A U S T R A L I A N S T R I N G Q U A R T E T ’ S

W E E K E N D O F M U S I C

MARGARET RIVER

Fri 17 – Sun 19 April 2015

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With a rich history spanning 30 years, the Australian String Quartet (ASQ) has established a strong national profile as an Australian chamber music group of excellence, performing at the highest international level. From its home base at the University of Adelaide, Elder Conservatorium of Music, the ASQ delivers a vibrant annual artistic program encompassing performances, workshops, commissions and education projects across Australia and abroad.

Violist Stephen King and cellist Sharon Draper are the current members and Artistic Directors of the ASQ. In 2015, they are joined by invited guest violinists to present the Quartet’s performance season, whilst working behind-the-scenes to recruit two permanent violinists to the Quartet.

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The Quartet’s performance calendar for 2015 comprises its National Season featuring three unique concert programs presented in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney; its own flagship festivals in the Southern Grampians and Margaret River; regional touring and an international tour to Italy in May.

The members of the ASQ are privileged to perform on a matched set of Guadagnini instruments. Hand crafted by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini between c.1743–1784 in Turin and Piacenza, Italy, these exquisite instruments were brought together through the vision of Ulrike Klein. The instruments are on loan to the Australian String Quartet for their exclusive use through the generosity of Ulrike Klein, Maria Myers and a group of donors who have supported Ngeringa Arts to acquire the viola.

Friday 17 AprilFRASER GALLOP ESTATE

6.45pmPre-concert drinks and canapés

7.30pmOpening concert

Saturday 18 AprilCAPE LODGE

11.00amMorning concert, Restaurant Lounge

12.00pmLunch, Restaurant

VOYAGER ESTATE

5.15pmPre-concert drinks and canapés, Cellar Door

6.15pmGala concert, Barrel Cellar

8.00pmGala dinner, Voyager Estate Restaurant*

Sunday 19 AprilVASSE FELIX

11.30amMorning tea, Vasse Felix Art Gallery

12.00pmFinale concert, Vasse Felix Art Gallery

1.30pmFarewell lunch, Vasse Felix Restaurant*

*Starred items are not included in the Silver Package

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Friday 17 AprilFRASER GALLOP ESTATE

7.30pm Opening concert

Debussy / String Quartet in G minor, op 10Zoë Black, Paul Wright, Stephen King, Sharon Draper

Boccherini / Quintet in C, op 30 no 6Paul Wright, Zoë Black, Stephen King, Pieter Wispelwey, Sharon Draper

Saturday 18 AprilCAPE LODGE, RESTAURANT LOUNGE

11.00am Morning concert

Haydn / String Quartet in C Major op 33 no 3, The Birds Paul Wright, Zoë Black, Stephen King, Sharon Draper

Arensky / String Quartet no 2 in A minor op 35 with 2 cellos Zoë Black, Stephen King, Pieter Wispelwey, Sharon Draper

Saturday 18 AprilVOYAGER ESTATE BARREL CELLAR

6.15pmGala concert

Ross Edwards / Gallipoli*Zoë Black, Paul Wright, Stephen King, Sharon Draper

Schubert / Cello Quintet in C major D956Zoë Black, Paul Wright, Stephen King, Sharon Draper, Pieter Wispelwey

*Commissioned by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of ANZAC

Sunday 19 AprilVASSE FELIX ART GALLERY

12.00pm Finale concert

Mendelssohn / Cello sonata no 2, op 58Pieter Wispelwey, Anthony Romaniuk

Schumann / Piano quartet in Eb Major, op 47Paul Wright, Stephen King, Sharon Draper, Anthony Romaniuk

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Stephen King played violin while growing up in Canberra and turned to the dark side (viola) after all but completing an architecture degree in Brisbane. Stephen holds a Doctorate in Chamber Music from the University of Maryland. His teachers include Elizabeth Morgan, James Dunham, and Michael Tree of the Guarneri Quartet. From 1997 Stephen was violist of the Coolidge String Quartet based in Washington D.C. and also Associate Principal Viola of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and a member of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Stephen returned to Australia in 2003 to join the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Since 2012 he has performed with the Australian String Quartet.

Sharon Draper began her career as a freelance cellist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO), Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Academy of Melbourne Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria. After joining the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s (ACO) Emerging Artists program, she toured extensively with the ACO, was appointed to the MSO, and founded the Hopkins String Quartet. In 2011 she studied in Berlin and toured with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Spira Mirabilis Chamber Orchestra. Sharon joined the Australian String Quartet in 2013 and this year will also perform as a guest with the Australian World Orchestra, and guitarist Slava Grigoryan.

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Zoë Black has performed throughout the world as soloist, chamber musician and as a member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, with whom she held the position of Assistant Leader for five years. During the past decade she has dedicated her energies to Chamber Music and was a founding member of Freshwater and Firebird Trios. She now devotes her considerable gifts to special projects, especially her duo with pianist/composer Joe Chindamo alongside her part-time role in the Australian Chamber Orchestra and ACO2 educational programme.

Paul Wright has performed with leading ensembles and orchestras in Australia and overseas. Deeply involved in the performance practice of music from 18th and 19th centuries, he has performed in numerous early music ensembles. He has been guest concertmaster of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Paul has been on the faculty at the Australian National Academy of Music and is currently Head of Strings at the University of Western Australia.

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Pieter Wispelwey is in demand as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician, appearing with leading orchestras and at major Festivals worldwide. His phenomenal technique combined with stylish interpretation and presentation has made him a favourite with audiences and critics alike.

Recent performances and upcoming highlights include concerto performances with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National d’Ile de France, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia. Recital appearances include London’s Wigmore Hall, Vienna Konzerthaus, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, San Francisco Performances and the Seoul Arts Center.

Award-winning Australian pianist and harpsichordist, Anthony Romaniuk will this year make his recital debut in Sydney and Basel and appear throughout Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. His recording highlights include “Take Two” for Naïve, a solo recording for the Viennese label, Paladino Music and two discs of chamber music exclusively for the Melba label, praised as “… a crown jewel of Australia’s artistic maturity” (Listener, NZ). Anthony is currently based in Belgium where he is a faculty member at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles.

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Richard Divall was the Music Director of Victoria State Opera for 25 years and Principal Resident Conductor of Opera Australia up to 2001. He has conducted 151 different operas, and many ballets and concerts. He is a Fellow of Queen’s College, and on the SCR of Newman College. As a musicologist he has undertaken 40 years of editing and publication of early Australian music, baroque opera and sacred music, and was recently was awarded a PhD in theology from the University of Divinity on eighteenth-century Maltese history. He is editing a series of 100 volumes of early Australian music for Monash University and a complete edition of the music of the English baroque composer, Michael Christian Festing.

He is a Vice Chancellor’s Professorial Fellow at Monash University, an Associate Professor of Music at The University of Melbourne, and a Visiting Professor at King’s College London. Frà Richard is a Knight of Malta in Solemn Religious Profession. He is the Hon Patron of many organisations.

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$350,000+Allan Myers AO & Maria Myers AO$250,000+Klein Family Foundation$50,000+Clitheroe FoundationRichard Harvey AM & The Late Tess HarveyLyndsey & Peter HawkinsHunt Family FoundationNorma LeslieMichael LishmanThe Ian Potter Foundation$30,000+Mr Philip BaconNicholas & Elizabeth CallinanJanet & Michael HayesDavid & Pam McKeePeter & Pamela McKeeThyne Reid FoundationWright Burt Foundation$20,000+Mrs Diana McLaurin$10,000+Macquarie Group FoundationJosephine DundonAngela FlanneryJoan LyonsP. M. MenzRobert Salzer Foundation$5000+Berg Family FoundationJohn ClaytonHilmer Family FoundationKeith Holt & Anne FullerM & F Katz Family FoundationMr Robert KenrickThe Hon Christopher Legoe QC & Jenny LegoeKevin LongSkye McGregor

The Late Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBEJohn O’HalloranMrs Jane PorterTony & Joan SeymourPeter & Melissa SlatteryNigel Steele ScottGary & Janet Tilsley$2000+Don & Veronica AldridgePeter AllanBernard & Jackie BarnwellPhilip BarronGraham & Charlene BradleyHillier Carter PropertiesRic Chaney & Chris HairJohn & Libby ClappGeoff ClarkDr Peter CliftonDavid Constable AMMaurice & Tess CrottiDr Neo DouvartzidisMichael J DrewMargaret FlatmanJohn Funder & Val DiamondDr E.H & Mrs A. HirschAnita Poddar & Peter HoffmannJanet Holmes à Court ACJim & Freda IrenicLynette & Gregory JaunayMr S JohnsRenata & Andrew KaldorKevin & Barbara KaneMichael & Susan KiernanRod & Elizabeth KingHugh & Fiona MacLachlanDr Robert MarinSimon Marks-IsaacsHelen and Phil MeddingsMrs Inese Medianik

Susan & Frank MorganMrs Frances MorrellJon Nicholson & Jennifer StaffordMrs Jenny Perry (in memory of John)Patricia H ReidSusan M RenoufTrish & Richard Ryan AOPaul & Margarita SchneiderVivienne SharpeAndrew SissonKeith & Dianne SmithElizabeth SymeMr Eng Seng TohIan Wallace & Kay FreedmanMarjorie WhiteLyn Williams AMJanet WorthAnnie & Philip YoungFay Zaikos$1000+BHP Billiton’s Matched Giving ProgramDavid & Liz AdamsJohn & Angela ArthurJohn & Mary BarlowDianne Barron-DavisSimon BathgateJean & Geoff BaulchAlison BeareCandy BennettMs Baiba BerzinsHeather Bonnin OAMStephen & Caroline BrainThomas BreenDavid & Kate BullenPam CaldwellCaptain & Mrs D P ClarkePeter Clemenger AO & Joan ClemengerCaroline & Robert ClementeIan Cochrane

David CookeColin & Robyn CowanRobin Crawford & Judy JoyeMarie DalzielJiri & Pamela FialaPhilip Griffiths ArchitectsProfessor Keith HancockDr Penny Herbert in memory of Dunstan HerbertHiggins Coatings Pty LtdKevin & Barbara JarryNeil J JensAndrew & Fiona JohnstonBrian L Jones OAMHon Diana Laidlaw AMKeith & Sue LangleyDavid & Anne MarshallHE & RJ McGlashanDG & KC MorrisVictor & Barbara MulderDonald Munro AM & Jacquelyn MunroKen NielsenLady Potter ACM ResekJohn & Etelka RichardsChris & Fran RobertsJill RussellJeanette Sandford-Morgan OAMMichael & Chris ScobieAntony & Mary Lou SimpsonDick and Caroline SimpsonPamela and Tony SlaterCarl VineNicholas WardenTed & Robyn WatersJenny Wily & Adrian HawkesPamela Yule$500+

The Australian String Quartet would like to acknowledge and sincerely thank the following donors for their ongoing support along with those donors whose very important contribution remains anonymous. The following donations reflect cumulative donations made from 2008 onwards.

The ASQ is registered as a tax deductible recipient. Donations can be made by phoning the ASQ on 1800 040 444.

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Anita Poddar & Peter HoffmannProf Alan T JamesJulie AlmondDavid & Elaine AnnearTerrey & Anne ArcusProf. Margaret ArstallMrs J BeareGC Bishop & CM MoronyStephen BlockJohn & Christine ChamberlainMary Rose & Tim CooneyAlan Fraser CooperRae De TeligaRon DyerMartin DykstraMrs Helen GreensladeAngela GrutznerJean HadgesDr & Mrs G C HallGerard & Gabby HardistyTim & Irena HarringtonGraeme HarveyMary HaydockMr Hartley HigginsDr Anthony & Emily HortonPeter JoplingRose KempStephen & Kylie KingDavid LeeceEdwina LehmannMegan LoweMs Rose McAleerAlison McIntyreJohn McKay and Claire BrittainJames McLeodIan & Margaret MeakinDr Michaela MeeDr Colin E MooreJenny NicolTerry & Pauline O’BrienLeon & Moira PericlesBasil PhillipsGraham & Robyn ReaneyEllen & Marietta ResekPeter RushDeborah SchultzDavid ScownSandra StuartJames SymeMrs A.N.Robinson & Dr M.G.Tingay

Simon & Rosita TrincaPeter WilkinsonPat & Rosslyn Zito$100+Marion R AllenBill AndersonSusan ArmitageDr Reiko AtsumiSylvia BacheMerrawyn BagshawJohn BaldockPatricia BarkerJoy Barrett-LennardMrs Jillian BeareMr & Mrs Peter & Alison BeerWendy BirmanMichael BlandProfessor John BradleyDavid BrightMax & Elizabeth BullPip BurnettChris & Margaret BurrellAlastair & Sue CampbellTim & Lyndie CarracherDon CarrollMrs Ann CastonRichard and Lina CavillStephanie and The Late Max CharlesworthGreg Coulter & Carolyn PolsonMrs Margaret Daniel OAMSusan DavidsonMrs Daphne DaviesBruce DebelleProf Richard Divall AO OBEMary DraperDr H EastwellMrs Alexandra ElliottLynette EllisMrs Charlotte EnglandSusan FallawPhilip & Barbara FargherMrs Judy FlowerMr John ForsythPamela FoulkesBill & Penny FowlerRichard FrolichChristopher FyfeR & J GalleryProf. Robert GilbertDr Joan Godfrey OBE

Cameron GoodairJan GrantDieter Grant-FrostH.P. GreenbergRoz Greenwood & Marg PhillipsMargaret GregoryDes GurryAlison HarcourtGeoff HashimotoAnn HawkerMrs Helen HealyLaurie & Philippa HegvoldMr Dennis HenschkeDudley and Julie HillDavid HilyardEmily HuntAnthony IngersentVernon IrelandRobin IsaacsMs Nola JenningsMr Martin KeithAngus & Gloria KennedyWayne & Victoria LaubscherAnne LevySusan LitchfieldGrant LuxtonMargaret & Cameron MacKenzieGreg Mackie OAMJean MatthewsHelen McBrydeJohn & Jill McEwinDuncan McKayMrs Janice E MenzRichard & Frances MichellMr & Mrs I MillMs Elizabeth MorrisFlorence MorrowRobert & Heather MotteramHughbert MurphyJohn & Gay NaffineMr Colin NeaveDerrick NicholasGraham DudleyMrs Mary O’HaraJohn OvertonLee PalmerJosie PennaSabine PfuhlColin A PhysickMr William Pick

J & P PincusDr Roger PlayerJanice PleydellJ & M PollMr Franz PribilJen & Ian RamsayThe Rev’d Dr Philip RaymontIan & Gabrielle ReeceDr James RobinsonMs Chloe RoeMrs Clare RogersLesley RussellJenny SalmonMeredyth Sarah AMThe Late Judith SchroderAdrienne ShawMrs Angela SkinnerJudy SloggettMr Michael SteeleBarbara StodartDavid & Jo TamblynRobyn TamkeJolanta TargownikJJ & AL TateRoger & Cherry TrengoveSue TweddellJ.P. UhrMr Ian UnderwoodBrian & Robyn WaghornProfessor Ray WalesJonathan Wells QCIan & Hannah WilkeyMr David YoungSarah YuSilvana Zerella

Music Library FundJohn & Mary BarlowProf Richard Divall AO OBEJohn & Carole GraceRoz Greenwood & Marg PhillipsJanet & Michael HayesMrs Diana McLaurinGary & Janet Tilsley

VOYAGER ESTATE

Founded by Michael Wright, Voyager Estate offers a truly memorable wine experience. The vineyard’s location was selected because it has the ideal characteristics to create wines of elegance, complexity and balance.

FRASER GALLOP ESTATE

Set upon 165 acres of undulating land in the heart of the Margaret River Wine Region Fraser Gallop Estate combines a beautiful house and grounds with a vineyard producing great wines. Acclaimed internationally for both Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay, Fraser Gallop Estate consistently produces some of Margaret River’s finest wines.

VASSE FELIX

Margaret River’s oldest wine estate, Vasse Felix focuses on crafting wines that best express the distinct characteristics of the region’s best performing varieties. In 2012, Vasse Felix was rated as a ‘Top 100 International Winery’ by Wine & Spirits Magazine, USA.

CAPE LODGE

Voted Australia’s Best Boutique Hotel - Cape Lodge is a luxury country house hotel and gourmet retreat. Sitting on its own vineyard in the heart of Margaret River wine country - Cape Lodge attracts those seeking a private, stylish and sophisticated retreat. Cape Lodge has 22 rooms and an award winning restaurant and cooking school.

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Alexandra Burt, Nicholas Callinan (Chair), Janet Hayes, Paul Murnane, Maria Myers AO, Susan Renouf, Jeanette Sandford-Morgan OAM, Angelina Zucco – Executive Director

Quartet–in–ResidenceThe University of Adelaide SA 5005

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