HistoryThe Coriole Music Festival is a celebratory weekend where each year a different musical tradition is explored over three concerts. The descriptions of past festivals, written at the time, are included below for your reference: 20092009's festival programme highlighted music from Hungary, Poland, Scandinavia and Spain, some of it inspired by local and gypsy cultures. We heard works by Chopin, Liszt, Dvorak, Bartok and Gyorgy Ligeti, and the Festival explored the rich choral tradition of Estonia and Latvia. Contrasting folk idioms were reflected in enchanting songs by Edvard Grieg and Manuel de Falla, and the Festival concluded with an iconic 20th century masterpiece, the Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion by Bela Bartok. 20082008's Festival presented music from two different eras - classical Vienna, and Paris of the late 19th - early 20th century. The Festival featured two great classical quintets, Mozart's C major viola quintet, and a work inspired by this, the Schubert C major cello quintet. As well as this, the Festival also explored the flowering of 19th century French music with a range of works by Couperin, Fauré, Chabrier, Debussy and Ravel. 2007Recent festivals, including the excellent programme presented last year by Anthony Steel, have tended to focus on music of the 19th and early 20th century from Europe. 2007's programme highlights composers from Britain, USA and Australia, and shows the links and contrasts between 16-17th and 20th century writing. 2006The 2006 program brings together a range of artists who enjoy national and international status yet all of whom have a strong link to South Australia. Included in the programme will be songs and song cycles of Berg, Weill, Poulenc and Beethoven. Anna Goldsworthy will play several sonatas including works by Skryabin and Prokofiev, and will also feature as accompanist and chamber musician. The ASQ will perform two quartets, a quintet and the Schubert octet. Several principals of the Adelaide Symphony will boost the wind component of the Festival with works by Janacek and Ligeti. 2005The 2005 program will focus on Russian composers and includes French music to reflect the longstanding cultural links between Russian aristocracy and the French capital. It features quartets by Shostakovich, Schnittke and Ravel, piano works by Shostakovich, Rachmaninov with Stravinsky's three dances from Petrouchka, and excerpts from the Catalogue D'Oiseaux, by Olivier Messiaen. The program concludes with Rachmaninov's unaccompanied choral Vespers, a passionate masterpiece of the Russian Orthodox liturgy. 2004Coriole Music Festival 2004 will trace the development of composers based in Vienna. Music from the origins of polyphonic choral writing by the Flemish composer Ockeghem (1430-1495), and psalms by Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) possibly the greatest German composer before Bach, set the scene for three contrasting 19th century vocal masterpieces. The delicate yet passionate cycle Dichterliebe by Schumann, songs of love and nature by Brahms, and the cycle Des Knaben Wunderhorn by Mahler, a strange amalgam of folk and military influences set to moody, haunting music. Folksongs by Arnold Schönberg bring a 20th century perspective. 2003Music director Chris Burrell's 2003 program focusses on English music of the 16th-17th and 20th centuries, contrasted with 19th-20th century works from Eastern Europe. Music commentator Ken Healey introduces the program in a series of pre-concert talks. 2002Music director Chris Burrell's program focusses on Italian renaissance and baroque music contraasted with the 20th Century works of Luciano Berio. Pre-concert talks are by music commentator Ken Healey. Sunday's lunch and supper, prepared by leading SA chef, Tina Llewellyn, will take place in Coriole's covered courtyard. In the cottage garden there will be an exhibition of sculpture by Colin Milot. 2001The two concerts amount to a contemplation of music from French composers, from early to contemporary, and from choral to instrumental recital. Opening with early French choral music from the Adelaide Chamber Singers, the works move largely around the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with Faure, Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc and Messiaen. Performers include the Adelaide Chamber Singers, and many soloists: Opera Australia baritone, John Pringle; OA repetiteur, Josephine Allan; leading Australian clarinettist Catherine McCorkill; SA's leading cellist Janis Laurs, and Perth violinist Paul Wright. 2000Leading Australian mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Campbell will be a major attraction of the Coriole Music Festival 2000 announced today. Featured artists include Australian String Quartet, Adelaide Chamber Singers and pianist Josephine Allan. The festival echoes a long tradition of informal get togethers with food, wine and music at Coriole over the years. One of those enthusiasts, leading Adelaide virologist Chris Burrell, is the festival's music director. He said the program for the two concerts explored the different traditions of German music culture, from religious music of the 16th and 17th centuries, romantic poetic 19th century music to political songs and music of the 20th century. 1999A day of chamber music, food and wine - two concerts, lunch, supper, pre-concert talks and associated other activities at the winery. An exotic and complementary blend of:
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