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October 2018
Sing What You Feel
Artist and musician Jon Campbell has created a dazzling new neon installation at The Channel in Hamer Hall. Visible from the St Kilda Road Terrace, Sing What You Feel has been commissioned as part of the Contemporary Art Projects program, which invites artists to enliven the public spaces around Arts Centre Melbourne and the arts precinct. Sing What You Feel is an open invitation to visitors and passers-by to express themselves through song.
Find out more »November 2018
Flinders Quartet: Is it True? (Ist es wahr?)
Mendelssohn was fascinated by Beethoven as a teenager and his Op. 13 string quartet draws on inspiration from this great master, as well as his own song Frage which asks the question “Ist es wahr?”
Find out more »Double Bill: Andrey Gugnin and Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev
Sydney International Piano Competition welcomes back its 2016 first and second prize winners, Andrey Gugnin and Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev, for an exclusive double bill concert. Gugnin was the winner of the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition, taking home four additional prizes including the Eileen Joyce Best Overall Concerto Prize and the Miriam Hyde Best 19th or 20th Century Concerto Prize. He has performed as a recitalist, chamber music partner and soloist with orchestras in over 20 countries and has played in…
Find out more »A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong with The Syncopators and Yvette Johansson
A rapturous homage to the king and queen of jazz. Beginning with jazz’s most powerful figure, Louis Armstrong, The Syncopators will take you back to the 1920s to explore his pioneering influence on the artform. Then moving forward to the big band era of the 1930s, with a joyous celebration of Satchmo’s famous vocal duets with America’s First Lady of Song: the unparalleled Ella Fitzgerald. Hardly strangers to Arts Centre Melbourne, The Syncopators have raised the roof of Hamer Hall with sell-out…
Find out more »Flinders Quartet: Is it True? (Ist es wahr?)
Mendelssohn was fascinated by Beethoven as a teenager and his Op. 13 string quartet draws on inspiration from this great master, as well as his own song Frage which asks the question “Ist es wahr?”
Find out more »Song Company: One Equal Music
Memory eternal in music of our century from Russia, England, and Australia.
Find out more »Melbourne Musicians: Double Trouble with Grigoryan Brothers
Music Director, Frank Pam said: "Nearly 30 years ago, a violinist in our orchestra suggested that I invite his son, a guitarist, to perform with us as a soloist. The son was only twelve years old... but after I heard him play, I was convinced. Some years later his little brother, also a guitarist, joined us as well. Of course, I'm talking about Slava and Leonard Grigoryan, who went on to worldwide success. I'm thrilled that they have made time…
Find out more »MCO: Bach Suites
Full of jubilation and the sheer splendour of sound, Bach's suites are among his most uplifting music. This celebration of Bach includes the third and fourth suites, the much-loved double violin concerto, and a new concerto by national treasure RIchard Mills.
Find out more »Melbourne Intervarsity Choir: Bach Suites
Full of jubilation and the sheer splendour of sound, Bach's suites are among his most uplifting music. This celebration of Bach includes the third and fourth suites, the much-loved double violin concerto, and a new concerto by national treasure RIchard Mills.
Find out more »December 2018
Melbourne Bach Chamber Choir: Breath, Music for Choir, Brass & Winds
The works in this concert revisit the ancient tradition of combining voices with brass and wind instruments. Anton Bruckner’s great Mass in e minor (1866, revised later), composed for 8-part choir, winds and brass, references Gregorian chant and Palestrina. Also included are Bach’s short funeral motet BWV 118, and Stravinsky’s Mass, scored for chorus and double wind quintet. Melbourne Bach Chamber Choir and Ensemble conducted by Rick Prakhoff
Find out more »PLEXUS | Perpendicular
PLEXUS brings together the talents of three of Australia’s most vibrant and versatile musicians, violinist Monica Curro, clarinetist Philip Arkinstall and pianist Stefan Cassomenos, with the goal of commissioning and celebrating Australian and international composers.
Find out more »February 2019
Selby & Friends: Root Position
Selby & Friends’ season-opener incorporates works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Smetana which outline a basic musical chord in root position
Find out more »May 2019
Selby & Friends: Love & Devotion
A powerful program presented by three extraordinary performers, this concert explores the music of both Clara and Robert Schumann
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