DETAILED ITINERARY

FRIDAY 17 MAY – ARRIVE ADELAIDE
Time your flight into Adelaide to arrive before 10.30 when we will meet our coach at the airport. We then drive directly to McLaren Vale to have a wine-tasting and tour of the Cube at D’Arenberg Winery where we will also have lunch. Drive then along the coastal beaches and in the late afternoon arrive at our accommodation, McLaren Vale Motel. Welcome Dinner tonight at the Barn Bistro. (L,D)

SATURDAY 18 MAY
Breakfast at the motel. At 09.30, board the coach for the drive to the Coriole Winery, where our weekend musical festival will be located and where we will be in the capable hands of our host, Mark Lloyd and Festival Music Director, Simon Cobcroft.

10.15: Introductory talk by Simon Cobcroft with coffee and tea from 10 am

11.00: CONCERT 1 – The Way Home – The first concert in this year’s festival begins with restless, searching music of the Australian landscape, Peter Sculthorpe’s Djilile and Night Pieces, contrasted with the pastoral, old world beauty of Ralph Vaughan-Williams’ Six Studies in English Folk Song, and Songs of Travel. The concert concludes with two giants of Czech nationalism: Josef Suk and Bedrich Smetana, the former in his poignant Elegy, and the latter in his achingly romantic piano trio.

PETER SCULTHORPE – Djilile (1986)
Anna Goldsworthy (piano)

RALPH VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS – Six Studies in English Folk Songs (1926)
Simon Cobcroft (cello)
Anna Goldsworthy (piano)
PETER SCULTHORPE – Night Pieces (1971)
Anna Goldsworthy (piano)

RALPH VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS – Songs of Travel (1904) Samuel Dundas (baritone)
Anna Goldsworthy (piano)

~ Interval ~

JOSEF SUK – Elegy (1902)
Lyrebird Trio (Angela Turner, Glenn Christensen and Simon Cobcroft)

BEDŘICH SMETANA – Piano Trio in G Minor (1855) Lyrebird Trio

1.30: Three-Course Lunch (with Coriole wines)
3.30: Panel Discussion

5.00: CONCERT 2: Fugitive Visions – Sergei Prokofiev’s dazzling piano masterpiece, Visions Fugitives, opens this concert, followed by the soaring lyricism of his 2nd Violin Sonata.

We continue with Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov’s spectral and haunting Fugitive Visions of Mozart, before concluding with one of the truly shattering works of the chamber music repertoire, Dmitri Shostakovich’s searing Piano Trio no.2 in E Minor.

SERGEI PROKOFIEV – Visions Fugitives (1917)
Konstantin Shamray (piano)

SERGEI PROKOFIEV – Sonata for Violin and Piano no.2 in D Major (1943-44)
Doretta Balkizis (violin)
Konstantin Shamray (piano)

~ Interval

VALENTIN SILVESTROV – Fugitive Visions of Mozart (2006-07)
Lyrebird Trio

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH – Piano Trio no.2 in E Minor (1943-44)
Lyrebird Trio

7.30: Supper with Coriole Wines
9.00: Coach back to the McLaren Vale Motel. (B,L,D)

SUNDAY 19 MAY
Breakfast at the motel. At 9.30 board the coach for the Coriole Winery.

10.00: Coffee and tea
10.15: Introductory talk by Simon Cobcroft

11.00: CONCERT 3 – Incandescence – The third and final concert opens with the thrilling brutality of Osvaldo Golijov’s Last Round, followed by the world premiere of a new work by brilliant young Australian composer Annie Hsieh. Next, two 20th century masterworks: American master Samuel Barber’s rarely heard yet broodingly beautiful Dover Beach for baritone and string quartet, followed by Erwin Schulhoff’s kaleidoscopic first String Quartet. The 2024 festival finishes in a burst of radiance, with one of the most exciting works to have been composed in recent years, Olli Mustonen’s sublime 2nd Nonet.

OSVALDO GOLIJOV – Last Round (1996)
Orava Quartet
Glenn Christensen (violin)
Doretta Balkizis (violin)
Justin Julian (viola)
Simon Cobcroft (cello)
Jonathon Coco (double bass)

ANNIE HSIEH – New Work for Baritone, Violin and Cello (2024)
World Premiere commission by Coriole Music Festival
Samuel Dundas (Baritone)
Glenn Christensen (violin)
Simon Cobcroft (cello)

ERWIN SCHULHOFF – String Quartet No.1 (1924)
Orava Quartet
~ Interval ~

SAMUEL BARBER – Dover Beach (1931)
Samuel Dundas (baritone)
Orava Quartet

OLLI MUSTONEN – Nonet No.2 (2000)
Orava Quartet
Glenn Christensen (violin)
Doretta Balkizis (violin)
Justin Julian (viola)
Simon Cobcroft (cello)
Jonathon Coco (double bass)

1.30: Lunch (with Coriole wines)
After lunch we will board the coach for a short tour around McLaren Vale and thence to Adelaide. Check into the Majestic Rooftop Hotel. Free evening. (B,L)

MONDAY 20 MAY
Breakfast at the hotel.
9.00am departure for the Adelaide Hills via Mt Barker with a tour of Ukaria Cultural Centre and its gardens. Following this we drive to Hahndorf where we have time for a stroll and visits to shops and the Academy and Art Gallery. Time for coffee. Then we drive to Balhannah and to Shaw+Smith, the winery of cousins Martin Shaw and Michael Hill-Smith, for a tasting. Our next stop is at the Uraidla Hotel where we have lunch at 1pm. After lunch we drive to Mt Lofty with a walk through the Botanic Garden if we have time. Board the coach for our return to the hotel via Summertown, and the Greenhill Road through Adelaide’s leafy suburbs. (B,L)

TUESDAY 21 MAY
Breakfast at the hotel before transferring to the airport for onward flights. (B)

GENERAL INFORMATION AND SPECIAL BOOKING CONDITIONS

TOUR PRICE:
Land Only per person, twin-share A$3,325
Single Supplement A$475

LAND ONLY TOUR PRICE INCLUDES:
• 2 nights accommodation twin share with private facilities at McLaren Vale Motel and 2 nights in Adelaide at Majestic Roof Garden Hotel
• 2 day all-inclusive musical program
• Transport in comfortable air conditioned coach
• Breakfast daily and other meals as indicated in the itinerary: 2 dinners (D), 4 lunches (L). Wine and other beverages included with meals
• Performance Tickets
• Sightseeing and entrance fees as specified in the itinerary
• Expert tour leader throughout

LAND ONLY TOUR PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE:
• Transportation to and from Adelaide and airport transfers. Airfares can be purchased in addition. Please specify requirements at time of booking or you can check: www.qantas.com or www.virginblue.com.au
• Travel Insurance
• Items of personal nature (telephone, laundry, etc.)

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Over 60 days $100.00 – Administration Fee
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39 – 10 days 50% of tour cost
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PASSPORT AND VISAS:
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FORCED CANCELLATION:
In the event that passenger numbers do not reach the minimum number of tour participants (approximately 12, excluding the tour leader) required for the tour, it may be necessary to either surcharge or cancel the tour. If such an event does occur, you will be notified at least 60 days prior to the tour departure.

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