the beloved Dumky trio is one of the staples of chamber music. Since forming in 2013, the Lyrebird Trio has forged a reputation for delivering engaging, intelligent and sensitive performances. Glenn Christensen (violin), Simon Cobcroft (cello) and Angela Turner (piano) return to UKARIA to perform Haydn s ebullient Gypsy trio, Sculthorpe s Night Song, and Dvorák s ˇ ever-popular Piano Trio in No.4 in E minor, Op

10 SPIRIT ENSEMBLE Spirit of the Wild Sunday 5 August 2.30pm ENSEMBLE PEREGRINE Anam Artists Sunday 22 July 2.30pm Showcasing the wealth of exceptional talent to have been shaped by the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) during its rich 21-year history, ANAM Artists brings together a handful of alumni each year, promoting their achievements in a series of recitals across the country. Ensemble Peregrine comes together exclusively for this tour, gathering the principal wind players from several of the world s major orchestras. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra s Jack Schiller (Principal Bassoon) and Thomas Hutchinson (Associate Principal Oboe) will be joined by Alex Morris (Principal Clarinet, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra) and Andrew Young (Associate Principal Horn, Orchestra Philharmonie Luxembourg) for this exciting program centred around Mozart s Quintet in E flat major for piano and winds, K.452. The quintet is capped off with one of Australia s leading freelance pianists and répétiteurs, Gladys Chua. There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more Lord Byron Nigel Westlake s oboe concerto Spirit of the Wild premiered in February 2017 to rapturous reviews, with The Sydney Morning Herald likening Diana Doherty s performance to an incarnation of an exotic woodland bird, a mercurial animal of alert and sometimes savage energy, and a force of creation all in one. Spirit Ensemble will premiere Westlake s chamber version of this magnificent new work in nature s concert hall along with Mozart s Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370, Fauré s Piano Quartet No.1 in C minor, and Benjamin Britten s Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and String Trio, Op.2. Diana Doherty* oboe Andrew Haveron* violin Lerida Delbridge* violin Justin Williams* viola Catherine Hewgill* cello Bernadette Harvey piano *Member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Photo Christie Brewster

11 Photo Dylan Henderson BROWN & BREEN PIANO DUO Lake Dreaming Sunday 19 August 2.30pm NATSUKO YOSHIMOTO & FRIENDS Beethoven s Septet Sunday 2 September 2.30pm The distinctive sound world of Ross Edwards reflects a deep interest in ecology and a desire to reconnect music with elemental forces. Uniquely Australian yet simultaneously universal, his music draws inspiration from the natural environment. Lake Dreaming is a meditation for two pianos, composed especially for the Brown & Breen Piano Duo and commissioned by the Lifeflow Meditation Centre of Adelaide in celebration of the composer s 75th birthday. Opening with lush birdsong and the mysterious patterns and drones of insects in Bird Morning, this performance also includes Debussy s En blanc et noir and Rachmaninov s Symphonic Dances. Generously supported by Winston Music and the Lifeflow Meditation Centre of Adelaide. For the 18th century aristocracy, divertimentos and serenades provided both entertainment and atmosphere for sit-down dinners and garden party frivolities. Although Haydn and Mozart provided the most enduring examples, even Beethoven despite his radically different temperament perpetuated the tradition at the turn of the century. Led by Natsuko Yoshimoto (violin), an ensemble of Adelaide Symphony Orchestra musicians performs Beethoven s Septet in E flat major, Op.20 and Prokofiev s Quintet in G minor, Op.33. Natsuko Yoshimoto violin Imants Larsens viola Simon Cobcroft cello Jonathon Coco double bass Renae Stavely oboe Dean Newcomb clarinet Mark Gaydon bassoon Adrian Uren horn Natsuko Yoshimoto & Friends appear courtesy of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

12 Photo Loribelle Spirovski SIMON TEDESCHI AND JOHN BELL Bright Star Sunday 30 September 2.30pm A thing of beauty is a joy for ever John Keats Australian theatre icon John Bell AO OBE and internationally acclaimed pianist Simon Tedeschi renew their triumphant partnership, exploring the life, love and genius of two bright stars of the Romantic era - John Keats and Franz Schubert. Performing some of the most beloved poems of Keats including Bright Star, Ode to a Nightingale and La Belle Dame Sans Merci alongside Schubert s Ave Maria, Winterreise and Sonata No.18 in G major ( Fantasie ), Bell and Tedeschi share insights and exchange views in a spontaneous conversation on the enduring power of these timeless works and the lives of the artists who created them. CATHERINE JONES AND WILLIAM CARTER WITH VAN DIEMEN S BAND A La Danza Sunday 14 October 2.30pm Heavily influenced by dance, the music of the high Baroque takes a simple structure and transforms it into a supremely virtuosic display, in particular for two instruments closely associated with Spain: the cello and the guitar. Internationally acclaimed cellist Catherine Jones (Australia/Italy) and Baroque guitarist William Carter (UK) join members of Van Diemen s Band an exciting new Tasmanian chamber ensemble under the artistic direction of Julia Fredersdorff - for a sumptuous program of Italian music composed during the Spanish Occupation. They perform concertos by Antonio Vivaldi and Nicola Fiorenza, alongside arrangements of Neapolitan folk songs by Gaspar Sanz and the famous Fandango quintet of Luigi Boccherini

13 TEDDY TAHU RHODES WITH KRISTIAN CHONG AND THE AUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTET Songs of Travel Sunday 25 November 2.30pm Photo Mandy Foot I have trod the updward and the downward slope; I have endured and done in days before; I have longed for all, and bid farewell to hope; And I have lived and loved, and closed the door. PAUL WRIGHT, MICHAEL DAHLENBURG AND CAROLINE ALMONTE Schubert s Farewell Sunday 11 November 2.30pm What was in the Paris water that enabled Italian Baroque composer Michele Mascitti and late 19th century Spanish composer Joaquín Turina both of whom lived in the great capital for a time to write music of such lyrical beauty? Both composers preserved their respective nationalistic traits, but it is in the music of Turina that we hear the influence of his contemporaries, Debussy and Ravel. While the works of these composers exudes a concise youthful vitality it is in the music of Franz Schubert s E flat piano trio that we find a profound breadth of vision and melodic beauty so typical of the great song master! Schubert heard only one public concert of his music in his lifetime. The E flat trio was one of the inclusions in that program. Paul Wright Paul Wright (violin), Michael Dahlenburg (cello) and Caroline Almonte (piano) play Turina, Mascitti and Schubert. Robert Louis Stevenson Themes of travel and the notion of traversing landscapes both physical and emotional have long provided inspiration for some of the great song cycles. Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams is one such cycle, here performed by Teddy Tahu Rhodes and pianist Kristian Chong, along with Mahler s magnificent Rückert-Lieder. The Australian String Quartet join this dynamic duo in Gerald Finzi s Let Us Garlands Bring and a collection of anonymous Celtic songs in a journey through some of the most beautiful works for the male voice

14 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS KSENIJA SIDOROVA The Russian Accordion Sunday 2 December 2.30pm Encouraged to take up the instrument by a grandmother steeped in the folk tradition of accordion playing, Ksenija Sidorova is now one of the instrument s leading ambassadors. She made her debut at Wigmore Hall in 2009, before her appearance at the Night of the Proms in 2014 catapulted her to international acclaim. Her debut album Carmen was released on Deutsche Grammophon in Ksenija Sidorova will make her debut at the Melbourne Recital Centre as part of their Great Artists series and we are thrilled that she has included UKARIA on her first tour to Australia. Anatoly Kusiakov s Autumnal Sceneries and Alfred Schnittke s Revis Fairytales will frame a beautifully diverse collection of Russian masterpieces that will challenge your perceptions and enhance your appreciation of this intoxicating and seductive instrument. The 2018 Season is proudly presented by: Proudly sponsored by: Photo Dylan Henderson Season Partner Individual Concert Partners Photo John Kentish 24 25

15 FEATURED COMPOSERS Photo Bridget Elliot Photo Bruria Hammer Photo Trish O Brien PAUL DEAN ELENA KATS-CHERNIN NIGEL WESTLAKE ROSS EDWARDS Blue Ginger for clarinet, violin, cello and piano The morning I woke after saying our final farewell to our Dad, I went to the back of the house where he grew up and spent his entire life, and there, stark and proud in the middle of one of the gardens was a brilliant and distinctive blue flower. I couldn t believe the powerful message this sent and also how soothing it was to see it. It was almost as if it was Dad s way of saying that everything was alright and to simply get on with it in his inimitable style. After a little searching, we discovered that the flower and plant was Blue Ginger, and its name and appearance will always be inextricably linked with the days following his death. Paul Dean Butterflying and Unsent Love Letters: Meditations on Erik Satie The piano was always like a best friend to me and even now it is probably the place I feel most comfortable. As a child I spent many hours there, trawling through volumes and volumes of music. It was always my place. I think my piano music might be the closest thing I ve ever had to a diary. Something very immediate and familiar to me. All the pieces on these albums are special to me in some way; they are moments in my life, feelings, people, ideas. I ve never been good at describing in words how my music works, or why. To me it is just something beyond my understanding and I don t ask questions. I am just the worker and that is my job. Spirit of the Wild (sextet version for oboe, string quartet and piano) As a young boy, my parents had introduced me to the wilds of Tasmania and I am forever grateful to them for instilling in me a deep love of Australia s wilderness fostered during numerous walking and boating expeditions. My trip to Bathurst Harbour reminded me of the preciousness of the wilderness, and of mankind s propensity to become subsumed by materialism, neglecting our connection to country and the wonders of the natural world, choosing instead to value only those elements of our environment that can be quantified by monetary worth. Such wild places are truly priceless and we exploit and destroy them at our peril. Lake Dreaming for two pianos As I worked on this piece, the image of a lake and its abundant symbolism seemed to match the contemplative nature of the music that was unfolding. A lake s surface is often likened to a mirror which reflects an image of self-contemplation. Lakes have always beguiled poets and intrigued psychologists, for whom they are likely to represent creativity and the unconscious. Universally regarded as a feminine symbol, a lake is often associated with magical and mystical forces, and because flowing water naturally seeks a cavity in low-lying ground, the ancient Chinese regarded it as a symbol of received wisdom and passivity. Ross Edwards Elena Kats-Chernin Nigel Westlake 26 27

16 EVENINGS WITH PIERS LANE I had a glorious time playing my first concert at UKARIA and so was delighted to be asked to curate a series in 2018, consisting of a solo recital and musicmaking with friends. I started playing the complete Nocturnes by Chopin in 2010, the bicentenary of his birth; since then it has become one of my most popular programmes. I chat a little between some of the opuses, and a candlelit ambience really does add something magical to these occasions. Amazingly, it has worked out that my most-loved and frequent chamber music partners can be with me at UKARIA. The Goldner String Quartet and I have recorded nine discs together, with further ventures planned. And we ll play Brahms: for me, the greatest Quintet of all. I have partnered with the great British violinist Tasmin Little for over thirty years now. How utterly special to tour with her in Australia! Photo Keith Saunders Piers Lane AO Curator and Pianist 28 29

17 GOLDNER STRING QUARTET WITH PIERS LANE Saturday 26 May 7.30pm A return visit by the Goldners would probably represent a marriage made in heaven for UKARIA supporters. The Advertiser, March 2017 The Goldner String Quartet and Piers Lane must surely represent one of the most successful artistic partnerships: together they form a quintet that, at their best, has no equal in Australia. Their compelling discography for the prestigious Hyperion label encompasses much of the core repertoire; yet they are also fervent ambassadors for unknown and forgotten gems. The first concert in our new Evenings series opens with Beethoven s String Quartet in F minor, Op.95 Serioso, followed by Korngold s Piano Quintet in E major, Op.15. Piers Lane opens the second half with Liszt s transcription of Schubert s immortal Ständchen, before all five musicians unite for the great F minor Piano Quintet of Brahms Photo Keith Saunders

18 CHOPIN: THE COMPLETE NOCTURNES BY CANDLELIGHT Saturday 15 September 7.30pm Photo Dylan Henderson Chopin is no longer listening. He is at the piano and does not observe that we are listening to him. He improvises as if haphazardly. He stops. Eh bien, eh bien, exclaims Delacroix, ce n est pas fini! It hasn t begun. Nothing s coming to me...nothing but reflections, shadows, reliefs that won t settle. I m looking for the colour, but I can t even find the outline. You won t find one without the other, responds Delacroix, and you re going to find them both. But if I find only the moonlight? You ll have found the reflection of a reflection, answers Maurice. This idea pleases the divine artist. He resumes playing without seeming to recommence, so vague and hesitant is its musical outline. Little by little our eyes become filled with those soft colours corresponding to the suave modulations taken in by our auditory senses. And then the note bleue resonates and there we are, in the azure of the transparent night. Light clouds take on all the forms of fantasy; they fill the sky; they crowd round the moon which casts upon them large opal discs, awakening their dormant colours. We dream of a summer night: we await the nightingale. A sublime melody arises. George Sand 32 33

19 TASMIN LITTLE WITH PIERS LANE Saturday 20 October 7.30pm Photo Benjamin Ealovega A protégé of the late Yehudi Menuhin, British violinist Tasmin Little is an artist of international acclaim, having performed at many of the world s most prestigious venues. When joined by a pianist of Piers Lane s calibre, the results are nothing less than superlative. Appearing in the Melbourne Recital Centre s Great Artists series for 2018, they come together at UKARIA for the first time to perform works by Brahms, Schubert, Szymanowski, Kats-Chernin, and Ravel - culminating with César Franck s exhilarating Sonata in A major

20 FOUR VOICES WITH PAUL GRABOWSKY UKARIA represents an ideal: an architectural concept in harmony with its environment, an acme of acoustical perfection, a haven for musicians to take time out to think, to reflect, to make. It represents an ideal also in its advocacy of music as an intimate encounter, something we might call chamber music, but, given we are in the 21st century, perhaps that term is embracing of surprising possibilities. I was given the opportunity during 2017 to curate a series of concerts, each in a duet setting with a vocalist, each vocalist someone special to me. This year, four more wonderful, renowned artists have agreed to share the stage with me, and to entrust me with the privilege and responsibility of accompanying them. They need no introduction, but between them these four voices stand for the varied voices that make up this land. They are four great voices, indeed, powerful and deep. Paul Grabowsky AO Curator and Pianist Photo Woodrow Wilson

21 DEBORAH CONWAY WITH PAUL GRABOWSKY Saturday 21 April 7.30pm It is a challenge to find any musical work Conway has been involved with that isn t simply magnificent. The Sydney Morning Herald Deborah Conway is a significant and eloquent contributor to Australian music, singing songs that chronicle the essential elements of life, love, loss, memory, the mundane and the spiritual. Restless and confounding, her powerful voice and presence has fascinated audiences for the past 30 years. A rare female agitator in a time when the music industry was male dominated, Conway continues to be a role model for young women and a mentor to emerging artists

22 LISA GERRARD WITH PAUL GRABOWSKY Saturday 7 July 7.30pm Music is a Place to take Refuge. It s a Sanctuary from Mediocrity and Boredom. It s Innocent and it s a Place you can loose yourself in Thoughts, Memories and Intricacies. Lisa Gerrard Melbourne-born Lisa Gerrard is known worldwide for her darkly cinematic contralto voice. Equally renowned as a film score composer, her impressive oeuvre includes Whale Rider (2002), Fateless (a 2005 collaboration with Ennio Morricone), Ali (2001), and the Australian films Balibo (2009), Oranges and Sunshine (2010) and Burning Man (2011). In 2001 she received a Golden Globe for her work with Hans Zimmer on the Academy Award winning film Gladiator. The hauntingly beautiful Now We Are Free, which plays over the film s credits, is perhaps the best encapsulation of her inimitable style, which has been described as ambient, orchestral, folk and new age at the same time. Alternating between English and her own idioglossia (what she describes as the language of the Heart ), Lisa Gerrard is one of Australia s most captivating voices

23 PAUL KELLY WITH PAUL GRABOWSKY Saturday 27 October 7.30pm Across 21 studio albums over a career spanning more than thirty years, Paul Kelly has earned a reputation as an enduring national icon. Performing solo and in numerous groups such as the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers, his music speaks with unrivalled clarity on everything from Indigenous Australian land rights and historical events, to love and cricket. In 1997, Paul Kelly was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, and his legacy continues today with the release of his latest album, Life is Fine his first ever number 1 record. His output voluminous, his talent prodigious, Paul Kelly is one of the nation s great songwriters. His music captures an essential understanding of the Australian psyche, connecting generations of listeners Photo Steve Young

24 ARCHIE ROACH WITH PAUL GRABOWSKY Saturday 17 November 7.30pm Since the release of his debut solo album Charcoal Lane in 1990, Archie Roach has been one of Australia s most enduring indigenous artists and storytellers. Forcibly removed from his family at the age of three under the Australian Government s brutal assimilation policy, his turbulent childhood found artistic expression in the ARIA award-winning song Took the Children Away, for which he also received an international Human Rights Achievement Award. Inherent in his music are the struggles of all indigenous Australians and the story of a nation. Remarkably, his music contains no trace of bitterness or animosity: it quietly disarms, transcending race, religion, gender and ideology to find grace in our shared humanity Photo Wayne Quilliam

25 UKARIA 24 Saturday 9 Monday 11 June Photo Marco Borggreve In 1980, virtuoso violinist Gidon Kremer envisioned an annual chamber music festival where young musicians would have the opportunity to work with some of the world s leading artists each summer in an intimate musical exchange. Artists would perform free of charge, and programs would only be announced 48 hours before the given concert, written out by hand on butcher s paper. The result was the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival what Kremer described as the realisation of my dreams, a gathering of friends who want to make music with friends for friends. In 2012, German-French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt was chosen by Gidon Kremer to become his successor as the new Artistic Director. Since 2016, our Founder Ulrike Klein and CEO Alison Beare have travelled to Austria to experience the magic that is Lockenhaus. Inspired by the phenomenal artists they heard, they began to imagine their own event and dreamed that one day Nicolas would curate it. It gives us great joy to welcome him as the curator for He brings with him Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang, British violist Lawrence Power, and Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin people who live and breathe chamber music in its purest form. The energy that will erupt when artists of this calibre inspire the musicians from the Australian Youth Orchestra s Momentum Ensemble is the kind of thing that can only be experienced at UKARIA 24. Nicolas Altstaedt s appearance at UKARIA is made possible by a generous donation from the estate of the late Dr. J. Richard Knight of New York

26 An absolute revelation. Nicolas Altstaedt is one of the cello realm s most brilliant young princes. Huffington Post Saturday 9 June 6.30pm (C)age of Enlightenment John Cage: Living Room Music Percussionists from Momentum Ensemble Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No.1 in C major, Hob.VIIb/1 Nicolas Altstaedt cello Momentum Ensemble Sunday 10 June 11am Visual Polyphony J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV 1007 J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No.5 in C minor BWV 1011 Nicolas Altstaedt cello Performed with solo dancers from Australian Dance Theatre Photo Marco Borggreve Jörg Widmann: Selections from 24 Duos for Violin and Cello Vilde Frang violin Nicolas Altstaedt cello Performed with an actor Sándor Veress: Transylvanian Dances for String Orchestra Momentum Ensemble 48 49

27 [Vilde] Frang is clearly a new star in the violin firmament The Guardian Sunday 10 June 6.30pm Chronos and Kairos John Cage: Child of Tree Percussionists from Momentum Ensemble W.A. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra Vilde Frang violin Lawrence Power viola Momentum Ensemble Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony No.15 in A major, Op.141 (arr. for piano trio and percussion) Vilde Frang violin Nicolas Altstaedt cello Denis Kozhukhin piano Percussionists from Momentum Ensemble Photo Marco Borggreve 50 51

28 ...[Lawrence] Power is something more: a profound musical personality, his every phrase new and noteworthy. Sunday Times Monday 11 June 11.00am Teacher and Student Zoltán Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op.7 Vilde Frang violin Nicolas Altstaedt cello Sándor Veress: String Trio Vilde Frang violin Lawrence Power viola Nicolas Altstaedt cello Photo Jack Liebeck 52 53

29 Above all, [Denis Kozhukhin] is natural, and this naturalness allows him to create an impression of unaffected simplicity and directness. Of course, this could only be achieved by deeply cultivated musical instincts and a technique as developed and varied as it is unobtrusive. His inerrant rhythmic sense is pliant yet taught; his sound unalloyed silver. Listening to Kozhukhin, you re left with one thing: the music incontestable, complete. Gramophone Monday 11 June 2.30pm Visionary Friendship Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor Op.129 (arr. for soloist with string orchestra) Nicolas Altstaedt cello Momentum Ensemble Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No.2 in A major, Op.26 Vilde Frang violin Lawrence Power viola Nicolas Altstaedt cello Denis Kozhukhin piano Photo Marco Borggreve 54 55

30 Continue the Conversation Photo Randy Larcombe OPENING CELEBRATION Saturday 9 June 8.15pm $40 per person Celebrate the beginning of the weekend with post-concert canapés and a glass of wine DINNER Sunday 10 June 8.00pm 3 courses $80 per person Meet the artists and converse with fellow music lovers over a three course culinary journey of some of the finest local produce from the Adelaide Hills. LUNCH Monday 11 June 12.00pm 2 courses $70 per person Reflect with friends both new and old over a two-course lunch to farewell the weekend before the finale concert.

31 Photo Jacqui Way MORNINGS WITH THE AUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTET Includes Devonshire tea served prior to each performance from 10.00am. Friday 2 February 11am Friday 27 April 11am Friday 28 September 11am Friday 7 December 11am Philip Glass reflects upon the life of the iconic poet Yukio Mishima in a work of great evocative power. The intensity of his String Quartet No.3 finds a perfect counterpoise in Mendelssohn s radiant String Quartet in D major Op.44 No.1, where the composer marshals the full resources of his prodigious musicality in a virtuosic creation of musical sunshine. The energy and exuberance of Mozart s String Quartet in D major K575, written at the height of his career as a chamber music composer, is matched by the lush sonority of Brahms in his Piano Quintet in F minor Op.34. Prize-winning pianist Brenda Jones joins the ASQ to present this program of timeless masterpieces. Beginning with James Ledger s new work for string quartet and electronic effects, Transmissions, and concluding with Schubert s rapturous String Quartet No.13 in A minor Rosamunde this adventurous program explores the diverse sound-world of the string quartet medium. Ledger, a leading Australian composer, is renowned for his ability to create striking imagery in musical form. Written in 1826, Beethoven s majestic String Quartet in F major Op.135 is a miracle of transcendent beauty. Paired alongside Mozart s gloriously lyrical Clarinet Quintet K581, with guest artist, Dean Newcomb, Principal Clarinet, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra celebrate the genius of these great master composers in a joyous conclusion to the ASQ s 2018 performance season

32 COMPASSION: CHAMBER LANDSCAPES Curated by Iain Grandage Thursday 8 March to Tuesday 13 March Composer Iain Grandage, host of James Crabb s UKARIA 24 in 2017, is one of our greatest advocates for music as a healing force. In curating this program for the 2018 Adelaide Festival, he has invited some of the world s finest musicians to speak to our hearts of consolation, grief, love and all-embracing humanism. Featuring the Australian, Balanescu, Goldner and Tinalley Quartets, the Australia Ensemble, and the great Swedish mezzo Anne Sofie von Otter. Solace and replenishment guaranteed. This is an affiliated event. Tickets available at adelaidefestival.com.au Proudly supported by the Hear how Elgar and Richard Strauss responded to Global warfare, Prokofiev to Stalin, Pärt to Brezhnev, Golijov to the second Intifada, Brett Dean to the Tampa crisis. Photo Shane Reid 60 61

33 Photo Sim Canetty-Clarke RECITALS AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE CHAMBER SINGERS Recitals Australia will once again present a series of concerts at UKARIA on Sunday afternoons at 2.30pm. Artists include: Sunday 1 July 2.30pm Stephen Hough - Piano Sunday 26 August 2.30pm Andrew Haveron Violin Anna Goldsworthy Piano Sunday 18 November 2.30pm Grace Clifford - Violin The full program will be announced on November 21. These are affiliated events. Tickets available at recitalsaustralia.org.au Saturday 5 May 6.30pm Sunday 12 August 2.30pm The award-winning Adelaide Chamber Singers presents Brahms Requiem with the Choir of St. James Church, King Street and pianists Jamie Cock and Kristian Chong. Only The Fire Can Say features music for voices and strings by Vasks, Gjeilo, Lauridsen, Ešenvalds and Luke Byrne. These are affiliated events. Tickets available at: adelaidechambersingers.com 62 63

34 64 VENUE AND TICKETS Book 5 or More and Save Select 5 or more different concerts from the 2018 concert list and save 10%. This gives you the flexibility to select from Sunday Afternoons, Evenings, Four Voices, UKARIA 24, and Mornings. This discount will be automatically applied at check out if you book on line or when your order is processed. UKARIA 24 Weekend Pass Experience our flagship weekend event in its entirety and save 15%. Lend your support Artists are at the heart of our program. Please consider adding a donation to your ticket order so we can continue to bring artists of the highest calibre from across Australia and around the world. How to Book Book your tickets online or complete the form and or post it to us for processing. Online: ukaria.com/bookings info@ukaria.com Post: UKARIA, 911/147 Pirie St Adelaide, SA 5000 Queries: Venue UKARIA Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit Ample onsite parking and disabled parking adjacent to the building. Map and directions Alfresco Bar The bar in our beautiful undercover alfresco terrace is open one hour before every concert. Enjoy a glass of wine or share a cheese platter with friends. A range of sweet and savoury delights is also available along with barista coffee. During UKARIA 24, lunch and dinner packages will also be available. Book online or call Complimentary Refreshments The Sunday Afternoon concerts include afternoon tea during interval. The Morning concerts with the Australian String Quartet include Devonshire tea prior to the performance. Terms and Conditions All tickets are general admission. Your ticket is transferrable and can be given to friends or family if you are unable to attend. We do not offer ticket refunds but if we have capacity you can swap your ticket to an event of equal value within the same calendar year by contacting UKARIA at info@ukaria.com or calling during office hours. Concessions are available for students, pensioners and health care cardholders including seniors health care cardholders. UKARIA reserves the right to change artists, programs, venue and/or performances times should this become necessary. If on the day of a concert there is a Catastrophic Fire Danger Warning in place for the Mt Lofty Ranges the concert will be cancelled. CONCERT LIST 2018 Please indicate the number of tickets required for each concert. SUNDAY AFTERNOONS Adult (A) $45 Concession (C) $40 Student (S) $25 (A) (C) (S) The Song Company 11 Feb $ Umberto Clerici and Karin Schaupp 25 Feb $ Ensemble Q 25 March $ Rowell, Moore and Valve 15 April $ Ammiel Bushakevitz 29 April $ Aiko Goto and Ian Munro 6 May $ Amy Dickson 3 June $ Tamara-Anna Cislowska and Elena Kats-Chernin 24 June $ Lyrebird Trio 8 July $ Ensemble Peregrine 22 July $ Spirit Ensemble 5 Aug $ Brown & Breen Piano Duo 19 Aug $ Yoshimoto & Friends 2 Sept $ Simon Tedeschi and John Bell 30 Sept $ Jones and Carter with Van Diemen s Band 14 Oct $ Wright, Dahlenburg and Almonte 11 Nov $ Rhodes with Chong and ASQ 25 Nov $ Ksenija Sidorova 2 Dec $ FOUR VOICES CURATED BY PAUL GRABOWSKY Adult (A) $65 Concession (C) $60 (A) (C) Deborah Conway with Paul Grabowsky 21 April $ Lisa Gerrard with Paul Grabowsky 7 July $ Paul Kelly with Paul Grabowsky 27 Oct $ Archie Roach with Paul Grabowsky 17 Nov $ UKARIA 24 CURATED BY NICOLAS ALTSTAEDT Saturday 9 Monday 11 June Weekend pass (5 concerts) Adult (A) $229 Concession (C) $208 Student (S) $105 (A) (C) (S) UKARIA 24 Weekend Pass (5 Concerts) $ Evening/Afternoon Concerts Adult (A) $60 Concession (C) $55 Student (S) $25 (A) (C) (S) UKARIA 24 Saturday 9 June 6.30pm $ UKARIA 24 Sunday 10 June 6.30pm $ UKARIA 24 Monday 11 June 2.30pm $ Morning Concerts Adult (A) $45 Concession (C) $40 Student (S) $25 (A) (C) (S) UKARIA 24 Sunday 10 June 11.00am $ UKARIA 24 Monday 11 June 11.00am $ MORNINGS WITH THE AUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTET Adult (A) $45 Concession (C) $40 Student (S) $25 (A) (C) (S) Glass and Mendelssohn 2 February $ EVENINGS CURATED BY PIERS LANE Mozart and Brahms 27 April $ Adult (A) $55 Concession (C) $50 Student (S) $25 Ledger and Schubert 28 September $ (A) (C) (S) Beethoven and Mozart 7 December $ Goldner String Quartet with Piers Lane 26 May Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes 15 Sept $ $ TOTAL ticket order $ Please add my donation to support UKARIA $ Tasmin Little with Piers Lane 20 Oct $ *Subscription discount (if applicable) will be deducted when processing the order Grand Total $

35 BOOKING FORM 2018 Your details Name Address State Postcode Telephone Concession type* Concession number Payment details Credit card: Visa Mastercard Cardholder name Card Number Expiry date CCV no. GRAND TOTAL Ticket order including optional donation $ *Subscription discount if applicable will be deducted when processing the order Cardholder Signature If paying by cheque or money order please make it payable to UKARIA and deduct the subscription discount if applicable. UKARIA Cultural Centre 119 Williams Road Mount Barker Summit SA 5251 Australia UKARIA Head Office & Postal 911, Level 9, 147 Pirie Street Adelaide SA 5000 Australia P E info@ukaria.com Photo Peter Hoare