The Festival Launch was held on SUNDAY OCTOBER 30 at 2:30pm in the CYGNET TOWN HALL.

A "pot pourri" of music as a taster for the Huon Valley Chamber Music Festival 2023. The feature work on the program was Mozart's sublime Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet, with other works by Bach, Telemann, Wagner and Debussy.

PROGRAM

The Musicians:
Cellos - Gwyn Roberts, Trish Dean, Robert Manley, Alexandra Békés, Anne John, Georgia Shine, Christine Byrne, Anna Spinaze
Clarinet - Paul Dean; Recorder - Robert Manley
Violins - Lucy Carrig, Miranda Carson
Viola - Damien Holloway
Bass - Antony Morgan

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J.S.Bach     Prelude No.1 in G major for Two Cellos and Bass
Gwyn Roberts & Anne John, cellos
Antony Morgan, double bass

Telemann      Sonata in C major for Recorder and Two Cellos (movts.1&2)
Robert Manley, recorder
Gwyn Roberts & Trish Dean, cellos

Mozart     Quintet for Clarinet and Strings (Larghetto & Allegro)
Paul Dean, clarinet
Lucy Carrig, Miranda Carson, violins
Damien Holloway, viola
Trish Dean, cello

Wagner     “Feierliches Stuck” from Lohengrin
Trish Dean, Robert Manley, Gwyn Roberts, Alexandra Békés, cellos

Saint-Saens     “Le Cygne” from Le Carnaval des Animaux
Gwyn Roberts, Trish Dean, Robert Manley, Alexandra Békés, cellos

Verdi     Prelude to Act 1 from La Traviata
Gwyn Roberts, Trish Dean, Robert Manley, Alexandra Békés, cellos

Debussy     “La Fille aux cheveux de lin”
Paul Dean, clarinet
Lucy Carrig, Miranda Carson, violins
Damien Holloway, viola
Gwyn Roberts, cello
Antony Morgan, double bass

Debussy     “Golliwog’s Cakewalk”
Paul Dean, clarinet
Robert Manley, Gwyn Roberts, Trish Dean, cellos

Bryan Kelly     Spanish Piece No. 2 for 8 Cellos and Bass

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