Event description
Enjoy a Summer Afternoon Listening to Classical Music in a Garden Setting
Intimate concerts on a small stage nestled against the stunning Illawarra escarpment. Each show allows for an immersive experience in nature and art. Sit around tables or relax on couches; enjoy light refreshments and the company of friends and music lovers. Bring a rug if you prefer to sit on the ground.
Concert 1 An Afternoon with Pianist Alexander Yau
Roads from Tragedy to Triumph
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Sonata in A minor K.310
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Preludes Op. 23 | no. 2 in B-flat major Maestoso | no. 3 in D minor Tempo di Menuetto | no. 5 in G minor Alla Marcia
Frederic Chopin: Etudes Op.10 | no.6 in E-flat minor | no.11 in E-flat major | no.12 in C minor
Robert Schumann: Etudes Symphonique Op. 13
Alexander Yau, an eminent young Australian pianist, has developed himself as a versatile musician incorporating his many musical talents as a chamber musician, vocalist, conductor, and composer. He obtained his Masters at the Juilliard School under prof. Matti Raekallio and is now a causal collaborative pianist at the Sydney Conservatorium of music and working as a repetiteur for Sydney Opera. He has performed Rachmaninov's first three concerti, each with the Royal Philharmonic, Queensland Symphony, the SBS Youth orchestras, and the Brahms Concerto no.2 with the Sydney Conservatorium Orchestra. In addition, he has given solo and chamber performances at music festivals in Australia, North America, Europe and China. Recently he founded his chamber orchestra and conducted Mozart's Concerto no. 23 from the piano in its inaugural concert.
Concert 2 | An Afternoon with bass Daniel Kramer and pianist David Vance
Opera Arias and Art Songs
Jules Massenet | Epouse Quelque Brave Fille
Frederik Handel | Al Sen Ti Stringo E Parto | Invida Sorte Avara
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Non Piu Andrai | O Isis Und Osiris
Giuseppe Giordano | Caro Mio Ben
Gerald Finzi | Song Cycle, Let Us Garlands Bring
and a little more...