7 October
Agus Sandjaya and Yerim Lee (pianoforte - 4 hands)
• Wohl mir, daß ich Jesum habe/Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
• Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme/Sleepers, wake
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (arr. Leonard Duck)
Sonata in D major, K.381 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Allegro
Andante
Allegro molto
Slavonic Dances Op.72 No.2 - Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Hungarian Dances No.1, 2 and 5 - Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Agus Sandjaya was born in Indonesia in 1987 and commenced his piano studies at age 6. Since then, he has participated in many piano competitions in Indonesia achieving excellent results and was the first-prize winner of the Yamaha Music Festival in Jakarta for the junior piano category in 2000. Agus completed his University of Sydney Foundation Program in 2006 and in the following year was accepted into the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He has actively performed in lunch break concerts, master classes, and open day recitals held by the Sydney Conservatorium of Music as soloist and chamber musician. In May 2010, he premiered a short contemporary work by Australian composer Mark Isaacs in Momentary Pleasures, 2010 International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) World New Music Days. He completed his Bachelor of Music Performance degree in 2010 with First Class Honours, undertaking study with Dr. Paul Rickard-Ford. In 2011, Agus was one of the semi finalists in Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition held in Brisbane, Australia. Agus is recently active in teaching and accompanying, and occasionally performing as a soloist.
Yerim Lee is a highly sought collaborative pianist who is respected for her vast repertoire and artistic commitment with the musicians she supports. She is respected for her finely crafted, creative and musically insightful approach to interpretation and interaction.
Yerim Lee has an admirable and longstanding record as a soloist and chamber musician in her native Korea and abroad. She performed as a soloist and chamber music with various ensembles in the prestigious Mozart Hall in Korea as well as performing with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra at Seoul’s Sejong Center for the Performing Arts.
After moving to Australia in 2011, Yerim Lee’s focus shifted primarily toward a career as an accompanist. For the past decade she has worked extensively as an accompanist at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and is frequently engaged by prominent musical institutions and in events such as the International Viola Convention, as an official accompanist, and the Sydney Eisteddfod, as an official accompanist. In 2017, she was selected as a representative of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music to attend the Estivo European Chamber Music Summer School held at the Conservatorio E.F Dall’Abaco in Verona, Italy.
Yerim Lee has performed numerous recitals, which in recent years have featured several respected Australian musicians such Michael Halliwell, Georg Pedersen, Goetz Richter and Julian Smiles. She has collaborated in a series of concerts at the Sydney Opera House such as the International Honours Performance with the Carnegie Hall Festival Choir and renowned American conductor Dr Lynne Gackle. In 2019 Yerim Lee was invited as a guest artist to perform in the world premiere of Matthew Hindson’s seminal choral composition, “Electric Rain” at the Sydney Opera house. |
14 October
Masters students from the Conservatorium.
Stacey Yang (pianoforte)
The Magic Flute - W.A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)
ACT I
- No. 2 | Aria: 'Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja' (Papageno)
- No. 3 | Aria: 'Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön' (Tamino)
- No. 6 | Terzetto: 'Du feines Taübchen nur herein' (Pamina, Monostatos, Papageno)
- No. 7 | Duetto: 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen' (Pamina, Papageno)
ACT II
- No.13 | Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden (Monostatos)
- No.14 | Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (Queen of the Night)
- No.15 | In diesen heil'gen Hallen kennt man die Rache nicht! (Sarastro)
- No.17 | Ach ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden! (Pamina)
- No.21 | Pa- pa- pa-... (Papageno, Papagena)
- No.21 | Finale: Die Strahlen der Sonne vertreiben die Nacht... (Sarastro, Ensemble)
ARTISTS
Stacey Yang - Pianist
In order of appearance...
Papageno - Jeremy Boulton (Baritone)
Tamino - Alexander Young (Tenor)
Pamina - Claire Burrell-McDonald (Soprano)
Monostatos - Robert Adam (Countertenor)
Queen - Lana Kains (Soprano)
Sarastro - Yuan Gao (Bass)
Papagena - Olivia Payne (Mezzo-soprano)
| All artists at today's concert are students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in the Masters of Music program in their second year of study in the Opera and Collaborative Piano programs. You will hear selections from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute). The students will perform in the Sydney Conservatorium and National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) co-production at the Parade Theatre, NIDA in October. |
21 October
Danielle Eden (flute)
Saantwana Lentz (clarinet)
Sumiko Yamamura (pianoforte)
Sonatina for clarinet and piano (1981) - Joseph Horovitz (1926 - 2022)
ii. Lento, quasi andante
SoPi (solo piccolo) (2013)- Alan Holley (1954 - )
Kigan III (solo piccolo) (2011) - Christopher Perrin (1954 -)
Trio for flute, clarinet and piano (1948) - Miriam Hyde (1913 - 2005)
Dr Danielle Eden is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium, the Royal Academy of Music and the University of London. Her doctorate is about the history and repertoire of the piccolo. Danielle has over thirty years experience as a professional performer and educator. Her extensive performance background includes the first piccolo recital at London’s Southbank Centre and orchestral performances with the BBC Welsh Symphony; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.
Saantwana Lentz is an experienced clarinettist, teacher, AMEB grade and Diploma examiner and adjudicator. Her students include all age groups and levels and many have achieved scholarships, gone on to successful completion of tertiary music study. HSC encore nominations and performances, local, national and international prizes and professional positions. Her students excel in their AMEB examinations and she has received awards for these outstanding results.
Studies began with Kevin Murphy, followed by a Bachelor of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium with Gabor Reeves and post graduate study as a German Government Scholar with Hans Deinzer. Saantwana continues to perform regularly as a soloist and with a number of ensembles.
Sumiko Yamamura is a freelance accompanist born in Japan. She completed her Bachelor of Music in performance with Elizabeth Powell, and a Graduate Diploma in piano accompaniment with David Miller at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She is an active ensemble pianist. She has worked with many musicians, both instrumentalists and singers including recitals with former SSO Principal Bassoon John Cran (with ABC-FM), Orana Trio (ABC-FM), Kammer Trio, Sirius Ensemble and many others. |
28 October
Callum Tolhurst-Close (organ)
Prelude in G minor BuxWV149 - Dieterich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707)
Andante in E flat - Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810 - 1876)
Psalm Prelude Set 1, No.1 - Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
Nimrod from Enigma Variations - Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Lied and Berceuse from 24 Pieces in Free Style - Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937)
Pasticcio - Jean Langlais (1907 - 1991)
Piece d’Orgue BWV572 - J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)
Callum Tolhurst-Close (b.1991) began musical studies at a young age and graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Honours) from the University of Newcastle, where he studied Pipe Organ with Dr Philip Matthias and conducting with Dr David Banney. He also holds an A.Mus.A and A.Dip.SCSM in piano performance.
Prior to his position as Organist & Director of Music at St Luke’s Anglican Church Mosman, Callum was Sub-Organist of Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle, and Musical Director of a number of community ensembles, including Newcastle City Choir and the Conservatorium Songshine Choir.
Callum is a respected Arts Administrator and Fundraiser, who has worked at some of Australia’s largest arts organisations, including Musica Viva Australia and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He is currently Director of Philanthropy at the Australian Youth Orchestra, where he is a member of the organisation’s leadership team and is responsible for the national fundraising strategy.
He serves as a National Councillor for the Guild of Church Musicians and is currently studying for his Archbishops’ Certificate in Church Music. Outside his professional life, Callum leads an active recital and performance schedule as accompanist, repetiteur and conductor. |
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