BCMF 2026
The Blackheath Chamber Music Festival 2026
presented over three days during the Anzac Day Weekend
Friday 24th April - Sunday 26th April 2026, Phillips Hall, Blackheath.
Thank you to all who bought tickets and to our generous sponsors.
Images by Keith Saunders Photography
ARTISTS & PROGRAMS 2026
RISING STARS | Sydney Conservatorium Open Academy Students
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN | Cello sonata No.3 in A major Opus 69 [1808] i. Allegro ma non tanto, ii. Scherzo: Allegro molto, iii. Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace performed by Isabella Guo ~ piano, Franco Fan ~ cello
Alfred UHL | Kleines Konzert for piano, viola and clarinet [1937 - revised in 1988] i. Allegro con brio, ii. Grave, molto tranquillo, iii. Vivo, iv. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo performed by DJO Vivo - David Kim ~ piano, Jiashan Wang ~ viola, Oliver Gao ~ clarinet
Antonin DVOŘÁK | Piano Quartet No.2 in E-flat major Opus 87 [1889] performed by Connie Liu ~ violin, Nerissa Du ~ viola, Franco Fan ~ cello, and Isabella Guo ~ piano
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RESOUNDING BELL | Riley Lee, Timothy Constable and Taikoz
Riley LEE ~ John CLEWORTH | Drifting performed by Riley Lee
Riley LEE ~ Timothy CONSTABLE ~ TAIKOZ | Mushin performed by Riley Lee, Timothy Constable, and TAIKOZ: Haruka Kunimune, Ian Cleworth, Ryuji Hamada, Silvana Imperatori
Timothy CONSTABLE | Last Shaman performed by Timothy Constable, Ian Cleworth, Riley Lee
Ian CLEWORTH | The Dragon performed by Ryuji Hamada, Ian Cleworth
Ian CLEWORTH | Lion Dogs performed by TAIKOZ: Ian Cleworth, Ryuji Hamada, Silvana Imperatori, Haruka Kunimune
Riley LEE ~ Kevin MAN ~ Kerryn JOYCE | Resounding Bell performed by Riley Lee, Timothy Constable, and
TAIKOZ: Ian Cleworth, Ryuji Hamada, Silvana Imperatori, Haruka Kunimune
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THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM | Elysian Fields with John Bell
Jennifer ERIKSSON | The Garden Party — a 3-section piece inspired by Marin Marais’ Feste Champêtre
Matt McMAHON | What Should I Say — song cycle based on poetry by 16th century poet Sir Thomas Wyatt [1503 – 1542]
i. Stand Whoso List, ii. Whoso List to Hunt Prelude, iii. Whoso List to Hunt, I Know Where Is An Hind, iv. What Should I Say, v. They Flee From Me
William SHAKESPEARE | The Tempest: Act 3, Scene 2 [1564 – 1616]
Robert JOHNSON | Full Fathom Five [1583-1633] — found in The Tempest and arranged by Matt McMahon
William SHAKESPEARE | Twelfth Night: Act 2, Scenes 3 and 4 [1564 – 1616]
Laura BISHOP | Thia Sui Balan Enni — poetry by Sappho [c. 630 – c. 570 BCE]
William SHAKESPEARE | Sonnet 30 [1564 – 1616]
Matt KEEGAN | Elysium III — text by Philip Pogson
William SHAKESPEARE | Twelfth Night: Act 1, Scene 1 [1564 – 1616]
Jan Gunnar HOFF | Meditatus— text from the Latin Mass
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LABYRINTH | Lloyd Van’t Hoff with the Chroma Quartet
Johannes BRAHMS | Clarinet Quintet in B Minor Opus 115 [1891] i. Allegro, ii. Adagio, iii. Andantino, iv. Con moto
Holly HARRISON | Spitfire [2020]
Leoš JANÁČEK | String Quartet No.2 — Intimate Letters [1928] i. Andante – Con moto – Allegro, ii. Adagio – Vivace, iii. Moderato – Andante – Adagio, iv. Allegro – Andante – Adagio
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INTROSPECTION—Flute, Viola & Harp | Joshua Batty, Amanda Verner & Louise Johnson
Claude DEBUSSY | Syrinx [1913]
Claude DEBUSSY | Clair de Lune [1905]
Toru TAKEMITSU | And I knew ‘Twas Wind [1992]
Nicholas ROUTLEY | Sonata for flute, viola and harp [2024] Dedicated to harpist, Louise Johnson, i. Misterioso, ii. Adagio mesto, iii. Allegro con fuoco
Arnold BAX | Elegiac Trio [1916]
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DANSES DE JEUNESSE | Symphony Wind Soloists
Astor PIAZOLLA | Estaciones Porteñas arranged for wind quintet [1969 - 1970], i. Primavera Porteña – Allegro, iii. Otoño Porteño – Andante mosso
Maurice RAVEL | Ma mère L’Oye for wind quintet [1910] i. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant, ii. Petit Poucet, iii. Laideronnette, Impèratrice des Pagodes, iv. Les entre tines de la Belle et la Běte, v. Le Jardin féerique
Ross EDWARDS | The Laughing Moon [2012] i. Laughing Dance, ii. Interlude with Imaginary Birds, iii. Ecstatic Dance, iv. Moon Song
v. Clapping Dance
Leoš JANÁČEK | Mladi for wind sextet [1924]i. Allegro, ii. Andante sostenuto, iii. Vivace, iv. Allegro animato
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TERRA MATER AESTIVA | by Ross Edwards
A bespoke homage to Mother Earth in summer
Ab Estatis Foribus | At the Gates of Summer [1979]
Suite from Vespers for Mother Earth [2024] (four of the seven sections) i. To Invoke the Morning, ii. Flame of the Sun: Aria, iii. Orison
iv. o magnum mysterium
Dance Mantra [1992]
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