7:30pm Wednesday 30 June 2010
The Romantic Flute
Callaway Music Auditorium, University of Western Australia
Flautist Dr. Emily Gunson presents the first in a new series exploring the neglected nineteenth-century Romantic repertoire for flute with piano and other instruments.
This concert features Three Romances, op. 94 by Schumann, Ballade by Charles Edouard Lefebvre, Chopin's "La Cenerentola" Variations, and the magnificent Trio, op. 65 by Jan Ladislas Dussek.
The venue is the Callaway Auditorium at the University of Western Australia’s School of Music. With its excellent acoustics and raked seating, this air-conditioned wood-panelled music room is the ideal setting for this elegant evening event.
Artists
Emily Gunson - flute
Louise McKay - cello
Lisa Rowntree - piano
Fan mail
"What a great concert!!! We loved it all. How lucky are we to have access to your wonderful music-making. Congratulations to you 'three ladies' with 'magic fingers' - skipping skillfully over your instruments, seemingly effortlessly!! Many thanks." Ben & Yvonne, from Maylands
2:30pm Sunday 11 July 2010
Winter Serenade
Holy Trinity Church, York
The Emanuel Ensemble returns to York for a delightful winter concert at the Avon Valley's oldest church, the historic Holy Trinity Church (1858) on the banks of the Avon River.
Programme includes three exquisite sacred arias by Johann Sebastian Bach for tenor with flute obbligato, and a trio for flute, cello and organ by eighteenth-century cello virtuoso, Anton Fils.
Artists
Emily Gunson - flute
Scott Wellstead - tenor
Louise McKay - cello
Joseph Nolan - organ
3pm Sunday 30 May 2010
Mozart and Friends
presented by the W. A. Mozarteum
Kalamunda Performing Arts Centre Theatre
The W. A. Mozarteum presents the first in a new ongoing series exploring the music of Mozart and his friends, interspersed with readings from Mozart's own letters.
Programme features Mozart's delightful opera "The Magic Flute" arranged for quartet, also works by Haydn, JC Bach, and Ignaz von Beecke.
The venue is the state-of-the-art, air-conditioned theatre of the Kalamunda Performing Arts Centre, Canning Road (corner Recreation Road).
Artists
Emily Gunson - flute
Fiona Coad - oboe
Zak Rowntree - violin
Tzvi Friedl - viola
Louise McKay - cello
3pm Sunday 9 May 2010
Emanuel Ensemble's Mothers Day Concert
Viva Vivaldi!®
St Luke's Church, 20 Monument St, Mosman Park
Celebrate Mothers Day with one of the most loved composers, Antonio Vivaldi, known as the "Red Priest of Venice." The venue is St Luke's Anglican Church, Mosman Park. Built in 1897, this historic church has a resonant wood-panelled interior, producing magnificent acoustics. Located at 20 Monument Street, it can also be accessed from Stirling Highway, and there is ample parking.
Artists
Emily Gunson - flute
Daniel Kossov - violin
Joel Marangella - oboe
Jane Kircher - bassoon
Pascale Whiting - violin
Tzvi Friedl - viola
Sophie Walker - cello
John Hardy - harpsichord
6th Avon Valley Spring Chamber Music Festival
The Avon Valley abounds in charming little old churches and other historic buildings, ideally suited to intimate concerts of classical music. The 6th Avon Valley Spring Chamber Music Festival presents a series of three Sunday afternoon concerts in York, Toodyay, and Northam.
Concert One - Music'Autentica
2.30pm Sunday 4 October 2009
Holy Trinity Church (1858)
Pool St (cnr Newcastle St), York
To open the festival, "Music'Autentica" presents a special concert of early music from England performed on authentic early musical instruments, in the warm resonant ambience of Holy Trinity Church in York. Consecrated in 1858, it is WA's oldest inland church, and features altar panels painted by renowned WA artist Robert Juniper.
This elegant event offers a rare opportunity to hear chamber music from the Baroque and Classical Era, played on hand-crafted early woodwind and stringed instruments to the accompaniment of the characteristic plucked sound of the "bentside" spinet, a small harpsichord popular in England during the eighteenth century.
The programme features a variety of chamber music pieces by composers who were resident in England, including Handel, Valentine, Pepusch, Abel, and Johann Christian Bach.
Artists are Emily Gunson (Baroque flute & recorder) Jordi Corall (Baroque oboe & recorder), Pascale Whiting (Baroque violin), and Sophie Walker (Baroque cello), with Dr John Hardy (spinet).
Be transported back in time by this unique artistic event!
Concert Two - Viva Vivaldi!®
2.30pm Sunday 11 October 2009
St Stephen's Anglican Church (1861)
Stirling Tce, Toodyay
The Festival continues at St Stephen's Church in Toodyay with a concert of "Viva Vivaldi!" performed by the Emanuel Ensemble, Perth's most popular and enduring independent chamber music group, who are celebrating their 21st birthday this year.
This event features music by Antonio Vivaldi. Known as the "Red Priest of Venice," his exciting chamber concertos are replete with the rustic verve and rhythmic vitality that have made him one of the most loved of all composers. Also included are delightful trios from Mozart's "Don Giovanni."
Backing onto the Avon River, St Stephen's Church was built in 1861 from handmade bricks and local stone. The wooden floor boards and locally made pews are original, enhancing the church's exquisite acoustics.
The musicians on this occasion are Zak Rowntree (violin) and Joanne Brown (bassoon) from the WA Symphony Orchestra, and flautist Emily Gunson, with well-known local GP, Dr John Hardy (harpsichord), who will also introduce the items on the programme.
Come along and treat yourself to an invigorating dose of "Vivaldi in the Valley"!
Concert Three - Spring Serenade
2.30pm Sunday 18 October 2009
Avon Valley Arts Society Gallery
(The Old Post Office, 1892)
33 Wellington St, Northam
The Festival comes to a conclusion with a splendid "Spring Serenade." Experience the intimate ambience of a salon setting, in the art gallery at Northam's Old Post Office (1892), with this enchanting recital of Classical and Romantic chamber music.
The programme features music for the rare combination of flute, viola and piano, with two deliciously lyrical trios by Tommaso Giordani and Josef Kuffner, showcasing the different tone colours of the three instruments. Also included are a couple of sparkling duets by Telemann and Devienne.
To perform this recital, renowned viola virtuoso Tzvi Friedl from Austria joins Emily Gunson (flute) and Dr John Hardy (piano).
A fitting Festival finale with this superb Serenade!
Fan mail
"So enjoyed your concerts in Toodyay and Northam - both marvellous!" Beverly, from Wembley
3pm Sunday 30 August 2009
Emanuel Ensemble presents
Viva Vivaldi!®
St Luke's Church, 20 Monument St, Mosman Park
The Emanuel Ensemble's "Viva Vivaldi!" concerts are devoted to the wonderful chamber music of Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), giving music lovers the opportunity to experience the fascinating though little known chamber repertoire of this beloved composer, known as the "Red Priest of Venice." This programme presents several of Vivaldi's exciting chamber concertos for flute, oboe, strings, and basso continuo, including the charming "Bullfinch" and the rousing "La Tempesta di Mare," along with entertaining anecdotes from Vivaldi's extraordinary life story.
Also on the programme is a joyously lyrical quintet in G major for flute, oboe, and string trio by one of Mozart's rivals, Ignaz von Beecke (1733-1803), and a repeat performance of the newly discovered trio sonata by the Ensemble's namesake, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788).
Artists
Emily Gunson - flute
Joel Marangella - oboe
Zak Rowntree & Stewart Hardy - violins
Tzvi Friedl - viola
Catherine Smith - cello
John Hardy - harpsichord
3pm Sunday 16 August 2009
Emanuel Ensemble's 21st Birthday Concert
Eileen Joyce Studio, University of Western Australia
"Bach & Sons"
The Emanuel Ensemble celebrates their 21st birthday with a concert at the Eileen Joyce Studio - where it all began!
The programme presents chamber music by the illustrious Bach family, with trio sonatas by Johann Sebastian Bach and each of his four famous musical sons: Wilhelm Friedemann, Carl Philipp Emanuel, Johann Christoph Friedrich, and Johann Christian. A special feature will be the first modern performance of an unpublished work by the Ensemble's namesake CPE Bach, held in the Washington Library of Congress.
Artists
Emily Gunson - flute
Zak Rowntree - violin
Catherine Smith - cello
John Hardy - harpsichord
3pm Sunday 31 May 2009
Haydn Bicentenary Special Concert
Callaway Auditorium, University of Western Australia
Marking the exact 200th anniversary of the death of Haydn, the Emanuel Ensemble presents this special bicentenary concert featuring three of his symphonies in contemporary chamber arrangements by J.P. Salomon, from the private collection of Dr. Emily Gunson.
Artists
Emily Gunson - flute
Zak Rowntree & Rebecca White - violins
Tzvi Friedl - cello
Sophie Walker - cello
John Hardy - piano
Fan mail
"The Emanuel Ensemble has really established itself as a significant group in Perth's musical life. Congratulations on all that you do." E/Prof. David Tunley (UWA)
3pm Sunday 10 May 2009
Mothers Day Concert
Callaway Auditorium, University of Western Australia
The Emanuel Ensemble presents a delightful Mothers Day Concert, featuring chamber music by women composers from the 18th to the 20th century, including Princess Wilhelmina of Bayreuth (1709-1758), Anna Bon di Venezia (1740-ca.1770), Louise Farrenc (1804-1875), and Stephanie Champion (1897-1956).
Artists
Emily Gunson - flute & recorder
Anna Sleptsova - piano
Sophie Walker - cello
John Hardy - harpsichord
Fan mail
"You were stupendous! You were fantastic! You were absolutely brilliant!" Santina Stransky, OAM.
"Thank you so much for the WONDERFUL performance on Sunday and thanks to John for his fantastic, interesting, and entertaining introductions. My mum is a classical music enthusiast and thoroughly enjoyed it. To see women composers performed was a real treat!" Cath, from Maylands
3pm Sunday 19 April 2009
Music Research in Performance: The French Flute Project
La Flûte Révolutionnaire
Eileen Joyce Studio, University of Western Australia
Music Research in Performance is the forum where Dr. Emily Gunson shares aspects of her doctoral research in a practical way with the wider music-loving community. The French Flute Project explores the Classic French flute tradition, in which beauty and purity of tone was the primary objective. The exponents of this tradition were linked pedagogically through their teaching and mastery of the fundamental principles of technique, and their exquisite artistry is celebrated through programmes featuring music written by and for them.
This concert commemorates the 250th anniversary of the birth of the revolutionary flautist François Devienne (1759–1803), founder of the Classic French flute tradition at the Paris Conservatoire, and a contemporary of Mozart. The programme also includes chamber music by Michel Blavet, and beautiful miniatures for flute and piano by Gabriel Pierné and Philippe Gaubert.
Artists
Emily Gunson - flute
Lisa Rowntree - piano
Stewart Hardy - violin
Catherine Smith - cello
John Hardy - harpsichord
Haydn Bicentenary Series
Classical chamber music by the great Austrian master Franz Josef Haydn, marking the 200th anniversary of his death.
Concert One
3pm Sunday 15 February 2009
This programme features Haydn's complete trios for piano, flute, and cello. Artists are Emily Gunson (flute), Lisa Rowntree (piano), and Catherine Smith (cello).
Concert Two
3pm Sunday 8 March 2009
This programme features Haydn's opus 100 trios for flute, violin, and cello. Artists are Emily Gunson (flute), Zak Rowntree (violin), and Catherine Smith (cello).
Concert Three
3pm Sunday 29 March 2009
This programme features Haydn's complete "London" trios for two flutes and cello. Artists are Emily Gunson and Naoko Matsushita (flutes), and Catherine Smith (cello).
Eileen Joyce Studio, University of WA
Fan mail
"The pleasure I feel from listening to your music brings me peace and joy." Chris, from Westminster
"Thank you once again for your lovely music, and for keeping your concerts financially available. We really look forward to going." Imogen, from Warwick (Concert, 8 March 2009)
"That was a glorious concert yesterday - we were enthralled! Thank you for letting us share in your wonderful talents - and isn't the Eileen Joyce Studio the perfect venue?" Yvonne, from Shenton Park (Concert, 29 March 2009)
Earlier concerts