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SUMMARY:Mostly Mozart – Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Beloved works from Mozart and Schumann.\nThe Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) is dedicated to training exceptional young musicians\, creating alumni that work around the world \nAnthony Marwood performs with and directs musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) in a program of revered Mozart and enchanting Schumann as part of our Mostly Mozart series. \nJupiter is arguably Mozart’s most revered symphony and is often used as the example when describing the heights his compositional skills reached. The final movement’s theme epitomizes the divine in Mozart’s sounding output\, an embryo which eventually grows a sublime bliss. \nSchumann was another kind of talent\, a later bloomer compared to Mozart\, but definitely someone who could understand and feel Mozart’s talent. A testimony of his reverence for Mozart was shown as the musical journey Schumann started\, Neue Zeitschrift für Musik\, was launched with a Mozart biography as its front page item. \nMorning tea returns to Mostly Mozart in 2023. Join us for coffee plus sweet and savory treats from 10am in the ground floor foyer. \n\nThursday 16 November 2023 11am;   MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall  Duration: 1 hour 15 mins (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $49 ($42 Concession) \nExperience this concert online with Australian Digital Concert Hall Click here for live stream tickets
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/mostly-mozart-legacy/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Accademia Arcadia – J.S. Bach's Musical Offering
DESCRIPTION:Experience the sounds of the 18th century like never before with the only copy of a Cristofori Piano in the Southern Hemisphere.\nStep back in time to the world of 1700\, and witness the origins of a revolutionary classical approach and the invention of a new keyboard instrument that could shape and shade dynamics. Accademia Arcadia\, an Aria-nominated chamber ensemble formed by Jacqueline Ogeil\, takes audiences on a journey through baroque and early classical chamber music\, including the trio-sonata\, cantata\, early opera\, and grand liturgical genres. \nWith a timbre closer to a harpsichord\, a Cristofori piano (c.1730) features a range of 54 keys rather than the standard 88. Differing greatly to what we know as the modern piano today\, its harder hammers and thinner strings allowed pianists the ability to wonderfully express feeling and colour for the first time. \nAbout the concert\nExperience the sounds of the 18th century like never before with the only copy of a Cristofori piano in the Southern Hemisphere\, commissioned by Ogeil and supported by the late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch. Directed by internationally acclaimed Bach expert John O’Donnell\, this incredible instrument allows the performers to present a new interpretative approach to J.S. Bach’s Musical Offering. Allow Accademia Arcadia to transport you to a time of musical innovation and beauty. \n\nWednesday 8 November 2023 6pm;   MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $25 ($20 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/accademia-arcadia-j-s-bachs-musical-offering/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Ensemble Liaison and The Australian Wind Quintet
DESCRIPTION:A program of fabulously inventive\, exuberant perfection.\nEnsemble Liaison is internationally acclaimed for its spell-binding performances\, innovative programs and brilliant collaborations with leading artists. Ensemble Liaison & Friends is a unique concert series renowned for imaginative and innovative programming\, setting the trend for brilliant collaborations with leading artists. \nCombining some of Australia’s leading wind players\, the Australian Wind Quintet made their debut at the 2022 Adelaide Festival receiving critical praise for their precision\, nuanced sensitive phrasing and captivating performance. \nAbout the concert\nTheir performance in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall features Ligeti’s fabulously inventive Bagatelles\, extracted from his Musica Ricercata\, alongside some of the most well-known music written for wind and piano including Poulenc’s exuberant Piano Sextet and Francaix’s witty\, L’Heure Du Berger\, a tour de force of frivolous perfection! Svetlana Bogosavljevic will feature in the Concerto for Cello and Winds by Australian clarinetist and composer Paul Dean. \n\nThursday 2 November 2023 7pm;  MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 1 hour 45 mins (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $55 ($45 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/ensemble-liaison-and-the-australian-wind-quintet/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Duo Eclettico: Magic
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the magical\, the ethereal\, the demonic and the ‘other’.\nDuo Eclettico’s performance in the Primrose Potter Salon celebrates the magical\, the ethereal\, the demonic\, and the ‘other’\, with works from South Africa and Australia. Hendrik Hofmeyr\, arguably South Africa’s most celebrated living composer\, is represented with Necromancer\, a virtuosic yet beautifully colourful work evoking the magic of a necromancer\, in Hofmeyr’s writing a symbol for LGBTIQ+ sexuality and attempted repression of this by traditional conservative forces. \nPaired with Ross Edwards’ Full Moon Dances\, in a stunning arrangement for saxophone\, piano and percussion by Peter Neville. Edwards depicts the universal Moon Goddess incarnate\, source of plant life and protector of the environment\, performing a series of ritual healing ceremonies. \nThe recital culminates in the world premiere of Caerwen Martin’s major new work for soprano saxophone and piano\, The Witch of Kings Cross\, about a fascinating real-life figure – Rosaleen Norton – a poet\, writer\, artist\, philosopher and ‘witch’\, one of the most unique artists in Australia from the 1940s and 50s\, whose work was banned and prohibited by the Australian government for its overt sexuality and focus on non-traditional beliefs. A revolutionary figure\, Norton was arrested multiple times\, her books and artwork publicly burned. She became known as ‘The Witch of Kings Cross’ and is a potent example of an artist whose individuality of spirit was consistently repressed by traditional forces in the conservative Australia of the 1940s and 50s. \nCaerwen Martin’s new work\, specifically composed for Duo Eclettico and this concert\, is in several parts. One section acts as a descriptive musical depiction of Norton’s life and work. The other acts as a healing ‘spell’ for Norton\, but also invites the audience to be immersed in this ritual and hopefully find aspects that can be healing for each listener themselves. \n\nTuesday 31 October 2023\, 6pm;    MRC\,  Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/duo-eclettico-magic/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell
DESCRIPTION:The world’s finest chamber orchestra returns\, led by Music Director and virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell.\nThe Academy of St Martin in the Fields (ASMF) is one of the world’s finest chamber orchestras\, renowned for fresh\, brilliant interpretations of the world’s greatest orchestral music. Formed by Sir Neville Marriner in 1958 from a group of leading London musicians\, the ASMF gave its first performance in its namesake church in November 1959. \nThrough unrivaled live performances and a vast recording output – highlights of which include the 1969 bestseller Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and the soundtrack to the Oscar-winning film Amadeus – the orchestra has gained an enviable international reputation for its distinctive\, polished\, and refined sound. With over 500 releases in a much-vaunted discography and a comprehensive international touring program\, the name and sound of the ASMF is known and loved by classical audiences throughout the world. \nToday the orchestra is led by Music Director and virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell\, retaining the collegiate spirit and flexibility of the original small\, conductor-less ensemble which is an ASMF hallmark. Under Bell’s direction\, and with the support of Leader/Director Tomo Keller\, ASMF continues to push the boundaries of player-directed performance to new heights\, presenting symphonic repertoire and chamber music on a grand scale at prestigious venues around the globe. \nProgram for Wednesday 4 October\nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro K.492 \nLudwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D\, Op.61 \nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor\, K.550 \nProgram for Thursday 5 October\nSergei Prokofiev Symphony No.1 in D\, Op.25 ‘Classical Symphony’ \nFelix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor\, Op.64; Symphony No.3 in A minor\, Op.56 ‘Scottish’ \n\nWednesday 4 & Thursday 5 October 2023 7.30pm;   Melbourne Recital Centre\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 2 hours (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: $199 – $89
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/academy-of-st-martin-in-the-fields-with-joshua-bell/2023-10-05/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell
DESCRIPTION:The world’s finest chamber orchestra returns\, led by Music Director and virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell.\nThe Academy of St Martin in the Fields (ASMF) is one of the world’s finest chamber orchestras\, renowned for fresh\, brilliant interpretations of the world’s greatest orchestral music. Formed by Sir Neville Marriner in 1958 from a group of leading London musicians\, the ASMF gave its first performance in its namesake church in November 1959. \nThrough unrivaled live performances and a vast recording output – highlights of which include the 1969 bestseller Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and the soundtrack to the Oscar-winning film Amadeus – the orchestra has gained an enviable international reputation for its distinctive\, polished\, and refined sound. With over 500 releases in a much-vaunted discography and a comprehensive international touring program\, the name and sound of the ASMF is known and loved by classical audiences throughout the world. \nToday the orchestra is led by Music Director and virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell\, retaining the collegiate spirit and flexibility of the original small\, conductor-less ensemble which is an ASMF hallmark. Under Bell’s direction\, and with the support of Leader/Director Tomo Keller\, ASMF continues to push the boundaries of player-directed performance to new heights\, presenting symphonic repertoire and chamber music on a grand scale at prestigious venues around the globe. \nProgram for Wednesday 4 October\nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro K.492 \nLudwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D\, Op.61 \nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor\, K.550 \nProgram for Thursday 5 October\nSergei Prokofiev Symphony No.1 in D\, Op.25 ‘Classical Symphony’ \nFelix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor\, Op.64; Symphony No.3 in A minor\, Op.56 ‘Scottish’ \n\nWednesday 4 & Thursday 5 October 2023 7.30pm;   Melbourne Recital Centre\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 2 hours (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: $199 – $89
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/academy-of-st-martin-in-the-fields-with-joshua-bell/2023-10-04/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Latitude 37: Meditations
DESCRIPTION:Latitude 37 transforms Baroque music to vivid 21st century life.\nThis program will take you from intricate ornamentations over slowly shifting harmonies by Rognoni\, Bassano\, and Selma y Salaverde\, to works of transcendent loveliness by Cavalli and Erlebach. Nico Muhly’s ‘Slow Twitchy Organs’ brings these special baroque instruments into the 21st century\, alongside a calmly contemplative work specially commissioned for Latitude 37 by Australian composer and pianist\, Luke Howard. \nLaura Vaughan viola da gamba\nJulia Fredersdorff baroque violin\nDonald Nicolson harpsichord and organ \n\nTuesday 3 October 2023 6pm\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/latitude-37-meditations/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:La Compañia: Renaissance Rhythms
DESCRIPTION:From a spicy tarantella to a stately pavane\, a vivacious galliard or a joyous chacona.\nLa Compañia unfailingly embodies repertoire with precision\, flexibility and joyful musicality. The celebrated Renaissance band unearths some of the most beautiful and fascinating music of the 16th and early 17th centuries with virtuosity and flair. \nDirected by Danny Lucin the celebrated ensemble La Compañia is recognised as Australia’s preeminent period instrument ensemble specialising in music of the Renaissance and early Baroque. \nTheir performance in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall explores a lively repertoire celebrating dance\, movement and vigour. From a spicy tarantella to a stately pavane\, a vivacious galliard or a joyous chacona. La Compañia glides past Mediterranean shores to visit aristocratic parlours\, boisterous taverns\, town squares and royal courts discovering the highly fashionable dances that transfixed society. So rich in variety these alluring tunes and soulful poetic songs weave a rich tapestry of the Renaissance sweet life. \n\nSaturday 30 September 2023 7pm     MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $55 ($45 Concession) \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/la-compania-renaissance-rhythms/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230929T190000
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SUMMARY:Tamara Kuldin and Matt Boden with Callisto Strings: Heart Strings
DESCRIPTION:Cinematic soundscapes\, jazz and classical strings elevate songs from the Great American Songbook and beyond.\nWeaving together the magical worlds of cinematic soundscapes\, jazz and classical strings\, Tamara Kuldin\, Matt Boden and Callisto Strings unite for an exploration of beloved songs from the Great American Songbook to Bacharach and beyond. \nTheir performance will take audiences on a musical journey through lush melodic landscapes\, Matt Boden’s skills as a cinematic composer\, orchestrator and contemporary pianist create stunning arrangements that take flight with jazz vocalist and storyteller Tamara Kuldin at the helm. Accompanied by the sophisticated stylings of the Callisto Strings quartet\, settle in for an evening of songs that will surely tug at the heartstrings. \n\nFriday 29 September 2023 7pm     MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession) \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/tamara-kuldin-and-matt-boden-with-callisto-strings-heart-strings/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre Primrose Potter Salon Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230927T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230927T190000
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SUMMARY:Duo Kirsanova-Lewis: On the Pavements Grey
DESCRIPTION:Violinist Sophia Kirsanova and pianist Georgina Lewis celebrate the diversity\, economic invention and depth of emotion of the minimalist movement. This program journeys from John Adam’s iconic Road Movies to the holy minimalism of Baltic composers Pēteris Vasks and Arvo Pärt\, and wonderful and daring composers on the fringes of the movement\, including ‘Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart’\, Missy Mazzoli. The duo also performs Platon Buravicky’s rarely heard\, celestial and deeply moving Angel’s Sight. \nGeorgina explores juxtapositions of freedom and discipline\, introspection and prayer\, beauty and pain in piano music from Arvo Pärt and\, closer to home\, Australia’s own Andrea Keller. Keller’s Life is Brut[if]al featured on her 2020 Journey Home album\, a response to deep study of Pärt’s compositional techniques. \nThis concert also marks a special moment with Sophia giving the Australian premiere\, and the second ever performance of Pēteris Vasks Sonata estiva (Summer Sonata) for violin solo\, with the composer’s blessing. Written in 2022 in response to the outbreak of the war in Ukraine\, the sonata was intended to bring brightness and hope\, take the world away from the harshness of reality and into a meditation on Latvian folk music and nature. \n\nWednesday 27 September 2023 6pm     MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/duo-kirsanova-lewis-on-the-pavements-grey/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Great Romantics Competition 2023
DESCRIPTION:National competition platform for emerging Romantic performers.\nMelbourne Recital Centre’s Great Romantics Competition returns in 2023. Now in its fourteenth year\, this important national competition provides a platform for young musicians and ensembles passionate about Romantic repertoire\, including such luminaries as Brahms\, Liszt\, and Schumann. \n\nSunday 24 September 2023 3pm      MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 2 hours 30 mins (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nThis event is free\, however\, tickets are required for entry.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/great-romantics-competition-2023-2/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Ensemble Gombert: Commemorating Byrd and Weelkes
DESCRIPTION:A fitting tribute to two of the finest composers of the Renaissance.\nWilliam Byrd and Thomas Weelkes died 400 years ago in 1623 – Byrd in his 80s and Weelkes at age 47. To commemorate these two stalwarts of the repertoire\, Ensemble Gombert have curated a program that celebrates a variety of their choral works. The two centrepieces of the program are Byrd’s Te Deum and Magnificat from his Great Service and repertoire that has affirmed Ensemble Gombert as masters of their craft. These works are complemented by popular favourites including Byrd’s Sing Joyfully and Weelkes’ Hosanna to the Son of David\, plus other beloved anthems of Elizabethan and Jacobean repertoire. \n\nWednesday 20 September 2023 7.30pm     MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $55 ($45 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/ensemble-gombert-commemorating-byrd-and-weelkes/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230920T190000
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SUMMARY:Syzygy Ensemble: Divine Inspiration
DESCRIPTION:The Pleasure Principle.\nDon’t we all just want to be happy? Syzygy’s 2023 series explores the many paths that lead to pleasure and purpose. Whether we are seeking serotonin bursts from secular thrills or pursuing an otherworldly divine transcendence\, happiness means different things to all of us depending on our heritage\, our goals\, and our need to conform or disrupt. \nDivine Inspiration ruminates on the significance of being insignificant. To live with wonder and awe is to know contentment of an entirely different kind. Syzygy explores ancient castles\, the inexorability of the seasons\, and the rituals of the Eastern Orthodox Church in a concert that celebrates their search for meaning in a large\, chaotic universe. \nARTISTS: Laila Engle flutes; Robin Henry clarinet\, bass clarinet; Kyla Matsuura-Miller violin\nCampbell Banks cello; Leigh Harrold piano \nPROGRAM: Sofia Gubaidulina Your Joy No Man Taketh From You; Evan Ziporyn Tsmindao Ghmerto \nGabriela Ortiz Tres Haiku No.1 El cielo es cada muro ‘A Sky is Every Wall’; Peteris Vasks Castillo Interior \nNed Rorem End of Summer i. Capriccio; Dobrinka Tabakova Whispered Lullaby \nRichard Toensing Children of Light v. Phos Hilarion \n\nWednesday 20 September 2023 6pm      MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/syzygy-ensemble-divine-inspiration/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:International Classics: Ilya Gringolts and Aura Go
DESCRIPTION:Watch as the violin virtuoso and piano prodigy join forces.\nFeted for his effortless renditions of the otherwise impossible – from Paganini and Locatelli to Brett Dean – Ilya’s performances and recordings have established him as one of the quintessential violin virtuosi of our time. He has performed as soloist with the world’s leading orchestras\, including a recent collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. \nPianist Aura Go joins Ilya for the first time since collaborating at the 2016 Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland. Their shared passion for contemporary music unites them here in the Australian premiere of modern master Wolfgang Rihm’s Phantom und Eskapade\, dedicated to Anne-Sophie Mutter. \nRihm’s invocation of the fantastical alludes to the Schumann sonata and its preoccupations with imagination and myth. The Mozart sonata will unveil the crystalline sounds of Ilya’s Stradivarius violin. \n\nTuesday 19 September 2023 7.30pm     MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 1 hour 45 mins (incl. interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $115; A reserve $99 ($87 Concession); B reserve $85 ($67 Concession); C reserve $64\nD reserve $49
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/international-classics-ilya-gringolts-and-aura-go/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Southbank\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230919T190000
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SUMMARY:Kristian Chong and Friends: The Trout Quintet with a Twist!
DESCRIPTION:An evening of emotional vibrancy and masterful skill.\nOne of Australia’s leading pianists\, Kristian Chong is known for his virtuosic pianism\, dynamic range and affinity for collaboration. Kristian Chong and Friends is chamber music at the highest level\, delivered by some of the leading Australian and international instrumentalists in duos\, trios\, quartets and quintets. \nAbout the concert\nOne of the most popular works of the chamber repertoire\, Schubert’s Trout Quintet is not only delightful\, playful and lyrical but profound and friendly. \nDouble bassist Stevie Newton\, fresh off his performances as tenor soloist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will sing Die Forelle (The Trout) in place of the last variation of the 3rd movement\, in which the quintet is a transcription of Die Forelle. \nOpening this concert is Schubert’s Piano Sonata in A minor\, written just after the composer found out he had a terminal illness. Full of depressed hope\, it displays every gamut of human emotion\, pure beauty\, love and loss. \n\nTuesday 19 September 2023 6pm      MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $50 ($40 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/kristian-chong-and-friends-the-trout-quintet-with-a-twist/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre Primrose Potter Salon Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230918T190000
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SUMMARY:Stephen McIntyre – Variations
DESCRIPTION:One of Australia’s most eminent pianists and teachers\, Stephen McIntyre performs variations by Haydn\, Rachmaninoff and Brahms.\nAn illustrious career in both performance and education has taken McIntyre all over the world\, earning him accolades such as the National Critics Award\, Sir Bernard Heinze Award for distinguished contribution to music and recognition as a member of the Order of Australia. A former student of renowned pianists Nadia Boulanger and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli\, witness McIntyre’s virtuosity as he performs three sets of variations by Haydn\, Rachmaninoff and Brahms. \nIn this captivating program\, McIntyre invites listeners to traverse the intricate minds of these composers. Experience Haydn’s delicate deconstruction and rhythmic precision in ‘Variations in F minor\, Hob.XV11:6’\, Rachmaninoff’s opulent expansion of rhythm and harmony in ‘Variations on a Theme of Corelli\, Op.42’ and Brahms’ expressive power and dramatic shifts in ‘Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel\, Op.24’. These masterpieces showcase the profound creativity of each composer through melodic\, harmonic\, and rhythmic transformations. Join McIntyre in the intimate Primrose Potter Salon for an evening of musical brilliance as he breathes new life into these timeless works. \n\nMonday 18 September 2023 6pm     MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $50 ($39 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/stephen-mcintyre-variations/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre Primrose Potter Salon Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230828T114500
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SUMMARY:Divisi Chamber Singers – Relaxed Performance
DESCRIPTION:Divisi Chamber Singers perform as part of the Relaxed Performance series.\nDivisi is a youth-led not-for-profit organisation that supports early-career creative artists. Divisi strives to break down established norms of classical music through commissioning and performing innovative and creative works and projects. Their recent program Compose Queer was released to wide acclaim and led to the release of the first ever complete album of Australian classical music by queer composers\, entitled Spectrum. \nThe Centre’s series of Relaxed Performances are specifically suited for audiences with sensory sensitivities\, using altered lighting\, more in-depth musical explanations and accompanying access resources. \nThe Relaxed Performance series is supported by the Learning and Access Consortium \n\nMonday 28 August 2023 11am; MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon;   Duration: 45 mins \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $10
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/divisi-chamber-singers-relaxed-performance/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230812T200000
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SUMMARY:Inventi Ensemble – Art of Fugue
DESCRIPTION:Experience the intricacies of Bach’s masterpiece.\nInventi Ensemble are a leading force in Australian chamber music. Known for their impressive arrangements of large-scale orchestral works and their dedication to regularly commissioning and performing new works by living Australian composers\, they have been heralded as an exciting voice in Australian music. \nAbout the concert\nInventi Ensemble takes on one of Bach’s greatest works\, offering a unique arrangement for flute\, oboe\, violin\, viola\, and cello. Bach was known for his mastery of musical puzzles\, creating sublime music from the most complex equations. \nAlthough Bach’s The Art of Fugue was left unfinished\, this concert features a commission by Kym Dillon\, a Geelong-based composer who completed the chorale in a new and unique way. Each movement of the piece maintains the original theme\, but they are presented in a creative and exciting way\, with some flipped on their head\, turned backwards\, or transposed into different keys\, all while maintaining the same time and mathematical precision. \n\nSaturday 12 August 2023 7pm;    Primrose Potter Salon;    Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/inventi-ensemble-art-of-fugue/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre Primrose Potter Salon Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230807T190000
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SUMMARY:Petra Poláčková
DESCRIPTION:A must-see performance for classical guitar lovers\, Petra Poláčková’s awe-inspiring musicianship is a true testament to her dedication to the craft.\nA classical guitarist of commanding musicality\, Petra Poláčková began her studies at the age of six and has evolved into a true musician’s musician. With a wealth of experience that includes training with renowned guitarists and musicians such as Petr Saidl\, Zdenek Dvorak and Paolo Pegoraro\, Poláčková’s musicianship and virtuosity have earned her numerous first-place prizes and invitations to lead masterclasses at prestigious guitar festivals across the globe. \nAbout the concert\nPoláčková’s captivating and emotive performances are a masterclass in classical guitar\, and she performs on a variety of exquisite guitars which include a Concert Master Double Top guitar made by Petr Matousek\, a historical guitar by Domingo Esteso\, an eight-string romantic guitar\, and a nine-string romantic guitar made by Jan Tuláček. \nPetra Polackova’s performance in Primrose Potter Salon takes listeners on a journey through the Romantic era with reinterpretations from works by Johann Kaspar Mertz\, Franz Schubert and Miguel De Fuenllana. The breathtaking and deeply moving musicianship of Petra Poláčková is a performance not to be missed. \n\nMonday 7 August 2023 6pm;   Primrose Potter Salon;    Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \nTICKETS: Standard $50 ($40 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/petra-polackova/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre Primrose Potter Salon Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230729T200000
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SUMMARY:Affinity Quartet: Infinite Affinities
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Melbourne ensemble taking the world by storm.\nAffinity Quartet represents the next generation of Australia’s chamber music stars\, having developed its craft in Europe to critical acclaim. It brings home an inspired approach to music-making\, matched by its adventurous spirit as a string quartet for and of today. \nAbout the concert\nFollowing their recent 2nd prize award at the 2023 Mozart International String Quartet Competition Salzburg\, Affinity Quartet return to the Primrose Potter Salon for a program featuring two seminal string quartets. \nOpening with Haydn’s String Quartet Op.50\, No.5 ‘Dream’\, this work beautifully showcases the dance between violin\, viola and cello. Beethoven’s String Quartet No.11 however\, was considered an experiment on compositional techniques of the time with the composer himself rumoured to believe it too extreme for audience consumption\, quoted as saying ‘[the piece] is never to be performed in public.’ \nSandwiched between these two great and vastly different works is the world premiere of a piece that brings together both the progressive and popular elements of string quartet composition: Tom Misson’s Melbourne Recital Centre and the University of Melbourne commissioned Infinite Affinities. \n\nSaturday 29 July 2023 7pm;   MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon   Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/affinity-quartet-infinite-affinities/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230728T213000
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SUMMARY:The Spooky Men's Chorale
DESCRIPTION:Experience a performance as spooky as it is striking.\nFormed in 2001\, The Spooky Men’s Chorale is a vast\, rumbling\, steam powered and black clad behemoth\, seemingly accidentally capable of rendering audiences moist eyed with mute appreciation or haplessly gurgling with merriment. Based on the twin pillars of grand foolishness and the quest for the perfect subwoofer-rattling boofchord\, the Spooky Men seek to commentate on the absurdity and grandeur of the modern male armed only with their voices\, a sly collection of hats and facial hair\, and a twinkle in the eye. \nAbout the concert\nIn this delicious live performance\, The Spooky Men’s Chorale dig deep into their multifarious themes: Georgian male polyphony; a running joke on man as a vast\, oblivious useless object; whispers of clown\, bouffon and Monty Python; and forays into massively pleasurable grunting tribalism. \nAudiences are invited to first joyously endure a wall of mansound\, then laugh stupidly\, before venturing into areas of great tenderness. It is not so much comedic as hilarious\, not so much shimmeringly perfect as human in a very deeply resonant way. \n\nFriday 28 July 2023 7.30pm  Elisabeth Murdoch Hall   Duration: 2 hours (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $60 ($50 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/the-spooky-mens-chorale/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230728T200000
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SUMMARY:Ziggy & Miles: Sidekick
DESCRIPTION:A musical exploration of family dynamics.\nTitled after the work of the same name\, this concert is a reflection of Ziggy and Miles’ history and brotherly dynamic both on stage and off. Written for the brothers\, Katie Jenkins’ Sidekick intentionally inflates and satires their relationship with musical bickering and sparring virtuosity. \nAbout the concert\nTo open and close the performance\, the brothers perform two works instrumental in developing their teenage love for the guitar duo\, Paulo Bellinati’s fiery Jongo\, and Radamés Gnattali’s Suite Retratos\, both championed by the Assad and Grigoryan brothers. \nThe pieces in between include Ziggy and Miles’ own arrangement of Debussy’s timeless Suite bergamasque\, and a world premiere by local composer Ken Murray’s Trin Warren Tam-boore titled after the wetlands of the same name; a name which was given by the Wurundjeri people meaning Bellbird Waterhole. \n\nFriday 28 July 2023 7pm;  MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon   Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/ziggy-miles-sidekick/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230704T212000
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SUMMARY:International Classics: Steven Isserlis & Charles Owen
DESCRIPTION:Your only chance to see the cello sensation in recital.\nSince his last show-stopping performance at Melbourne Recital Centre eight years ago\, Steven Isserlis has continued his world domination as one of the most in-demand cellists globally\, with audiences and reviewers alike praising the beauty and emotion he emits from either one of his two Stradavarius celli. \nIn this program of cello and piano masterworks\, Isserlis\, ‘the lyrical\, expressive soloist’ (The Guardian U.K.) partners with Charles Owen for an intensely passionate display of artistry in what is the only opportunity to see the British cellist in recital during this Australian visit. \nFilled with romantic and mid-twentieth century music\, audiences can experience some of the greatest works in Isserlis’ canon\, including Beethoven\, Brahms\, and Martinů’s respective second Sonatas. \nLudwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No.2 in G minor\, Op.5 No.2 \nBohuslav Martinů Sonata No.2 for Cello and Piano\, H.286 \nJosef Suk Ballade and Serenade\, Op.3 \nJohannes Brahms Cello Sonata No.2 in F\, Op.99 \n\nTuesday 4 July 2023 7.30pm;  MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall;  Duration: 1 hour 50 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $115; A reserve $99 ($87 Concession); B reserve $85 ($67 Concession); C reserve $64\nD reserve $49
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/international-classics-steven-isserlis-charles-owen/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230704T200000
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SUMMARY:Michelle Nicolle Quartet – Bach Project
DESCRIPTION:Reimagine the spirit of Bach.\nAt his heart\, J.S. Bach was a composer with an improvisor’s spirit\, and in the hands of the Michelle Nicolle Quartet\, his music is explored through this lens once more. \nTogether for over 20 years\, the Michelle Nicolle Quartet are a jazz ensemble steeped in the tradition of interpreting and reimagining the great American Songbook as a 21st Century improvising chamber group. \nAbout the concert\nThe Quartet’s Bach Project takes the majesty and formal brilliance of the great composer’s music on a journey to create a completely new sonic outcome while keeping the songs themselves unchanged. \n\nTuesday 4 July 2023 7pm;  Melbourne Recital Center Primrose Potter Salon;  Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/michelle-nicolle-quartet-bach-project/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre Primrose Potter Salon Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230615T214500
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SUMMARY:Speak Percussion: Sonic Eclipse
DESCRIPTION:Witness a mass of musicians eclipse the Melbourne Recital Centre.\nAn immersive sonic event featuring new works by luminary art music composers\, a mass of mobilised musicians\, spatialised sonic choreography and a reframing of the marching band phenomenon. \nSpeak Percussion presents Sonic Eclipse\, an immersive percussive event that interweaves four new Australian compositions into a seamless exhalation of spatialized sound. Featuring 50+ mobilised drummers and wind players and an ensemble of 12 leading percussionists\, this performance bleeds across three floors and into the magnificent acoustics of the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, reimagining the venue’s conventional acoustics and redefining the sonic boundaries of its traditional concert hall. \nLed and performed by Speak Percussion in collaboration with members of Melbourne’s music community\, this event showcases the music of acclaimed composers – Cathy Milliken\, Erkki Veltheim\, Damien Ricketson and Thomas Meadowcroft. Sonic Eclipse encourages the audience to listen three dimensionally and multi-sensorially: with their eyes\, bodies and ears. \n\nThursday 15 June 2023 8pm; MRC Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 1 hour 45 mins (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $60 ($50 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/speak-percussion-sonic-eclipse/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230613T190000
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SUMMARY:Kung Fu Cellist – extra/ordinary
DESCRIPTION:A musical journey that wanders away from the beaten path.\n‘Kung fu doesn’t mean fighting skills\, kung fu means a skilled person; so you can find kung fu wherever you look – as long as you know how to look.’ Master Darryl Moy\, Chief Instructor of Tse Qigong Centre \nChinese-born artist Yelian He (aka the Kung Fu Cellist) knows firsthand the type of focus and discipline that’s required to endure the rigours of both kung fu training and cello. To master either artform takes more than physical prowess; it takes one’s entire character and being. \nTogether with saxophonist Joseph Lallo\, their performance in Primrose Potter Salon explores the art of finding a skill that you love and forging your own path in practice. Joseph Lallo is an acclaimed performer\, conductor\, and visionary curator of the classical music concert experience\, the perfect musical companion for Yelian to join forces with. \nAbout the concert\nThis uncommon pairing of instruments will explore the theme behind the central works in the program. Swedish composer\, bassist and cellist Svante Henryson’s Suite Off Pist explores challenges faced when wandering away from the beaten path and having to carve your own path in the snow. \nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 12 Horn Duos\, KV487 (Selections) \nJean-Philippe Rameau arr. – Svante Henryson: Three Pieces from Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin \nSvante Henryson: Suite Off Pist \nStuart Greenbaum: Northern Lights \nGuillaume Connesson: Disco-Toccata \n\nTuesday 13 June 2023 6pm; Primrose Potter Salon; Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/kung-fu-cellist-extra-ordinary/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre Primrose Potter Salon Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Divisi Chamber Singers: The Turn
DESCRIPTION:Exploring the intrigue of madrigals.\nDivisi is a youth-led not-for-profit organisation that supports early-career creative artists. Divisi strives to break down established norms of classical music through commissioning and performing innovative and creative works and projects. Their recent program ‘Compose Queer’ was released to wide acclaim and led to the release of the first ever complete album of Australian classical music by queer composers\, entitled Spectrum. \nAbout the concert\nTheir performance in Primrose Potter Salon explores the intrigue of madrigals\, taking six narrators’ individual interpretations and coordinating them into a beautiful\, cohesive story. Divisi Chamber Singers will take four hundred years of madrigal storytelling tradition and weave masterworks with contemporary comparisons. Ben Rowarth’s The Turn\, an Australian premiere\, gives further context to Monteverdi’s Lamento D’Arianna. Gavin Bryars’ madrigals shed more light on ancient poetry with intricate contemporary harmony. \nChallenging its singers’ virtuosic abilities\, Divisi seeks to provide audiences with an experience of storytelling that transcends time and style\, telling ancient stories in modern ways. \n\nThursday 8 June 2023 6pm; Primrose Potter Salon; Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $25 ($20 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/divisi-chamber-singers-the-turn/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Mostly Mozart – Serenade
DESCRIPTION:Beautiful\, accessible and enjoyable favourites from Mozart and Dvořák.\nViolinist David Kim is known for his virtuosity\, elegance and joyful exuberance. His varied career has seen him work with The Philadelphia Orchestra\, the nine-time Emmy Award winning All-Star Orchestra and perform at Napa Valley Festivals\, IlumiNations\, Carnegie Hall and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. \nThe Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) is dedicated to training exceptional young musicians\, creating alumni that work around the world. \nAbout the concert\nDavid Kim performs with and directs musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) in a program of operatic Mozart and joyous Dvořák as part of our Mostly Mozart series. \nMozart’s Magic Flute is a joyful opera that is rightfully a favourite of many\, and in the right hands a brass ensemble will provide delicate new colour and riveting energy to these beautiful odes of affection. The Rondo from the Haffner serenade is a miniature violin concerto\, letting guest director David Kim’s virtuosity shine. Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings is one of his most popular works\, a joyous piece that\, true to the style of this Romantic powerhouse\, runs the gamut of emotions\, and gives ample room for this talented ANAM ensemble to stretch their wings. \n\nThursday 8 June 2023 11am; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 1 hour 15 mins (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Three Concert Package: $123 ($102 Concession) BUY 3-CONCERT PACKAGE \nFour Concert Package: $147 ($126 Concession) BUY 4-CONCERT PACKAGE \nSingle Tickets: Standard $49 ($42 Concession) \nExperience this concert online with Australian Digital Concert Hall Click here for live stream tickets\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/mostly-mozart-serenade/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Bach Competition 2023
DESCRIPTION:Now in its fourteenth year\, Melbourne Recital Centre’s Bach Competition is dedicated to young musicians passionate about J.S. Bach.\nCome and listen to an array of budding young performers battle it out on stage and enjoy an afternoon of the Baroque genius. \n\nSunday 4 June 2023 3pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 2 hours 30 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: This event is free to attend however tickets are required.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/bach-competition-2023/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Southbank\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Glenn Winslade Master Class
DESCRIPTION:Inside the voice studio: a Master Class with renowned voice teacher Glenn Winslade.\nAustralian tenor Glenn Winslade\, studied at the New South Wales Conservatorium and at the Vienna Conservatory. He has sung with English National Opera; Victoria State Opera\, Opera Di Roma\, La Fenice Venice\, La Scala Milano\, Vienna State Opera\, Deutsche Oper Berlin\, Metropolitan Opera\, Scottish Opera\, Bayreuth Festival\, Australian Opera and Covent Garden. \nFurther appearances include Glyndebourne Festival and Touring Opera\, New Sadler’s Wells Opera (Merry Widow)\, Freiburg Oper\, Semper Oper Dresden (Belmonte)\, Stuttgart Opera and the Netherlands Opera (ldomeneo). Glenns other roles include Tamino\, the Prince in The Love of Three Oranges\, Stroh (Intermezzo)\, Elemer (Arabella)\, Amenophis (Moses)\, Ernesto and Nemorino\, Fracasso in La Finta Semplce\, Lindoro and Alfredo\, Jacquino in Fidelio\, Steuermann (Der fliegende Hollander) and Jason in Cherubini’s Medee. \nAbout the Master Class\nPresented in partnership with Melba Opera Trust\, share the intimate experience of a voice lesson with the highly regarded singing teacher and tenor\, Glenn Winslade. \nWith Glenn’s expertise in vocal technique\, he will instruct and nurture Melba Artists through his teaching process. This is a rare opportunity to have an up close and personal viewing of a young artist’s learning experience and maybe even learn some insights to be practiced at home! \nMelbourne Recital Centre’s Master Class program provides essential artistic development opportunities that benefit young Australian artists and offer insights and learning for patrons as well. \n\nFriday 2 June 2023 6pm; Primrose Potter Salon; Duration: 2 hours \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $10
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/glenn-winslade-master-class/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre Primrose Potter Salon Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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