The Riverina Festival of Strings Concert Series

The Riverina Festival of Strings Concert Series for 2026 will take place at St Johns Church, 6-12 Church St Wagga Wagga.

The performances will be held on Sunday 11, Monday 12, Wednesday 14, Thursday 15 and Friday 16 January 2026.

Riverina Festival of Strings

Sounds of Summer Concert Series 2026

St John’s Church, Church St Wagga Wagga and

Wagga RSL Dobbs St Wagga

7.30 pm

 

Sunday 11 January — Sunlight

St John’s Church 7.30

JS Bach (1685–1750)
Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

I. Allemande

II. Courante

III. Sarabande

IV. Gigue

V. Chaconne

Susan Collins - solo violin

Solo Item

George Washingmachine - Jazz violin

Nigel Westlake (b. 1958)
Songs from the Forest

Harold Gretton & Jeff Donovan classical guitar

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
String Quartet in C major, Op. 20 No. 2 “Sun” 

I. Moderato

II. Capriccio: Adagio

III. Minuet: Allegretto

IV. Fuga a quattro soggetti

Emma Jezek,  Nicole Masters - violin, Andrew Jezek - viola, cello - Kristy Conrau

Monday 12 January — Serenade

St John’s Church 7.30

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
String Quintet No. 1 in B-flat major, K. 174 

I. Allegro moderato

II. Adagio

III. Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio

IV. Allegro

Emma Jezek,  Nicole Masters - violin, Sandro Costantino & Andrew Jezek - viola, David Campbell - double bass

Elena Kats-Chernin (b. 1957)
Character Interludes 

Susan Collins - violin, Harold Gretton - guitar

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 (1880)

I. Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo – Allegro moderato

II. Valse: Moderato – Tempo di valse

III. Élégie: Larghetto elegiaco

IV. Finale (Tema russo): Andante – Allegro con spirito

Sounds of Summer Camerata

Wednesday 14 January — Landscape

St John’s Church 7.30

Louis Spohr (1784–1859)
Double String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 65 

I. Allegro

II. Scherzo: Vivace

III. Larghetto

IV. Allegro molto

Susan Collins, Cameron Jamieson, Doreen Cumming, Emma Jezek - violin, Sandro Costantino & Andrew Jezek - viola - viola, Kristy Conrau, Josephine Costantino - cello

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
Kicho for String Orchestra and Double Bass

David Campbell - double bass, Sounds of Summer Camerata

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25

I. Allegro

II. Intermezzo. Allegro ma non troppo – Trio. Animato

III. Andante con Moto

IV. Rondo alla Zingarese. Presto

Susan Collins - violin, Sandro Costantino - viola, Josephine Costantino – cello, Hamish Tait - piano

Thursday 15 January — Jazz with George Washingmachine & Jim Pennell

Wagga RSL 7.30

Join jazz violinist and vocalist George Washingmachine with guitarist Jim Pennell in a sumptuous concert of jazz standards and originals at the Wagga RSL Mirage Room

Friday 16 January — Echo

St John’s Church 7.30

Leo Brouwer (b. 1939)
From Yesterday to Penny Lane — Seven Songs after the Beatles 

She’s Leaving Home

A Ticket to Ride

Here, There and Everywhere

Yesterday

Got to Get You Into My Life

Eleanor Rigby

Penny Lane

Harold Gretton - solo guitar, Sounds of Summer Camerata

Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
Quintet in D major, Op. 39 No. 3 

I. Allegro giusto

II. Minuetto: Allegro

III. Rondeau: Allegro

Cameron Jamieson,  Doreen Cumming - violin, Jane Hazelwood - viola, Kristy Conrau - cello, David Campbell - double bass

Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974)
Suite No. 3 for Violin, Viola & String Orchestra, Op. 19 No. 1 

I. Prelude: Adagio

II. Pantomim: Moderato

III. Vision: Allegro moderato

Susan Collins - violin, Jane Hazelwood - viola, Sounds of Summer Camerata