Concert Programs

Winter Lunchbox Concert #5 - Van Diemen's Voices

TRADITIONAL FRENCH L’homme Armé 

ANTOINE BUSNOYS (1430-1492) Missa L’homme Armé 
Kyrie

FRANCISCO GUERRERO (1528-1599) Missa L’homme Armé 
Gloria

ANON, FROM MELLON CHANSONNIER Il sera pour vous conbatu / L’homme Armé

JOSQUIN DES PREZ (1450-1521) Missa L’homme Armé 
Sanctus
Benedictus

GUILLAUME DUFAY (1397-1474) Missa L’homme Armé 
Agnus Dei iii

JOSQUIN DES PREZ (attr.) (1430-1492) & QUIN THOMSON (b.1974) man, disarmed*

*world premiere

Composer Note

man, disarmed is an embellishment of an existing, gorgeous, only somewhat texted piece, attributed (probably wrongly) to Josquin des Prez. The lines of this original piece are sung by the Voices. The additional violin line, overlaid by a non-man as a counterpoint to the sentiment of the original secular song, is intended as an untexted lament for the violent loss of innocent lives.

Winter Lunchbox Concert #4 - Andrew Seymour & Karen Smithies

FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Songs without Words arr. Andreas Ottensamer

Op. 67 no. 2
Op. 30 no. 6 Venetian Boat Song
Op. 85 no. 4

DONATO LOVREGLIO (1841-1907) Fantasia da Concerto on themes from La Traviata

GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911) Selected Songs arr. Ronald Kornfeil

Lob des hohen Verstands (In Praise of High Intellect) from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Rheinlegendchen (Little Rhein Legend) from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Oft denk’ ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen! (I often think they have only gone out!) from Kindertotenlieder

Winter Lunchbox Concert #3 - VDB Fellows - Passamezzo

ANON Baroque Standards Medley (arranged by Simon Martyn-Ellis)

Passamezzo Antico
Romanesca
Aria di Firenze
Passamezzo Moderno 

FRANCESCO GEMINIANI (1687-1762) Cello Sonata in A Major H 103 

Andante
Allegro

GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1681-1767) Viola Sonata in E minor TWV 41:e5

Cantabile
Vivace

ISABELLA LEONARDA (1620-1704) Sonata Nona Sonate A’ 1. 2. 3. e 4. Istromenti Op. 16

Presto-Largo-Prestissimo

GIOVANNI GIROLAMO KAPSPERGER (1580-1651) Toccata Prima Libro quarto d’intavolatura di chitarrone 1640

GIOVANNI BATTISTA BUONAMENTE (1595-1642) Sonata a 2 Violini et doi Bassi Sonata, et canzoni, libro sesto 1636

Winter Lunchbox Concert #2 - Georgina Lewis

STUART GREENBAUM (b.1966) Equator Loops

ANNE CAWRSE (b.1981) Time's Long Ruin

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)  Images Book 2
II. Cloches à travers les feuilles

MISSY MAZZOLI (b.1980) Heartbreaker

ARVO PÄRT (b.1935) Für Alina

NADIA BOULANGER (1887-1979) Improvisation

Winter Lunchbox Concert #1 - Gryphon Baryton Trio

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809) Baryton Trio in C Major Hob XI:109 
Adagio
Allegro
Menuet

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809) Baryton Trio in A minor Hob XI:87 
Adagio
Allegro di molto
Menuet

BROOKE GREEN (b. 1964) Make Your Entrance (world premiere)

Make Your Entrance is partly about body language, the way a performer walks on stage, what they do and don’t reveal. I was also thinking about how various characters in Franz Joseph Haydn’s time might have presented themselves, in particular, at the Esterhazy court in the 1770s when he was writing his baryton trios for Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy. This piece is intended to be played without breaks and comprises several sections linked by semi-improvised ‘vamping’ while each of the players walk on stage:

 

  1. Entitlement: Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy: Despite his entitlement he seemed to also have a less arrogant, more human side. What else could explain his desire to play the baryton?
  2. The Shy One: Maria Anna von Genzinger: Their correspondence suggests she was the woman Haydn most adored but for reasons of propriety they had to remain strictly friends. Haydn was estranged from his wife and Maria was married to Prince Esterhazy’s physician. She must have been a very fine pianist and quite self-assured underneath the necessary appearance of modesty. 
  3. Modesty Comes out of her Shell: Here Maria begins as the apparently Shy One and gradually breaks out of an accompanying bass line role to reveal her assertive self as she audaciously competes with the Prince. 
  4. The Disrupter: apparently impatient after waiting so long to come on stage, is actually a rogue Hungarian.
  5. Espionage: The rogue Hungarian, masking as a viola player, is casing the joint (Esterhazy Court) for future invasion, inspired by stories of the Countess Ilona.
  6. The Hungarians led by Countess Ilona Zringi: After her 3 year defence of Palanak or Mukachevo Castle (which was in Hungary, now Ukraine) she was celebrated as a courageous leader of the Hungarians. She feels the rhythms of the world in 5.
  7. A Toast to Papa Haydn: Here I am imagining the court giving a champagne toast to him to make up for the many accolades he didn’t receive at this time. 

 

The creation of this composition was supported by The Australian Cultural Fund. I am also grateful to Laura Vaughan for its commission and to the Gryphon Baryton Trio for their no holds barred approach!

 

Brooke Green, 4 August 2025

 

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809) Baryton Trio in D Major Hob XI:113 

Adagio
Allegro di molto
Menuet allegretto
Fuga (from XI:97)