Spring–Summer 2023

Photo: Dylan Henderson

UKARIA honours our First Nations by fostering a shared sense of respect for this land, and we acknowledge and pay our respects to the Peramangk, traditional custodians of the land on which the Cultural Centre stands.

CALENDAR

Sunday 3 September 10

Jeroen Berwaerts

Konstantin Shamray

Sunday 10 September 12

Ensemble Liaison

Campbell Diamond

Sunday 24 September 14

Ilya Gringolts Aura Go

Sunday 8 October 16

Diana Doherty

Joshua Batty

Todd Gibson-Cornish

Louisa Breen

Saturday 14 October 18

Vision String Quartet

Saturday 4 November 20

Emma Donovan

Jess Hitchcock

Lior

Paul Grabowsky

Friday 10–Sunday 12 November 22

UKARIA 24

Curated by Anthony Marwood

Sunday 26 November 26

Kristian Winther

Aura Go

Saturday 2 December 30

Meg Washington

Paul Hankinson

Sunday 3 December 32

Paul Hankinson

WELCOME

Spring is such a joyous time to visit UKARIA. Soon the eucalyptus tree above our labyrinth will be covered with vibrant pink blossoms, and blue fairy wrens will return to the rosemary bushes near the Garden Terrace. Our Spring–Summer 2023 digital release features seven new concerts alongside a few previously-announced events for which we still have capacity.

We’re delighted to welcome new artists to UKARIA for the very first time: Belgian trumpet virtuoso Jeroen Berwaerts, Austrian-based guitarist Campbell Diamond, Russian virtuoso violinist Ilya Gringolts, and the extraordinary Berlin-based Vision String Quartet will all make their debuts here over the coming months. We’re also excited to welcome back several musicians and ensembles with whom we have a deep connection: Diana Doherty, Ensemble Liaison, Konstantin Shamray, Kristian Winther, Aura Go, Meg Washington and Paul Hankinson.

British violinist Anthony Marwood’s UKARIA 24 weekend has thus far been our most popular: weekend passes have already sold out, and only a limited number of single tickets remain for selected concerts. Whether you’re travelling from interstate or just driving up the hill from Adelaide, we’d love for you to experience some of the journey with us.

In November 2018, the late Archie Roach gave an unforgettable debut at UKARIA with Paul Grabowsky – a concert that will remain forever etched in our memories. A return performance was announced for March 2020 but sadly, it was not to be. In November this year, Emma Donovan, Jess Hitchcock, Lior and Paul Grabowsky pay tribute to Archie’s extraordinary legacy in a concert dedicated to the great Gunditjmara and Bundjalung elder.

We look forward to sharing these special encounters of music in nature with you.

Ulrike Klein AO Alison Beare Founder CEO

Photo: Randy Larcombe

Golden wattle, and golden broom, Silver stars of the rosewood bloom; Amber sunshine, and smoke-blue shade: Opal colours that glow and fade; On the gold of the upland grass Blue cloud-shadows that swiftly pass; Wood-smoke blown in an azure mist; Hills of tenuous amethyst.

Dorothea Mackella (1885–1968), The Colours of Light (1909)

Photo: Dylan Henderson

JEROEN BERWAERTS AND KONSTANTIN SHAMRAY

THE GOLDEN TRUMPET

SUNDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2.30PM

‘[Jeroen Berwaerts] combines lyrical warmth with an intensity that is often breathtaking.’

– Guardian

Praised for his outstanding technical capabilities, sensitive musicality and resplendent tone, Belgian virtuoso Jeroen Berwaerts is a bright star in the trumpet firmament. He studied with Reinhold Friedrich in Karlsruhe, completed jazz vocal studies at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, and is now Professor of Trumpet at the Hochschule für Musik in Hannover and Professor in Residence at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

At home performing music from almost any epoch from Baroque to Jazz, Jeroen’s extraordinary commitment to contemporary music is evident in the numerous world premieres he has given, including Toshio Hosokawa’s second trumpet concerto Im Nebel and Francesco Filidei’s Carnevale. In 2019 Jeroen shared the stage with Håkan Hardenberger to premiere Tobias Broström’s double concerto for two trumpets, co-commissioned by the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, BBC Radio 3 (BBC Proms) and the Swedish Radio Orchestra.

For this special UKARIA debut, Jeroen is joined by an artist who needs little introduction: Russian pianist Konstantin Shamray. Staples of the solotrumpet repertoire (including the Hindemith Sonata which Jeroen recorded with Alexander Melnikov for Harmonia Mundi in 2015) feature prominently in a diverse program flecked with the golden hues of jazz.

George Gershwin

Rhapsody in Blue (arr. for Trumpet and Piano)

Maurice Ravel

‘Ondine’ from Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55

Toshio Hosokawa

Im Nebel (arr. for Trumpet and Piano) [Australian premiere]

Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart

My Funny Valentine

Georges Enescu

Légende for Trumpet and Piano

INTERVAL

Paul Hindemith

Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

Maurice Ravel

Pavane pour une infante défunte

György Ligeti

Mysteries of the Macabre

TICKETS

Adult $65 | Concession $60 | Student $35

Duration | Approximately two hours, including a twenty-five-minute interval.

Dining Options | Hearty soup with hot crusty bread ($15 per person) can be pre-ordered to enjoy before the concert. Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.

Photo: Tsuyoshi Tachibana

ENSEMBLE LIAISON WITH CAMPBELL DIAMOND

SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2.30PM

‘Ensemble Liaison’s artistry is so attuned to animated and songful gestures… the musicians are supremely refined’

– Gramophone

Campbell Diamond

Guitar

David Griffiths

Clarinet

Svetlana Bogosavljevic

Cello

Timothy Young

Piano

Born in Canberra, Australian guitarist Campbell Diamond is widely recognised as one of the leading guitarists of his generation. He studied in Germany, Switzerland, and Siena, and was recently appointed Professor of Guitar at the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität of Music in Linz, Austria. He has won over thirty prizes in international competitions, including first prize at the Vienna International Guitar Competition (2019); the Koblenz International Guitar Competition, Germany (2017); the Golden Classical Music Awards Competition, USA (2020); and the Arpoador International Guitar Competition, France (2019).

Ensemble Liaison is one of Australia’s most captivating trios, renowned for their eclectic programming and synergistic collaborations. Described by Limelight as a ‘national treasure’, they regularly appear at Australia’s premier festivals including the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, the Melbourne International Arts Festival, the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival and the Woodend Winter Arts Festival. Since its inception in 2007, their popular ‘Ensemble Liaison & Friends’ series (co-presented with the Melbourne Recital Centre) has showcased a star-studded array of guest artists, including Ray Chen, Nemanja Radulović, Henning Kraggerud, Emma Matthews, and Tim Munro. In September they add Campbell Diamond to that impressive list, and we’re particularly glad there’ll be an opportunity to hear them together at UKARIA.

Photo: Jeffrey Cheah

Nigel Westlake

Jovian Moons for Guitar and Piano

Stuart Greenbaum

Cloud Eight for Clarinet and Piano

Claude Debussy

Romance: ‘L’âme évaporée’ from Deux Romances, L. 65 (arr. Ensemble Liaison)

Beau soir, L. 84 (arr. Ensemble Liaison)

Manuel de Falla

Siete Canciones populares Españolas (arr. Ensemble Liaison)

INTERVAL

Niccolò Paganini

Introduction and Variations on ‘Dal tuo stellato soglio’ from Rossini’s Moses in Egypt, MS 23 ‘Mosèfantasia’

Astor Piazzolla

Double Concerto for Guitar and Bandoneón Hommage à Liège (arr. Ensemble Liaison)

TICKETS

Adult $65 | Concession $60 | Student $35

Duration | Approximately two hours, including a twenty-five-minute interval.

Dining Options | Hearty soup with hot crusty bread ($15 per person) can be pre-ordered to enjoy before the concert. Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.

ILYA GRINGOLTS WITH AURA GO PHANTOM AND ESCAPADE

SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2.30PM

‘One can hardly play the violin more expressively and uncompromisingly than Gringolts.’

– Süddeutsche Zeitung

Famed for his effortless renditions of the otherwise impossible (from Paganini and Locatelli to Brett Dean), Ilya’s performances and recordings have established him as one of the quintessential violin virtuosi of our time. He has performed as soloist with the world’s leading orchestras, including a recent collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Pianist Aura Go joins Ilya for the first time since collaborating at the 2016 Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland. Their shared passion for contemporary music unites them here in the Australian premiere of modern master Wolfgang Rihm’s Phantom und Eskapade, dedicated to Anne-Sophie Mutter. Rihm’s invocation of the fantastical alludes to the Schumann sonata and its preoccupations with imagination and myth. The Mozart sonata will unveil the crystalline sounds of Ilya’s Stradivarius violin.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Sonata No. 35 in A for Violin and Keyboard, K. 526

Wolfgang Rihm

Phantom und Eskapade for Violin and Piano

INTERVAL

Robert Schumann

Sonata No. 2 in D minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 121

TICKETS

Adult $65 | Concession $60 | Student $35

Duration | Approximately two hours, including a twenty-five-minute interval.

Dining Options | Hearty soup with hot crusty bread ($15) can be pre-ordered to enjoy before the concert. Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.

Photo: Kaupo Kikkas

DIANA DOHERTY, JOSHUA BATTY, TODD GIBSON-CORNISH AND LOUISA BREEN

SUNDAY 8 OCTOBER 2.30PM

‘Gorgeous sound and incredible breath control combined with vivacity, beautiful phrasing – it doesn’t get any better than this.’

– The Advertiser

Diana Doherty is one of the finest oboists in Australia. Since her prize-winning performances at the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition in 1985, her career has continued to flourish: postgraduate study in Zürich led to her appointment as Principal Oboe of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra in Switzerland (1990–97), before she returned to Australia to take up the same position with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) in 1997, a role that continues today. Many of the nation’s leading composers have taken inspiration from her playing: Ross Edwards’ Bird Spirit Dreaming (2002) and Nigel Westlake’s Spirit of the Wild (2016) were written for and inspired by Diana’s agile virtuosity. Joining Diana for her much-anticipated return to UKARIA are three colleagues with whom she shares a special rapport.

Joshua Batty joined the SSO as Principal Flute in 2019 after holding the same position with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in Ireland. At the age of 24 he was already tutoring at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and is now an Associate of the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London. He’s appeared as Guest Principal Flute with the

London Symphony Orchestra and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, amongst many others.

In 2016 Todd Gibson-Cornish was appointed Principal Bassoon of the SSO at the age of 21, following his graduation from the RCM as a Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Scholar. He was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal for his outstanding musical contribution to the RCM, which was presented to him by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

During her postgraduate studies at the RCM, Melbourne-based pianist Louisa Breen was awarded the Chappell Gold Medal – the institution’s highest award for piano. Louisa is now an Associate Faculty member at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), and her busy concert schedule includes regular appearances with the SSO as an orchestral pianist.

In this recital for us, Diana, Joshua, Todd and Louisa play beguiling works by Heitor VillaLobos, Carl Reinecke, Henri Dutilleux, and Frank Martin, in a program bookended by music by the talented young Australian composer Harry Sdraulig, including a brand-new work specially commissioned for this performance by Andrew and Renata Kaldor.

Photo: Mark Xiao

Harry Sdraulig

Hat-trick for Flute, Oboe and Bassoon

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Duo for Oboe and Bassoon, W535

Carl Reinecke

Sonata Undine in E minor for Flute and Piano, Op. 167

INTERVAL

Henri Dutilleux

Sarabande et Cortège for Bassoon and Piano

Frank Martin

Petite Complainte for Oboe and Piano

Harry Sdraulig

New Work for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon and Piano (World Premiere)*

*Commissioned by the Andrew and Renata Kaldor Family Foundation.

TICKETS

Adult $65 | Concession $60 | Student $35

Duration | Approximately two hours, including a twenty-five-minute interval.

Dining Options | A Ploughman’s Lunch

($30, serves two) can be pre-ordered to enjoy before the concert. Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.

VISION STRING QUARTET SPECTRUM

SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER 7.30PM

‘… amazingly vivacious, vivid and electrifying… the Vision String Quartet seems to be completely fearless.’

– Der Tagesspiegel

The Vision String Quartet has opened new vistas for the genre. Their ground-breaking performances of Schubert in complete darkness and Beethoven from memory announced a quartet of fierce rigour and – yes – vision. This anything-butfoursquare quartet has performed on the world’s most prestigious stages, including the Berlin Philharmonie, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Oji Hall in Tokyo, and the Philharmonie Luxembourg. Beyond the standard repertoire, they seek new possibilities.

On their album Spectrum the cello morphs into an electric bass, violas and violins sometimes become ukuleles and guitars, and together they summon an imaginary drumkit. These sonic transformations are infused with harmonies and rhythms from folk and pop. For us they perform their favourite pieces from Spectrum alongside new works, possibly composed en route to UKARIA. This is their final concert after a national tour for Musica Viva Australia and your only opportunity to hear them perform this program on this tour.

Florian Willeitner

Violin

Daniel Stoll

Violin

Sander Stuart

Viola

Leonard Disselhorst

Cello

Presented in association with

TICKETS

Adult $65 |

Concession $60 | Student $35

Duration | Approximately two hours, including a twenty-five-minute interval.

Dining Options | Antipasti platters ($30, serves two) are available to pre-order to enjoy before the concert.

Photo: Harald Hoffmann

EMMA DONOVAN, JESS HITCHCOCK, LIOR AND PAUL GRABOWSKY ONE SONG: THE MUSIC OF ARCHIE ROACH

SATURDAY 4 NOVEMBER 7.30PM

‘To be on stage with Uncle Archie Roach, Gunditjmara and Bundjalung elder, was to be elevated by his spiritual energy. His voice had so many layers, textures, registers and modes of expression, striations on a sonic rock face, rich with soul. His songs were exquisite distillations of complex ideas to do with, on the one hand, his personal journey of theft of selfhood and subsequent reconciliation and, on the other, universal messages around ancestors, country, love and hope.

Over the past few years, I spent treasured time with him, preparing to make the companion recording to his extraordinary memoir, Tell Me Why. We went away together on a retreat to UKARIA, in the Adelaide Hills, the fountainhead of so many special musical projects. Across several days, Archie told me stories from his life, about the love he had for his foster parents, the shock of the discovery of his removal from his birth parents, about music, fire, origins, influences. He would talk, I would listen.

The last project we did together was based on another one of his insights – the idea that the human voyage can be understood as a universal song, and that in a sense, we spring from one song. This became the basis of One Song, a concert Archie and I performed with his wonderful band and the Melbourne Symphony

Orchestra at the Myer Music Bowl in February 2022. This frail man, on oxygen, flying repeatedly in the face of medical probability, delivered a performance for the ages. Six thousand people cheered, laughed and cried as he yet again let the love flow like a river, as he flew like an eagle, and sang up the land. Indeed, he was very specifically an elder. He was also, in the broadest sense, our elder.’

– Paul Grabowsky AO

Emma Donovan, Jess Hitchcock and Paul Grabowsky draw on their uniquely personal connections to the late Archie Roach, paying tribute to his extraordinary and multi-generational influence in an evening of powerful song and sublime storytelling. Joining Emma, Jess and Paul is singer/ songwriter Lior, whose magnetic stage presence and exceptional versatility rounds out this dynamic ensemble of Australian artists.

TICKETS

Adult $65 |

Concession $60

Duration | Approximately two hours, including a twenty-five-minute interval.

Dining Options | Antipasti platters ($30, serves two) are available to pre-order to enjoy before the concert.

Photo: Michelle Grace Hunder

Archie Roach Foundation.

UKARIA 24 CURATED BY ANTHONY MARWOOD

FRIDAY 10–SUNDAY 12 NOVEMBER

‘Is there nothing Anthony Marwood cannot do? He plays the violin, acts, dances, and can do it all at once […] this consummate artist is blessed with boundless energy, intellectual curiosity and creative wizardry.’

– BBC Music Magazine

It has been very exciting to see the eagerness and excitement with which our patrons have purchased tickets for our flagship weekend event since it was first released in April this year. We have now exhausted our allocation for both Weekend and Concerts-Only packages, dining options, and single tickets to concerts three, four and five. A small handful of tickets remain for Concert One (Friday 10 November, 7.30pm) and Concert Two (Saturday 11 November, 4.00pm). You can find the details of these overleaf.

We hope you can join us once again for a conversation you can’t hear anywhere else.

Photo: Walter van Dyk

Photo: Morgan Roberts

CONCERT ONE

FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 7.30PM

The festival opens with heavenly Schubert, and then diverts swiftly to Jörg Widmann’s eclectic and varied musical landscape encompassing Dixieland, impressionism, Sprechgesang, movie music, Bavarian marches and Bach chorales – and provides a startling context for cellist Coleman Itzkoff’s Australian debut. Mendelssohn, a favourite composer of Widmann’s, is represented by his impassioned F minor quartet, written in a fervour of grief after his sister’s death. Bach’s ‘appeal for mercy’ from St Matthew Passion provides a musical and spiritual balm.

Anthony Marwood | Curator/Violin

Aleksandar Madžar | Piano

Stefan Cassomenos | Piano

James Crabb | Classical Accordion

Walter van Dyk | Narrator

Natsuko Yoshimoto | Violin

Imants Larsens | Viola

Coleman Itzkoff | Cello

CONCERT TWO

SATURDAY 11 NOVEMBER 4.00PM

Two sides of Mozart, decorative on the one hand and darkly dramatic on the other, preface a masterpiece from the Second Viennese School: Arnold Schoenberg’s raging protest against tyranny, drawing inspiration from Lord Byron’s poem in which he castigates Napoleon, evoking many parallels for contemporary listeners. Schoenberg utilises humour and mockery as well as anger and sarcasm in a dazzlingly layered score. Ravel’s masterpiece for piano trio is a wonder of colour and imagination which belies its rigorous structure, in a way perhaps not equalled since Schubert and Beethoven.

Anthony Marwood | Curator/Violin

Aleksandar Madžar | Piano

Stefan Cassomenos | Piano

James Crabb | Classical Accordion

Walter van Dyk | Narrator

Natsuko Yoshimoto | Violin

Imants Larsens | Viola

Coleman Itzkoff | Cello

TICKETS

Single Tickets | Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35

Duration | Approximately two hours, including a twenty-five-minute interval.

TICKETS

Single Tickets | Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35

Duration | Approximately ninety minutes, including a twenty-five-minute interval.

KRISTIAN WINTHER AND AURA GO

SUNDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2.30PM

Kristian Winther is widely recognised for his ability to perform as a virtuosic violin soloist and as an energetic and brilliant chamber musician. He has appeared as a soloist with the Sydney, Melbourne, Queensland, Christchurch and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, and has performed as Guest Concertmaster of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Melbourne and West Australian Symphony Orchestras, and as leader/director of ACO Collective. His chamber partners have included Anne Sofie von Otter, Angela Hewitt, Steven Osborne, Richard Tognetti, Brett Dean, Umberto Clerici and Daniel de Borah.

Aura Go is an Australian pianist whose practice encompasses performance, collaboration, curation, education and artistic research. She performs across the globe, as soloist in concerts from J.S. Bach to Sofia Gubaidulina, as recitalist and chamber musician in programs that interweave old and new music, and as creative collaborator in the development of new music and multi-artform projects. She holds a Master of Music from the Yale School of Music and a doctorate from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and in 2020 was appointed Head of Piano at the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance at Monash University. In July, she takes a lead role as pianistactor in the stage adaption of Paul Kildea’s book Chopin’s Piano, which tours nationally for Musica Viva Australia.

A rare opportunity to hear two of Australia’s finest chamber musicians perform a tour-de-force program in the intimacy of UKARIA, this concert will showcase the exquisite sound of Kristian’s 1859 Vuillaume violin (currently on loan from UKARIA) matched with the sparkle of our new Steinway D.

Photo: Anthony Browell

Oliver Knussen

Reflection for Violin and Piano

Clara Schumann

Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22

Ludwig van Beethoven

Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23

INTERVAL

Max Reger

Petite Caprice in G minor, WoO II/11

Romance in G, WoO II/10

Arnold Schoenberg

Phantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47

Johannes Brahms

Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

TICKETS

Adult $65 | Concession $60 | Student $35

Duration | Approximately two hours, including a twenty-five-minute interval.

Dining Options | A Ploughman’s Lunch ($30, serves two) can be pre-ordered to enjoy before the concert. Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.

SUMMER

‘Now comes the blossoming. At Beauty’s birth Promise is brought to proud accomplishment, And all things hymn the glory of the earth

In this great symphony so subtly blent Of sight and sound and scent, Weaving with all a note of carefree mirth, Singing of sudden riches, boundless worth, Now to be freely spent.

Upon the hills the gum-leaves wink and shine: The wattle has put off her bridal dress To droop brown tresses delicately fine; And every window frames some loveliness Too potent to express: Of roses burning by the trellised vine, Of poppy, clematis and columbine And flowers born to bless.

Now glowing day succeeds each dewy night, And beauty shouts in every living thing. Across the pool’s still face, in frantic flight, The dragon-flies flash by. Now well a-wing, The nestlings learn to sing; And, as the chorus gathers to its height, All nature joins the paean of delight. This is the blossoming.’

– C. J. Dennis (1876–1938), The Singing Garden (1935)

Photo: Dylan Henderson

MEG WASHINGTON WITH PAUL HANKINSON

SATURDAY 2 DECEMBER 7.30PM

‘There’s truly nothing that Megan Washington can’t do’

– Rolling Stone

Meg Washington’s highly influential, genredefying work has been widely acclaimed by critics, audiences and peers across Australia and around the world. As a singer-songwriter, she’s traversed a technicoloured gamut of styles, from jazz to synth-buoyed alternative radio pop, across three platinum-selling albums, garnering nominations for the 2020 Australian Music Prize and the Reader’s Award at the 2021 Rolling Stone Australia awards. She’s won three ARIA awards (two in 2010 for her debut album I Believe You Liar, and another for Best Cover Art for Batflowers in 2020, which was also selected as one of the Best Australian Albums of 2020 by the Guardian); performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House; delivered TEDx talks that have been viewed over two million times; appeared on ABC TV’S Q&A; and is currently writing her first opera alongside a burgeoning portfolio as a screenwriter for television and film.

We were first introduced to the formidable talents of pianist and composer Paul Hankinson through Diana Doherty, who brought him to UKARIA as part of her UKARIA 24 weekend in 2019. Based in Berlin since 2006, Paul has worked with Kate Miller-Heidke, Siobhan Stagg and Meg Washington, and his arrangements have been commissioned by the Sydney

Symphony Orchestra, the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg, the Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival and the Berlin Comedian Harmonists. Paul’s covers of pop songs have clocked up more than 33 million views to date, and his YouTube channel has amassed a loyal following of over 100,000 subscribers.

TICKETS

Adult $65 | Concession $60

Duration | Approximately two hours, including a twenty-five minute interval.

Dining Options | Antipasti platters

($30, serves two) can be pre-ordered to enjoy before the concert.

Photo: Michelle Pitiris (She is Aphrodite)

PAUL HANKINSON DEAR EMILY

SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER 2.30PM

‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers –That perches in the soul –And sings the tune without the words –And never stops – at all –

– Emily Dickinson

(1830–1886)

The picture painted of Emily Dickinson is that of a recluse: she, the lonely poet, writes secretly, living a secluded life, observing others and the outside world alone through a gap in the curtains, a crack of the door. Without knowing why just yet, pianist Paul Hankinson was drawn towards this image and, as he decided to make it the theme of an album, he awoke one morning with a curious thought: ‘Was there a piano in Emily Dickinson’s house?’

Yes, there was indeed a piano, played by the guests in the house and even by Emily herself, who took piano lessons until she was 16. Her Piano Book is stored at Harvard University and is said to contain all the scores that she collected throughout her life. What was firstly a vague notion was now clear: Hankinson’s music will strive to capture the meaning of the piano in the poet’s life. The first piano miniatures emerged, carrying within them this delicate secrecy and poetic introspection, until his reflections finally sharpened their focus on the grand and perpetual themes: love, nature, time and eternity.

The compositions of Dear Emily mostly reference titles written by her hand, lines of poems, and poetic fragments that hold their own without needing to know the complete works of the poet. Interpreted fragments of her score collection also stream in: Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata is referenced in ‘Beethoven’s Dream’, the title of a piece that appears in her Piano Book. ‘Practicing Haydn’ plays with the idea that Emily is listening from her room, lost in thought as Mabel Loomis Todd practices a piece by Haydn on the piano downstairs. The folk song ‘The Last Rose of Summer’ can also be heard, a piece that evokes childhood memories for Hankinson, and that returns later to lift and lighten the melancholy of ‘If Blossoms Can Be Born Again’.

In this concert, Paul will present pieces from his Dear Emily album, interspersed with stories, letters and poems by Emily Dickinson that chronicle her work and life, and the role of the piano within it.

TICKETS

Adult $65 | Concession $60 | Student $35

Duration | Approximately seventy minutes without interval. Complimentary afternoon tea will be served after the performance.

Dining Options | A Ploughman’s Lunch ($30, serves two) can be pre-ordered to enjoy before the concert.

Photo: Stefanie Marcus

DINING IN THE GARDEN TERRACE

The Garden Terrace is a magnificent gathering place and a welcoming setting for augmenting your concert-going experience.

For your convenience, the dining options on offer for concerts in the Spring–Summer 2023 Season are listed here. Please pre-book your choice when you book your tickets or contact us at info@ukaria.com.au or on (08) 8227 1277. In order to finalise numbers for catering, all pre-bookings close at 5pm on the Wednesday before a weekend event.

You can also enjoy a glass of wine or barista coffee before concerts or during intervals. A range of sweets is also available. The bar is open ninety minutes before each performance.

Pre-booking required via www.ukaria.com/events or by phone on (08) 8227 1277.

Please Note | All dining options are in addition to the cost of the concert – you require two separate bookings (one for the concert, another booking for your meal option) in each instance.

Photo: Dylan Henderson

DATE EVENT

DINING OPTION PRICE

Sunday 3 September | 2.30pm Jeroen Berwaerts and Konstantin Shamray Hearty Soup with Hot Crusty Bread $15 per person

Sunday 10 September | 2.30pm Ensemble Liaison with Campbell Diamond Hearty Soup with Hot Crusty Bread $15 per person

Sunday 24 September | 2.30pm Ilya Gringolts with Aura Go Hearty Soup with Hot Crusty Bread $15 per person

Sunday 8 October | 2.30pm Diana Doherty, Joshua Batty, Todd Gibson-Cornish and Louisa Breen Ploughman’s Lunch (serves two) $30 per platter

Saturday 14 October | 7.30pm Vision String Quartet Antipasti Platter (serves two) $30 per platter

Saturday 4 November | 7.30pm Emma Donovan, Jess Hitchcock, Lior and Paul Grabowsky Antipasti Platter (serves two) $30 per platter

Sunday 26 November | 2.30pm Kristian Winther and Aura Go Ploughman’s Lunch (serves two) $30 per platter

Saturday 2 December | 7.30pm Meg Washington with Paul Hankinson Antipasti Platter (serves two) $30 per platter

Sunday 3 December | 7.30pm Paul Hankinson Ploughman’s Lunch (serves two) $30 per platter

UKARIA FOUNDATION

The UKARIA Foundation was established in July 2018. Its aim is to support UKARIA’s cultural program in perpetuity. Musicians from across Australia and around the world have established UKARIA as a South Australian cultural icon. Join us in creating its future by making a donation to the UKARIA Foundation.

GIVING TO THE ENDOWMENT FUND

Your gift will build the corpus and the investment income will support the cultural program in perpetuity. It will enable us to engage great artists, commission new work and develop the residency program.

GIVING TO THE MUSIC PROGRAM

Your donation will be used to support outstanding artists in the forthcoming season.

LEAVING A BEQUEST

Your legacy can be directed to the Endowment Fund or a special project.

Donate online or when purchasing your tickets

www.ukaria.com/donate

Or phone (08) 8227 1277

Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible and the UKARIA Foundation is able to receive distributions from private and public ancillary funds.

Thank you for considering a donation to support great artists, live performance and new works.

David McKee AO Chair UKARIA Foundation

Photo: Dylan Henderson

TICKETS

YOU CAN PURCHASE TICKETS: 1. ONLINE

www.ukaria.com/events

Our website offers the easiest and most convenient way to book tickets twenty-four hours a day. 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 tickets, and consolidate your bookings into one list if you purchased on multiple different dates.

2. BY PHONE

(08)

8227 1277

Our office is open Monday to Friday, from 9.00am to 5.00pm, except on holidays.

TICKET DELIVERY

You will receive an email confirming your ticket purchase. If you do not receive this, please check your junk folder or log in to your UKARIA account via our website (it’s in the top right-hand corner of the home page of our website) and you can view your bookings.

There is no need to print your tickets. On the day of the concert, your name will be on a list with the front-of-house team and they will check you off before entering the concert hall.

QUERIES

(08) 8227 1277

info@ukaria.com

WAITING LIST

Due to the intimacy of the venue, concerts regularly sell out, so we keep a waiting list. Please note that due to the nature of cancellations, tickets often only become available at short notice. 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.

CONCESSIONS

Concessions are available for students, pensioners and health care cardholders. Please note that Seniors Cards do not qualify for concession.

Photo: Dylan Henderson

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

GENERAL CONDITIONS

• Management reserves the right to refuse admission or reject from the venue any person if it believes their presence is likely to cause a nuisance, disturbance or threat to other patrons, the venue, or its artists and employees.

• Any person under the age of fifteen attending ticketed events must be accompanied by an adult.

• If a person under the age of fifteen causes a disturbance or distraction to other patrons, staff may request that the accompanying adult remove the child from the venue.

• The use of cameras or any other recording devices are not permitted inside the auditorium. Mobile phones must be switched off at all times.

• Latecomers will only be admitted when there is a suitable break in the performance.

• Concession cards must be produced on request.

• Large bags and backpacks must not be brought into the auditorium. Patrons who must keep their belongings with them for medical or personal reasons may bring their bags into the auditorium if they are visually inspected by a front-of-house officer and do not cause an obstruction to venue safety.

COVID-19 SPECIFIC CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

You should not attend the venue or the event if:

• You are required to be in isolation as a result of COVID-19 diagnosis or pending test result;

• You are experiencing any of the symptoms of COVID-19.

You and your booking party may be refused entry or required to leave the venue or event if you or they:

1. Are exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, as notified or as assessed by venue staff. These include: fever, chills or sweats, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, runny nose or loss of sense of smell.

2. Are required to be in isolation as a result of COVID-19 diagnosis/pending test result or have been directed to be in quarantine because of close contact with a person with COVID-19.

In these circumstances, tickets will not be exchanged or refunded unless required by law (including the Australian Consumer Law).

We ask that you and each member of your booking party make a reasonable assessment of your health status before attending our venue or the event. To avoid doubt, you will not be entitled to a refund if you or a member of your booking party attends our venue or event despite exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms and if you or they are then refused entry or asked to leave the venue or event.

CONDITIONS OF SALE

CONDITIONS OF SALE – TICKETS

All ticket 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).

VARIATIONS TO PERFORMANCES OR EVENTS

UKARIA reserves the right to change artists, programs, venue opening and/or performance times should this become necessary.

TRANSPORT

UKARIA will offer a bus service from the Adelaide CBD to the Cultural Centre for the following performances:

Jeroen Berwaerts and Konstantin Shamray

Sunday 3 September 2.30pm

Bus arrives at pick-up point at 12.45pm Bus departs at 1.00pm

Ensemble Liaison with Campbell Diamond

Sunday 10 September 2.30pm

Bus arrives at pick-up point at 12.45pm Bus departs at 1.00pm

Ilya Gringolts and Aura Go

Sunday 24 September 2.30pm

Bus arrives at pick-up point at 12.45pm Bus departs at 1.00pm

Diana Doherty, Joshua Batty, Todd Gibson-Cornish and Louisa Breen

Sunday 8 October 2.30pm

Bus arrives at pick-up point at 12.45pm Bus departs at 1.00pm

Kristian Winther and Aura Go

Sunday 26 November 2.30pm

Bus arrives at pick-up point at 12.45pm Bus departs at 1.00pm

Paul Hankinson

Sunday 3 December 2.30pm

Bus arrives at pick-up point at 12.45pm Bus departs at 1.00pm

COST

• Bus fares are $30 per person return

PARKING

• There is ample and unrestricted parking along South Terrace on Sundays.

DEPARTURE TIMES

• The bus will arrive at the corner of South Terrace and Hutt Street ninety minutes prior to the start time of the performance. Upon returning to the CBD after the event, the bus will return to the pick-up point, or drop patrons at the nearest taxi rank.

• The size of the bus will vary depending on the number of bookings. If there are less than five, the bus will be replaced by a car.

• The driver will display an A-frame sign next to their vehicle, so look out for the red UKARIA logo.

HOW TO BOOK BUS TRANSPORT

1. Online

www.ukaria.com/events

A UKARIA account is required. To set one up, simply add your email and password, and fill in the contact details.

Whenever you add a concert to your cart online, you will be prompted with the option to add the bus service (if applicable). If at the time of your booking you don’t add a bus fare but decide you require one later, you can add it to your booking at any time (up until 5pm on the Wednesday before the date of the performance).

2. By Phone

(08) 8227 1277

Our office is open Monday to Friday, from 9.00am to 5.00pm, except on holidays.

Terms and Conditions

• The cost of the ticket is a flat fee of $30 return.

• 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 on the Wednesday before the date of each applicable concert.

Please contact us on (08) 8227 1277 or at info@ukaria.com if you have any further queries.

VENUE

UKARIA CULTURAL CENTRE

119 Williams Road, Mount Barker Summit

The UKARIA Cultural Centre is located just 40kms from the Adelaide CBD and is an easy drive on the South Eastern Freeway, which takes approximately 40 mins. Take the Nairne/ Bald Hills Road exit (after the Mount Barker exit). UKARIA Cultural Centre is 1km from the junction of Williams Road. Please drive slowly as Williams Road is unsealed. Once you enter the car park observe the 20kmph speed limit.

PARKING

There is ample parking on site and multiple entry points from the car park through the garden to the building on paved paths.

DISABLED ACCESS

There are multiple disabled parking bays at the top right of the Cultural Centre. Head straight up the driveway on your righthand side, where you will see ‘Disabled Parking’ signs near the Garden Terrace.

The concert hall is wheelchair friendly. Please see a staff member before the performance and we will make sure to accommodate you. Alternatively, you can email info@ukaria.com to let us know in advance.

OPENING HOURS

UKARIA is open ninety minutes before each performance. For access outside of concert hours, please email info@ukaria.com.

SEATING

For events presented by UKARIA, seating is unreserved. Doors to the concert hall generally open thirty minutes before the commencement of a performance. Please note events presented at UKARIA by other organisations may have allocated seating.

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.

WI-FI

The UKARIA Cultural Centre has free Wi-Fi for guests. Please ask a staff member for the password if you require access.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Spring–Summer 2023 Season is proudly presented by

Season Partner:

Photo: Dylan Henderson

UKARIA Cultural Centre 119 Williams Road, Mount Barker Summit SA 5251 Australia

UKARIA Head Office & Postal 911, Level 9, 147 Pirie Street Adelaide SA 5000 Australia

P +61 8 8227 1277

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Cover Photo: Dylan Henderson