Melbourne based cellist Hamish Jamieson is a graduate of the Australian National Academy of Music and ACO Emerging Artist Program, Hamish has performed with leading orchestras across Australia and internationally. He will soon begin a Master of Arts at the Royal Academy of Music in London and this will be his farewell performance before moving to his hometown in preparation. This recital explores the adaptability of Bach’s music and the unique possibilities of the cello in a work originally written for solo violin.

CAROLINE SHAW
In Manus Tuas      

J.S. BACH                         
Parita No. 2 in D Minor for solo violin, BWV 1004 (arr. for Cello in G minor)
 

Program Notes

CAROLINE SHAW - In Manus Tuas  

Caroline Shaw’s in manus tuas reflects on musical memory and spiritual stillness. Drawing on a motet by Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis, Shaw filters fragments of sacred music through a contemporary lens — dissolving the boundary between past and present.

The work is spare, vocal, and quietly searching. It moves with the logic of thought more than form, inviting the listener into a state of intimate attention. In the quiet acoustics of this space, in manus tuas becomes both prayer and echo.

J.S. BACH - Parita in D Minor for solo violin, BWV 1004 (arr. for Cello in G minor)

Composed for solo violin around 1720, Bach’s Partita in D minor is a cornerstone of violin repertoire. In this performance, the work is transcribed for cello, allowing its intricate textures and harmonic richness to unfold in a deeper register.

Structured as a suite of dances — Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue — the work culminates in the Chaconne, a 15-minute set of variations that transcends its dance origins to become one of Bach’s most profound musical statements. Through waves of tension, release, and shifting emotional colour, the Ciaccona draws the listener into a space of continuous unfolding — part architecture, part meditation.