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Saturday 15th
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Friday 14 April 2006

1 pm – 3 pm Sounds Amazing Margaret ThrosbyComposers talk to Margaret Throsby, Bermagui Community Hall (a free public event)
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4.30 pm Official Welcome to the Four Winds Festival, by the beach in Dickinson Park, Bermagui  
     
5 pm Bach by the Beach Tim Constable plays Bach B minor violin partita on marimba, (a free public performance in Dickinson Park)
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8.30 pm Gala Cabaret Opening Madam Pat ThompsonMadam Pat Thompson and the Rag Tag Jazz Band
(drinks available from 8pm)
Bermagui Community Hall
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Saturday 15 April

   

Morning 10.30am – 1pm

 
     
Welcome to country   William BartonGulaga Dancers and William Barton didjeridu
     
Sculthorpe Quartet No 12 'Earth Cry' Four Winds Quartet and William Barton didjeridu
     
     
TS Eliot First reading from Four Quartets Rodney HallRodney Hall
     
     
Beethoven Op 18 #1: Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato Four Winds Quartet
     
Sculthorpe Quartet # 14 'Quamby' with didjeridu Four Winds Quartet and William Barton didjeridu
     
Elena Kats-Chernin The Spirit and the Maiden (premiere)

The Spirit and the Maiden by Elena Kats-Chernin is proudly supported by The Ian Potter Cultural Trust through The Ian Potter Music Commissions.
Kirsti HarmsElena Kats-Chernin piano,
Chris Latham violin,
Peter Rejto cello,
Kirsti Harms soprano
     
Terry Riley Good Medicine Dance for percussion quartet (premiere)

SynergySynergy Percussion
     
Michael Askill No Rest from the Dance Synergy Percussion
     
Sculthorpe Jabiru Dreaming for percussion quartet and didjeridu (premiere) Synergy Percussion and William Barton didjeridu
     
Senegalese percussion   Synergy Percussion
     

Lunch 1 – 2pm

 
     

Afternoon 2 – 5pm

 
Ross Edwards Dance Mantras for brass and percussion (premiere) SynergyAustralian Brass Ensemble and Synergy Percussion
     
Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards – Carrillo Gantner and Peter Sculthorpe
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Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
for brass and percussion
Synergy Australian Brass Ensemble and Synergy Percussion
Janacek Fanfare from Sinfonietta arr James Ledger
Monteverdi Overture to Orfeo arr James Ledger
Gabrieli Canzona for brass
Sculthorpe Australian Anthem for brass
Purcell Funeral Music for Queen Mary for brass and percussion
Ross Edwards Dance Fanfare for brass
Arvo Pärt Arbos for eight brass and percussion (Australian premiere)
     
Korngold Three Songs of Farewell op 14
Kirsti Harms
soprano
Kirsti Harms
Ian Munro
piano
Ian Munro
     
TS Eliot Second reading from the Four Quartets Rodney Hall
     
Beethoven Quartet Op 130 Cavatina: Adagio molto expressivo Four Winds Quartet
     
Henri Duparc Five Songs: Invitation au Voyage, Serenade, Extase, Chanson Triste, La Vie Anterieure Kirsti Harms soprano and Ian Munro piano
     
Ross Edwards Water Spirit Song Alexandre Oguey cor anglais
     
Ross Edwards Tyalgum Mantras Four Winds Philharmonia
     
   

Saturday Night Feast and Love Songs and Love Poems

Drinks 6pm, Feast 6.30pm
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Elena Kats-Chernin Wild Swans Suite Elena Kats-CherninElena Kats-Chernin piano, Chris Latham violin
     
Terry Riley Cole Porter, Gershwin and more Terry RileyTerry Riley solo piano and voice
     
Elena Kats-Chernin After Dinner Music Chris LathamElena Kats-Chernin piano, Chris Latham violin
     
   

Sunday 16 April

   

Morning 10.30am – 1pm

 
Terry Riley In C Terry Riley piano and voice with the Four Winds Philharmonia
     
Sculthorpe Sydney Singing Diana DohertyDiana Doherty oboe and Ian Munro piano
     
Somei Satoh The Heavenly Spheres are Illuminated by Lights Kirsti Harms soprano, Ian Munro piano and Michael Askill percussion
     
Mozart Twelve variations in C on the French Song 'Ah vous dirai-je maman' Ian Munro piano
     
Terry Riley Improvisation from Sun Rings Terry RileyTerry Riley piano
     
Beethoven 'Moonlight Sonata' Adagio sostenuto Ian Munro piano
     
Shostakovitch Adagio from the Viola Sonata (arr for cello and piano) Peter RejtoPeter Rejto cello and Ian Munro piano
     
   

Lunch 1-2 pm

 
     

Afternoon 2-5pm

   
Terry Riley Dorian Wind Darryl PoulsenDarryl Poulsen horn and electronics
     
Terry Riley Beat Sutras: poems by Michael McClure (Australian premiere) Terry Riley voice and piano
     
Michael Askill and Timothy Constable Home Cosmography Synergy Percussion
     
Bach Chorales from St Matthew Passion arr James Ledger Australian Brass Ensemble
     
Terry Riley Sunrise Of The Planetary Dream Collector (premiere) Synergy Percussion
     
TS Eliot Third reading from Four Quartets Rodney Hall
     
Beethoven String Quartet Op 135: Lento Assai e cantata tranquillo Four Winds Quartet
     
Bach Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring arr James Ledger John Harding Four Winds Philharmonia, John Harding conductor
     
Elena Kats-Chernin Stabat Mater for brass ensemble (premiere) Australian Brass Ensemble
     
Mozart Ave Verum Corpus arr James Ledger Four Winds Philharmonia, John Harding conductor
     
TS Eliot Fourth reading from Four Quartets Rodney Hall
Beethoven Op 132: Molto adagio Canzona di Ringraziamento Four Winds Quartet
     
Richard Strauss Four Last Songs arr James Ledger (Four Winds Commission) Kirsti Harms Kirsti Harms soprano, Four Winds Philharmonia, John Harding conductor
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Terry Riley The Four Winds Terry's improvised response to the Festival