Twilight Series 6pm
Illuminations of the Heart
East and West discover the sacred bridge that binds them in the earthly themes of Joy, Sorrow and Glory. Baroque violinist, Lucinda Moon will be joined by Linda Kent (harpsichord, organ), Tommie Andersson (theorbo), Catherine Finnis (viola da gamba) and the Nefes Ensemble presenting music by 17th century composer Heinrich von Biber and music of the Ottoman Court.
Wednesday
3rd March
JOY
Thursday
4th March
SORROW
Friday
5th March
GLORY
LUCINDA MOON BAROQUE VIOLIN
Photo: The Advertiser — David Cronin Lucinda Moon graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1991 and was subsequently awarded the Willem van Otterloo and Nickson Travelling scholarships to pursue postgraduate studies in baroque violin. She undertook two periods of study at the Royal Conservatorium in The Hague with Sigiswald Kuijken, graduating in 1995. In 1996 Lucinda was a prize winner in the Bruges Early Music Competition with Les Quatre and began her collaboration with the Stockholm‐based trio, The Musicke Roome, touring Sweden, Germany, Mexico and Australia, including appearances in the Barossa Music Festival and the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Mexico and recording Jean‐Philippe Rameau’s Pièces de Claveçin and a live concert of eighteenth‐century French music. Lucinda worked with members of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in baroque performance practice in preparation for their collaboration with Ensemble 415 at the 2000 Adelaide Festival, and in 2002 she tutored at the Adelaide Conservatorium for their production of Monteverdi’s, L’Orfeo.
In addition to her position as principal violinist with the Elysium Ensemble, Lucinda has recorded and performed with the Australian groups, Chacona (Newcastle), Adelaide Baroque and Salut! Baroque. She has appeared in the Melbourne Autumn Music, Barossa Music, Adelaide Fringe, Coriole Music and Western Australia's Blackwood River Chamber Festivals. As concertmaster of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra from 1995 ‐ 2008, Lucinda led the orchestra through its concert series and numerous recordings. She has also appeared with the orchestra as soloist, including a national tour of Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’. A versatile musician, Lucinda also plays the viola d'amore and has performed on this instrument both in Australia and internationally, and played the violino piccolo part in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 on the orchestra's national tour in 1997. Lucinda also directed the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Ensemble in its inaugural performance at the Bach Festival, Armidale, NSW. Lucinda has performed as guest concertmaster and soloist with the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Vancouver, and performed with The Orchestra of the 18th Century in the production of Jean‐ Philippe Rameau’s opera Les Indes Galantes in Poland and the Netherlands. She has also performed for Early Music Vanvouver in its Bach Cantata series
REVIEWS … her cool, clear melodies and passage work covering a huge expressive range from wistful melancholy to village‐green frivolity. Elizabeth Silsbury‐The Advertiser (October 3, 1995) It is becoming more and more obvious that Moon is a violinist of outstanding quality. Laurie Strauchan‐The Australian (20 March, 1998) … violinist Lucinda Moon‘s mesmerising grace … ethereal solo work … thrilling … Patricia Kelly‐ The Courier‐Mail (March 15, 2005) Lucinda Moon … her exquistite decoration and musical phrasing John Grant‐The Australian (July 27, 2007) … shimmering solo in Biber‘s Annunciation … Steve Moffat‐Manly Daily (December 14, 2007) …baroque music is rich in fantasy, passion, humour, lightness and grace. These qualities were wonderfully captured by Lucinda Moon’s playing, which is both deeply informed by scholarship and understanding of the style while retaining spontaneity and freedon that reveals the improvisatory spirit in which much of this music was written. Stephen Whittington – The Advertiser ( May 29, 2009)
TOMMIE ANDERSSON THEORBO
Tommie Andersson, born in Sweden and based here since 1984 is regarded as Australia’s leading specialist in lutes and early guitars. He completed his studies at the State Conservatorium of Music in Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden, with a Masters Degree in Performance, studying under Josef Holecek. He was then awarded a Swiss Government Scholarship for further studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where his teachers included Eugen M. Dombois and Hopkinson Smith. He has toured extensively in Sweden and has given performances and master classes in Scandinavia, Western Europe, Malaysia and Japan including tours of South America and Asia. Tommie Andersson is highly sought after both as a soloist and as a continuo player and performs regularly with Opera Australia, Sydney Philharmonia, the Song Company, Pinchgut Opera, the Orchestra of the Antipodes and the Australian Chamber Orchestra amongst others. He is a founding member and principal player of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Ensemble and co‐directs the harp consort Ludovico’s Band. As a recitalist he has performed in all the major Australian capital cities and festivals and he gives regular concerts and live broadcasts for the A.B.C. Tommie Andersson appears on more than 30 discs including a solo CD of Baroque lute and guitar music released on the Swedish label Musica Rediviva. He lectures in Lute at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and is frequently approached by Universities and Conservatoriums around the country to teach and perform.
LINDA KENT – HARPSICHORD AND ORGAN
Linda Kent arrived in Melbourne in 1984 after completing a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of North Carolina as an organist. She later obtained a M.Mus degree in harpsichord from the University of Melbourne and in 1996 furthered her studies at the Early Music Institute (University of Indiana) with Elisabeth Wright. Linda was a member of the Elysium Ensemble and has performed with such notable artists as Walter van Hauwe, Han Tol, Eva Legène and Stanely Ritchie. She has participated in many Australian and American music festivals as soloist and associate artist and regularly records for the ABC. Her playing has been critically acclaimed for its sensitivity, insight and sense of style. Her teaching appointments in Australia have included the University of Melbourne, the Victorian College of the Arts and La Trobe University. Linda Kent divides her musical life between being organist at St Peter’s Eastern Hill in Melbourne and free‐lance harpsichording with the likes of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and a number of chamber groups. Both roles require a fair amount of improvisation; at St Peter’s during long, highly incensed liturgical processions, and as a harpsichordist reading from a figured bass (playing by numbers). Both roles amplify the idea of performer as composer, or at least adjunct composer.
CATHERINE FINNIS VIOLA DA GAMBA Catherine Finnis graduated from the Elder Conservatorium in 1964.She furthered her studies at the Royal College of Music in London as Elder Overseas Scholar. Her early professional career saw her playing with such groups as the Menuhin Festival Orchestra, the Academy of St. Martin‐in‐the‐Fields, and as a founder member of the English Concert. Moving to Sydney in 1975, she pursued an active interest in early music, forming the baroque Ensemble de la Reine. She briefly became a member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra before moving back to London in 1989. As a leading baroque cellist and gamba player she became a member of the New London Consort, Musicians of the Globe and the European Brandenburg Ensemble, as well as playing with many notable groups including London Classical Players, Florilegium, Renaissance Ensemble and Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra.
REVIEWS “exceptional cellist for her sound and musicality” (West Australian 2008) “played with compelling virtuosity” (The Independent 2007) Discography includes: New London Consort: Purcell: Music for Queen Mary Music from the time of Columbus Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore Locke: Psyche Blow: Venus and Adonis Trionfi and Florentine carnival music Musicians of the Globe: Shakespeare's Musick European Brandenburg Ensemble: J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
NEFES ENSEMBLE NEFES ENSEMBLE comprises members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Melbourne musicians of diverse ethnic and cultural heritage. Nefes’ inimitable sound is a synthesis of Turkish instruments such as the ney kudum and kanun and modern orchestral instruments. The ensemble strives to recreate the Ottoman sound and simultaneously creates a musical experience that is unique to Melbourne. In 2008, they appeared with Ney virtuoso Kudsi Erguner and his ensemble at the Melbourne International Festival. They have performed numerous recitals for ABC Classic FM and 3MBSFM and in 2009, they toured Victoria for Regional Arts Victoria’s arts2go program, exposing the beauty and diversity of Ottoman and Sufi music to a wider Australian audience.
PETER DAVERINGTON NEY Peter Daverington enjoys an international reputation as a performer of the ney ‐ a reed flute. He specialises in Ottoman Art Music, Turkish Sufi Music (the music of the Whirling Dervishes) and the Classical Arab repertoire. He spent 2 years in Cairo mastering the ney with Ali Abu el Fadl. This was followed by studies in Konya with Suleyman Yardim and then under the master neyzen Omer Erdogudular in Istanbul. He then furthered his studies at the University of Washington with the renowned Ud player, Munir Nurettin Beken.Peter has appeared in recital and on radio throughout Turkey and the US on many occasions to great critical acclaim. He has toured the West Coast of the US as Principal Ney with the Whirling Dervishes in 1998 and 2001. He has also appeared in concert on
Turkish National Television, TRT on numerous occasions.
JOHN ARCARO KUDUM John Arcaro plays the kudum, the precursor to the timpani and the bendir ‐ a frame drum. He has been a member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra since 1990. He has also been a guest timpanist/percussionist with Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa Japan, Sydney Symphony, Tasmanian Symphony, Malaysian Philharmonic and the Academy of Melbourne Chamber Players. He has worked as a chamber musician and soloist with ensembles such as the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Synergy Percussion, Astra and The Pokrovsky Ensemble Russia . Performance highlights have included a critically acclaimed performance of Stockhausen's Kontakte with pianist Michael Kieran Harvey in 1996. John has recorded numerous film scores and performed with a wide range of popular artists, including Frank Sinatra, Olivia Newton‐John, KISS and Meat Loaf. John studied in New York and Philadelphia with leading orchestral percussionists and graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) with high distinction. He is currently a member of staff at the University of Melbourne and the VCA.
SALIH RESITOGLOU KANUN Salih Resitoglou is the kanun player ‐ a trapezoid shaped plucked zither. Salih was born in Western Thrace; Greece to Turkish parents with whom he immigrated to Australia in the early seventies. Salih is a self‐taught musician who started playing a variety of ethnic musical genres in bands around Melbourne in the 70's and 80's.Since 2000, Salih has focused on the performance of Ottoman Classical Music with the Australian Western Thrace Turkish Association at festivals throughout Australia and various inter‐faith seminars. He has performed in the Sema ‐ the Mevlevi Sufi Ritual at Parliament House Canberra in 2003 and Melbourne a year later. Since 2002 he performs regularly with the Mevlevi Sufi order of Australia.
RACHEL ATKINSON CELLO Rachel Atkinson is a regular recording artist for ABC Classic FM and works with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. She also teaches cello at the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne University.She studied cello with Georg Pedersen at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Rachel was awarded an Associated Board Scholarship to further her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London where she studied with David Strange and with members of the Amadeus Quartet. At the Academy she was awarded numerous prizes and performed in masterclasses to Lynn Harrell and Zara Nelsova. In 1992 she won a grant from the QEII Arts Council to study with William Pleeth. Rachel has given the premieres of many contemporary works and has appeared as solo recitalist and chamber musician in New Zealand, Britain, Turkey, Germany, Holland, Canada, Israel and Malaysia and Brunei. Rachel was the cellist of Trio Melbourne for seven years and performed extensively both in Australia and overseas. Their CD of 20th Century Piano Trios on the Move label received great critical acclaim.
PHIL GUNTER OUD Phil Gunter studied oud ‐ a pear shaped plucked precursor to the lute, in New York with Simon Shaheen and in Melbourne with Fouad Harraka. He has also studied and performed in Turkey, Egypt and Morocco. Phil Gunter recently launched a solo oud CD entitled Meluke. Phil regularly appears in concert with the Middle Eastern group Yalla, fusion band Jadida, French Moroccan born jazz singer Noria Letts and Sudanese singer Ajak Kwai. Phil studied classical guitar at both undergraduate and post‐graduate levels at the Victorian College of the Arts and has performed 16th century Lute music extensively, in particular the music of John Dowland on Renaissance lute. Phil holds a Master of Music degree from Monash University in Ornamentation in oud music performance. Phil
was a founding member of the mediaeval ensemble Cantigas which has toured extensively in Australia and New Zealand.