Now in its sixth year of concerts in Adelaide, The Kegelstatt Ensemble
is comprised of gifted and passionate young musicians who work together
joyfully and fruitfully in bringing great chamber music to life. We take our name
from a trio by Mozart — the first to unite a single wind, string and keyboard
instrument and place them on equal footing.
Masquerade
Sunday March 20, 3pm
Pilgrim Church, 12 Flinders Street, Adelaide
We return to our roots for our first concert for the year, which focuses on the
music of the night. This concert presents Kegelstatt in its original incarnation
of clarinet, viola and piano. The velvety timbres of these particular wind and
string instruments are well suited to music of half-shades and moonlight
tints. Here we showcase Kurtag’s Hommage á Schumann, a set of eerie and
fascinating miniatures, between nocturnal musings by Australian composers
Paul Stanhope and Brett Dean.
- Paul Stanhope - Shadow Dancing for clarinet, viola and piano
- W.A. Mozart - Trio for clarinet, viola and piano K498, ‘Kegelstatt’
- György Kurtag - Hommage á Schumann for clarinet, viola and piano
- Brett Dean - Night Window for clarinet, viola and piano
- Stephanie Wake-Dyster, clarinet
- Anna Webb, viola
- Leigh Harrold, piano
Adults $25 / Concession $18
Book at BASS online or call 131 246
(service fees apply)
Carnival
Sunday August 14, 3pm
Pilgrim Church, 12 Flinders Street, Adelaide
- Bartók - Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
- Bartók - Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
- Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals
- Natsuko Yoshimoto, violin
- Imants Larsens, violin
- Anna Webb, viola
- Paul Taylor, cello
- Harley Gray, Double Bass
- Alexandra Castle, Flute
- Stephanie Wake-Dyster, clarinet
- Jamie Adam, percussion
- Amanda Grigg, percussion
- Coady Green, piano
- Leigh Harrold, piano
Adults $25 / Concession $18
Book at BASS, call 131 246
(service fees apply)
Burlesque
Sunday November 13, 3pm
Pilgrim Church, 12 Flinders Street, Adelaide
- Saint-Saëns - Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs, Op. 79
for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano
- Messiaen - Le Merle Noir for flute and piano
- Françaix - Theme and Variations for clarinet and piano
- Poulenc - Sonata for oboe and piano
- Jolivet - Sonatine for flute and clarinet
- Milhaud - Sonata for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano
- Alexandra Castle, flute
- Renae Stavely, oboe
- Stephanie Wake-Dyster, clarinet
- Leigh Harrold, piano
Adults $25 / Concession $18
Book at BASS, call 131 246
(service fees apply)
Leigh Harrold enjoys a reputation as a “musician of rare talent and intelligence”, and is one of Australia’s busiest and most sought-after pianists, recently being named The Advertiser ‘2008 Musician of the Year’.
Born in Whyalla, South Australia, Leigh completed undergraduate and post- graduate studies at The University of Adelaide with concert pianist Gil Sullivan. During this time he had many successes including being a National Finalist in the Young Performer Awards and a recipient of the prestigious Beta Sigma Phi Classical Music Award – the conservatorium’s highest honour. He moved to Melbourne in 2003 to take up a full scholarship at the Australian National Academy of Music under the mentorship of Geoffrey Tozer and in 2004 was made the Academy Fellow - the first person in the institution's history to be chosen as such after just one year of study.
Stephanie Wake-Dyster completed her Master of Music in performance studying with Robert Schubert (former Principal Clarinet, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa), followed by a year of a Professional Diploma in Orchestral Studies with Gregory Smith (Clarinettist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra). She is the recipient of numerous awards including an Adelaide Achiever’s Scholarship, The Christ Church Scholarship, Doris West Scholarship, Chicago College of Performing Arts Conservatory Scholarship and the Beta Sigma Phi Music Award.
Stephanie has performed in the St. Magnus Festival, Scotland with the Elder New Music Ensemble and been guest performer in the ABC’s ‘Sunday Live’ program and ‘The Firm’ and ‘Project 2’ concert series. She has recorded works by Australian composer Wendy Hiscocks with international pianist Roy Howat for the ABC and has recorded Steve Reich’s New York Counterpoint with Tom Szucs. Stephanie has been soloist with the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, Unley Chamber Orchestra and Adelaide Youth Orchestra. She is an active chamber musician being a founding member of The Kegelstatt Ensemble and has been a casual player with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, State Opera of South Australia, Opera Australia and Adelaide Art Orchestra. She is a dedicated clarinet teacher, having tutored at The University of Adelaide, State Music Camp of SA and Melbourne Summer School.
Anna Webb is an Honours graduate from the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide, where she studied with Keith Crellin and William Hennessy. She began musical life as a violinist but fell in love with the viola in 1998.
She performs extensively as a chamber musician, and has appeared in many music festivals including the Barossa and Adelaide Festivals and the St Magnus Festival in Scotland. She has played in Musica Viva’s ménage series and in concerts for The Firm and Recitals Australia, and toured for Musica Viva in Schools.
