August 2019
Elder Conservatorium of Music Lunchtime Concert | Ensemble Q
Admission is $14, only available at the door from 12:30pm. Performers: Trish O'Brien |Â cello Paul Dean |Â clarinet Stephen Emmerson |Â piano with Elizabeth Layton |Â violin Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time In a welcome addition to the Lunchtime Concert Series, esteemed Brisbane trio Ensemble Q join with our own Elizabeth Layton to perform Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time Please note this concert will be 5-10 minutes longer than usual.
Find out more »Elder Conservatorium of Music Evening Concert | Fortepiano Recital
A rare opportunity to hear a fortepiano live! Its sound is gentler, drier, than the modern concert grand, and capable of great subtlety. Nicholas Mathew, specialist in early pianos, performs some of Beethoven’s early sonatas close to how they would have been heard over 200 years ago. Performers: Nicholas Mathew | fortepiano Program: C.P.E. BACH | Rondo in C minor from Kenner und Liebhaber V, Wq. 59 (1785) BEETHOVEN | Piano Sonata in G, Op. 14 No. 2 (1798) BEETHOVEN | Piano Sonata in E,…
Find out more »Elder Conservatorium of Music Lunchtime Concert | Australian String Quartet
Lunchtime concert admission is $14 and single concert tickets are exclusively available at the door from 12:30pm. Where have I heard that before? Charles Ives' whimsical First Quartet is imaginatively based on popular hymn tunes from American church services and revival meetings. The Australian String Quartet then tweet their way through one of Haydn’s sweetest quartets. Music brimming with grace and humour. Program: Charles IVES | String Quartet No. 1 From the Salvation Army Joseph HAYDN | String Quartet Op. 33 No. 3 in C major,…
Find out more »Lunchtime Concert – Summer Holiday
TICKETS: Lunchtime concert admission is $14 and single concert tickets are exclusively available at the door from 12:30pm. PERFORMERS: Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra Luke Dollman conductor Samson Peng horn*  PROGRAM: Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, K. 447* Brahms Symphony No. 2  Shake off the winter blues with this delightful package from a Northern Hemisphere summer. Brahms wrote his pastoral Second Symphony during a summer holiday in Austria, where pretty tunes were thick on the ground. Mozart’s Third Horn…
Find out more »Elder Conservatorium of Music Lunchtime Concert – Impressions
TICKETS: Lunchtime concert admission is $14 and single concert tickets are exclusively available at the door from 12:30pm. PERFORMERS: Michael Ierace piano PROGRAM: Grieg Selections from Lyric Pieces Ravel Gaspard de la nuit Adelaide pianist Michael Ierace conjures up a wealth of vivid images from the black box we call a piano. In Gaspard de la nuit, Ravel’s music evokes everything from water to wind in telling its ghostly fairytales. Grieg’s Lyric Pieces are like postcards from a dearly loved friend.…
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
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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