The Orchid and the Wasp // Wattleseed @ Abbotsford Convent

Join Wattleseed Ensemble for a morning concert celebrating the beauty of nature. 

Wattleseed Ensemble's music is an invitation to intimacy; to the rawness of strings and eucalypt forest; to connection. We weave together music of the baroque period together with folk music and contemporary Australian music in a confluence of styles, finding cohesion in the telling of a story. These stories always take us back to our scrappy, beautiful, astonishing Aussie environment.

Saturday 29 November, 11.30am
Oratory, Abbotsford Convent

Violin ⥭ Meg Cohen (VIC)
Viola ⥭ Katie Yap (TAS)
Cello ⥭ David Moran (SA)

Jakub Jankowski (SA) ⥭ The Orchid and the Wasp*
Hildegard von Bingen (Arr. D Nicolson) ⥭ Ave Generosa
Anne Cawrse (SA) ⥭ Sanctuary
JS Bach ⥭ Goldberg Variations selections
Missy Mazzoli ⥭ Lies You Can Believe In
Plus folk tune favourites from Bulgaria and Scandinavia
*VIC Premiere

We are excited to bring our 2025 South Australia touring program to Victoria! Centred around a new commission from Jakub Jankowski, Wattleseed Ensemble combine a celebration of local South Australian composers, championing the natural environment, and their unique melding of baroque, folk and contemporary styles. A concert not to miss!

But wait, there's more... Join us for lunch at Cam's Kiosk, and why not continue on to ANAM's concert of French chamber music at 1pm! All at the Abbotsford Convent.