YOU JUST RETURNED THE ADELAIDE FESTIVAL AT THE BEAUTIFUL UKARIA VENUE – WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?

UKARIA is a really wonderful place. It is little wonder that the Chamber Landscapes Series of the Adelaide Festival, UKARIA’s own concert series, and the Australia Council residency that all happen there are so successful - it’s a real nexus of creative energy and natural beauty. The venue is strikingly Australian with the panoramic vista of Mount Barker on full display just behind the stage, and with all that wood and glass it has a warm and clear acoustic. We were fortunate to be staying just up the road on the summit, which is a hugely significant cultural place to the Peramangk people, and the incredible home that housed the Pinchgut team for those four days was buzzing with all that energy. It also helped that we could dine, walk, and rehearse together very easily - and that sense of connection and the luxury of time together is one of the best things about touring.

IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR IN THE CONCERT THE AUDIENCE SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR?

There’s so much great music in the program, but I think the ‘textural’ changes throughout will be very interesting for the audience to look out for - paying attention to which voices and instruments are paired together (or not) and how they build from a solo line or duet right through to glorious eight part polyphony.