Thursday 3 July
7:30pm
Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries, DG1 4TA
Tickets: 20 Adults; 0 Under 26
Programme
Brahms Violin Sonata No.1 in G Op.78
Brahms Violin Sonata No.2 in A Op.100
Interval
Brahms Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor Op.108
British/German violinist, director and festival director Jack Liebeck possesses flawless technical mastery and a beguiling silvery tone (BBC
Music Magazine). Jack is the Royal Academy of Musics first mile Sauret Professor of Violin and Artistic Director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, A diverse and interesting program, giving voice to many of the festival artists, this was a terrific offering for this years Australian Festival of Chamber Music. (Limelight Magazine). Jacks playing embraces the worlds of elegant chamber-chic Mozart through to the impassioned mastery required to frame Brett Dean The Lost Art of Letter Writing and he has performed with many of the worlds leading orchestras, conductors and chamber musicians. Jacks fascination with all things scientific has led to two new concertos being written for him and regular collaborator Professor Brian Cox - Dario Marianellis Voyager Violin Concerto and Paul Deans A Brief History of Time commissioned by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in commemoration of Professor Stephen Hawking.
Simon Callaghan performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, in parallel with a highly successful career as a recording artist.
A favourite performer at the internationally-renowned Husum Festival of Piano Rarities in Germany, Callaghans recent sell-out concert was
praised by VAN Magazine as a cleverly curated recital full of discoveries and by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as technically brilliant.
Callaghan has developed a wide following and appears on a regular basis in the UKs major concert halls, and on tours to Asia, North America and Europe.
