BACH CELLO SUITES BY CANDLELIGHT - Performance Sold Out
Friday 12th November at 8pm in the Octagon Artspace
Tickets $25 are strictly limited to ensure the intimacy of this event
Bookings can be made on 6238 1682

David Pereira plays solo J. S. Bach's cello suites 1 in G Major, 3 in C Major and his composition, Black Mountain Views, interspersed with open discussion of the inner games of playing and listening.

An intimate evening with this leading Australian cello performer, teacher, writer, recording artist and prominent musician on both the national and international scene. His playing aims for perfect listening and emotional responsiveness, uncompromised by thought or technical limitation. He is currently director of Australia’s only cello focused subscription series of recitals.

In this concert in the upstairs Octagon Artspace will resonate with the beautiful sound of David's wonderful old Italian cello made by Guidantus and dated from 1730 and generously on loan from the family of Nick Holmes.

The Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach are some of the most performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for cello. The suites contain a great variety of technical devices and a wide emotional range. It is their intimacy, however, that has made the suites amongst Johann Sebastian Bach's most popular works today, resulting in their different recorded interpretations being fiercely defended by their respective advocates.

David gives a personal view of these works which have remained the cornerstone of the cellist's repertoire. He is only the second Australian to have recorded the Six Bach Suites with interpretations full of the romanticism one has come to expect from him, but tempered by a thorough understanding of the historical requirements of these seminal masterpieces.

David opened the Judi Power Thomson HOT COLOURS and Chan Dissanayake COOL WATERS exhibitions at 11am on Saturday October 2 with a improvised solo performance addressing one each of Judi and Chan's artworks inviting those present to follow him on a journey of musical exploration of the works. The large crowd attending the opening were spellbound by the beautiful sounds of David's cello that resonated in the Octagon Artspace to provide such a wonderful experience. Of the space David said, "I'm inspired by upstairs . . . very intimate and real."

DINNER AND JAZZ WITH THE KEVIN HUNT TRIO

Saturday 29th MAY from 6.30pm

A Night of fine foods and fine Jazz with Kevin Hunt (piano), Hannah James (Bass) and Ed Rodrigues (Drums)

AN EVENING WITH RICHARD MORECROFT

Saturday 24th April from 4.30pm.

RICHARD MORECROFT has been one of Australia's most visible personalities appearing as the ABC Televisions News Presenter for 25 years. Since retiring from that role Richard has pursued other Media interests including Television Documentaries and Corporate media events. His main passion is Photography and he presents an amazing approach to the unique Australian Landscape.
Richard will be presenting a talk on his life in the Media and in the Arts through his photography at Cafe Woodworks on Saturday 24th April. Following the talk Chefs Eric and Ric will present a three course dinner (see menu below)

Renowned Victorian furniture maker David Emery has recently shipped two tables to Bungendore Wood Works Gallery.

David Emery's professional interest is in making furniture of a clean uncluttered nature, with an emphasis on balance and proportion. His skills are mainly in the use of timber, with an emphasis on veneering as this allows greater flexibility in design avoiding the limitations of solid timber construction. All veneers are pressed in his own workshop, after components have been cut to size and had timber lippings applied to their edges.

He believes his veneering process gives a better edge detail than can be achieved using pre-veneered board and gives greater versatility in the ways the veneer can be applied within the project. He uses materials such as glass, metals and stone in his work and is especially interested in working with architects and designers, especially when he is able to become involved in the design process. Many of his works over the years have evolved into his "Studio Collection" which are now being made as small production runs.

Wye Dining Table

Senior Curator, Decorative Arts and Design, National Gallery of Australia, Robert Bell officially opened the Gallery's Signatures 25th Year Exhibition at a special function on Saturday 20th September. (see Current Exhibition for details of participants and works in the exhibition).

Robert Bell opening the Signatures exhibition in the Octagon ArtSpace. Left to right Robert Bell, David Mac Laren, Stan d'Argeavel, Phil and Jo Telford, Frank and Joan Wiesner.

Welcome to the new Bungendore Wood Works Gallery and Café Wood Works websites. The Gallery believed that while our original website has served us, and our clients, very well over the past 10 years, it was time for a change. The need was there for the site to be more dynamic and for information to be made available to our clients and visitors on a more immediate basis.

With the help of Spitfire Internet Services from Canberra the Gallery’s site is now generated via the Drupal interface and hosted by Spitfire to provide an up to-date and fully comprehensive site that will grow in time.

There are now many more pages for you to visit covering all aspects of the Gallery, its Resources, News, Exhibitions, Events, Product lines in the Gifts, Furniture and Fine Arts areas and information on our in-house Café Wood Works. And we will be presenting video on the site in the near future so you will be able to take a virtual tour of the Gallery, its exhibitions and events.