Season 2024

Posthumous Composer in Residence: Franz Schubert

Weimar
Thomas Manns' Haus in Kilchberg
Schoenbrunn, Vienna

Franz Schubert


The Firm presents another year of new music across the centuries. Concerts feature the return of Franz Schubert as our composer in residence, alongside new music by local composers.


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Secondary and tertiary music students receive complimentary tickets, available at the door.


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Concert 1: 8 pm, Monday Sept 30th, North Adelaide Baroque Hall


piano mechanism Kin Worley, voice

Yundi Yuan, piano

Franz Schubert Die Schöne Müllerin, D.795 (selection)

Lauren McCormick and Rachel Bruerville (new works)



Concert 2: 8 pm, Monday Nov 18th, North Adelaide Baroque Hall


Marianna Grynchuk Marianna Grynchuk, piano

Schubert Impromptus, D.935

Marcu Kha, Luke Altmann, Raymond Chapman Smith



Firm Music Online


de la Catessen Records, founded and directed by composer Luke Altmann, has an expanding range of experimental and classical music recordings available for purchase in electronic and hard copy.
Releases include works by Luke Altmann, Raymond Chapman Smith, and David Kotlowy, with performers including Konstantin Shamray, Stephen Whittington, Amir Farad and the Benaud Trio.

Also still available is the wonderful video from our final concert in Season 2015, featuring sopranos Emma Horwood and Ali Bollard, with pianist Marianna Grynchuk, performing Dvorak's 'Moravian Duets'. The clip was put together by Ray Thomas (Audio Production) and Peter Day (Video Production) of HitchHiker Video Productions




Season 2017 après Concert

Cake and Conversation 2017



Season 2016 Gallery

Ray Thomas



The Firm sound guy relaxed Ray Thomas ready to roll

Marianna Grynchuk, Anne Cawrse, Raymond Chapman Smith, Quentin Grant and Simon Cobcroft



Concert 1: pianist Marianna Grynchuk and cellist Simon Cobcroft (right) with composers Anne Cawrse, Raymond Chapman Smith and Quentin Grant.

Pianist Konstantin Shamray



Concert Two Rehearsals

Konstantin Shamray

composers Raymond Chapman Smith and Quentin Grant



with Raymond Chapman Smith and Quentin Grant.

Raymond Chapman Smith, Mekhla Kumar, Jakub Jankowski, Quentin Grant and Anne Cawrse



Pianist Mekhla Kumar relaxing with Firm composers Raymond Chapman Smith, Jakub Jankowski, Quentin Grant and Anne Cawrse after Concert 3.




Pianist Stefan Ammer Post-concert conviviality

Graham Strahle and Kay Jamieson

Firm post-concert hospitality

Pianist Ashley Hribar

Firm post-concert hospitality




Season 2015 Highlights The Firm composers and performers Season 2015 Concert 4


The Firm's debut on YouTube

Alexandra Bollard, Marianna Grynchuk and Emma Horwood
A wonderful video
from our final concert in 2015, featuring sopranos Emma Horwood and Ali Bollard, with pianist Marianna Grynchuk, performing Dvorak's 'Moravian Duets'. The clip was put together by Ray Thomas (Audio Production) and Peter Day (Video Production) of HitchHiker Video Productions



Gallery


Marianna Grynchuk, with partner Ivan and Raymond Chapman Smith

Pianist Marianna Grynchuk with Ivan and composer Raymond Chapman Smith after the opening concert of the season.

The Langbein String Quartet with Mekhla Kumar



Concert 3 featured the fine players of the Langbein String Quartet and pianist Mekhla Kumar and included music by young composer Jakub Jankowski. Jakub Jankowski 2015

Firm composers and performers 2015

Performers, composers and audience enjoyed the relaxed celebration after the fourth and final concert for the year.

Quentin Grant and Marianna Grynchuk

Raymond Chapman Smith and Emma Horwood


Post-concert hospitality

The Firm's Hospitality Annies

The Firm's 2015 Hospitality Annies at work after the concert.



Gabriele of the Tortes. Gabriele of the Tortes