Resonator Music is a proud sponsor of the 19th Bangalow Music Festival 2022, organized  by the Southern Cross Soloists who are the stars of Australian chamber music.

Since 1995, SXS have firmly established themselves as one of Australia’s pre-eminent classical music ensembles.

Tania Frazer, the new artistic director wrote: “This year’s festival program is overflowing with sublime music and awe-inspiring soloists that are guaranteed to delight and thrill.
We are also celebrating the Northern NSW community and the sense of belonging that reflects why Bangalow is so special and unique. We are particularly holding close the Northern NSW community and their recent flooding crisis. As such, we will be raising funds for the Northern Rivers Conservatorium’s student fee relief program at the Local’s Night and throughout the festival, to make music education available to all.”

 

 

Enjoy 4 days of the most wonderful classical music. Opening the Festival 2 hours of school concert starting SXS didgeridoo soloist Chris Williams, Paula Nazarski actor/storyteller and Eric Avery.

And at night, a concert that will feature works by Tilly Jones performed by Southern Cross Soloists and the 2022 SXS Next Gen Artists fellows: Robert Smith violin, Drew Gilchrist clarinet, Kyle Brady viola, Erna Lai cello, Amelia Cherry double bass, Crystal Smith piano and Jordan He composer, as well as performers from the Northern Rivers Conservatory of Music.

For Friday Bangalow Music Festival and SXS Artistic Director Tania Frazer chats with 2022 festival soloists featuring Emma McGrath, Jonathan Békés, Ashley Smith, James Wannan, Jonathan Henderson, Nick Mooney, Alan Smith and Chris Williams as well as the 2022 ADFAS Byron Bay Young Musician Award recipient, composer Tilly Jones from Lismore.

 

 

Friday night 2 concerts starting with Ravel’s vibrant and radiant La Tombeau de Couperin. Guest coloratura soprano, Alexandra Flood, graces the stage with four sumptuous French arias by Debussy, Reynaldo Hahn and Fauré. The final piece of the concert sets the scene for the rest of our sparkling 2022 Festival program with Ravel’s whirling and bubbly La Valse. SXS are also joined by cello soloist, Jonathan Békés and piano soloist, Vatche Jambazian for the 2022 festival.

New to the festival and debuting in 2022, we welcome UK violin soloist, Emma McGrath to perform Sarasate’s fiery Caprice Basque and Australian piano virtuoso Simon Tedeschi, in their first performances at the festival. US Baritone Alexander York also debuts in 2022 with songs by Poulenc and stunning vocal duets with soprano superstar, Alexandra Flood and Simon Tedeschi. The concert concludes with the Bangalow Music Festival’s Quartet in Residence, The Orava Quartet, performing Borodin’s most sublime work: his String Quartet No.2 which was a sumptuous love letter to his wife.

Saturday The Maps and Journeys program presents new works by First Nations’ composers Brenda Gifford and Eric Avery, and also Sean O’Boyle AM in a concert of Australian works inspired by the night sky and the Seven Sister constellation. Also collaborating with SXS to create and perform this program are actor/writer Paula Nazarski, composer Sean O’Boyle AM and SXS Artist in Residence didgeridoo soloist Chris Williams.