The Southern Concert presents
SCARLATTI BROTHERS
THE TWYFORD – THEATRE VENUE
2.30pm Sunday 15 June 2025
Join us for an afternoon with The Southern Concert, a new baroque ensemble on period instruments based in the Bega Valley with Stephen Freeman (violin) and Odette Bruinzeel (viola) and Rosalind Halton (harpsichord). Unfortunately, Rosalind had to cancel her participation in this project due to unforeseen circumstances; we are fortunate and delighted to have Stéphane Gaulier join us in her place for these concerts. Lauren Davis (violin) and Clara Teniswood (cello) will also be joining from Canberra for this first program.
For the four-part works of Alessandro and Francesco Scarlatti, they will be using critical editions by Scarlatti scholars Rosalind Halton and Christopher Hair.
Complementing these works are a solo harpsichord piece by Alessandro’s son and Francesco’s nephew, Domenico Scarlatti, as well as three- and four-part works by contemporaries Evaristo dall’Abaco and George Frideric Handel.
Length: 1 hour. No interval. Foyer Box Office and Cafe/Bar opens 1 hour before the concert for refreshments.
Tickets: General Admission $30 | Youth under 16 Free | + BF
Twyford Gift Certificates NOT valid for this event
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Please note that there is tiered seating in the Theatre. Contact the box office to book a seat in Row J if you have a wheelchair or mobility disability – all other rows in the Theatre are accessible by steps only. Best alternative: Row H (2 steps only). Row A (front) has the MOST stairs.
PROGRAM
- Francesco Scarlatti: Sonata IX a 4 D Major
- Alessandro Scarlatti: Sonata a 4 senza cembalo
- Domenico Scarlatti: Harpsichord solo
- Handel: op. 5 No. 4 G Major (trio sonata ad lib. Viola)
- Dall’Abaco: op. 3 No. 3 b minor (Trio sonata)
ARTISTS
STEPHEN FREEMAN – baroque violin
Stephen is one of the founding members of The Southern Concert. He obtained his BMus. from Canberra School of Music in 1991, followed by post-graduate studies at The Royal Conservatoire, The Hague, specializing in the baroque violin. He has performed and recorded with numerous ensembles such as Concerto d’Amsterdam, Ricercar, Il Gardellino, Gabrieli Consort and New Dutch Academy (concertmaster 2007-12), Pinchgut Opera and Australian Haydn Ensemble. Since May 2024, he is leader of the Canberra Bach Ensemble. Stephen qualified as an Alexander Technique Teacher in Amsterdam in 2010. He now lives in the Bega Valley with his family and alongside his career as a violinist, teaches violin and viola at Mumbulla School Bega.
ODETTE BRUINZEEL – baroque viola
Odette is one of the founding members of The Southern Concert. She obtained her MA in Musicology and Arts Management at Utrecht University in 2003, alongside her viola studies with Jennifer Stahl in The Hague (1999-2003). From 2005 till 2014, she worked as an opera agent at Alferink Artists Management in Amsterdam; as a violist, she played with various orchestras including VU Chamber Orchestra, Baroque Summer Amsterdam and Bruckner Akademie Orchester Munich. After moving to Australia, Odette worked as freelance music administrator for the Australian Haydn Ensemble and marketing coordinator for the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra. On baroque viola, she performed with the Choir & Orchestra of St Andrew’s Cathedral Sydney and Early Music Collective Sydney; she has been a member of the Canberra Bach Ensemble since 2024, with which she played in the Bachfest Leipzig in the same year. Odette lives in the Bega Valley with her family, has a private teaching practice and teaches violin/viola at Mumbulla School in Bega.
STÉPHANE GAULIER – Harpsichord
Stéphane Gaulier studied harpsichord at the Paris Conservatoire in the class of Thierry Schorr, where he was awarded the Premier Prix de la Ville de Paris with highest honours in 1995. He later moved to Belgium to continue his training with Allen James and Robert Kohnen at the conservatoires of Brussels and Mons. He also served as accompanist for Wieland Kuijken’s viola da gamba class at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Formerly a harpsichord teacher at the École Nationale de Musique in Cachan (near Paris) and titular organist of the Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity in Paris, Stéphane Gaulier has recorded the complete Premier Livre de pièces de clavecin by Jacques Duphly, as well as the mandolin and harpsichord sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti with the Gabriele Leone Ensemble.
CLARA TENISWOOD – baroque cello
Clara Teniswood studied with David Pereira from 2011 to 2015. She received her LMusA in 2013, performed at the Canberra International Music Festival in 2014, and attended the Australian International Symphony Orchestra Institute three times (2013-2015). On baroque cello, Clara has participated in a number of workshops including Ironwood Ensemble’s Baroque Winter School (2014), Sydney Baroque Festival (2017), Maestro Masaaki Suzuki and Juilliard415 in New Zealand (2017), Van Diemen’s Band (2018), and a summer school in the Czech Republic (2018). She has been a member of Canberra Bach Ensemble since 2016. Clara also holds a PhD in materials physics and works as a public servant during the day. Photo: Peter Hislop
LAUREN DAVIS – baroque violin
Lauren Davis received her Bachelor of Music from the Oberlin College Conservatory, her Master of Music from Louisiana State University, and her PhD in Violin Pedagogy from The Australian National University. She has played with numerous orchestras in the United States including the Baton Rouge Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic and Sinfonietta, Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Woodstock Chamber and Symphony Orchestras. She is currently the leader of the Limestone Consort, a member of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, the Canberra Bach Ensemble and Queensland Baroque; as well as co-founder of StringProject which holds string orchestra weekends for adult amateur string players. An avid chamber musician, she has played in a number of ensembles including the Riverina Chamber Orchestra, the Riverina Trio, the Valcour String Quartet, the Aurora Trio and the Brioso String Quartet. Lauren has been teaching violin for a number of years both privately and at such institutions as Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Music for Everyone, Orana School, Radford College, and at the Australian University in their Pre-Tertiary and Colourstrings programs. She currently teaches at the Riverina Conservatorium in Wagga Wagga. Photo: Peter Hislop