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April 2020
Elder Conservatorium Lunchtime Concert – A Quatre Mains
Konstantin Shamray and Michael Ierace piano four hands Dvořák Slavonic Dances (selections) Stravinsky Petrushka “I had in my mind a distinct picture of a puppet, suddenly endowed with life, exasperating the patience of the orchestra with diabolical cascades of arpeggios. The orchestra in turn retaliates with menacing trumpet blasts.” This was Stravinsky’s initial vision of Petrushka, which was subsequently shaped by Diaghilev and his Ballet Russes into one of the most popular and enduring ballets of the twentieth century. Pianists…
Find out more »Elder Conservatorium Lunchtime Concert – Australian String Quartet
Australian String Quartet Dale Barltrop violin Francesca Hiew violin Stephen King viola Sharon Grigoryan cello Beethoven String Quartet in G major, Op. 18 No. 2 Beethoven String Quartet in F major, Op. 18 No. 1 In the year of Beethoven’s 250th anniversary the Australian String Quartet look back to the composer’s early works. The string quartets of opus 18 provide a taste of the romanticism that would follow, as the young composer deftly builds on the foundations of his forebears.…
Find out more »May 2020
Elder Conservatorium Lunchtime Concert – Songs of the Cabaret
Stephanie Acraman voice Liam Wooding piano Program: William Bolcom Cabaret Songs A result of over twenty years collaboration between himself and poet Arnold Weinstein, Bolcom’s Cabaret Songs draw inspiration from a plethora of musical styles and forms, representing the melting pot which is American culture and vernacular. Versatile vocalist Stephanie Acraman and exciting pianist Liam Wooding are a formidable pairing to tell these stories of the cabaret. Tickets for this lunchtime concert are $14 and are available at the door…
Find out more »AMAN | Special Event: Silver Streetcar
TICKETS TO THIS EVENT CAN BE BOOKED FOR FREE WITH AN ANAMATES MEMBERSHIP. You hear the term ‘living legend’ a lot, but in the world of percussion it is the only term applicable to Steven Schick, Professor of Music at the University of California. He has been a champion of new music for four decades, and has premiered more than 150 new works. Over three programs he explores one of the defining developments in the world of 20th and 21st…
Find out more »Elder Conservatorium Lunchtime Concert – Jazz Award Winners
The 2020 Helpmann Academy Jazz Award winners come together to share the joys, the jazz and the decadence of 1920’s jazz. Enjoy the music of Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Jelly Roll Morton, Bessie Smith and Duke Ellington while our students show you how they earned their awards! Directed by Dr Lyndon Gray. Tickets for this lunchtime concert are $14 and are available at the door from 12:30pm. If you plan on attending most of the concerts in the series, you…
Find out more »Elder Conservatorium Lunchtime Concert – Elder Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra
Elizabeth Layton director/violin William Madden trumpet* Handel Concerto Grosso in G major, Op. 6 No. 1 Torelli Trumpet Concerto in D major* Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 2 in D major Nielsen Little Suite for Strings, Op. 1 A chamber orchestra is a versatile ensemble, lithely dancing across a range of repertoire and styles. In this concert the Elder Conservatorium Chamber Orchestra tackle Handel’s Concerto Grosso, Mendelssohn’s lush String Symphony and Nielsen’s more sombre Little Suite. Trumpeter William Madden joins the…
Find out more »ANAM | Insiders’ Guide: Musical Pictures
TICKETS TO THIS EVENT CAN BE BOOKED FOR FREE WITH AN ANAMATES MEMBERSHIP. Pianist, composer and scholar Andreas Boyde will interweave a fascinating commentary into the fabric of this performance. Boyde's reconstructed version of Schumann's original manuscript provides a new and insightful approach. SCHUMANN Carnaval MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition Andreas Boyde piano ANAM Pianists
Find out more »July 2020
ANAM | Miriam Hyde
THIS CONCERT CELEBRATES MIRIAM HYDE’S UNIQUELY AUSTRALIAN VOICE AND FEATURES A SELECTION FROM HER VAST CATALOGUE OF WORKS. A pioneer among Australia’s composers, Miriam Hyde quietly blazed a trail in the world of music, making a major contribution to Australian culture for more than six decades as composer, pianist, teacher, lecturer, examiner and poet HYDE Fantasia on Waltzing Matilda for piano duet HYDE Toccata for Two for piano duet HYDE Trio for oboe, flute and piano HYDE Evening in Cordoba…
Find out more »September 2020
ANAM | Insiders’ Guide: Mother Tongue
TICKETS TO THIS EVENT CAN BE BOOKED FOR FREE WITH AN ANAMATES MEMBERSHIP. German violist Tabea Zimmermann is one of the world’s great ambassadors of her instrument. Her artistry has been documented on over fifty albums for EMI, Teldec, Harmonia Mundi and Deutsche Grammophone. She’s appeared as a soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic and London Symphony orchestras, and performed in chamber settings alongside Gidon Kremer and Steven Isserlis. Stefanie Farrands, who studied with Tabea at the Hochschule für Musik ‘Hanns…
Find out more »ANAM | Here, Now, Always
IN HIS FIRST RESIDENCY AT ANAM, EXCEPTIONAL MUSICIAN AND OBOIST DAVID WALTER SHARES HIS KNOWLEDGE WITH ANAM MUSICIANS, LEADING THEM IN TWO PREMIERES. One of the world’s most significant oboe pedagogues, David Walter was only 29 when he was appointed the youngest-ever oboe and chamber music professor at the Paris Conservatoire. He is also a conductor, composer, an active commissioner of new music and a tireless transcriber; in the interests of expanding the oboe repertoire, he has made more than…
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