To Love and Grief Performance Notes.

Forest Collective presents

To Love and Grief

Sunday 15 November 7pm
Church of All Nations, Carlton Naarm

Forest Collective acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet, create, and perform: Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nations and we pay our respects to their Elders, past and present. We extend our respect to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, past and present.


PROGRAM

Benjamin Britten, arr. Erwin Stein
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31. 
I. Prologue

Phoebe Smithies horn

Benjamin Britten
A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41. 
IV. A Charm 
V. The Nurse’s Song

Aleise Bright voice
Danaë Killian piano

Richard Wagner, arr. Evan J Lawson
Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91.
V. Träume (Dreams)

Amanda Windred voice
Evan J Lawson conductor
Kim Tan flute
Dafydd Camp oboe
Karen Chen clarinet
Bodhi Scott-Jones trumpet
Danaë Killian piano
May Zeng violin
Alex MacDonald viola
Ian Crossfield double bass

Eugène Ysaÿe
Violin Sonata, Op. 27 No. 2
I. Obsession
II. Malinconia

May Zeng violin

Benjamin Britten, arr. Erwin Stein
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31. 
I. Prologue
IV. Elegy

Daniel Szesiong Todd voice
Phoebe Smithies horn
Danaë Killian piano

Giovanni Sollima
Lamentatio

Rosanne Hunt cello

INTERVAL

Benjamin Britten
Cabaret Songs
III. Johnny

Aleise Bright voice
Danaë Killian piano

Evan J Lawson
Himeros

Evan J Lawson conductor
Kim Tan flute, alto flute
Karen Chen clarinet, bass clarinet
Bodhi Scott-Jones trumpet
Trea Hindley trombone
Danaë Killian piano
Zela Papageorgiou percussion
May Zeng violin
Rosanne Hunt cello
Ian Crossfield double bass

Pauline Oliveros
Heart of Tones

Trea Hindley trombone
with ensemble

Kaija Saariaho
Dolce Tormento

Kim Tan piccolo

Richard Strauss, arr. James Ledger 
Vier Letzte Lieder , Op. posth.
I. Frühling (Spring)
II. September 
III. Beim Schlafengehen (When Falling Asleep)
IV. Im Abendrot (At Sunset)

Teresa Ingrilli voice
Evan J Lawson conductor
Kim Tan flute
Dafydd Camp  oboe, cor anglais
Karen Chen clarinet
Sara Rafferton bassoon
Phoebe Smithies horn
Danaë Killian piano
May Zeng violin
Helen Bower violin
Alex MacDonald viola
Doreen Ooi viola
Rosanne Hunt cello
Charlotte Kube cello
Ian Crossfield double bass


“To love and grief tribute of verse belongs…
Both are increased by such songs.”

- John Donne

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