Music in the Hunter 2014

Music in the Hunter 2014
Sponsored by Constable Estate Vineyards
First Creek Winery, Pokolbin, NSW
12-14 September 2014
Goldner String Quartet at the Music in the Hunter Festival (photo by Amelia Smiles).
Dear Friends,
As we approach our 23rd Music in the
Hunter Festival I find myself reflecting
on the achievements in these years.
Our specialty at every festival has
been performance of the traditional
masterworks of the chamber repertoire.
Had you attended all the festivals in those
years you would have heard the criticallyacclaimed Goldner String Quartet
perform an astonishing number of the
great classics with an impressive list of
guest artists from around Australia and
the world.
By popular demand, this year we
enthusiastically welcome back the
amazing Australian pianist, Piers Lane,
to the festival. Piers is one of the busiest
pianists around today with a prodigious
repertoire. He is now based in the UK
but frequently comes to Australia for
concert tours with Australian orchestras
and to oversee the annual Australian
Festival of Chamber Music of which
he is the Artistic Director. He and the
Goldner Quartet have become a formidable
recording team and have now produced
seven CD’s together for the Hyperion label.
We would also like to welcome back
the master of the classical accordion,
James Crabb, whose extraordinary
musicianship and versatility has helped
propel this instrument into the forefront of
mainstream concert life. His combination
of an inquiring mind, musical intelligence
and virtuosic flair, have culminated in
many successful musical projects and an
international performing career.
This year we will all collaborate in various
combinations with music by Beethoven,
Bach, Schubert, and Cesar Franck amongst
others. A sub-theme to this year’s event will
be to explore music by Jewish composers.
Two examples are the Australian composer,
Arthur Benjamin and Eric Wolfgang
Korngold, composer of numerous film
scores for Hollywood during the 1930’s.
and 1940’s, and who has been a profound
influence on all film music since that time.
Both these composers of Jewish background
made their careers far from their countries
of birth for different reasons.
We also welcome back Ken Healey as
pre-concert speaker at this festival. Ken’s
professional life has been shared between
reviewing the performing arts as a critic,
and celebrating them as a journalist,
producer, teacher, script writer, occasional
performer, and increasingly in recent years,
as a pre-concert speaker.
As always, we are grateful for the ongoing
support of David Constable and Ida
Lichter, without whom this festival could
not succeed. I hope that during this
weekend we can find the time to renew
old acquaintances and make news friends.
This year’s event will offer for you the
quintessential chamber music experience
in intimate and convivial surroundings
with the customary culinary delights to
follow every concert. Please join us again
on September 12th in the beautiful Hunter
Valley.
Dene Olding
Music in the Hunter 2014
Dene Olding
Dimity Hall
Irina Morozova
Julian Smiles
First Creek Winery, Pokolbin, NSW
12-14 September 2014
Piers Lane
James Crabb
Ken Healey
Friday 12 September
7:30pm
Champagne Reception
8:30pm
Concert 1 followed by Supper
Venue: First Creek Winery
Address: Cnr McDonalds & Gillards Road
Pokolbin NSW 2320
Saturday 13 September
10.15am
Pre-concert talk
11:00am
Concert 2 followed by Lunch
3.30pm Wine tasting & garden tour at
Constable Estate
205 Gillards Road, Pokolbin.
6:15pm
Pre-concert talk
7:00pm
Concert 3 followed by black-tie dinner
Dates: 12-14 September 2014
Performers:
Goldner String Quartet:
Dene Olding, Dimity Hall,
Irina Morozova and Julian Smiles.
Guest Artists Piers Lane (piano) and James Crabb (accordion).
Sunday 14 September
10:45am
Pre-concert talk
11:30am
Concert 4 followed by Lunch
There are many places to stay close by, including:
Chateau Elan, Crowne Plaza, Hermitage Lodge, Leisure Inn,
Peppers Guest House, Tower Lodge, Villa Provence,
The Vintage
[Program subject to change.]
Pre-Concert Speaker: Ken Healey
Accommodation:
Music in the Hunter Registration Form
Total fee per person is $750. The fee covers all meals, wine, concerts, pre-concert talks and champagne reception.
Payment options: 1. Cheque made out to ‘Music in the Hunter’. 2. Direct deposit [please use your name as a reference]
Account name: DN Constable in Trust for Music in the Hunter, BSB: 062156, Account number: 1018 8555
Please complete the form below and return with your payment to Music in the Hunter c/- 432 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills,
NSW, 2010 or email: [email protected]. Further information contact Philippa Horn on: 0411 606 077.
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Music and Jewellery: The Language of Love
Lecture by Dr Monica Jackson
The C House, 205 Gillards Rd, Pokolbin, NSW
11am, Friday 12 September 2014
This lecture is additional to the Festival.
In addition to this years MITH festival there will be a lecture
by Dr Monica Jackson on ‘Music and Jewellery: The Language
of Love’, held at The C House, 205 Gillards Rd, Pokolbin. The
cost will be $100 per person, which covers the lecture, lunch
and all beverages. The programme is as follows:
Friday 12 September 2014
11.00am 11.30am 12.45pm Arrival
Lecture
Lunch
Number of places are limited.
Music and Jewellery: the Language of Love
Gold jewellery played an integral role in the religious and
ceremonial lives of both men and women in the ancient world,
but it was accepted that women wore jewellery for status and
to attract the opposite sex. Jewellery symbolised the language of
love - has anything changed?
Figures from Greek mythology - Apollo, Eros, the Muses,
Orpheus, Pan and the Sirens - were often depicted in jewellery
designs. They were accompanied by their musical instruments,
the kithara, lyre, syrinx, aulos and cymbals.
This paper traces the history and continuing popularity of
musical motifs in jewellery from ancient times to the present
and discusses why there is such an enduring relationship
between music and human emotions. Music as a model of
falling in love corresponds to a surrendering to the pleasure of
the senses. In the words of the Duke in Shakespeare’s Twelfth
Night: ‘If music be the food of love play on’.
Dr Monica M. Jackson
The University of Sydney
Monica M. Jackson is a
classical archaeologist and
a Research Associate in the
Department of Archaeology
at the University of Sydney.
She is a Fellow of the Society
of Antiquaries, London
and an author, lecturer and
world authority on ancient
jewellery; in which area
she gained her PhD. Areas
of expertise include the
chronology and technology of ancient jewellery as archaeological
evidence. She has been involved in The University of Sydney
archaeological excavations in Greece, Cyprus and further east.
Her research has necessitated extensive travels through Northern
Greece, South Italy, Turkey, the Republic of Georgia and Bulgaria.
Monica has presented papers at prestigious venues both in
Australia and internationally. Her lectures and publications
cover a broad range of topics and issues from cultural heritage
to ancient Greek and Near Eastern history and religion. Her
current project is an illustrated Monograph for the Benaki
Museum in Athens focusing on the Museum’s superb collection
of Hellenistic jewellery.
Lecture Registration Form
Total fee per person is $100. The fee covers the lecture, lunch and all beverages.
Payment options: 1. Cheque made out to ‘Music in the Hunter’. 2. Direct deposit [please use your name as a reference] Account
name: DN Constable in Trust for Music in the Hunter, BSB: 062156, Account number: 1018 8555
Please complete the form below and return with your payment to Music in the Hunter c/- 432 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills, NSW,
2010 or email: [email protected]. Further information contact Philippa Horn on: 0411 606 077.
Name/s attending:
Total number of guests: ........................... Do any guests require a Vegeterian Meal: Yes | No Number: ................
Email:
Telephone:
I am enclosing payment by cheque q
or I have paid direct deposit q
Total amount paid: ...............................