Ambient Delights

Live at The Church

14 December 2025

Ambient Delights features pianist Brieley Cutting with musicians Dan Lopez (violin), Eleanor Streatfeild (cello), Luke Spicer (viola), Bonita Han-Williams (double bass) and composer/live electronics performer Mark Oliveiro. 

Franz Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A major takes its nickname from the integration of the vibe and material from one of Schubert’s own art songs, Die Forelle (The Trout). It was conceived in 1819 when Schubert was 22 years old and on holiday in the countryside of Austria at a place he described as "inconceivably beautiful”. Reflecting a lightness and carefreeness, the sound world of this Quintet conjures up sounds of running water and the wriggling of a trout, with beautiful transparency of texture and infectious melodies. 

Mark Oliveiro’s Electronic Suite for piano quartet with live generative electronics will receive its world premiere at this concert. A three-movement journey, this work blurs the line between acoustic intimacy and digital intervention, exploring how acoustic and electronic voices can collide, diverge and ultimately converge - transforming contrast into coherence.

Featured Performers

  • Brieley Cutting

    Piano

  • Dan Lopez

    Violin

  • Eleanor Streatfeild

    Cello

  • Luke Spicer

    Viola

  • Bonita Han-Williams

    Double bass

  • Mark Oliveiro

    Composer/live electronics

  • FRANZ SCHUBERT
    Piano Quintet in A major D.667 “The Trout” (1819)

    I. Allegro Vivace

    II. Andante

    III. Scherzo

    IV. Andantino - Allegretto (Theme & Variations)

    V. Allegro guisto

    MARK OLIVEIRO

    Electronic Suite for piano quartet with live electronics (2025)

    I. Garden of Ambient Delight(s)

    II. The Seven Deadly Glitches…

    III. …and the Four Beat Things

This performance will take place at The Church.

The Church is a meticulously restored 19th-century Gothic church in Alexandria, NSW owned by Judith Neilson AM that houses rehearsals and work development for musicians by invitation.

Performance

Performance

Sunday 14 December 2025
4:00pm

Location

The Church
9 Mitchell Rd, Alexandria

Tickets

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