Each day features concerts and masterclasses from Australian and International artists, traders displays and demonstrations. If you wish, you can play in a massed clarinet or saxophone ensemble which will perform on Wednesday. Below you will find a program summary as well as detailed repertoire for each of the concerts.
However, if you wish just to attend select concerts at MRC, you may book those directly online.
Read the programs below or download a PDF. Updated June 23.
Sunday 3rd of July
1.30 Bass Clarinet Recital Phil Everall
King Friday
Lowenstern
Pastiche
Simon Burgers
Well You Needn’t
Monk/Nathan Koci
PHONX
Scott Miller
Sha
Lowenstern
5.00 Jazz Recital Andy Firth (NSW)
‘Flying Fingers’
with Joe Ruberto – Piano
Geoff Kluke – Bass
Dean Cooper – Drums
11:00 Clarinet Recital Jeremy Reynolds (USA) Mitchell Leigh Piano (Qld)
“Eternal Garden, Four Songs for Clarinet and Piano”
David Maslanka (b. 1943)
1. Lamentation
2. On Chestnut Hill
3. Elegy: August 6, 1945
4. Eternal Garden
Hommage a Johann Sebastian Bach
Béla Kovács (b. 1937)
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano
Joseph Horovitz (b. 1926)
1. Allegro calmato
2. Lento, quasi andante
3. Con brio
12:30 Clarinet Quartet Recital Clarity (Vic)
Starling
Ian Blake
What Goes Around Comes Around
Sandra France
Burnished Silver
Elana Kats-Chernin
Second Door on the Left
Elana Kats-Chernin
Kwon Song
Elana Kats-Chernin
Pink Breasted Robin
Elana Kats-Chernin
1:30 Clarinet & Saxophone Competition Final
Listen to the semi-finalists compete for $3,000 in prizes.
u18 Clarinet Competition
u18 Saxophone Competition
u30 Clarinet Competition
u30 Saxophone Competition
Sponsored by Melbourne Brass and Woodwind
Supported by Reed Music
11:00 New World Quartet (China)
Ao Kun – Soprano Saxophone
Kay Zhang – Alto Saxophone
Allan Yang – Tenor Saxophone
Yusheng Li – Baritone Saxophone
Inna Hu – Piano
Bird and Sea
Xu ZhiBing (Australia premiere)
Suite du Tango
Astor Piazzolla
Flowing River
Yun Nan Folk song arr. Dan Chen
Overture of Spring Festival
Huanzhi Li arr. Yusheng Li
4:00 Saxophone Recital Bird’s Apprentices (QLD)
Concerto for 2 Violins – First Movement
J.S. Bach
Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor
Vivaldi
Concerto for 24 Violins in B Minor
Vivaldi
Divertimento K136
Mozart
Symphony No. 40 – First Movement
Mozart
Suite from Carmen
Bizet
Earlkonig
Schubert
Monday 4th July
11:00 Clarinet Recital Ros Dunlop (NSW)
Frenzy & Folly, Fire & Joy
Graham Hair
Hauturu
John Rimmer
New Work
Kirsty Beilharz (World Premiere)
You Can Take it Anywhere
Judy Bailey
Papua Merdeka
Martin Wesley-Smith
Onomatopeia
Nigel Westlake
12:30 Clarinet Recital Peter Jenkin (NSW)
David Howie – Piano
Piri
Isang Yun
3 Preludes transcribed Jenkins
Alexander Scriabin
Russian Rag
Elena Kats-Cherin
Concert Fantasy on Themes from Verdi’s La Traviata
Donato Lovreglio
Bulgar Frailach
Trad
2:00 Clarinet Recital Alan Vivian (ACT)
Timothy Young – Piano
After You, Mr Gershwin
Gershwin arr. Kovacs
Concerto No. 2 2nd Movement, Adagio
Louis Spohr
Sonata
Francis Poulenc
Il Convegno (with David Griffiths)
Ponchielli
3:30 Saxophone Recital
Barega Saxophone Quartet (Qld)
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Maurice Ravel arr. Christoph Enzel
(Southern Hemisphere Premiere)
I Prelude
II Forlane
III Menuet
IV Rigaudon
Tower of the Winds
Andrew Ball
I Zephyrus
II Boreas
III Eurus
IV Notus (World Premiere)
3 Pieces for Saxophone Quartet
Louise Denson (World Premiere)
I Pondside
II Star Of
III Green Tristano
6 Bagatelles
Gyorgy Ligeti arr. Fabio Oehrli
I Allegro Con Spirito
II Rubato Lamentoso
III Allegro Grazioso
IV Presto Ruvido
V Adagio Mesto
VI Molto Vivace Cappricioso
12:30 Saxophone Recital
Queensland Sax Ensemble
Di Tolmie (Qld)
Viimesen Kerran traditional Finnish Song
arranged Olaf Mulenhardt
Selections from Pictures at and Exhibition
Mussourgsky arr. Schulze
The Heat of the Day
Pat Metheney arr. Andrew Ball
New York Counterpoint
Steve Reich
Yawiquo
Tatsuya Yoshida arr. Andrew Ball
2:00 Saxophone Recital
Katia Beaugeais (NSW)
David Howie – piano
Kmaatrigaery (2009) Duet for 2 Soprano Saxophones with Michael Duke
Stephen Yates
Sounds from Bondi (2011) for Soprano Saxophone (Australian premiere)
Saxophone Katia Beaugeais
Etude No. 2 & 10, Op. 188 for Alto Saxophone & Piano
Charles Koechlin
Sound Box (2008) for Soprano Saxophone
Katia Beaugeais
Shaping the Curve (1990) for Soprano Sax & Piano
Michael Nyman
Ulpirra (1993) for Soprano Saxophone
Ross Edwards
3:00 Clasax Clarinet Choir Recital (Vic)
Conducted by JoAnn Griffiths
Licorice Licks
Arthur Frackenpohl
An American in Paris
George Gershwin arr. by Nicholas Chave
Olympic Prelude
Sy Brandon
Jupiter-Gustav Holst arr. Richard Jensen
Charleston Medley-arr. Philip Buttall
4:30 Saxophone Recital
Continuum Sax (NSW)
Video Game Dreaming
Matthew Hindson
Sarcasms
Prokofiev arr. James Nightingale (World Premiere)
My Waltz is Longer
Martin Kay
Heartbreakers for Saxophone Quartet and Soundtrack with VideoS
Jacob TV
10:00 Clarinet Recital Lawrence Dobell (NSW)
Sarah Morse ‘cello
David Howie piano
Trio op 11
Beethoven
Abime des oiseaux from Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Messiaen
Trio
Nino Rota
11:00 Saxophone Recital Rompduo
Barry Cockcroft (Vic) and Adam Pinto (WA)
Proudly Supported by Reed Music
Voyages (2007)
Charlotte Harding (Australian Premiere)
1 – Open Waters
2 – Too Far from Home
3 – Time to Turn
Melbourne Sonata (2011) 1st movement
Barry Cockcroft (Australian Premiere)
Rock Me! (2007)
Barry Cockcroft
Fault Lines (1998)
Perry Goldstein
Crazy Logic (2006)
Matthew Orlovich
All scores published by Reed Music
12:00 Saxophone Recital Mark Hobson (NZ)
Tui Trio for Tenor Saxophone, Viola and Piano
Philip Norman (NZ)
A Mid-Term Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano
Anthony Ritchie (NZ)
Eight pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano
Max Bruch
1:30 Clarinet Recital Irit Silver (Qld)
Anna Carson – piano
Kristian Winther – violin
Sonata
Saint Saens
Contrasts
Bartok
3:00 Saxophone Recital Noah Getz (USA)
Adam Pinto Piano
The Golden Prophecy (2008-9)
Andrew Earle Simpson
Rabescatura
Miklós Maros
Prelude, Cadence and Finale
Alfred Desonclos
Limerick Arms Hotel
‘Stax of Sax’
Presented by The Music Place
7:30 Jazz night at the Limerick Arms Hotel
364 Clarendon Street South Melbourne
7:30pm till late!
Tuesday 5th July
10:00 Saxophone Recital Shannon Ebeling (Vic)
Suite Hellénique
Pedro Iturralde
Sarabande
Mark Anthony Turnage
Armenia
Larry Sitsky
Fantaisie – Impromptu
André Jolivet
Escapades
John Williams
11:30 Saxophone Recital Jabra Latham (Tas)
with Benjamin Price (Tas), Soprano Saxophone
Twelve Duos for Soprano Saxophones
Russell Gilmour
1:00 Charles West (USA)
Mitchell Leigh – piano
Time Pieces
Robert Muczynski
Five Duets for Clarinets with Floyd Williams (QLD)
Ingolf Dahl
1. Sonatina-Allegro comodo
2. Invention on Two Intervals-Moderato e dolce
3. Cadenza Pastorale-Lento, in tempo flessibile
4. Invention on a Rhythm-Adagio misterioso
5. Canonic Rondo-Presto
Liquid Ebony
Dana Wilson
2:30 Clarinet Recital Heather Monkhouse (Tas)
Kleine Suite, Op. 28 (1924)
Ernst Krenek
I. Praeludium. Moderato
II. Air. Andantino
III. Bourrée. Allegro
IV. Adagio. Adagio molto
V. Moderner Tanz. Tempo giusto
Sonata for Clarinet (1933)
John Cage
I. Vivace
II. Lento
III. Vivace
Epitomes for clarinet and piano (World Premiere)
Don Kay (2010)
I. Elegy
II. Frenzy
III. Tolling
IV. Ballad
V. March
VI. Eddying
VII. Final
Tasman Suite (2008)
Eric Ewazen
I. Hobart
II. Cradle Mountain
III. Huon Valley
IV. Freycinet (Wineglass Bay)
Dancing in the Snake-Pit (1998)
Maria Grenfell
12:30 Saxophone Recital
James Nightingale (NSW) & Martin Kay (NSW)
Graphic Suite for mixed ensemble
Martin Kay
1. Morse
2. Binary mixed ensemble
3. Cadenza
Rain
Martin Kay
Scotland Jop
Martin Kay
James Nightingale
Bo for Solo Tenor Saxophone
Barry Cockcroft
The Bee-Trap for Solo Alto Saxophone
Margery Smith
Wild for Solo alto Saxophone
Colin Bright
10:00 Saxophone Recital Christina Leonard
Garden of Love for Soprano Saxophone and soundtrack
Jacob Ter Veldhuis
Sonata in D Major Op.91 No.1 for Soprano Saxophone and Keyboard
J. de Boismortier
Invisible Dances for Soprano Saxophone and Piano (World Premiere)
Tim Dagaville
Sonata in Ut# Major for Alto Saxophone and Piano
Fernande Decruck
12:00 Clarinet Recital Richard Haynes
Dialogue de l’ombre double
Pierre Boulez
1:30 Clarinet Ensemble Clarion214
Spring Rain (World Premiere)
Julian Yu
New Work (World Premiere)
Julian Yu
New Work (World Premiere)
Karlin Greenstreet Love
Molly on the Shore
Grainger arr Seymour
3:30 David Griffiths & Barry Cockcroft with
Tinalley String Quartet
The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
Osvaldo Golijov
Quintet for Alto Saxophone & String Quartet (2006)
Perry Goldstein (Australian Premiere)
5:00 Clarinet Recital Philippe Cuper
Amir Farid – piano
Spohr. Concerto no 2 in Eb
Movt.1 Allegro, Movt. 2 Adagio
Variations sur un Air Du Pays D’OC
Cahuzac
Cantilene
Cahuzac
Pastorale Cevenole
Cahuzac
7:30 Saxophone Gala
The Australian Clarinet and Saxophone Festival presents Sax Spectacular. The Saxophone has been shaped and developed in different people’s hands for over a century. You will be amazed at the diverse nature of this beautiful and unique instrument. Join internationally renowned French saxophonist Philippe Geiss and prominent Australian performers including premiere saxophone ensemble Continuum Sax for a night of music not to be missed.
Trilog Philippe Geiss
Fast Seven Philippe Geiss solo alto Saxophone
East West Feast Etienne Rolin arr. Philippe Geiss Soprano Saxophone & Playback
Balafon Christian Lauba arr. Philippe Geiss Tenor Saxophone & Playback
Zapateo Philippe Geiss Bass Saxophone & Playback
New in the Neighbourhood Jerry Bergonzi arr. Philippe Geiss Bass Saxophone & Playback
Three High Notes Philippe Geiss Sopranino & Soprano Saxophone duet with Barry Cockcroft, soprano sax
Tanganita Philippe Geiss Alto sax & Saxophone Quartet with Continuum Sax
Medina Philippe Geiss Sopranino Saxophone & Saxophone Quartet with Continuum Sax
Interval
Fantaisie Demersseman for Alto Saxophone & Piano
Performed by Michael Duke
Septième Solo de Concert Singelee for Baritone Saxophone & Piano
Performed by Nicholas Russoniello & Adam Pinto (piano)
Flying Colours Matthew Orlovich (2010/11) for alto Saxophone & piano
(concerto for band adaption – world premiere)
Rompduo Barry Cockcroft & Adam Pinto
Armenian Song Traditional
Ulpirra Ross Edwards
Performed by Nicole Canham on Toragato
Riesenschritte for Alto Saxophone & Piano
Andrián Pertout
Performed by Noah Getz
St Patrick
Philippe Geiss
Performed by Everyone!
Wednesday 6th July
11:00 Saxophone Recital Adrian Tully (QLD)
Demons (2004/2011)*
Brett Dean (b. 1961)
*Australian premiere of version for soprano saxophone
‘Fêtes’ (from Nocturnes) for Soprano Saxophone & Piano
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arr. Adrian Tully
‘Undine’ Sonata for soprano saxophone and piano op.167
Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) Transcription: Adrian Tully
I. Allegro
II. Intermezzo – Allegretto vivace
III. Andante tranquillo
IV. Finale – Allegro molto agitato ed appassionato, quasi Presto
12:30 Saxophone Recital Simon Brew (NZ)
Jodie Lockyer – piano
Hazine (Treasure) for solo Saxophone
Yvette Audain
Scherzo for Alto Saxophone and Piano
Michael Vinten
New work to be Premiered for solo Saxophone
Michael Jamieson
Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
John Elmsley
Mvt I,II,III
Sonata for Tenor Saxophone and Piano
Michael Jamieson
Mvt I,II, III
2:00 Clarinet Recital Robert Schubert (Vic)
cello – Josie Vains
piano – Akemi Schubert
Clarinet Concerto (World Premiere)
Peter Tahourdin
Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano
Brahms
3:30 Clarinet Recital Debbie Rawson (NZ)
‘Douglas Lilburn to the Present Day –
Clarinet repertoire from New Zealand’
Jodie Lockyer – piano
Sonatina
Douglas Lilburn
Hold Fast! for solo clarinet
Yvette Audain
Svitacs
Karlo Margetic
Mata-au for solo clarinet
Gillian Whitehead
Suite from Ring Round the Moon
David Farquhar
Catnip for solo clarinet
Natalie Hunt
Presto Paganinistico
Robbie Ellis
10:00 Massed Ensembles Performances
Conducted by Charles West, Michael Duke
Program to be announced
11:30 Saxophone Recital
Nexus Saxophone Quartet (NSW)
Holberg Suite
Edvard Grieg
I. Prelude
II. Sarabande
III. Gavotte
IV. Air
V. Rigaudon
Dark Nebulae
Lachlan Skipworth
Tango Virtuoso
Thierry Escaich
1:30 Saxophone Recital 22SQ (Tas)
Lessons of the Master (2005)
Perry Goldstein
Concerto for Saxophone Quartet (1995)
Philip Glass
Song I – Hymnus Ante Somnus (2002)
Simon Reade
Song II Alba (2006)
Simon Reade
Punctus Einz (2005)
Ruud van Eeten
3:00 Saxophone Recital Joseph Lallo (Vic)
Mysterious Morning III, pour Saxophone Soprano Solo
Fuminori Tanada
Movement I, Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
Stuart Greenbaum
Legende, Opus 66, pour Alto Saxophone et Piano
Florent Schmitt
Eclats de Ciel II, pour Saxophone Soprano et Electronic
Pierre Jodlowski
4:30 Saxophone Recital University of Melbourne Saxophone Ensemble (Vic)
The Immovable Do
Grainger
Ye Banks and Braes O’Bonnie Doon
Grainger
Sinfonietta for Saxophones
Caravan, R
F. Cappriccio
Poulenc (orchestration: Londeix, J-M.)
New York Counterpoint
Reich, S (authorised transcription: Francher, S.)
10:00 Clarinet Recital Sue Newsome (NSW)
RETROBASS!
Water Spirit Song
Ross Edwards
Aulos (in memoriam Claude Debussy)
Ivana Loudová
Solo voor Sue
Jo Sporck
At a Slight Angle…
Andrew Ford
Kijk, een Basklarinet in mijn Tuin!
Wilfried Westerlinck
Plain Language
Joep Straesser
11:30 Clarinet Recital Philip Arkinstall (Vic)
Sonata F-minor
Johannes Brahms
3 Romances
Robert Schumann
Sonatine
Malcolm Arnold
Gameboy/Nintendo Game Music
Mathew Hindson
12:30 Clarinet Recital Floyd Williams (Qld)
“In a state of Jazz”
Mitchel Leigh – piano
Blue Jeans (an assortment of blues and ‘things’ for clarinet and piano)
Vamp
Tango
To Bird
Drone
William Thomas McKinley
Essay for Clarinet Alone
John LaPorta
Ballad in Memory of Shirley Horn
Richard Rodney Bennett
8 Airs autour du Tango
Gustavo Beytelmann
No. 6
No. 8
Two pieces for Clarinet and Piano
Paquito d’Rivera
1. Vals Venezolano
2. Contradanza
1:30 Saxophone Recital Michael Duke (NSW)
Ganba for Baritone Saxophone and Piano
Anne Boyd
As Stars are Lit for Alto Saxophone and Piano
Michael Smetanin
X Suite for Alto Saxophone and Piano
Mark Zadro
Repetepetition for Soprano Saxophone and Piano
Matthew Hindson
3:00 Clarinet Recital Carl Rosman
Schattenklänge
Mauricio Kagel
Caerulean
Rebecca Saunders
Time and Motion Study I
Brian Ferneyhough
3:30 Ao Kun and New World Saxophone Quartet
Ao Kun – Soprano Saxophone
Kay Zhang – Alto Saxophone
Allan Yang – Tenor Saxophone
Yusheng – Li Baritone Saxophone
Inna Hu – Piano
Mai
Ryo Noda
Rhapsodie
Debussy
Flowing River
Yun Nan Folk song arr. Dan Chen
Overture of Spring Festival
Huanzhi Li arr. Yusheng Li
An Unforgettable Night
Wing Wang
5:00 Competition Final Performances
u18 & u30 Clarinet and Saxophone
Program to be announced
Sponsored by Melbourne Brass and Woodwind
Supported by Reed Music
7:30 Clarinet Gala
The Australian Clarinet and Saxophone Festival present Clarinet Serenade: an evening of music for the clarinet in all its guises. Featuring Mozart’s famous Clarinet Quintet K. 581, regularly voted one of the most loved classical music works of all time, with renowned French soloist Philippe Cuper and the Tinalley Quartet followed by a showcase of repertoire spanning three centuries.
Compere Colin Fox from ABC Classic FM
Quintet
Mozart
Phillipe Cuper, Tinalley String Quartet
Interval
La Traviata, Operatic Fantasy Giuseppe Verdi
David Thomas
Concert Pieces No 2 Mendelssohn
Robert Schubert, Jeremy Reynolds & Akemi Schubert (piano)
New Work for Clarinet in C and Bass Clarinet (world premiere)
Carl Rosman and Richard Haines
Richard Barrett
Three by George
George Gershwin arr. Bernard Hoffer
Festival Clarinet Ensemble: Charles West, Clarity, Phil Everall