'What a privilege to have this opportunity to share with you music that is beautiful and meaningful to me, in such a beautiful and meaningful setting. As I reflect on what it is that music brings to our lives I see that in so many ways, UKARIA itself is the embodiment of those things – togetherness, curiosity, self-expression, exchange, reflection, imagination, emotion, understanding, learning, awareness, wonder, and the list goes on.

So I have tried to touch on all those things in this program, embracing a variety of styles and forms in the hope that together, audience and performers, we can create a special moment in time and place which sends us back out into the world buoyed, recharged and revitalised in our trust and belief in the essential beauty of the human spirit.'

– Diana Doherty, curator