RECITALS AT ST JOHN’S FLINDERS AND ST MARK’S BALNARRING
It is exciting for both audiences and performers that live music can at last return. Under the current Covid regulations an audience of 60 is allowed. Should any changes in regulations occur throughout the year patrons will be notified.
The inaugural recital was given in St John’s Flinders by the legendary pianist Geoffrey Tozer in 2005. Currently around 50 recitals have been given by professional musicians from around Australia and, indeed, the world. A special relationship has developed with the Basilica of St Quirinus in Neuss on Rhine. Distinguished German musicians have visited Flinders a number of times, providing definitive performances of baroque repertoire, notably a memorable chamber performance of Handel’s Messiah in 2019.
St John’s Flinders is an ideal recital venue, being intimate and blessed with an impressive acoustic. The church houses an 1874 William Anderson pipe organ and a fine Bechstein grand piano.
In 2018 St Mark’s Balnarring gratefully received the historically significant organ donated by Whitley College. This made it possible to extend the recital series to include performances at Balnarring including an exciting presentation by the Inventi Ensemble of the Mozart Church Sonatas.
Details of the 2021 recital program are below.
Saturday 27 March INVENTI ENSEMBLE The Planets of Gustav Holst
Saturday 10 April ZOE KNIGHTON Solo cello suites of JS Bach
Sunday 25 April AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER CHOIR Faure Requiem
Saturday 15 May FLINDERS QUARTET Fanny Mendelssohn and Friends
Sunday 25 July PENINSULA CHAMBER MUSICIANS Beethoven & Nielsen for winds & strings
Saturday 31 July INVENTI ENSEMBLE A Pastoral Afternoon
Sunday 22 August PENINSULA CHAMBER MUSICIANS Mendelssohn & Mozart
Sunday 12 September INVENTI ENSEMBLE A New World
Saturday 23 October FLINDERS QUARTET Beethoven and Company
The Anzac Weekend Recital is kindly supported by Bendigo Bank.
The recitals at St John’s in 2021 are subsidized by the Recital Development Fund of the Anglican Parish of Flinders and Balnarring
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RECITALS 2021
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SATURDAY 10 APRIL AT 2.00pm @ St. John’s Flinders
ZOE KNIGHTON, CELLO
The solo cello suites of JS Bach
The six suites are the pinnacle for any cellist and Zoe Knighton, well known for her artistry through the Flinders Quartet, will present them in the fine acoustic of St John’s
Bookings: trybooking.com/BOMUS
ADMISSION – Adult $35, Concession $25
SUNDAY 25 APRIL @ St John’s Flinders
AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER CHOIR
ANZAC WEEKEND RECITAL 2021 – FAURE REQUIEM
A performance of this sublime French classic in the Anzac Day Weekend to commemorate those who sacrificed their lives in the Somme
Bookings: auschoir.org
ADMISSION – $50
SATURDAY 27 MARCH at 2.00pm @ St John’s Flinders
INVENTI ENSEMBLE
The Planets of Gustav Holst
Including excerpts from The Planets plus Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain and more
Bookings: trybooking.com/BOOUP
ADMISSION – Adults $40, Concession $30
SATURDAY 31 JULY at 2.00pm @ St John’s Flinders
INVENTI ENSEMBLE
A Pastoral Afternoon
A delightful arrangement of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony is the centrepiece of this recital.
Bookings: trybooking.com/BOOUR
ADMISSION – Adults $40, Concession $30
SATURDAY 12 September at 2.00pm @ St John’s Flinders
INVENTI ENSEMBLE
A New World
This thrilling arrangement of Dvorak’s beloved symphony takes us into an exciting New World.
Bookings: trybooking.com/BOOUT
ADMISSION – Adults $40, Concession $30
SATURDAY 15 MAY at 2.30pm @ St John’s Flinders
FLINDERS QUARTET
Fanny Mendelssohn and Friends
Fanny’s companions include Imogen Holst and Elana Kats-Chernin
Bookings: flindersquartet.com/tickets
ADMISSION – Single recital Adult $35, Concession $25
Two recital subscription – Adult $65, Concession $46
SATURDAY 23 OCTOBER at 2.30pm @ St John’s Flinders
FLINDERS QUARTET
Beethoven and Company
Besides the Beethoven String Quartet No 14 Opus 131 the recital includes Deborah Cheetham’s Bungaree.
Bookings: flindersquartet.com/tickets
ADMISSION – Single recital Adult $35, Concession $25
Two recital subscription – Adult $65, Concession $46
SUNDAY 25 JULY at 2.00pm @ St John’s Flinders
PENINSULA CHAMBER MUSICIANS
Beethoven Septet for Wind and Strings
Nielsen Serenata
Bookings: trybooking.com/581136
ADMISSION – Adult $30, Concession $22, Children free
SUNDAY 22 AUGUST at 2.00pm @ St John’s Flinders
PENINSULA CHAMBER MUSICIANS
Mendelssohn and Mozart
with the Mendelssohn Octet for Strings and Mozart’s Musical Joke for strings and horns
Bookings: trybooking.com/581138
ADMISSION – Adult $30, Concession $22, Children free
INVENTI ENSEMBLE – Video recording
On Sunday, 10 March 2019 at St John’s Anglican Church Flinders the INVENTI ENSEMBLE’s performance was recorded and, with their kind permission, this has now been made available free of charge to view.
INVENTI ENSEMBLE
Melissa Doecke flute
Ben Opie oboe
Peter Clark violin
Henry Justo viola
Paul Zabrowarny cello
This recital was lovingly dedicated to the memory of Pauline Buchan
PROGRAM
W A MOZART (arr. G Davies): Marriage of Figaro Overture
J S BACH (arr. Inventi Ensemble) Art of Fugue
I – 4 voice fugue on principal subject
III – 4 voice fugue on principal subject in inversion, employing intense chromaticism
IV – 4 voice fugue on principal subject in inversion, employing counter-subjects
V – Inverted theme with dotted rhythmic variation and many overlapping entries
VIII – Triple fugue with three subjects, having independent entries
X – Double fugue with two independent subjects and inverted retrograde at the tenth
IX – Double fugue, with two subjects and in invertible counterpoint at the 12th
Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta
HUBERT PARRY Motet – Never weather-beaten sail
CAERWEN MARTIN Women of the Earth (World Premiere)
SERGEI PROKOFIEV (arr. Inventi Ensemble) Classical Symphony
I – Allegro
II – Larghetto
III – Non troppo allegro
IV – Molto vivace