Ironwood's April and May Concerts

We hope you had a very enjoyable Easter. Following Ironwood’s wonderful performance of St Matthew Passion last week at the Melbourne Recital Centre, we are now preparing a special program with St James’ Choir in Sydney. We do hope you can come.

A ROYAL OCCASION I
The Choir of St James’ & Ironwood Chamber Orchestra (with Developing Artists)
Everyone loves a celebration, particularly British royalty - be it a coronation, wedding or birthday. In the first of two programs which showcase the milestones of composition for royal occasions past and present, The Choir of St James’ and Ironwood don their finery to mark the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton.
Saturday 30 April, 5pm and Thursday 5 May, 7pm
St James, King Street, Sydney
HANDEL Coronation Anthems (selected) and music by WALTON, PARRY and PURCELL
Director: Warren Trevelyan-Jones
More information HERE; Tickets & booking details: www.cityrecitalhall.com

Special Offer:- St James’ is offering a discount to their first two concerts in the St James’ concert series - for “Royal Occasion 1” (with Ironwood) and “Royal Occasion 2” (with the Sydney Youth Orchestra in June/July). If you book both concerts, then you will receive $10 off the 2 tickets ($5 off each concert). You must book via this link: http://www.cityrecitalhall.com/book/id/1080 or tickets can be purchased over the phone on (02) 8256 2222 or 1300 797 118. Or at the counter at City Recital Hall Angel Place Box Office. To view the Music @ St James’ 2011 brochure, click HERE


UTZON MUSIC SERIES
Ironwood have a special affinity for music from the classical period so their interpretation of Mozart’s String Quartet K428, the third of his set dedicated to Haydn, is most exciting. A quartet by the ‘Spanish Mozart’, Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga is not to be missed. A new piece by Australian composer Kevin March displays perfectly the breadth and accomplishment of the ensemble. Sunday 15 May, 5pm at the Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House
ARRIAGA Quartet No. 3 in E-flat Major (1st movement only)
KEVIN MARCH Water Dreamers
MOZART Quartet in E-flat major, K428
Book Online Now: www.sydneyoperahouse.com


See you soon, Rachael, Julia, Nicole, Danny, Neal, Alice & Anna

Ironwood on ABC Classic FM today

Tune in to ABC Classic FM at around 13.45 to hear Ironwood performing Mozart's sublime Clarinet Quintet with guest artist Nicola Boud. Program also includes Mozart's "Hunt Quartet" and Kats-Chernin's "Eliza Aria" arranged for String Quartet, as well as Paul Stanhope's Morning Star, and was recorded in January at this year's Peninsula Summer Music Festival on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria.
This concert will follow the Bach 'cello suites performed by our wonderful Danny Yeadon, so tune in to Christopher Lawrence at 1pm for two sublime concerts!

Recording sessions completed with Fiona Campbell and David Walker

We finished the sessions on Sunday evening, and everyone has gone their separate ways. The sessions finished very well and the CD promises to be very beautiful. The release date is October at this stage. If you would like to be kept up to date about the release please join the Baroque duets facebook group.
In the meantime you can keep up to date with Fiona Campbell's movements on her website here, and David Walker's on his website here.

Recording with Fiona Campbell and David Walker for new label 'Vexations'

Ironwood are currently in the process of recording a new album for a brand new label called Vexations. The CD will include some gorgeous duets and arias by Handel, Monteverdi, Steffani, and Cavilli, including many excerpts from l'Ormindo which Fiona and David and many members of Ironwood performed last year with Pinchgut Opera.
Yesterday was our first day of recording and the project got off to a beautiful start much to the delight of our fabulous producer Lyle Chan. Fiona Campbell and David Walker are in fine voice, and yesterdays Ormindo duets sounded amazing. Today we are on to something completely different! Handel arias! to be continued......

Water dreamers at Cockatoo Island

Don't miss this exciting and eclectic program featuring the new work 'Water Dreamers' by Kevin March as well as the wonderful 'Sea Chronicles' of Paul Stanhope, for which the Quartet is joined by Jane Sheldon. These works are interspersed with Australian and English folk tunes creating a wonderful Juxtaposition of the old and the new just as the Sydney Biennale does in the historic atmosphere of Cockatoo Island.
Details can be found here. Please come and have a drink with us afterwards at the venue bar!

Ironwood in rehearsal for the Cabinet of Curiosities

Ironwood and their developing artists are in rehearsal for their concert this Sunday at Cockatoo Island as part of the Sydney Biennale. The program includes Concerti Grossi by Geminiani and Handel as well as CPE Bach's Cello concerto in A minor, performed by Anthony Albrecht and the first movement of the Concerto RV 208 in D major 'Grosso Mogul' by Vivaldi played by Tim Willis, all conducted by the ever inspiring Neal Peres da Costa and tutored by members of Ironwood, Nicole Forsyth, Daniel Yeadon and Julia Fredersdorff.
Don't miss out on what promises to be a wonderful concert full of energy and inspiration, in a truly unique setting!
More details here.

17th Biennale of Sydney

Ironwood, in association with the 17th Biennale of Sydney, present 3 performances this July





Ironwood with Developing Artists presents "A Cabinet of Curiosities"
Sunday 18 July at 3pm, Biennale Performance Space (building 74)
Cockatoo Island, Sydney

Ironwood with Jane Sheldon, soprano “Water Dreamers”
Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 July 2010 at 3pm, Biennale Performance Space (building 74)
Cockatoo Island, Sydney

One of Australia’s most vibrant ensembles, along with developing artists from their education program, will perform 3 concerts in July. The concerts will be a musical-visual exploration around the coves, cliffs and songlines of harbours native and foreign. New Australian and old colonial compositions will be played on instruments of the 18th century, integrated with Cockatoo Island’s own layers of time, and the Biennale’s multi-media works by Australian and international artists.

On Sunday 18 July, Ironwood and the Developing Artists from their highly successful Education Program will form a small orchestra, performing works Geminiani, Handel, Vivaldi, Purcell, CPE Bach and other bizarre curiosities of the baroque.

Australian singer Jane Sheldon will join the string quartet on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 July, to perform the world premiere of ‘Water Dreamers’ by Australian/US composer Kevin March and ‘Sea Chronicles’ by Paul Stanhope.

Tickets $10
60mins with no interval.
Bookings (advised) or pay at the door: 02 9389 8117
Cockatoo Island hosts 120 works by 56 artists and is just 20 minutes by free ferry from the Commissioner's Steps, Circular Quay West. Full ferry timetable available at bos17.com.
The last few weekends have been very busy on the Island, so it is advisable to book your tickets and aim to get to the ferry departure point early.
So come for the day, take a picnic and enjoy some wonderful music.
www.ironwoodchamberensemble.com
www.biennaleofsydney.com.au

We look forward to seeing you there!
Rachael, Julia, Nicole, Danny, Neal & Jane.