Album and Tour 2024

NEW ALBUM “BOCCHERINI Chamber Works for Flute” (Sally Walker - flute, Elizabeth Layton and Alison Rayner - violins, Stephen King - viola, Thomas Marlin - cello, Robert Nairn - bass, Celia Craig - oboe, Mark Gaydon - bassoon and Sarah Barrett - horn ), was released August 16th, tour dates are below.

***** BBC Music Magazine

“Walker’s boldness, already in evidence on two earlier albums, gives emotional depth to music that is often played too prettily…Walker clearly relishes this part, tinging her allegro melodies with dancing arabesques that fill her line with an impish, infectious humour. In adagio movements, she introduces vibrato and additions at just the right moment for the music to peak emotionally.” BBC Magazine

“Each one like a miniature universe, Walker and Friends created a memorable concert of music that will be long remembered and maybe, it might even create a revival of Boccherini’s woodwind music.” Limelight Magazine

Late 18th century Italian composer Luigi Boccherini produced a vast catalogue of compositions, many of which are chamber works featuring the flute which vary in their configuration, some intimate, others on a grander scale reminiscent of the composer's orchestral music. Australian flautist Sally Walker - whose most recent album was the critically acclaimed ‘Something Like This’ with harpist Emily Granger - has immersed herself into the provenance of Boccherini's works for her instrument to produce a 90-minute, double album of music featuring the rarely performed yet highly imaginative Op. 19 Quintets, for two violins, flute, viola and cello, the Op. 38 Sextet for violin, viola, bassoon, flute, horn and double bass; and the Quintet in C, G.443 for flute, oboe, violin, viola and cello, a mysterious work attributed to Boccherini but whose authorship is contested. As Sally says, "it begs the question: who, if not Boccherini, could write so inventively?".

Pre-order album here

“MUSIC FIT FOR A KING” TOUR

Venue             Wesley Uniting Church Canberra
Bookings       https://www.trybooking.com/CTJMS
Date / Time    Saturday 7 September 2024 at 7 pm

Venue             Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House
Bookings       02 9250 7777 or https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/classical-music/music-fit-king-mozart-and-boccherini
Date / Time    Sunday 8 September 2024 at 3 pm

Venue             North Adelaide Baroque Concert Hall
Bookings       https://www.trybooking.com/CTJTB
Date / Time    Thursday 26 September 2024 at 7 pm

PROGRAMS

Program 1                  Canberra and Sydney 70-minute concert, no interval

Boccherini              Flute Quintets Op. 19 (complete)
Mozart                     Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285

Sally Walker - flute, Elizabeth Layton & Alison Rayner - violins, Stephen King - viola, Thomas Marlin - cello

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)

Sally Walker - flute, Elizabeth Layton & Alison Rayner - violins, Stephen King - viola, Thomas Marlin - cello, Robert Nairn - double bass, Celia Craig - oboe, Mark Gaydon - bassoon, Sarah Barrett - horn

Boccherini                Sextet in E Flat Major, Op. 38, G.467: Andante lento, Allegro ma non presto