As a musician’s instrumental proficiency develops, so too does their artistic taste and temperament. Each ANAM musician’s recital is a snapshot in time – simultaneously summarising their year of training and revealing glimpses of their future selves. What music excites them? What do they want to communicate? How does their art help them understand the world better? Hear what the next generation of virtuosi have to say, and how, in the 2025 ANAM Recital series.
“I’m very excited to present this recital, which features a wide range of styles. It opens with J.S. Bach’s Suite in C Minor, a work that takes us on a journey through a French Overture, fugue, and a series of dance movements. This suite utilises scordatura — an alternative tuning of the viola — allowing for the expression of harmonies and chords that are typically unplayable with standard tuning.
Next is the premiere of a new ANAM set work by Chris Williams, titled we have seen it rising. The piece, inspired by Kathy JetnĚ„il-Kijiner’s poem tell them, ‘is animated by a growing sense of urgency, built from the tension between beauty and distress.’
The recital concludes with Rebecca Clarke’s Sonata for Viola and Piano — a passionate, virtuosic work, performed with pianist Aidan Boase.
Working on these three pieces has given me the chance to explore a wide palette of sounds and techniques on the viola, from varied bow strokes to a rich vocabulary of pizzicato. It’s been both challenging and rewarding to expand my musical gestures and ideas through this program.” — Daniel You
J S BACH Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
Chris WILLIAMS we have seen it rising*
Rebecca CLARKE Sonata for viola and piano
Daniel You (QLD) viola
Aidan Boase (ANAM Associate Faculty) piano
*World premiere, commissioned as part of the ANAM Set 2024. The ANAM Set 2024, is generously supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia and the Anthony and Sharon Lee Foundation
Photo by Pia Johnson