Arrive in Adelaide on suggested Qantas flights. Renaissance Tours or your travel agent can assist you with your flights and other travel arrangements, including a room category upgrade and pre-tour accommodation.

Tour arrangements begin at Adelaide Airport at 12:30 with a group transfer via the CBD to Hahndorf, in the Adelaide Hills (transfer included in tour price if using group transfer).

At 16:00 attend a welcome briefing and a pre-performance talk by your tour leader, Marshall McGuire, followed by a light dinner at a nearby restaurant.

Then, transfer to the UKARIA Cultural Centre, the purpose-built chamber music concert hall nestled in the tranquil bushland of the Adelaide Hills. Attend the first performance of UKARIA 24, entitled Once upon a time, including works by Henry Purcell, Matthew Locke, Thomas Adès and Sergei Taneyev.

PROGRAM:
Henry Purcell – ‘The Masque – Curtain Tune on a Ground’ from Timon of Athens, Z. 632
Thomas Adès – three Berceuses fromThe Exterminating Angel
Francisco Tarréga – Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Pablo Casals – Song of the Birds
John Cage – ‘Story’ from Living Room Music
Lucian Berio – Naturale for Viola, Percussion and Voice
Matthew Locke – ‘Curtain Tune’ from The Tempest
Sergei Taneyev – Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 30

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After a pre-performance talk with Marshall, enjoy some time at leisure to explore Hahndorf at your own pace, a town first settled in the nineteenth century by Lutheran immigrants and today maintaining the unique history of being the oldest German settlement in Australia.

In the afternoon, transfer to the UKARIA Cultural Centre for a two-part concert entitled New Paths, exploring Schumann’s idea of new paths and works by Johannes Brahms.

PROGRAM:
François Couperin – Les Barricades Mystérieuses
Robert Schumann – Six Canonic Études, Op. 56
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114

After a light supper, attend a second performance featuring lesser-known pieces of the early Baroque composer Heinrich Biber and Russian Romantic composer Anton Arensky.

PROGRAM:
Heinrich Biber – Battalia à 10
Anton Arensky – String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 35 
Clara Schumann – Romance in A Minor, WoO 28
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25

At the end of the performance, enjoy dinner on the Garden Terrace before returning to the hotel.

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Begin the morning with a pre-performance talk by Marshall, then transfer to the UKARIA Cultural Centre for a morning concert entitled Eroico, in reference to Olli Mustonen’s Bach-inspired miniature, followed by Alan Ridout’s heroic take on Ferdinand the Bull and finally Beethoven’s first String Trio.

PROGRAM:
Olli Mustonen – Eroico
Alan Ridout – Ferdinand the Bull
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 3

Then, meet the artists over a two-course gourmet lunch, enjoying the finest, locally-sourced produce from the Adelaide Hills, before the Finale, ending this weekend of concerts with Fauré’s glorious Piano Quartet.

PROGRAM:
Garth Knox – Quartet for One
Bjarne Brustad – Capricci for Violin and Viola
Dmitri Shostakovich – Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor, Op. 40
Johann Paul von Westhoff – Sonata No. 3 in D Minor
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45

After the performance, celebrate the conclusion of the tour with a special farewell dinner with Marshall and fellow travellers at a nearby restaurant.

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Check out of the hotel and transfer to Adelaide Airport or the Adelaide CBD (group transfer included in tour price if using group transfer).

Arrangements conclude upon arrival at Adelaide Airport for flights departing from 13:00, or the Adelaide CBD. Renaissance Tours or your travel agent can assist you with your flights and other travel arrangements, including additional nights’ accommodation either before or after the tour, a room category upgrade and travel insurance (highly recommended).

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