Amir Farid, Zoe Knighton and Lloyd Van’t Hoff
Australian Digital Concert Hall ONLINEThis concert is streamed live on Australian Digital Concert Hall Live audience tickets are also available at Athenaeum 2, Melbourne. Zoe and Amir first played with Lloyd in 2020 and they found so much musical synergy, that when Amir and Lloyd's schedules aligned to have them home from America at the same time, a program…
Selby & Friends | In the Shadow of War – Melbourne
Melbourne Recital Centre, Primrose Potter Salon, Southbank 31 Sturt Street, Southbank, VICThe Twilight Series at Melbourne Recital Centre is a one hour concert, with no interval, beginning at 5pm. The surprising connection between these works is that of wartime conflict and how it impacted each composer. In the case of Australian Matthew Hindson composing in 2015, he was propelled by the mere thought of how a…
Selby & Friends | In the Shadow of War – Melbourne **SOLD OUT**
Melbourne Recital Centre, Primrose Potter Salon, Southbank 31 Sturt Street, Southbank, VICThe surprising connection between the three works on this program is that of wartime conflict and how it impacted each composer. Australian Matthew Hindson, composing in 2015, was motivated by the thought of how a young person living 100 years before might face the prospect of going to war. For Shostakovich, this great work was…
Zubin Mehta Conducts the Australian World Orchestra – Melbourne
Arts Centre Melbourne 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, VICThe Australian World Orchestra (AWO) and legendary conductor, Zubin Mehta, will perform in Melbourne for one magical evening in Hamer Hall. Don't miss the opportunity to experience the legendary conductor Zubin Mehta live in concert with Australia's finest musicians, together on one stage. The program of music by Richard Strauss includes Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegels…
MCO Orchestral Series | Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Australian Digital Concert Hall ONLINEThis concert is streamed live on Australian Digital Concert Hall Live audience tickets are also available at Alexander Theatre, Monash University. Vivaldi would be totally astonished by the fame of his Four Seasons today. As a priest working in an orphanage, most of his music was only heard by a small circle of people in…
Zelman Symphony | Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky
MLC: James Tatoulis Auditorium, Kew 207 Barkers Rd, Kew, VICThis is the third year that we have tried to bring the fantastic Beethoven Triple Concerto to you. We hope it is third time lucky! It has been claimed that Beethoven wrote this now very well-known, unique and brilliant Triple Concerto for Archduke Rudolf of Austria, who was taking piano lessons from him. That may…
Melbourne Bach Choir and Orchestra | The Creation by Joseph Haydn
St Paul's Cathdral, Melbourne Corner Flinders Street and Swanston Street, Melbourne, VictoriaDon't miss this opportunity to hear one of Haydn's best-loved works: his optimistic, uplifting take on the creation of the world. Melbourne Bach Choir and Orchestra will be joined by three outstanding soloists - Kathryn Radcliffe, soprano, Andrew Goodwin, tenor, and Adrian Tamburini, bass-baritone. The performance will be sung in English and conducted by Rick…
The Song Company | Arms of Love – Melbourne
Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VICBuxtehude’s monumental meditation on suffering and the human body set with contemporary Indigenous dance, and a major new Australian work from Chris Williams. The Song Company and contemporary Indigenous dance company Karul Projects reunite in a pageant of light and movement to Membra Jesu Nostri by Dieterich Buxtehude and I pray the sea by Australian…
Omega Ensemble | Ex Machina
Melbourne Recital Centre, Primrose Potter Salon, Southbank 31 Sturt Street, Southbank, VICAaron Copland’s thrilling Sextet started life as his Second Symphony. However, following its premiere, the work was avoided by orchestras due to its complexity. Out of frustration, Copland re-wrote the work for sextet in the hope that more ambitious chamber ensembles would take up the challenge. This program of music from important American voices presents…
Zelman Symphony | Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven
MLC: James Tatoulis Auditorium, Kew 207 Barkers Rd, Kew, VICWe are honoured to present Elyane Laussade, amongst Melbourne's favourite pianists, playing one of Mozart’s most intimate and expressive works, his Piano Concerto No. 23 . This is another step forward in Elyane’s Mozart Project which will see her perform all 27 Mozart piano concertos with orchestras around Australia. We will commence the concert with…
Omega Ensemble | Melodies and Melodrama
Melbourne Recital Centre, Primrose Potter Salon, Southbank 31 Sturt Street, Southbank, VICThe mighty music of Brahms was a great influence on the lesser known Hungarian composer Ernö Dohnányi. While Brahms’ brooding Piano Quartet No.1 (notably premiered by Clara Schumann) may at first appear restrained compared to the decadence of Dohnányi’s colossal Sextet, the soaring melodies and sumptuous texture in both works are imbued with equal romantic…