In Edinburgh, 1734, two women sit down to play tunes they have just copied into a new practice book…
In Goulburn, 1980, a curious musician spies this book atop an old piano…
In Albury, 2026, two women sit down to play 300-year-old suites from the Arthour-Wight manuscript on the fiddle and flute…

Carefully compiled in the 1730s by two young women of Scottish high society, the Arthour-Wight Manuscript – etched with their own handwriting – was discovered more than 200 years later tucked safely inside a piano at Riversdale Homestead, Goulburn’s oldest settlement.

A presentation is followed by a 1-hour concert of music from the Arthour-Wight manuscript played on period instruments.

Evergreen Ensemble duo:
Shane Lestideau – baroque violin, viola d’amore, research
Meredith Beardmore – baroque flute, recorded samples