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Flutissimo's Festival of Fine Music presents

Part Two: "Masterpieces of Classical Chamber Music"

March - April 2024

Callaway Auditorium & Eileen Joyce Studio
University of Western Australia

This exciting series of five concerts will present a variety of fine chamber music works by the greatest classical composers, including Mozart, Haydn, Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Rossini and Mendelssohn.

The programmes will feature chamber music for piano in combination with other instruments.

Special guest artists are three of Perth's finest pianists: Tommy Seah (Concerts 1 & 2), Anna Sleptsova (Concert 3) and Shuan Hern Lee (Concerts 4 & 5), with Emily Gunson (flute) and principal players from the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, including Zak Rowntree (violin), Daniel Schmitt (viola), Isaac Davis (cello), Adam Mikulicz (bassoon) and Robert Gladstones (French horn), with members of the Cambini Quintet and W.A. Mozarteum.

3pm Saturday 9 March 2024

Callaway Auditorium
University of Western Australia

Presents Bach's glorious Flute Sonata in B minor, a lyrical quartet for flute, clarinet, bassoon and French horn by Rossini, and Mozart's Quintet for piano and wind instruments, described by Mozart himself as the best work he had ever composed.

Programme

Bach - Flute Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030
Rossini - Wind Quartet no.4 in B-flat major
Mozart - Quintet  in E-flat major, K.452

Artists

Tommy Seah - piano
Emily Gunson - flute
Clare Waters - clarinet
Adam Mikulicz - bassoon
Robert Gladstones - French horn

3pm Saturday 16 March 2024

Eileen Joyce Studio
University of Western Australia

Presents two of Haydn's sparkling piano trios, complemented by the elegant Serenade in D major by Beethoven, for flute, violin and viola.

Programme

Haydn - Trio no.30 in D major, HOB XV:16
Haydn - Trio no.31 in G major, HOB XV:15
Beethoven - Serenade in D major, op.25

Artists

Tommy Seah - piano
Emily Gunson - flute
Zak Rowntree - violin
Daniel Schmitt - viola
Melinda Forsythe - cello

3pm Sunday 24 March 2024

Callaway Auditorium
University of Western Australia

Presents the magnificent Trio Sonata in C minor, from Bach's "Musical Offering," followed by an exquisite divertimento by Haydn, for flute, violin and cello, then Weber's Trio in G minor, a true Romantic master-work.

Programme

Bach - Trio Sonata in C minor, from "Musical Offering," BWV 1079
Haydn - Divertimento in D major, HOB IV:6
Weber - Trio in G minor, op.63

Artists

Anna Sleptsova - piano
Emily Gunson - flute
Zak Rowntree - violin
Isaac Davis - cello
John Hardy - harpsichord

3pm Saturday 30 March 2024

Callaway Auditorium
University of Western Australia

This concert opens with Schubert's hauntingly beautiful Introduction and Variations for flute and piano, followed by Danzi's passionate Trio in E minor for flute, violin and cello, then Mendelssohn's popular Trio in D minor, in the composer's own version for piano, flute and cello, which has only recently been rediscovered and republished.

Programme

Schubert - Introduction and Variations, op.160
Danzi - Trio in E minor, op.71 no.2
Mendelssohn - Trio in D minor, op.49

Artists

Shuan Hern Lee - piano
Emily Gunson - flute
Zak Rowntree - violin
Melinda Forsythe - cello

3pm Sunday 7 April 2024

Callaway Auditorium
University of Western Australia

This final concert presents Mozart's two most loved piano concertos, no.20 in D minor and no.21 in C major. These superb masterpieces combine graceful lyricism with sparkling brilliance, ensuring a perfect conclusion to this Festival.

Programme

Mozart - Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor, K.466
Mozart - Piano Concerto no.21 in C major, K.467

Artists

Shuan Hern Lee - piano soloist
Zak Rowntree - violin
Kylie Liang - violin
Bourby Webster - viola
Grace Ah-Quee - viola
Isaac Davis - cello
Giovanni Vinci - double bass
Emily Gunson - flute
Stephanie Nicholls - oboe
Jane Blanchard - oboe
Robert Gladstones - French horn
Dorée Dixon - French horn

Admission

Tickets to each concert $40 / $35 concessions & seniors.
Special discounted subscription to all five concerts $190 / $165 concessions & seniors.
Advance booking is recommended.

Bookings should be made by phone, with payment via credit card or bank transfer.
Door sales will be available on the day (cash or credit card) unless sold out.

Bookings & enquiries phone 9574 1591.