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Program to include
Sara Macliver joins the “exquisite and exhilarating” Lyrebird Trio for a program humming with bright morning energy. Two sets of Songs without Words—by Felix Mendelssohn and Anne Cawrse—capture the intimacy of lieder while letting instruments speak freely. Fanny Mendelssohn takes her brother’s lyrical impulse somewhere darker in the Piano Trio in D minor. And in Advice to a Girl, Anne Cawrse turns toward women’s voices and histories.
Felix Mendelssohn
Songs without words (for solo piano and arr. piano trio)
Anne Cawrse
Songs without words: Lied
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor
Anne Cawrse
Advice to a girl
Artists
SXS thanks our 2026 Instrument Chair Donors Piano: Susan and Paul Garside and Dr Michelle Butler, James Butler Medical, Daniel Butler KC Cello: Marion Pender and Marg O'Donnell AO Violin: Cass and Ian George Flute: Shirley Leuthner Clarinet: Jenny Blake Viola: Dr Philip Dubois and Leanda Elliot, First Nations Program Donors Marion Pender, Kay Feeney and Andrea Larkin Education Program Donors: Margaret Schindler Vocal Scholarship Donor, Carolyn Mason; Next Gen Program Donors, Dr Siok Tan and Judith Duggan.