FULL FESTIVAL PROGRAM BY DAY
Friday August 2 2024
10:00 am The Pavilion, The Ville Resort-Casino
Concert Conversations 5 with Anna Rabinowicz, Adam Barnett-Hart, Julian Smiles, Dimity Hall, Kees Boersma
Start Time: 10:00 am I Finish Time: 12:00pm I Doors Open: 9:45am I Interval: 15 Min I Tea & Coffee: from 9:30am
About Concert Conversations: These highly entertaining morning concerts begin with Artistic Director Jack Liebeck chatting to visiting Festival musicians about all sorts of fascinating personal and professional aspects of their lives.
This is followed by a 45-minute performance and includes tea & coffee beforehand.
TICKETS FRIEND: $86 ADULT: $93 CONCESSION: $89 STUDENT/UNDER 30: $30
Subscription Information: This concert is included in Gold and Gold Plus Subscriptions and is eligible for selection as part of a Silver or Silver Plus Subscription.
Concert Details
INTERVIEW
Interview Guests
Julian Smiles, Dimity Hall, Adam Barnett-Hart, Anna Rabinowicz, Jack Liebeck, Kees Boersma
ERWIN SCHULHOFF
Concertino for flute, viola and double bass
Katie Yap, Kees Boersma, Anna Rabinowicz
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 for Flute and Piano - Guilty Pleasure, Anna Rabinowicz
Anna Rabinowicz, Piers Lane AO
HEINZ PROVOST
Intermezzo - Guilty Pleasure, Adam Barnett-Hart
Adam Barnett-Hart, Itamar Golan
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Mondnacht from Liederkreis - Guilty Pleasure, Julian Smiles
Julian Smiles, Piers Lane AO
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus - Guilty Pleasure, Dimity Hall
Dimity Hall, Piers Lane AO
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
Danse Macabre for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano
Julian Bliss, Piers Lane AO, Alexandra Raikhlina, Christian-Pierre La Marca
1:00 pm The Pavilion, The Ville Resort-Casino
AFCM International Masterclasses Concert
Start Time: 1:00pm I Finish Time: 2:00pm
Be entertained by Australia's finest young talent. This afternoon the AFCM Winterschool International Masterclasses students will showcase all they’ve learned from their 10 days of coaching.
TICKETS FRIEND: $36 ADULT: $39 CONCESSION: $37 STUDENT/UNDER 30: $30
Subscription Information: This concert is included in Gold and Gold Plus Subscriptions and is eligible for selection as part of a Silver or Silver Plus Subscription.
Concert Details
3:30 pm Townsville Civic Theatre - C2
AFCM Illuminates 6 - Stephen Johnson: Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht
Start Time: 3:30pm I Finish Time: 4:30pm
Stephen Johnson will talk about Schoenberg's tone poem, Verklarte Nachte (Transfigured Night). This was Schoenberg's first masterpiece and is an early, still-tonal, work of his, steeped in opulent Wagnerian late romanticism. The term tonal is however stretched to the limit, so much so that at the time, one of its chords was deemed "non existent" by the Vienna Music Society leading to its rejection by them. Little did they know what they were missing!
About AFCM Illuminates: Take the time to enrich your mind with presentations from leading speakers in the fields of music and science. AFCM combines lecture and performance for a deep dive like no other.
TICKETS FRIEND: $36 ADULT: $39 CONCESSION: $37 STUDENT/UNDER 30: $30
Subscription Information: This concert is included in Gold Plus Subscriptions and is eligible for selection as part of a Silver or Silver Plus Subscription.
Concert Details
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Verklärte Nacht [Transfigured Night] for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos, Op. 4
5:00 pm Townsville Civic Theatre
Ray Golding Sunset Series 5 - Baroque: Purcell - Selections from the Fairy Queen
Start Time: 5:00 pm I Finish Time: 6:00pm I Doors Open: 4:40pm
Purcell's The Fairy Queen is loosely based on Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream and was composed three years before the composer's early death at only 35 years old. The score was only rediscovered early in the 20th century and will be championed here by Donald Nicolson, Lotte Betts-Dean, and the young virtuosos from AYO Momentum.
About the Ray Golding Sunset Series: Named after the founder of the Festival, these one-hour concerts are a terrific starting point for newcomers as well as a chance for those who know their music well to hear favourite works.
TICKETS FRIEND: $60 ADULT: $65 CONCESSION: $62 STUDENT/UNDER 30: $30
Subscription Information: This concert is included in Gold and Gold Plus Subscriptions and is eligible for selection as part of a Silver or Silver Plus Subscription.
Concert Details
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Concerto Grosso in D major for Strings and Continuo, Op. 6, No. 4
Donald Nicolson, AYO Momentum Ensemble
HENRY PURCELL
The Fairy Queen (excerpts)
Lotte Betts-Dean, Momentum Ensemble, Donald Nicolson, Timothy Constable, David Elton, Mark Smith
7:30 pm Townsville Civic Theatre
AFCM Evening Concert 4 - Musical Transfigurations
Start Time: 7:30 pm I Finish Time: 9:45 pm I Doors Open: 7:10pm I Interval: 15 Min
Following last year’s triumphant performance of Mahler’s 4th Symphony, we will this time experience Mahler's epic First Symphony Titan, referred to at its conception as a "tone poem in symphonic form", here performed with 15 instruments! This evening’s performance will be concluded by a very special performance of Schoenberg's incredible tone poem Verklärte Nacht or Transfigured Night, here performed in the near dark. This should be magical!
About AFCM Evening Concerts: The jewel in the crown each day of the Festival are these full-length concerts presenting a wonderful range of repertoire, from classic favourites to lesser-known works and exciting new commissions.
TICKETS FRIEND: $74 ADULT: $80 CONCESSION: $77 STUDENT/UNDER 30: $30
Subscription Information: This concert is included in Gold and Gold Plus Subscriptions and is eligible for selection as part of a Silver or Silver Plus Subscription.
Concert Details
GUSTAV MAHLER (arranged Iain Farrington)
Symphony No. 1 in D major, arr. Iain Farrington
David Berlin, Ian Brunskill, Richard Shirley, David Elton, Benjamin Roskams, Adam Barnett-Hart, Jackie Newcomb, Timothy Constable, Loni Fitzpatrick, Kees Boersma, Katie Yap, Peter Neville, Anna Rabinowicz, Ben Jacks, Umberto Clerici, Shefali Pryor, Julian Bliss
INTERMISSION
INTERMISSION
GYÖRGY LIGETI
Etude for Piano, No. 4, “Fanfares”
Timothy Constable, Peter Neville, Donald Nicolson
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Verklärte Nacht [Transfigured Night] for String Sextet, Op. 4
Christian-Pierre La Marca, Benjamin Roskams, Katie Yap, Brett Dean, Umberto Clerici, Jack Liebeck
Featured Artists
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Jack Liebeck (Violin)
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Adam Barnett-Hart (Violin)
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Benjamin Roskams (Violin)
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Benjamin Roskams (Viola)
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Brett Dean (Viola)
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Katie Yap (Viola)
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Christian-Pierre La Marca (Cello)
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Umberto Clerici (Cello)
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David Berlin (Cello)
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Kees Boersma (Double bass)
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Anna Rabinowicz (Flute)
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Shefali Pryor (Oboe)
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Julian Bliss (Clarinet)
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Jackie Newcomb (Bassoon)
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David Elton (Trumpet)
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Richard Shirley (Trombone)
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Ben Jacks (French Horn)
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Loni Fitzpatrick (Harp)
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Timothy Constable (Percussion)
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Peter Neville (Percussion)
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Ian Brunskill (Percussion)
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Umberto Clerici (Conductor)
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Donald Nicolson (Harpsichord)
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Donald Nicolson (Chamber music piano)