The Australian Quartet and More Set for Lunchtimes at Elder Hall, June 2013

A little reminder about wonderful presentations by the Elder Hall in June. The June 16 Masterclass series will be a particular treat for music, opera and drama lovers when the acclaimed Independent Theatre present Masterclass an award winning play with singing, based on the masterclasses Maria Callas gave to singing students in the 1970s. Details below!

1.10pm Friday 7 June
CLASSICAL
Nicole van Bruggen - Basset Clarinet
Daniel Yeadon, Cello
Neal Peres da Costa Fortepiano *
Beethoven Trio in E Flat, Op.38
Mozart Larghetto from Grande Sonate
Tickets at door $10

The Elder Conservatorium's Fortepiano is a copy of a late 18th century Viennese design of Anton Walter, built by Richard Schaumlöffel in 1986.

Today the term fortepiano is generally reserved for instruments made before 1830, or copies of them. Such instruments differ from the modern piano in their appearance, in their touch and in the resulting tone. The distinctive timbres of the 'fortepiano' arise from the following factors:

• low string tensions (less than a quarter of the strain on modern pianos),
• the absence of iron framing,
• the use of soft leather covering to the hammers, rather than compressed felt as used in modern times. (Some eighteenth-century instruments had other covering material or none, for example cork, or plain wooden hammers).

1.10pm Friday 14 June
The Australian Quartet (ensemble in residence at the university of Technology, Sydney)
Veronique Serret, Violin
James Wannan, Viola
Thomas Rann, Cello, *
Tamara Anna Cislowska, Piano
Sculthorpe Landscapes
Schumann Piano Quartet in E Flat
Tickets at door $10

* Thomas Rann, was born in Adelaide, he studied at the Elder Conservatorium of Music (University of Adelaide) as a pupil of Niall Brown, relocating to London in 2000 to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Raphael Wallfisch. Winner of the prestigious Muriel Taylor Scholarship for Cellists in 2004, Rann furthered his studies at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) under Prof. Uzi Wiesel, where he won the 2005 ANAM Concerto Competition, leading to his 2006 debut as soloist with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

6.30pm Saturday 15 June 2013, Elder Hall, North Terrace, Adelaide

Northern Lights
A Cook's Tour of Scandinavia - Four Countries in One Night
With
The Elder Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra
Lachlan Bramble Violin and Director

Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen and of course ABBA!

6.30pm Saturday 15 June 2013, Elder Hall, North Terrace, Adelaide

The Elder Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra have included an ABBA tribute in their program of predominantly Scandinavian composed music for their Northern Lights concert, part of the Evenings at Elder Hall at 6.30pm Saturday 15 June.Orchestra Director Lachlan Bramble explained: "Music from Scandinavia is unmistakable for its scale, grandeur and beauty. I was inspired to put together 'Northern Lights' by the wonderful music that has been written for strings by the great Scandinavian composers.

Tickets: Adult $28 Concession $22 Student $18. Subscriptions are now open with up to 20% saving for three or more concerts and 25% saving on six or more concerts. For more information, go to www.elderhall.adelaide.edu.au or call (08) 83135925.

2.30pm Sunday 16 June
Elder Hall Masterclass Series
Presents
Masterclass A staged play-reading with singing
by Tony Award Winning Playwright Terrence McNally

A unique theatre event based on masterclasses given by Maria Callas to students at Julliard School of Music in 1971/72
Directed by Independent Theatre's Rob Croser with Kathryn Fisher, Jessica Dean, Michaela Burger and James Nicholson.
Refreshments will be served in the foyer at interval.
Tickets $10.

1.10pm Friday 21 June
The Swan Virtuosi
Margaret Blades, Violin *
Sally Boud, Viola
Louise McKay, Cello **
Mozart Divertimento in E-Flat Major K.563
Tickets at door $10
*Associate concertmaster, West Australian Symphony Orchestra
** Associate Principal Cello, West Australian Symphony Orchestra

1.10 Friday 28 June
Facing Forward/ Looking Back
Guila Tiver, Mezzo-soprano
Penelope Cashman, Piano
with
Keith Crellin Viola and Rosalind Martin Soprano.
Bridge Three Songs
Britten A Charm of Lullabies Op.41
Jake Heggie Facing forward/looking back
Tickets at door $10

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