James Morley and Erin Helyard
2:30PM
Adult $70 | Concession $65 | Student $35
Complimentary afternoon tea will be served during the interval.
Pre-concert dining option | Light lunch ($16 per serve)
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
Adelaide-born cellist extraordinaire James Morley shares the striking program that garnered him a position in London’s prestigious 2024 Young Classical Artists Trust at Wigmore Hall. This is a two-part program: in the first half, James weaves together diverse works for solo cello. His aim, he says, is to ‘capture the essence of a voice in all its forms: proud singing in Britten’s Canto Primo; Berio’s lost words; the correlation between the instrument and the human voice in Marais’ viola da gamba music; the literal vocalising that forms the emotional end of Liza Lim’s 'Cello Playing ~ as Meteorology.’ In an additional layer of personal curation, James facilitates these conversations with bridging improvisations as well as Kaija Saariaho’s Papillon II.
The program’s second half operates in complete contrast to the first: James is joined by renowned Australian harpsichordist, pianist and scholar, Erin Helyard, to revel in an Austro-German classical world. Here, Clara Schumann’s moving Drei Romanzen counterbalances two earlier voices: Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata, and Beethoven’s charming variations on a theme from Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute, ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’.
PROGRAM
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Canto primo from Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72 (3')
Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
Les mots sont allés … (3')
Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023)
Papillon II (2')
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Allemande from Cello Suite No. 6 in D, BWV 1012 (7')
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Fuga from Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72 (4')
Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023)
Papillon II (reprise) [2']
Marin Marais (1656–1728)
Les Voix Humaines (7')
Liza Lim (b. 1966)
'Cello Playing ~ as Meteorology (for James Morley) [12']
INTERVAL
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Variationen über einen Thema 'Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen', Op. 66 (10')
Clara Schumann
Drei Romanzen, Op. 22 (10')
I. Andante molto
II. Allegretto
III. Leidenschaftlich schnell
Franz Schubert
Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821 (25')
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio
III. Allegretto