Bendigo Festival

Bendigo Writer’s Festival Pop-up

Location: Ulumbarra Theatre Foyer
Performance: 7:15pm
Repertoire:
Dvorak – Cypresses, B.11
Puccini – Crisantemi, SC 65.
FREE

Where words fail, music speaks ~ Hans Christian Andersen 

Location: Mia Mia Mechanics’ Institute, Valley Road, Mia Mia
Performance: 7:30pm
Repertoire:
Dvorak – Cypresses, B.11
Puccini – Crisantemi, SC 65.
Puccini – Tosca (abridged)
Schubert – Overture in C minor for String Quintet, D8 
Post-event: Supper and meet the musicians 
FREE
Bookings: Yes, secure your seat here

This concert is supported by the Regional Centre for Culture Program, a Victorian Government initiative in partnership with the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation and the City of Greater Bendigo.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe ~ Lao Tzu 

Location: Goornong Memorial Hall, 32 Railway Place South, Goornong
Performance: 2:30pm
Repertoire:
Ravel – Introduction and Allegro
Sculthorpe – String Quartet No.11 ‘Jaribu Dreaming’ - Deciso
Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581
Post-event: Afternoon tea and meet the musicians 
FREE

This concert is supported by the Regional Centre for Culture Program, a Victorian Government initiative in partnership with the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation and the City of Greater Bendigo.

If music be the food of love: Mozart meets Mendelssohn 

Location: St Paul’s Cathedral, 8 Myers Street, Bendigo
Performance: 2:00pm
Repertoire:
Mendelssohn – Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Mozart – Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370
Post-event: Afternoon tea and meet the musicians
FREE

 

A soul to the universe ~ Plato  

Location: Sacred Heart Cathedral, MacKenzie Street, Bendigo 
Performance: 7:00pm
The Orchestra Victoria Brass Ensemble perform a program featuring works for antiphonal brass, originally written for St Mark’s Basilica in Venice, conducted by Maestro Simon Thew 
Repertoire:
Buonamante - Sonata in D minor
Gabrieli – Canzon Septimi Toni a8
Gabrieli – Sonata XIII
Gabrieli – Canzon in Echo a10 Ch180
Gabrieli – Canzon XVI a12 Ch209
Mahler – Urlicht from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Rameau – Overture from Dardanus
Bablon – Batteries de timbales​
Susato – Susato Suite- Six Dances from "The Danserye”
Bach arr Mowat – Brandenburg Concerto no.3: I. Allegro Moderato
FREE

Expressing the inexpressible ~ Aldous Huxley

Location: Bendigo Art Gallery, 42 View Street, Bendigo
Performance: 12:00pm
Repertoire:
Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581
Sculthorpe – String Quartet No.11 ‘Jaribu Dreaming’ - Deciso
Telemann – Scherzi melodichi for violin, viola and bass
FREE
Bookings: Yes, contact 5434 6088 or bendigoartgallery@bendigo.vic.gov.au to secure your seat

Peter and the Wolf

Location: Bendigo Library, 259 Hargreaves St, Bendigo 
Performance: 2:00pm
Repertoire:
Prokofiev arr. Linckelmann – Peter and the Wolf
FREE
 

Tragedy, Comedy and Life in Between

Location: Elmore Memorial Hall 
Performance: 7:00pm
Repertoire:
Mozart – Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370
Handel/Halvorsen – Passacaglia for Double Bass and Viola after Handel's Suite in G minor 
Puccini – Crisantemi, SC 65. 
Puccini – Tosca (abridged)
Post-event: Supper and meet the musicians 
FREE

Cushion Concert 

The perfect way for pre-schoolers and their parents/carers to experience live performance in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere
Location: Bendigo Bank Theatre, The Capital, 50 View St, Bendigo
Performance: 10:30am
Repertoire:
Edwards – Ecstatic Dances for Flute and Clarinet
Sculthorpe – String Quartet No.11 ‘Jaribu Dreaming’: Deciso
Mozart – Sonata in B-flat Major for Cello and Bassoon, K. 292, I. Allegro
Villa-Lobos – The Jet Whistle, W498: IV. Prestissimo
Jacob – Two pieces for two oboes and cor anglais: II. Allegro giacoso
Meyer arr. Stuart Riley – Etienne et Petunia
FREE
Bookings: Yes, however please note that bookings are not essential. Click here to secure your seat

Peter and the Wolf

Location: Bendigo Library, 259 Hargreaves St, Bendigo 
Performance: 2:00pm
Repertoire:
Prokofiev arr. Linckelmann – Peter and the Wolf
FREE

 

Orchestra Victoria Goes Underground 

Location: Central Deborah Gold Mine, 76 Violet St, Bendigo
Performance: 5:00pm
Repertoire:
Edwards – Ecstatic Dances for Flute and Clarinet
Villa-Lobos – The Jet Whistle, W498
Gershwin arr. Colnot – Someone to watch over me 
Gershwin – Lullaby for String Quartet 
Mozart – Sonata in B-flat Major for Cello and Bassoon, K. 292, I. Allegro
Mozart – Mozart duo for 2 violins Op.70 no.1 in B flat major
Schnyder – Two Hebrew Months (Tammuz + Kislev)
Handel arr. Schnyder – Trio Sonata in F, Op. 5 No.6, HWV 401
Bookings essential: to book call Central Deborah Gold Mine on 03 5443 8255 during office hours
FREE
 

Tragedy, Comedy and Life in Between 

Opera-inspired chamber music program, followed by screening of Florence Foster Jenkins, starring Meryl Streep
Location: Star Cinema, Eaglehawk Town Hall, Peg Leg Road, Eaglehawk
Performance: 7:00pm
Film Screening (optional): 8:30pm – 10:30pm
Repertoire:
Dvorak – Cypresses, B.11
Beethoven – Variations for 2 Oboes and English Horn in C on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano' WoO28
Puccini – Crisantemi, SC 65.
Puccini – Tosca (abridged)

Interval: Meet the musicians 
Bookings: Yes, click here to secure your seat
Adults: $28 | Members/Concession: $22 | Seniors: $20 | Under 16: $16 | Family: $60

Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering ~ Haruki Murakami 

Location: Bendigo Art Gallery, 42 View St, Bendigo
Performance: 12:00pm
Repertoire:
Reicha – Octet in E-flat major, Op.96
Gershwin arr. Colnot – Someone to watch over me
Gershwin – Lullaby for String Quartet
Bookings: Yes, contact 5434 6088 or bendigoartgallery@bendigo.vic.gov.au to secure your seat
FREE  
 

The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more ~ Mary Shelley 

Location: St John’s Church, Heathcote 
Performance: 2:00pm
Repertoire:
Handel arr. Schnyder – Trio Sonata in F, Op. 5 No.6, HWV 401
Schnyder – Two Hebrew Months (Tammuz + Kislev)
Handel/Halvorsen – Passacaglia for Double Bass and Viola after Handel's Suite in G minor
Mozart – Mozart duo for 2 violins Op.70 no.1 in B flat major
Johnson – Failing: A Very Difficult Piece for Solo String Bass
Telemann – Scherzi melodichi for violin, viola and bass
Post-event: Afternoon tea and meet the musicians
FREE
 

On the mOVe! Student Orchestral Performance

Location: Ulumbarra Theatre, 10 Gaol Road, Bendigo
Time: 6:30pm 
FREE

Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering ~ Haruki Murakami 

Location: Long Gully Uniting Church 
Performance: 12:00pm
Repertoire:
Gershwin arr. Colnot – Someone to watch over me
Gershwin – Lullaby for String Quartet
Reicha – Octet in E-flat major, Op.96
Post-event: Afternoon tea and meet the musicians 
FREE
 

Music is definitely the answer, I don’t remember the question

Location: Bendigo TAFE 18eightyseven restaurant
Performance: 2:00pm
Beethoven – Variations for 2 Oboes and English Horn in C on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano' WoO28 
Handel arr. Schnyder – Trio Sonata in F, Op. 5 No.6, HWV 401
Schnyder – Two Hebrew Months (Tammuz + Kislev)
Handel/Halvorsen – Passacaglia for Double Bass and Viola after Handel's Suite in G minor
Jacob – Two pieces for two oboes and cor anglais
Johnson – Failing: A Very Difficult Piece for Solo String Bass
Schocker – “Flusooning” (Unexpected Romance) for Flute and Bassoon
FREE

OPEN Dress Rehearsal

Watch Orchestra Victoria in final rehearsal for the evening performance at the Ulumbarra Theatre
Location: Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo 
Time: 11:00am
FREE 
 

Closing Concert: Love and Hate 

Orchestra Victoria unites for the final full orchestral concert of the Bendigo Festival, performing works by Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Vaughan-Williams, and Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. 
Conducted by Nicolette Fraillon AM, and featuring Menuhin Competition winner, 10 year old violinist Christian Li, the music will explore the emotional extremities of love and hate and the impact of these on human existence across centuries. 

Join us for a powerful and moving journey.

Time: 8:00pm 
Location: Ulumbarra Theatre, 10 Gaol Road, Bendigo
Bookings: Yes, secure your seat here
Adults: $35 | Concession: $30 | Student: $16
Program: 
BERNSTEIN – Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story' 
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS – Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis  
RACHMANINOFF – The Isle of the Dead Op.29
MENDELSSOHN – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 – Soloist: Christian Li

Bendigo Art Gallery  
42 View Street, Bendigo 

Bendigo Library 
259 Hargreaves St, Bendigo 

Bendigo TAFE 
Entry at 136 McCrae St, Bendigo 

Elmore Memorial Hall 
63 Hervey Street, Elmore 

Goornong Memorial Hall 
32 Railway Place South (Midland Hwy), Goornong 

Long Gully Uniting Church 
26 Wilson St, Long Gully 

Mia Mia Mechanic's Institute 
Valley Road, Mia Mia  

Sacred Heart Cathedral 
Corner Wattle St & Mackenzie St, Bendigo  

Star Cinema 
Peg Leg Road, Eaglehawk 

St Paul's Cathedral 
8 Myers Street, Bendigo 

St John's Church 
165 High St, Heathcote