Sonata, Songs and Spiders - Music for Viola and Piano in Queenscliff -

William Vyvyan Murray and Kym Alexandra Dillon on viola and piano at Old St George's Hall Queenscliff 21 June 2025

Kym Alexandra Dillon joins William Vyvyan Murray to present a program of music from Ukraine, Russia, Japan, the UK, and Australia. Spiders, Gardens, Birds and one of the greatest viola and piano sonatas written!

Join the wonderful Kym Alexandra Dillon and William Vyvyan Murray as they perform a program of Sonatas, Songs and Spiders at St George's O. S. Hall in Queenscliff.

The first half features the stunning work of Ukrainian composer Stefania Turkewich, Toru Takemitsu's "A bird came down the walk", Ruby Hunter's 'Welcome to all People' and new music by William and Kym.

The second half will feature Dmitri Shostakovich's Sonata for viola and Piano. The last thing Dmitri wrote in 1975, and finished on his bed in hospital the work is a stunning musical work.

William was fortunate to spend a month working & playing with Mikhail Muntian in 2012, the pianist who Dmitri wrote the Sonata for in 1975 and will share some of his stories of the genesis of the piece at the concert.

Ruby Hunter - Welcome to all People

Stefania Turkewich - The Spider

Toru Takemitsu - A bird came down the walk

Kym Alexandra Dillon - 'Magnolia grandiflorus'

William Vyvyan Murray - Pholcidae

Kym Alexandra Dillon - Epilogue

Interval

Dmitri Shostakovich - Sonata

3 pm Saturday the 21st of June at the St George's OS Hall in Queenscliff. On the corner of Learmonth and Hobson Streets...

 

 

When

  • Saturday, 21 June 2025 | 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Location

St George's Old School Hall, corner of Learmonth and Hobson Streets, Queenscliff, 3225, View map

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