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WELCOME
We are delighted to share our final release for 2024 with nine new concerts.
At the heart of our program are the artists who inspire us. These discoveries happen in all sorts of places and are often outside of the major concert halls of Europe. In 2022, Alison heard Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii high up in the Swiss Alps, in a church at the Verbier Festival. His extraordinary ability to communicate was apparent from the moment he sat silently orientating himself at the keyboard. His performance was a profound listening experience, and it’s a long-held dream to share his unique musicianship with you. Trio Gaspard was another discovery who we heard for the first time in 2019 at Anthony Marwood’s festival in Peasmarsh, a village in the county of East Sussex in England.
Collaboration is also integral to our planning, as without presenting partners such as the Adelaide Guitar Festival, we wouldn’t be able to bring you Antoine Boyer and Yeore Kim, an extraordinary guitar-harmonica duo from Paris. Our long relationship with artists such as Umberto Clerici adds depth to the repertoire selection and this season he returns with four friends, all astonishing musicians, playing together as a quintet for the first time.
In November, we hope you will join us in honouring the Goldner String Quartet as we pay tribute to this iconic ensemble. Performing Schubert’s Death and the Maiden one last time, their farewell includes a special lunch to celebrate their magnificent achievements over thirty years.
As always, it’s a joy to share these concerts with you.
Ulrike Klein AO
Alison Beare Founder CEO
Photo: Randy Larcombe
CALENDAR
NEW RELEASE
Saturday 3 August 8
Kristin Berardi Quartet
CONCERT CANCELLED
NEW RELEASE
Sunday 22 September 18
Konstantin Shamray
NEW RELEASE
Saturday 9 November 22
Nobuyuki Tsujii
NEW RELEASE
Sunday 11 August 10
Jakub Jakowicz, Paavali Jumppanen and the Australian String Quartet
Saturday 28 September
Jess Hitchcock with Iain Grandage and the Penny Quartet*
NEW RELEASE
Sunday 24 November 24
Goldner String Quartet Farewell Celebration
NEW RELEASE
Sunday 18 August 12 Trio Gaspard
NEW RELEASE
Sunday 29 September 20
LA Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Saturday 30 November
Gillian Cosgriff with Iain Grandage*
NEW RELEASE
Sunday 1 September 14
Umberto Clerici and Friends
Friday 18 October
UKARIA 24 Concert One: Northern Lights*
Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 December
Joshua Bell with Peter Dugan* SOLD OUT
Friday 6 September Out of My Comfort Zone*
Saturday 19 October
UKARIA 24 Concert Two: Canopy of Stars*
Saturday 14 December Virginia Gay with Iain Grandage*
Saturday 7 September Realising a Dream* SOLD OUT
Saturday 19 October
UKARIA 24 Concert Three: To the Distant Beloved*
Sunday 8 September Take Me Further* SOLD OUT
Sunday 20 October
UKARIA 24 Concert Four: Anderseniana*
*Concerts released earlier in the year. For more information visit: www.ukaria.com/events
RELEASE
15 September 16 Antoine Boyer and Yeore Kim
Sunday 20 October
UKARIA 24 Concert Five: Creation of the World*
KRISTIN BERARDI QUARTET
CONCERT CANCELLED
Renowned jazz vocalist Kristin Berardi brings a quartet of friends to UKARIA for a celebration of musical collaboration. Originally from Brisbane and now based in Switzerland, Kristin welcomes her long-time duo partner Sam Anning to this performance, along with two other friends and colleagues: the celebrated jazz pianist and composer Andrea Keller and the award-winning Australian tenor saxophonist Julien Wilson. From the intimacy of her 2019 duo album with Sam Anning, to the expansive horizons of new work written specifically for this quartet, Kristin’s program explores the creative possibility and dynamism of cross-continental collaboration and musical friendships old and new. As Kristin herself explains: ‘This group of friends comes together to celebrate life’s highs and lows, expressing them all through sounds and silence.’
Kristin Berardi | Voice
Andrea Keller | Piano
Sam Anning | Bass
Julien Wilson | Tenor Saxophone
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Approximately 2 hours, including interval
JAKUB JAKOWICZ, PAAVALI JUMPPANEN AND THE AUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTET
SUNDAY 11 AUGUST 2.30PM
In a welcome return to UKARIA, the Finnish pianist Paavali Jumppanen joins forces with his friend and collaborator, renowned Polish violinist Jakub Jakowicz (whom UKARIA audiences will recall from his performances at Chamber Landscapes, Adelaide Festival 2023). The program’s first half juxtaposes two very different investigations of the piano-violin duo: Schubert’s formidable Fantasy, premiered in the year of his death, and the Polish violinist and composer Grazyna Bacewicz’s starkly atmospheric Sonata No. 5, written more than one hundred years later. In the second half, the Australian String Quartet joins Paavali and Jakub for the afternoon’s pièce de résistance, Ernest Chausson’s Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet. A nineteenth-century take on the seventeenth-century concerto grosso, Chausson’s monumental work combines chamber music sensibilities with a doubleconcerto profile, intensifying the musical drama and bursting out of the salon atmosphere that Schubert and Bacewicz’s sonatas inhabit. Dedicated to the virtuoso Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe – a member of Chausson’s coterie in Paris – the Concert is an exercise in imaginative experimentation. The music demands agility, flexibility and humour from its performers, who are asked to shape-shift between roles and rise to its virtuosic heights.
Franz Schubert
Fantasy for Violin and Piano, D. 934
Grazyna Bacewicz
Sonata No. 5 for Violin and Piano
Ernest Chausson
Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21
Jakub Jakowicz | Violin
Paavali Jumppanen | Piano
Dale Barltrop | Violin
Francesca Hiew | Violin
Chris Cartlidge | Viola
Michael Dahlenburg | Cello
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Approximately 2 hours, including interval
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Pre-concert dining option | Hearty soup with hot crusty bread ($16 per serve)
Photo: Mateusz Żaboklicki
TRIO GASPARD
SUNDAY 18 AUGUST 2.30PM
One of the most dynamic and visionary piano trios to emerge on the European scene in recent years, Trio Gaspard – currently Wigmore Hall’s Artist in Residence – makes its long-awaited Australian debut. Known for their riveting stage presence and compelling interpretations, the trio shares a program that showcases their virtuosic flair, as well as their commitment to furthering the trio genre. Here, Schumann’s sunny F major Trio is paired with music from 1963 by the Hungarian Sándor Veress; and a Haydn Trio converses with a work by the contemporary Swiss-Dutch composer Helena Winkelman, commissioned for Trio Gaspard’s ongoing Haydn Project. With its members hailing from Germany, Greece and the UK –each with busy careers as soloists and chamber musicians – Trio Gaspard speaks with a unique and modern voice: one that makes a convincing case for the piano trio as the most exciting and dynamic of chamber music genres.
Helena Winkelman
Threesome in a high-den
Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio No. 44 in E, Hob XV:28
Sándor Veress
Tre quadri for Piano Trio
Robert Schumann
Piano Trio No. 2 in F, Op. 80
Jonian Ilias Kadesha | Violin
Vashti Hunter | Cello
Nicholas Rimmer | Piano
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Approximately 2 hours, including interval
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Pre-concert dining option | Hearty soup with hot crusty bread ($16 per serve)
UMBERTO CLERICI AND FRIENDS
SUNDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2.30PM
Italian conductor and cellist extraordinaire
Umberto Clerici – former Principal Cellist of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and now Chief Conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra – is no stranger to UKARIA. In a celebration of musical friendship – with its special alchemy of trust and spontaneity –Umberto assembles a collection of friends who also happen to be some of Australia’s most celebrated music-makers. Hear their combined talents as they navigate a program of high drama. Rachmaninov’s tempestuous early Piano Trio, written in memory of his deceased mentor Nikolai Rubinstein, is juxtaposed with Shostakovich’s own youthful contribution to the piano trio repertoire – in tribute to a childhood sweetheart. These trios are countered with Schubert’s epic Trout Quintet – a perfect opportunity to experience five musicians at the height of their powers in full flight.
Sergei Rachmaninov
Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A, D. 667 Trout
Natsuko Yoshimoto | Violin
Stefanie Farrands | Viola
Umberto Clerici | Cello
Kees Boersma | Double Bass
Alexander Gavrylyuk | Piano
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Approximately 2 hours, including interval
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Pre-concert dining option | Hearty soup with hot crusty bread ($16 per serve)
Photo: Carla Penoncelli
ANTOINE BOYER AND YEORE KIM
SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2.30PM
At some point in our lives, many of us have picked up a harmonica or a guitar in a spirit of curiosity; far fewer of us have discovered the kaleidoscope of sonic colour that has become the signature of the guitar-harmonica duo Antoine Boyer and Yeore Kim. Antoine is a French gypsy-jazz guitarist sensation; Yeore is a Korean harmonica player extraordinaire. In a diverse program that blends music from the streets of 1930s Paris to Paul McCartney standards, as well as their own original compositions, Antoine and Yeore showcase the musical influences that have formed them and their instruments. Join us for a unique afternoon of unexpected discoveries and profound musicianship, perfectly suited to the intimacy of UKARIA.
Antoine Boyer | Guitar Yeore Kim | Harmonica
Presented in association with Adelaide Guitar Festival
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Approximately 2 hours, including interval
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Pre-concert dining option | Hearty soup with hot crusty bread ($16 per serve)
Photo: Henrik Meng
KONSTANTIN SHAMRAY
SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2.30PM
Alexander Scriabin, the visionary Russian composer and pianist, heard sounds in colour. In the spirit of Scriabin then, this recital program paints in shades of blue: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ‘deep violet’ C sharp minor Sonata blurs into Scriabin’s more enigmatic ‘lilac’ Sonata in G sharp minor, before metamorphosing into Nikolai Medtner’s ‘sky blue’ Sonata in E minor. Beyond its colourings, the concert offers a unique exploration of a Russian pianistic tradition, via the distinctive contributions of three composers who were also pianists.
Performed chronologically, these three lesserknown sonatas offer rare and moving glimpses into the singular voices that Tchaikovsky, Scriabin and Medtner imagined for the piano – as well as the ways in which their works speak to and engage with one another. And who better to sift through these intricate shades of blue than the poetic, commanding Russian-Australian pianist Konstantin Shamray: formidable concerto soloist, renowned recitalist and chamber music partner, recent Adelaide resident and frequent, well-loved UKARIA artist.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sonata in C sharp minor, Op. posth. 80
Alexander Scriabin
Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19
Nikolai Karlovich Medtner
Sonata in E minor, Op. 25 No. 2 Night Wind
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Approximately 2 hours, including interval Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Pre-concert dining option | Hearty soup with hot crusty bread ($16 per serve)
Konstantin Shamray | Piano
LA PHILHARMONIC WIND QUINTET
SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2.30PM
The wind quintet ensemble is a unique phenomenon: five instruments, vastly different in voice, range and dynamic profile, joining together in a feat of subtle balance and lightness of touch. In a welcome return to UKARIA, the renowned LA Philharmonic Wind Quintet –including Adelaide’s own Andrew Bain, Principal Horn of the LA Phil – presents an array of music for this distinctive musical grouping. Dancing their way through a wide-ranging program, the ensemble will showcase the imagination and creativity with which composers have historically responded to the challenge posed by the genre:
Carl Nielsen’s masterful 1921 Wind Quintet is set alongside 1940s Jean Françaix and 1950s Leonard Bernstein, as well as contemporary offerings from American composer Valerie Coleman and Australian composer Ross Edwards. It is an enticing musical menu, celebrating the nuanced colourings, distinctive voice and virtuosity that define the genre itself and the LA Philharmonic Wind Quintet.
Jean Françaix
Wind Quintet No. 1
Ross Edwards Incantations
Valerie Coleman Tzigane
Leonard Bernstein Selection from West Side Story
Carl Nielsen Wind Quintet, Op. 43
Denis Bouriakov | Flute
Ricardo Barbosa | Oboe
Boris Allakhverdyan | Clarinet
Andrew Bain | Horn
Whitney Crockett | Bassoon
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Approximately 2 hours, including interval
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Pre-concert dining option | Chicken and vegetable pie with garden salad ($16 per serve)
Photo: Aurora Guo
NOBUYUKI TSUJII
SATURDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2.30PM
Japanese pianist Noboyuki Tsujii, known as Nobu, is rapidly becoming one of the distinctive musical voices of our time. Nobu – who has been blind since birth – began his musical life on a toy piano, diligently mimicking his mother’s songs. His rise was vertiginous – debuting at twelve in Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, and going on to win the 2009 Van Cliburn Competition. As well as his electrifying stage presence – ‘the definition of virtuosity’ according to The Observer – Nobu is an artist of distinct sensitivity. He speaks often of the care with which he approaches each piece of music, and his sense of responsibility to draw the audience into his sound world. Having recently signed an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon, who will produce his debut DG record in 2025, Nobu joins Argerich and Pollini, his pianist heroes. This performance is a unique opportunity to experience an artist who will shortly become a household name.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 Tempest
Franz Liszt
Venezia e Napoli: Supplément aux Années de Pèlerinage II, S. 162
Maurice Ravel
Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn Pavane pour une infante défunte Jeux d’eau
Nikolai Kapustin
Eight Concert Études, Op. 40
Nobuyuki Tsujii | Piano
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Approximately 2 hours, including interval
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Pre-concert dining option | Lamb and rosemary pie with garden salad ($16 per serve)
Photo: Giorgia Bertazzi
Photo: Keith Saunders
GOLDNER STRING QUARTET FAREWELL
CELEBRATION
SUNDAY 24 NOVEMBER 11.30AM
For thirty years, the Goldner String Quartet has been at the heart of Australian chamber music. From their fruitful relationships with key composers, to their mentoring of young quartets, to their international advocacy for the quality and imagination of Australian music-makers, the four members of the quartet have played a leading role in shaping Australia’s chamber music culture. The quartet’s thirtieth season is also its final season – truly an end to a musical era. Join the Goldner String Quartet one last time to pay tribute to one of Australia’s great ensembles. In this special event, they play music that has been dear to their collective life: work by their friend and collaborator Matthew Hindson; Beethoven’s hymn of thanks, the Heiliger Dankgesang; and Schubert’s powerful and poignant Death and the Maiden. The Goldners’ performance will be followed by a celebratory lunch with the artists.
Matthew Hindson
Nothing is Forever
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 Heiliger Dankgesang
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 Death and the Maiden
Dene Olding | Violin
Dimity Hall | Violin
Irina Morozova | Viola
Julian Smiles | Cello
TICKETS
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Duration | Approximately 75 minutes, without interval
Post-concert dining package | Celebrate the Goldner String Quartet’s farewell performance by sharing a two-course lunch with the artists following the concert | $120 (concert and lunch package)
UKARIA FOUNDATION
Ensuring UKARIA’s cultural program is supported in perpetuity, the UKARIA Foundation was established in 2018 and in a short amount of time, has built an impressive corpus in the Endowment Fund thanks to the belief of our donors.
To ensure UKARIA remains a cultural icon, you can support by:
Giving to the Endowment Fund
Your gift will build the corpus and the investment income will support the cultural program and concert experience for musicians and audiences in perpetuity. It will enable us to engage great artists, commission new work, and develop the residency program, as well as maintain the facilities and nurture the grounds that are part of the concert experience.
Giving to the Music Program
Your donation will be used to support outstanding artists in the forthcoming season.
Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible and the UKARIA Foundation is able to receive distributions from private and public ancillary funds.
www.ukaria.com/donate or phone (08) 8227 1277
Leaving a Bequest
Leaving a bequest can make a profound impact. If you would like to play a part in our future, please consider leaving a bequest which you can direct to the Endowment Fund or a special project. For more information, please start a conversation with our CEO, Alison Beare, or request a brochure.
Thank you for considering a donation to strengthen UKARIA’s mission by supporting great artists, live performances, residencies, masterclasses and the creation of new work.
David McKee AO Chair UKARIA Foundation
photo: Dylan Henderson
HOW TO BOOK
Choose the concerts you wish to attend and add any return bus tickets or accompanying meals.
Bus service | Departs Hutt St 10.00am | Departs UKARIA
post-lunch | $20 return
Meal | Two-course lunch | 1.00pm
TICKETS
PURCHASE TICKETS:
1. ONLINE
www.ukaria.com/events
There are no booking fees. You will receive a digital copy of your booking confirmation delivered immediately to your nominated email address. If you misplace your booking confirmation, you can log in to your UKARIA account at any time using your email and password and view your booking.
2. BY PHONE (08) 8227 1277
Our office is open Monday to Friday, from 9.00am to 5.00pm, except on holidays.
USING CREDIT
If you have a credit on your account, this will show up in the payment screen when you are purchasing tickets online. You can then simply apply credit to pay for any tickets in your shopping cart.
CONCESSIONS
Concessions are available for full-time students, pensioners and health care cardholders. Please note that Seniors Cards do not qualify for concession.
WAITING LIST
Due to the intimacy of the venue, concerts regularly sell out, so we keep a waiting list. To add your name to the waiting list, please sign up via the links on our website, or contact us on (08) 8227 1277 or at info@ukaria.com. Please note that we require 14 days’ notice to facilitate the re-selling of tickets to the waiting list.
GIFT VOUCHERS
Give the ultimate experiential gift of music in nature by purchasing a UKARIA gift voucher for family and friends. Vouchers are valid for three years from the date of purchase and can be used to purchase concert tickets as well as preordered dining options. Please note: vouchers are not valid for performances presented at UKARIA Cultural Centre by other organisations (for example, the Adelaide Festival, State Opera South Australia, etc.).
EASY-ACCESS SEATING
As always, we will be facilitating access requests for all our concerts. If you require easy-access seating, please let our team know well in advance (at least one week prior) by phoning the office on (08) 8227 1277.
CONDITIONS OF SALE
All sales are non-refundable once the order has been finalised, except as required by law, or as outlined in the Live Performance Australia Ticketing Code of Practice (if an event is cancelled, rescheduled or significantly re-located).
TRANSFERS AND CREDITS
Your ticket is transferable and can be given to friends or family if you are unable to attend.
If you wish to request a credit for tickets, meals or light meals the request for credit must be made by email/phone at least 14 days before the date of the event.
REFUNDS
We do not offer refunds except as required by law, or as outlined in the Live Performance Australia Ticketing Code of Practice (if an event is cancelled, rescheduled, or significantly re-located).
PATRON INFORMATION
VARIATIONS TO PERFORMANCES OR EVENTS
UKARIA reserves the right to change artists, programs, venue opening and/or performance times should this become necessary.
FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
We welcome photography inside the main hall before or after the concert, or at interval if applicable. During performances, all unauthorised photography and recording of the artists is strictly prohibited.
BUS SERVICE TERMS & CONDITIONS
• The cost of the ticket is a flat fee of $20 return for each day.
• We do not offer a reduced price for one-way travel.
• If you arrive after the departure time and miss the bus, your concert and bus ticket are non-refundable.
• Tickets for the bus service will be taken off sale at 5.00pm on the Wednesday prior to the concert date.
Please contact us on (08) 8227 1277 or at info@ukaria.com if you have any further queries.
EXTERNAL FOOD AND DRINK
To abide by SA Health regulations, consumption of food and drink that has not been purchased on our premises is not permissible.
To view UKARIA’s full Terms & Conditions, please visit www.ukaria.com/tcs
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
August–November 2024 Season is proudly presented by UKARIA.
Concert descriptions | Brigid Coleridge Brigid Coleridge is a poet and internationally-acclaimed violinist who performs in the US and Europe with the Merz Trio.
Design | Orange Fridge
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