Accompanists’ Festival
July 18 to 13
includes
TWO WORLD PREMIERES
FEAR
by Michael Kieran Harvey
performed in Recital by
Michael Kieran Harvey, Piano
Natsuko Yoshimoto, Violin
7pm Friday 22 July 2011
ABC Studio 520, 85 North East Road, Collinswood
Tickets: $30, $20, $15 Members, $10 students & groups of 10+ available at the door.
and
ACID TEST
by Stephen Whittington
Set Work for the 2011 Geoffrey Parsons Award
performed by
Mark Gaydon, Bassoon
with the 3 Finalists
7pm Saturday 23 July 2011
Hartley Concert Room, Elder Conservatorium, Kintore Avenue, Adelaide
Tickets at door $20, $15, $10
The Accompanists’ Guild is thrilled to present new works by Australian composers written especially for the 2011 Festival.
The first of the two world premières to be performed during the Accompanists’ Festival and Conference is Fear composed and performed by pianist, Michael Kieran Harvey with ASO concertmaster, violinist, Natsuko Yoshimoto.
Fear is dedicated to Natsuko’s “superb violin artistry” It is based rhythmicallyand spiritually on a collection of haiku by Arjun von Caemmerer entitled “Tripples”. Michael’s response to fear itself owes much to the writings of Bertrand Russell, not the least, “….To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom…”. The work demands extreme virtuosity from both musicians.
The entire program is extraordinarily challenging as befits the renowned talents of the two performers especially in relation to the performance of 20th & 21st music. It includes the three beautiful Mythes by KarolSzymanowski, Vertical Time Study by Japan’s most famous living composer, Toshio Hogosawa, Toru Takemitsu’s wondrous elegy, Hika, the world première of Michael Kieran Harvey’s Fear, and, finally, the Bela Bartok masterpiece for the duo, his second Sonata. The recital will be recorded for future broadcast on ABC Classic FM.
The second world première during the Accompanists’ Festival is Acid Test for bassoon and piano by Adelaide composer, Stephen Whittington. It is the Set Work for the 2011 Geoffrey Parsons Award to be played by all applicants with Mark Gaydon, principal bassoon in the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Acid Test has been composed to test particularly the ensemble skills of the competing pianists
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