New Release And Tour From Sally Walker And Friends

Internationally acclaimed Australian flautist Sally Walker and Friends launch their new release Boccherini: Chamber works for flute with a concert series Music Fit for a King Mozart and Boccherini featuring music from the recording which will be released by AVIE Records on 16 August. The concerts tour takes in Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide.

Music Fit for a King presents brilliant music by Mozart and Boccherini, two of the most celebrated composers from the ‘Golden Age’ of Classical music. While Mozart’s enduring fame overshadows that of his Italian colleague, Boccherini reveals himself a master of descriptive and vividly evocative music through his chamber works for flute.

At the heart of the program lies Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D K.285, one of the best-loved chamber treasures for winds and strings. Adelaide audiences will also be treated to a special performance of Mozart’s Oboe Quartet in F Major K.370, Boccherini’s Sextet Op.38 and Boccherini’s (attrib.) Quintet in C, G. 443.

Walker has taken a deep dive into the vast catalogue of Boccherini’s works for flute to produce a 90-minute, double CD of music featuring the rarely performed Op. 19 Quintets, for two violins, flute, viola and cello, the Op. 38 Sextet for violin, viola, bassoon, flute, horn and double bass and, as a “bonus”, the Quintet G.443 for flute, oboe, violin, viola and cello, a mysterious work attributed to Boccherini but whose authorship is contested.

Sally has toured nationally and internationally with the Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestras and the Australian Chamber Orchestra and with Simon Tedeschi and Emily Granger. Recorded in the opulent North Adelaide Baroque Hall, joining Walker on the album are violinists Elizabeth Layton and Alison Rayner, violist Stephen King, cellist Thomas Marlin, bassist Robert Nairn, oboeist Celia Craig, bassoonist Mark Gaydon and horn player Sarah Barrett.

Read our review of Sally’s recent release with harpist Emily Granger, Something Like This

Concerts:

Bookings: Canberra Wesley Uniting Church, Canberra/ Saturday 7 September 2024 at 7 pm

Bookings: Sydney Opera House, Utzon Room/ Sunday 8 September 2024 at 3 pm

Bookings: North Adelaide Baroque Hall/ Thursday 26 September 2024 at 7 pm

To purchase Boccherini: Chamber works for flute please click here

CONCERT PROGRAM
Program 1 Canberra and Sydney 70-minute concert, no interval
Boccherini Flute Quintets Op. 19 (complete)
Mozart Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285
Program 2. Adelaide 1.5-hours concert with 2 halves + interval
Boccherini Flute Quintets Op. 19, nos. 2, 4, 5, 6
Mozart Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285
– Interval –
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370
Boccherini (attrib.) Quintet in C, G.443: Tempo di Minuetto (Vars. I-XII)
Boccherini Sextet in E Flat Major, Op. 38, G.467: Andante lento, Allegro ma non presto