About Wattleseed Ensemble ‘HOME’ Castlemaine x Allan Evans
A thought-provoking concert for gut string trio exploring the idea of home
HOME spans repertoire from the medieval to the present, crossing from classical to traditional folk music.
Home is a concept that is inextricably tied to being human, and can mean many different things to different people. Throughout the program, we will explore a religious home through music by Hildegard of Bingen and JS Bach; a national home through traditional folk music; and finally extend this to the idea of our planet and environment being home, through a new work by composer Matt Laing, commissioned especially for this tour, called From Home. This stunning work focuses on the place Matt considers his home, the Fleurieu Peninsula just south of Adelaide, and describes its change over time. From musical responses to the ancient granite of the cliffs, to a young bird struggling into the wind, From Home reflects on the past, look forward into the future, and capture the moment of choice we have now.
Natalia Harvey, violin
Katie Yap, viola and voice
Anna Pokorny, cello
Program:
Hildegard von Bingen: Processional of Embodied Souls
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Art of Fugue, contrapunctus XIII
Christopher Tye: Sit Fast
Trad. Scandinavian: Vals after Lasse in Lyby/Da Lounge Bar
Emily Sheppard: Aftermath
Matt Laing: From Home
For this concert, we have a special guest - folk harpist Allan Evans, playing a set of traditional Irish tunes to begin the concert!
Castlemaine Anglican Church, 8 Mostyn St Castlemaine, Sunday March 20 at 7:00PM
Tickets $30
*plus booking fee
All audience members must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless they have a medical exemption or are too young. Please be prepared to show a vaccination certificate at the door.