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May 2019
Bach Concertos
Recently praised for his “simply gorgeous” playing and “crystalline phrasing” by the Washington Post, pianist David Fung is an ideal match for two of Bach's immaculate keyboard concertos. Program includes Bartók’s folk-flecked Divertimento and music of Telemann & Dvořák. PROGRAM: DVOŘÁK Three Miniatures Op 75a TELEMANN Concerto for four violins TWV54:A1 BACH Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor BWV1058 BACH Keyboard Concerto No 4 in A major BWV1055 BARTÓK Divertimento Sz113 PERFORMERS: William Hennessy AM, DIRECTOR & VIOLIN David Fung, PIANO
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Recently praised for his “simply gorgeous” playing and “crystalline phrasing” by the Washington Post, pianist David Fung is an ideal match for two of Bach's immaculate keyboard concertos. Program includes Bartók’s folk-flecked Divertimento and music of Telemann & Dvořák. PROGRAM: DVOŘÁK Three Miniatures Op 75a TELEMANN Concerto for four violins TWV54:A1 BACH Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor BWV1058 BACH Keyboard Concerto No 4 in A major BWV1055 BARTÓK Divertimento Sz113 PERFORMERS: William Hennessy AM, DIRECTOR & VIOLIN David Fung, PIANO
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Love & Devotion
A powerful program presented by three extraordinary performers, this concert explores the music of both Clara and Robert Schumann
Find out more »Piano Pictures
TICKETS: Full $62 / Senior $48 / Concession* $35 / Under 30s* $25 Two modern American classics to open: John Adams’ jubilant Hallelujah Junction, inspired by the name of a truck stop near the California-Nevada border, and a seminal work of minimalism, Steve Reich’s Six Pianos. On the other hand, the epic riff on Chopin’s Prelude by young, New Mexico-born composer Ben Wallace might be called ‘So Chopin walked into a bar, ordered a whiskey and headed straight for the pinball machine.’…
Find out more »Melbourne Musicians presents Mozart’s Piano Concerto in F major
Tickets: Adult $60 | Senior $50 | Student $25 Juilliard-trained pianist Elyane Laussade has embarked on a project of performing every Mozart piano concerto. This is the second of three she will play with The Melbourne Musicians in 2019. PROGRAM HAYDN 12 German Dances (Premiere) MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K.459 DITTERSDORF Symphony in F major Kr.70 HAYDN Symphony No.55 in E flat major ("Schulmeister")
Find out more »Zelman Symphony Orchestra: Mozart’s Clarinet
After two exhilarating performances in 2010 and 2012, we had to invite soloist David Griffiths for a repeat performance of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto - Mozart at his quintessential best. We'll reprise Harry Sdraulig's Sinfonietta, a work he composed in 2015 for our orchestra as the Zelman Symphony - Melbourne University Emerging Composer in 2015. And we close with Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony. Despite Tchaikovsky initially concluding it was a failure, the symphony has become a staple of the repertoire and…
Find out more »ANAM Presents: Beethoven and Bruckner
One of the finest Australian conductors of his generation returns to ANAM to direct two symphonic masterpieces. It is hard not to listen in awe at the vast emotional range of Beethoven’s music, as he takes us from sorrow to joy, all the while overcoming phenomenal personal odds. The Fourth is a symphony of breathtaking lyricism, greatly admired by Berlioz and Schumann, and a perfect companion to Bruckner’s sublime song of spiritual ecstasy, his own Symphony no. 4. This is…
Find out more »July 2019
Selby & Friends: From Russia with Love
Selby & Friends takes listeners on a musical tour of composers who were influenced by Russia, either by having been born and bred there or receiving patronage or assistance from Russian nobles.
Find out more »Flinders Quartet: Shostakovich – through the lens of the string quartet
Selected movements from the string quartets of Shostakovich, curated by Flinders Quartet with dramaturge, Richard Piper
Find out more »August 2019
Flinders Quartet: Shostakovich – through the lens of the string quartet
Selected movements from the string quartets of Shostakovich, curated by Flinders Quartet with dramaturge, Richard Piper.
Find out more »Flinders Quartet: Shostakovich – through the lens of the string quartet
Selected movements from the string quartets of Shostakovich, curated by Flinders Quartet with dramaturge, Richard Piper.
Find out more »September 2019
Selby & Friends: The Game Changers
Exploring composers whose influence made a significant impact upon the world of classical music is the premise behind this extraordinary program of sonatas and trios by Kats-Chernin, Ravel, Britten and Dvorak.
Find out more »October 2019
Evergreen Ensemble: Baroque Birds & Beasts
Seamlessly cross the genres and performance styles of folk and art-music with Evergreen Ensemble
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Beethoven’s Back!
Selby & Friends’ 2019 season finale revisits the great master with a return to the music of all-Beethoven by popular demand.
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