Artists And Ensembles
- Margaret Blades (violin);
- Sally Boud (viola);
- Harriet Marshall (soprano);
- Geoffrey Bourgault du Coudray (Clarinet);
- Andrew Ewing (guitar);
- John Griffiths (lute);
- Benedict Moleta (voice/guitar);
- Festival Piano Trio
- Sally Boud (viola), Geoffrey Bourgault du Coudray (clarinet), Anna Sleptsova (piano);
- Festival String Quartet
- Margaret Blades (violin), Rachel White (violin), Sally Boud (viola), Sophie Curtis (cello);
- Trinity Piano Trio
- Rachel White (violin), Sophie Curtis (cello), Caroline Badnall (piano);
- ‘Floripari’/’Sotto le Stelle’ Ballet
- Adrianna Bujak-Cyran (soprano), Artur Luczak (violin, viola, medieval fiddle), Justina Krusz (viola da gamba), Patrycja Domagalska (keyboards), Aleksander Tomczyk (woodwinds, percussion, leader), Katarzyna Gruca (dancer), Konrad Wierzchucki (dancer)
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Programme
| Saturday April 28th, 11.00 | St Paul's Church, Bridgetown |
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Margaret Blades Festival Piano Trio Trinity Piano Trio Anna Sleptsova |
J. S. Bach, Chaconne R. Schumann, Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 132 J. Brahms, Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 F. Chopin, Berceuse in D flat, Op. 57 |
| Saturday April 28th, 15:00 | Olea Nurseries, Manjimup (Note that journey by chartered bus between St Paul's Church and this venue is included in the ticket price) |
| 'Floripari'/'Sotto le Stelle' Ballet |
The History of the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania 1570—1648 in Music and Dance |
| Saturday April 28th, 18.30 | St Paul’s Church, Bridgetown |
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Geoffrey Bourgault du Coudray, Festival String Quartet Rebecca White, Caroline Badnall Sally Boud, Anna Sleptsova Harriet Marshall, Caroline Badnall |
W.A. Mozart, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A, K581 C. Franck, Sonata for Violin and Piano in A R. Clarke, Sonata for Violin and Piano F. Schumann, Frauenliebe und -leben |
| Sunday April 29th, 11.00 | St Paul’s Church, Bridgetown |
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Trinity Piano Trio Geoffrey Bourgault du Courdray, Anna Sleptsova Sophie Curtis, Caroline Badnall Sally Boud, Anna Sleptsova 'Floripari'/'Sotto le Stelle' Ballet |
F. Schubert, Piano Trio in B flat; Major, Op. 99 F. Poulenc, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano S. Rachmaninoff, Sonata for Cello and Clarinet in G minor, Op. 99 A. Pärt, Fratres Sarmatia Viva |
| Sunday April 29th, 14.30 | St Paul’s Church, Bridgetown |
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Benedict Moleta, Andrew Ewing Margaret Blades, Anna Sleptsova Harriet Marshall, Caroline Badnall Festival Piano Trio 'Floripari','Sotto le Stelle' Ballet John Griffiths |
B. Moleta, New Songs C. Debussy, Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor N. Simone et al., Jazz Songs A. Piazzolla,Oblivion Alla Polacca Pieces for Lute |
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Festival Tickets
- A ticket
- $350
Saturday and Sunday, all five concerts,
Saturday lunch and dinner; Sunday lunch,
afternoon teas both days,
travel to the away venue for the Saturday
afternoon concert.
- B ticket
- $275
Saturday only, all three concerts,
lunch and dinner, afternoon tea,
travel to the away venue.
- C ticket
- $190
Sunday only, two concerts
lunch, afternoon tea.
Home-cooked meals are served after the two late-morning concerts and after the Saturday evening concert. Participants cover their own bed and breakfast; otherwise, all meals are included in the Festival ticket. For childrens’ tickets please enquire. The church pews are of jarrah, so bring a cushion. For accommodation bookings freecall the Bridgetown visitors’ centre on 1800 777 140 or go to their website at www.bridgetown.com.au. For further information including a map to locate the venue and payment information, see the Contact page.
The pre-Festival concert in st Paul’s Church, Bridgetown, 7.30 p.m. on Friday 27 april, is intended mainly for town and district but Festival-goers are encouraged to attend, paying separately at the door. Telephones, pagers and other potentially interruptive devices are not brought into the recitals.
Festival Brochure
The 2012 Festival Brochure is available for download and can be found on the News page here.
Other Festivals with which the BRCF is Linked
Festes Baroques
Visitors to France in the European summer may like to note a festival of Baroque music in the Bordeaux with which our Festival now has a formal link. It takes place over three weeks from late June to mid-July, and it combines music by the finest European artists with wine-tastings, French regional cuisine, and visits to splendid 18th-century chateaux in the region. The Director is Xavier Julien-Laferrière, who performed in our Festival this year with his ensemble Les Caractères. For information see the website www.festesbaroques.com
Stour Music Festival
Visitors to Great Britain in June are invited to check the website www.stourmusic.org.uk . There they will find information about the lively Stour Music Festival which is held over late June in the 15th-century Boughton Aluph Church, in the country near Ashford, Kent, about an hour east of London. It takes its name from the River Stour, which runs through Kent between Ashford and Canterbury. The concerts are given by well-known mostly British artists, such as The Academy of Ancient Music, Florilegium, Emma Kirkby, and the Deller Consort, but this year the Danish recorder player Michala Petri performed there with her husband, the lutenist Lars Hannibal, as well as the Polish consort Floripari. The Director is Mark Deller, and the festival was founded in 1963 by his father, the celebrated counter-tenor Alfred Deller. The country setting is beautiful, the church has excellent acoustics, and there is catering in a marquee on the site.