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 The Mayfair Hotel in the Adelaide CBD at 13:00 with a group transfer to the Adelaide Hills (transfer included in tour price if using the group transfer).

At 16:00 attend a welcome briefing and a pre-performance talk by your tour leader, Phillip Sametz, followed by a light early dinner at the hotel.

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 opening performance, entitled Aspects of Nothing, performed by Richard Tognetti, Satu Vänskä, Hanna Lee, Li-Wei Qin, Konstantin Shamry, Kath Tonkin and Craig Jeffrey.

PROGRAM:
Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs
Satie: Relâche (selections)
Richard Tognetti: Metho Drinker
Stravinsky: Apollon musagète: 10. Apotheosis
Craig Jeffrey: Introduction to Nothing
Beethoven: String Quartet No.13 in B-Flat major, Op.130; Grosse Fuge, Op.133

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Begin the morning with a pre-performance talk by Phillip, then transfer to the UKARIA Cultural Centre for a concert entitled Nothing can come of Nothing.

PROGRAM:
Satie/William Shakespeare: Choses vue a droit et a gauche, interspersed with readings and reflections on King Lear
Rhyan Clapham (aka Dobby): Solo set
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op.97, Archduke

After the performance, enjoy a short time at leisure at UKARIA, before an afternoon concert entitled Gazing into Nothing, featuring a program of works by JS Bach.

PROGRAM:
JS Bach: Sonata in G minor, BWV1029: II. Adagio
JS Bach: V. Ächzen und erbärmlich Weinen from Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen BWV13
JS Bach: VI. So sei nun, Seele from Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen BWV13
Ligeti: Musica Ricercata, selections
JS Bach (arr strings): The Art of Fugue, selections
JS Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV230
Ligeti: Hungarian Rock (Chaconne)
JS Bach (arr Tognetti): Chaconne
Shostakovich: String Quartet no.15 in E-flat major: V. Funeral March, VI. Epilogue. Adagio
JS Bach: Vor deinem Thron treit ich hiermit, BWV668

At the conclusion of the performance, enjoy dinner at a nearby restaurant before returning to the hotel.

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After a pre-performance talk with Phillip, transfer to UKARIA for a concert entitled Something I can never have.

PROGRAM:
Janáček: Kreutzer Sonata
Nine Inch Nails (arr Tognetti): Something I Can Never Have
Schubert: Waltzes, various
Arvo Pärt: Sarah Was Ninety Years Old

Then, enjoy a gourmet lunch at UKARIA with locally-sourced produce from the Adelaide Hills. Afterwards, attend an afternoon concert entitled Thanks for Nothing.  

PROGRAM:
Clarke: Viola Sonata
Jakub Jankowski: New work, 2024 John Bishop Memorial Commission World Premiere
Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132

Afterwards, return to the hotel for a special farewell dinner with Phillip and fellow travellers.

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Check out of the hotel and transfer to Adelaide Airport or 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 or travel insurance (highly recommended).

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** Please be advised that, places for this tour are very limited. Please book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.