Arrive in Adelaide on suggested flights. Renaissance Tours or your travel agent can assist you with your flights and other travel arrangements, including extra nights’ accommodation before the tour.

Tour arrangements begin at the InterContinental Hotel in the Adelaide CBD at 12:30pm with a group transfer to the Adelaide Hills (transfer included in tour price if using the group transfer).

In the late afternoon, 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, for the opening performance of UKARIA Chamberfest titled Origins.

ARTISTS:
Siobhan Stagg (Soprano)
Jonathan Ware (Piano)

PROGRAM:
Hildegard von Bingen – O vis eternitatis
Gabriel Fauré – La Chanson d’Ève, Op. 95
Mozart – Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt, K. 619
Hildegard von Bingen – O quam mirabilis est
Joseph Haydn – The Creation, Hob. XXI:2
Brett Dean – Doch war noch alles nicht Vollbracht
Sibelius – Luonnotar, Op. 70
Nicolai Medtner – Der Engel, Op. 1 bis; Praeludium, Op. 46, No. 1

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Begin the morning with a pre-performance talk by Phillip, followed by some time at leisure to enjoy the tranquil surrounds.

In the early afternoon, transfer to the UKARIA Cultural Centre for two afternoon concerts of UKARIA Chamberfest, Dead Poets Society and Kurtág 100 – Kafka Fragments.

ARTISTS:
Siobhan Stagg (Soprano)
Sophie Rennert (Mezzo-soprano)
Rachel Fenlon (Soprano; Piano)
Jonathan Ware (Piano)
Quatuor Agate

PROGRAM:
Schubert – Der Musensohn, D. 764; Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118; Die Gebüsche, D. 646; Des Fischers Liebesglück, D. 933; Der Zwerg, D. 771; Licht und Liebe, D. 352
Dinuk Wijeratne – The Disappearance of Lisa Gherardini
Benjamin Britten – The Salley Gardens
George Crumb – The Night in Silence Under Many a Star from Apparition
Rachel Fenlon – Sing Nature Alive (poem)
Hugo Wolf – Mignon: Kennst du das Land? from Goethe Lieder
Radiohead – Everything in Its Right Place
Franz Schubert – Der Leiermann from Winterreise, D. 911
Claude Debussy – Ariettes oubliées, L. 60

ARTISTS:
Natsuko Yoshimoto (Violin)
Siobhan Stagg (Soprano)
Rachel Fenlon (Soprano)
Sophie Rennert (Mezzo-soprano)

PROGRAM:
György Kurtág – Kafka Fragments, Op. 24

After the concerts, enjoy dinner before returning to the hotel.

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Enjoy the morning at leisure to relax or to explore the Mount Lofty Botanic Garden at your own pace.

This afternoon, return to the UKARIA Cultural Centre for the last two performances of the tour, named The Mighty and Mundane and Full Flight – One Destination.

ARTISTS:
Siobhan Stagg (Soprano)
Sophie Rennert (Mezzo-soprano)
Rachel Fenlon (Soprano; Piano)
Jonathan Ware (Piano)
Quatuor Agate

PROGRAM:
J. S. Bach – Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106
Francis Poulenc – Sonata for Four Hands, FP8
Anne Cawrse – Snapshots of Love and Life
Ernest Chausson – La Chanson perpétuelle, Op. 37
Anna Korsun – Last Flight
Andrew Ford – After the Visitors
David Hirschfelder – To a Child
John Rodgers – Failure of Communication

ARTISTS:
Leonard Weiss (Conductor)
Siobhan Stagg (Soprano)
Rachel Fenlon (Soprano; Piano)
Sophie Rennert (Mezzo-soprano)
Jonathan Ware (Piano)
Quatuor Agate
Martin Alexander (Viola)
Gemma Phillips (Cello)
David Schilling (Double Bass)
Kim Falconer (Flute; Piccolo)
Joshua Oates (Oboe; Cor Anglais)
Dean Newcomb (Clarinet; Bass Clarinet)
Mark Gaydon (Bassoon)
Adrian Uren (French Horn)

PROGRAM:
Alban Berg – Selections from Sieben frühe Lieder
Erich Wolfgang Korngold – String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 26
Mahler – Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft; Hans und Grete; Rheinlegendchen; Urlicht
Richard Strauss – Vier letzte Lieder (arr. James Ledger); Hab mir’s gelobt from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 (arr. James Ledger)

After the festival finale, return to the hotel for dinner with Phillip and fellow travellers.

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After breakfast, check out of the hotel and transfer to Adelaide Airport or Adelaide CBD by coach (group transfer included in tour price if using group transfer).

Tour arrangements conclude upon arrival at Adelaide Airport for flights departing from 13:00 or in 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, as well as travel insurance (highly recommended).

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