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What better way to ring in Musica Viva Australia’s first year at The Edge than with two of Australia’s best and brightest young musicians? Violinist Sulki Yu and pianist Laurence Matheson will appear in concert together to present works of great emotional power.
Program: 
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No.1 
FRANCK Violin Sonata in A major
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Following their beautifully assured debut at the 2020 Port Fairy Spring Music Festival, the Wattleseed Ensemble will bring their particular brand of magic to The Edge at Federation Square in 2022.
Comprised of violist Katie Yap, violinist Natalia Harvey, and cellist Anna Pokorny, the Baroque string trio was founded with the goal of bringing together diverse audiences to reflect on climate change and our shared Australian landscape through music. Performing repertoire that ranges from the middle ages to the high Baroque, and also dipping into folk music and contemporary Australian works, the Wattleseed Ensemble demonstrates just how versatile period instruments can be.
For this concert, they’ll present a program spanning nearly ten centuries, from Hildegard von Bingen’s Processional of Embodied Souls to Bach’s The Art of Fugue, through to a highly anticipated world premiere by Musica Viva FutureMaker Matt Laing, titled From Home. Rounding out the program are two Scandinavian songs, a traditional waltz and a contemporary jig.
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Musica Viva Australia: Wattleseed Ensemble

The Edge

The Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne are one of the gems of the city’s musical life. Directed by Christopher Watson, they’ve collaborated with some of the most acclaimed orchestras, ensembles, and conductors from around the world, including esteemed choral directors Jeremy Summerly and Stephen Layton as well as the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra led by Sir Andrew Davis.
For Viva Edge, they’ll present a program that celebrates contemporary female composers, each work paired with a Tallis piece that deals with similar or complementary subject matter. Highlights include Cecilia McDowall’s 2012 work The Lord is Good, a setting of verses from the Book of Lamentations. Calling for two soprano soloists whose lines entwine against a textured choral backdrop, the work is imbued with a sense of yearning.
It’s paired with Tallis’ own exquisite setting of the Lamentations, a more meditative work. Commissioned by the choir and first performed in 2021, the singers will also perform Australian composer Sarah Elise Thompson’s Sundance, a transporting piece of music paired with Tallis’ Te lucis ante terminum I, a valedictory work written to be sung at the last service of the day.
Australian composer Brooke Shelley’s A New Commandment will meanwhile follow on from Tallis’ work by the same name to serve as the ideal finale to this special program.
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Musica Viva Australia: Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne

Emily Sun, Nicolas Fleury, and Amir Farid became something of a dream team when they embarked on their first tour together for Musica Viva Australia in 2021. Audiences had the rare opportunity to hear the French horn in an intimate setting and were delighted by the chemistry between the three musicians.
It’s no surprise then they’ve chosen to reunite for this Viva Edge concert, revisiting two works that made their 2021 tour so memorable. Up first is Gordon Kerry’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, a 10-minute showcase for two virtuosos. Taking full advantage of the colours available to both instruments, it’s a vivid, shimmering work that sweeps audiences away. It won Sun and Farid special acclaim upon its world premiere, their assured interpretation of the work especially noteworthy.
Equally breathtaking is the Brahms Horn Trio, a work that spotlights the expressive qualities of its titular instrument and brings together both the pastoral and domestic environments. There is nothing quite like it in all of classical music.
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Musica Viva Australia: Emily Sun, Nicolas Fleury & Amir Farid

Bach meets jazz in this ingenious program by the Michelle Nicolle Quartet, an ensemble who have lit up clubs and concert halls all over Australia and the world for more than two decades. Comprised of guitarist Geoff Hughes, drummer Ronny Ferella, and bassist Howard Cairns, frontperson Michelle Nicolle has been described by none other than Kurt Elling as &#8216;a singer born to sing&#8217;.
For this Viva Edge concert, they’ll marry the worlds of classical and jazz with their trademark wit and flair. Audiences can expect to hear a new spin on Bach’s beloved aria Bist du bei mir and the Musette in D Major, while two of his works – the Sarabande from his Partita No 1 and his Fugue in G Minor – will be blended with Horace Silver’s Lonely Woman and Thelonious Monk’s Round Midnight respectively. Rounding on the program are Petzold’s Minuet in G, Arianne’s Komm, süsser Tod (based on a Bach piano work), and Coleman’s March in D’Ornette.
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Musica Viva Australia: Michelle Nicolle Quartet

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What better way to ring in Musica Viva Australia’s first year at The Edge than with violinist Sulki Yu and pianist Laurence Matheson.

Musica Viva Australia: Sulki Yu & Laurence Matheson

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