Saturday 11th April – 10am to 1pm

Maitland Con Community Music Open Day

301 High Street, Maitland

Come along and experience the joy of making music, we’ll happily show you how!

Free admission to all activities plus a chance to win four lessons in an instrument of your choice.

Early Childhood Music demonstrations for parents and littlies.
Piano demonstrations
String demonstrations
Woodwind demonstrations
Vocal demonstrations
Brass demonstrations
….and lots more.

Thursday 23rd April – 7:00pm

The Song Company presents Lamentations for a Solider
The haunting sound of the Turkish flute or ‘ney’ and the transcendental dance of the dervish form the anchor of our 2015 Easter program. East and West collide through the juxtaposition of Robert White’s beautiful setting of the biblical Lamentations and traditional music from the Sufi tradition going back to the central figure of Rumi.

With Oguz Mülayim, ney (Turkey) and Ekrem Mülayim, composer/performance artist (Australia)

Program

Robert White
(1538-1574)
Lamentations for six voices

Ekrem Mülayim
New setting of Rumi verse

Traditional
Turkish sufi music

Tickets sold online at www.songcompany.com.au

Adults $60 / Concession $50 / Under 30 $40 / Student $20

A pre-concert talk will commence 30 minutes prior to the performance.

Thursday 30th April – 7:30pm

Musica Viva presents Goldner String Quartet

Four friends, three pieces, two married couples, one quartet: this tour celebrates the 20th anniversary of Australia’s pre-eminent chamber ensemble. Critics and audiences around the globe have warmed to the musical and emotional insights brought to light by this extraordinary quartet.

PROGRAM

LIGETI
String Quartet no 1 Métamorphoses nocturnes

STANHOPE
String Quartet no 3 Commissioned for Musica Viva Australia by Huntington Estate and friends

BEETHOVEN
String Quartet no 15 in A Minor, op 132

Tickets sold online at www.musicaviva.com.au

Front and rear stalls $76 / Gallery $53 – $76