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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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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/
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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/
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230615T200000
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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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230613T180000
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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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230608T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230608T190000
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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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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230608T121500
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230604T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230604T173000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230602T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230602T200000
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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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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230519T200000
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SUMMARY:Sophia Kirsanova: Blossoming World
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the radiance of spring\, beauty and love.\nLatvian violinist Sophia Kirsanova has performed across Europe\, Israel and Australia. She is a champion of amplifying the traditional violin repertoire\, a devoted promoter of Latvian composers internationally and an avid commissioner of new works. \nTimothy Young is Head of Piano at the Australian National Academy of Music where he has been a resident artist for nearly 20 years. He performs regularly in recital as a soloist and in partnership with leading Australian and international musicians and ensembles. \nAbout the concert\nTheir performance in Primrose Potter Salon offers a selection of works for violin and piano inspired by the radiance of spring\, beauty and love. The duo’s captivating stage presence\, depth and expression are paired with a program of masterpieces inspiring hope and elation. The concert features a world premiere of Rosalind Page’s Blossoming World\, alongside Beethoven’s famous Spring Sonata and works by J.S Bach\, Kreisler\, Dvorak\, L.Boulanger and Bacewicz. \n\nFriday 19 May 2023 7pm; Primrose Potter Salon; Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)p
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/sophia-kirsanova-blossoming-world/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre Primrose Potter Salon Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230516T204500
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SUMMARY:Ensemble Liaison & Tim Munro
DESCRIPTION:Hyperactive virtuosity comes alive with relentless rhythmic energy.\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. \nFlutist Tim Munro is a Grammy-award winning artist known for bringing audiences into his musical world with passion\, intelligence and humour. He has been part of the internationally acclaimed Eighth Blackbird for ten years\, alongside his work as a soloist\, writer\, broadcaster and teacher. \nAbout the concert\nTheir performance in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall explores a program of Cerrone\, Wesley-Smith\, Schumann and Brahms. Bringing emotional immediacy in Christopher Cerrone’s mesmerising\, New Addresses\, a piece inspired by the poetry of Kenneth Koch. Martin Wesley-Smiths hyperactive virtuosity comes alive with relentless rhythmic energy in a fantastical Waltz and Pat-acake in a tribute to Don Banks. \nThe complicated love story of Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms is written all over the concluding works of the program. An outpouring of Romantic spirit is central in Schumann’s Three Romances and in Brahms’s first Piano Trio\, both compositions penned around the time of their first encounter in 1853-4. \n\nTuesday 16 May 2023 7pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 1 hour 45 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $55 ($45 Concession) \nThree-Concert Package: Standard $139 ($115 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/ensemble-liaison-tim-munro/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230510T210000
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SUMMARY:Grigoryan Brothers – A Boy Called Sailboat
DESCRIPTION:Film screening and live performance by the Grigoryan Brothers followed by a Q&A with Cameron Nugent and Andrew Curry moderated by Stephen Curry.\nAcclaimed guitarists Slava & Leonard Grigoryan have achieved dizzying heights of success\, both in Australia and abroad. The brothers have recently expanded their creative output by crafting and recording the soundtrack to the award-winning movie A Boy Called Sailboat. This heart-warming movie\, written and developed by Melbourne-based creative team Cameron Nugent and Andrew Curry was filmed in New Mexico. \nAbout the concert\nSailboat brings love and hope to a family who have forged a simple but proud life in the drought-ridden Deep South. One afternoon he brings home a little guitar. From this moment\, Sailboat and his little guitar are inseparable\, and when his ill grandmother requests he write a song for her\, Sailboat meanders through adversity to deliver the unimaginable – the greatest song ever written. \nThe Latin-themed soundtrack is a key element to the movie and provides an opportunity for audiences to hear the Grigoryan Brothers like never before. \nWith a repertoire spanning centuries\, continents and genres\, amazing telepathy and the ability to draw emotion from every note\, Slava & Leonard Grigoryan are justifiably regarded as Australia’s finest classical guitarists. \n\nWednesday 10 May 2023\, 7.30pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 1 hour 30 mins (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $59 ($49 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/grigoryan-brothers-a-boy-called-sailboat/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230420T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230420T211000
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SUMMARY:ELISION – Extinction Events & Dawn Chorus
DESCRIPTION:Ecological listening to more-than-human worlds.\n‘Humans are tuned for relationship. The eyes\, the skin\, the tongue\, ears\, and nostrils—all are gates where our body receives the nourishment of others. This landscape of shadowed voices\, these feathered bodies and tumbling streams–these breathing shapes are our family.’ – David Abram \nELISION is celebrated for its unique instrumentation\, close and long-term artistic relationships with composers\, its virtuosity and the deep commitment of its musicians to renegotiate and re-invent performance practice and technique. \nAbout the concert\nTheir performance in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall as part of New Music Days 2023 presents virtuosic new sounds from one of the world’s leading new music groups. Featuring works by the inimitable Liza Lim\, Mary Bellamy and Aaron Cassidy\, this thought-provoking program explores pertinent environmental issues of our time\, celebrating the world premiere of Aaron Cassidy’s new piano concerto. \nLiza Lim’s composition Extinction Events & Dawn Chorus is a major Australian work that has resonated decisively with ensembles and audiences all over the world. It contemplates the vast conglomerations of plastic trash circulated in the world’s ocean currents\, eventually ground into toxic fragments that sediment on remote islands and within the fish we eat. Liza has made a music out of relics of the past – a coarse sampling of ‘extinction events’ ranging from the spectral echoes of a creaking 19th century piano music\, to a faulty transcription of a recording of the last mating call ever heard of the now extinct Kauai O’o bird. \nMary Bellamy’s Enveloped uses two seemingly quite different instruments\, the cello and contrabass recorder\, to forge a new whole\, a new sonic identity. The work is made up of imaginary dialogues and points of connection and disconnection. \nThe piano concerto conjures images of white tie and tails\, it conjures images of Brahms\, maybe of Schumann or Tchaikovsky. This is not that! Scored for an unusual ensemble including recorders\, harp and a pedal steel guitar Aaron Cassidy’s concerto has been especially written for solo pianist Alex Waite who brings iridescent brilliance to creating this world premiere. \nPost-Concert Talk\nPlease join Liza Lim\, Aaron Cassidy and Mary Bellamy for a post-concert talk from 9.20pm – 9.15pm. \n\nThursday 20 April 2023 7.30pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 1 hour 40 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $30 ($20 Concession) \nNew Music Days Three-Concert Package\nStandard $60 ($45 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/elision-extinction-events-dawn-chorus/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230405T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230405T211000
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SUMMARY:Alexander Gavrylyuk – International Classics 2023
DESCRIPTION:A riveting evening of Romantic masterworks for piano.\nUkrainian born\, Australian pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk is internationally celebrated for his electrifying and poetic performances. Following enthralling performances at the Centre in 2016 and 2017\, Gavrylyuk returns to Elisabeth Murdoch Hall to showcase dramatic and impassioned Romantic piano repertoire by Beethoven\, Schumann\, Chopin\, Liszt\, Brahms and Saint-Saëns. \nHis curated program of music spotlights formidable composer/performers at the forefront of technique and showmanship in the Romantic era and their determination to push musical boundaries. In this concert\, Gavrylyuk will exhibit his own remarkable technique in interpretations of musical masterworks that transport audiences from Beethoven’s dark and dreamy Moonlight Sonata and the melting romance of Chopin’s Nocturne to the spectacle of Liszt’s Tarantella\, Schumann’s characterful Scenes from Childhood and ruminations of Brahms’ intermezzos. \n\nFriday 5 May 2023 7.30pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 1 hour 40 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/alexander-gavrylyuk-international-classics-2023/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230308T073000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230308T203000
DTSTAMP:20260516T191611
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SUMMARY:Sonya Lifschitz – Creative Women
DESCRIPTION:A musical ode to women who have shaped our world.\nFollowing on from the success of their acclaimed work Stalin’s Piano\, Sonya Lifschitz and Robert Davidson deliver Creative Women — an audio-visual epic for solo piano and video that tells stories of female artists\, scientists and politicians through the words of the subjects made musical. \nA musical portrait gallery of creators spanning a millennium\, Creative Women weaves together archival audio\, narrative and music in a tapestry of stories celebrating discovery. The voices of Frida Kahlo\, Marie Curie\, Nina Simone\, Patti Smith\, Clara Schumann’s students\, Aunty Delmae Barton\, Malouma\, Greta Thunberg\, Rachel Carsons and other adventurers are joined by Sonya’s own narrative voice — including a conversation with her grandmother and great aunt about their escape from Kyiv as Nazi bombs fell. These are stories of people bringing their fullest selves to the challenges of convention\, danger\, inertia and prejudice. \nCreative Women is an exploration of the ever-simmering tension between courage and doubt\, triumph and failure\, tenderness and fierceness. \n\nWednesday 8 March 2023 7.30pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTickets: Standard $55 ($45 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/sonya-lifschitz-creative-women/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI
DESCRIPTION:An exquisite exploration of early music by globally acclaimed interpreters.\nFor over 50 years\, Jordi Savall has remained one of the most versatile musical masters of his generation\, rescuing gems from obscurity and returning them to the world for all to enjoy. A tireless researcher into early music\, he interprets and performs the repertoire both as viol player and director. In 1974\, Jordi Savall and Montserrat Figueras\, together with Lorenzo Alpert and Hopkinson Smith\, founded the ancient music ensemble Hespèrion XX in Basel as a way of recovering and disseminating the rich and fascinating musical repertoire prior to the 19th century. The name Hespèrion means ‘an inhabitant of Hesperia’\, which in ancient Greek referred to the two most westerly peninsulas in Europe: the Iberian and the Italian. At the turn of the 21st century\, Hespèrion XX became known as Hespèrion XXI. \nAncient and early music’s most important value stems from its ability as a universal artistic language to transmit feelings\, emotions and ancestral ideas that even today can enthrall the contemporary listener. Today Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI are central to the understanding of the music of the period between the Middle Ages and the Baroque\, and their exquisite performances enable people to freely enjoy the aesthetic and spiritual delicacy of the works of this historical period. \nAbout the concerts\nOn Thursday 23 February\, Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI present Fantasies\, Battles and Dances: The Golden Age of European Consort Music – vibrant music of the Renaissance and Baroque featuring works by Tye\, Alberti\, Dowland\, Lawes\, Ferrabosco\, Bach\, Purcell\, Cabanilles and more. \nOn Friday 24 February\, Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI present The Venetian Influences in Musical Europe – a lively exploration of ricercari\, capricci\, canzoni\, sonatas\, dances and variations from the Renaissance and Baroque. \nMelbourne Recital Centre’s Signature Event is a must-see concert experience for music-lovers who desire to broaden their musical horizon and experience something truly special. With more than 230 recordings and many awards and distinctions including the Midem Classical Award\, the International Classical Music Award\, Grammy Award and Helpmann Award to his name\, Jordi Savall is no exception. \n\nThursday 23 & Friday 24 February 2023 7.30pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 2 hours (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTickets: Signature Seat $150*; Premium $115; A reserve $95 ($80 Concession); B reserve $75 ($65 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/jordi-savall-hesperion-xxi/2023-02-24/
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SUMMARY:Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI
DESCRIPTION:An exquisite exploration of early music by globally acclaimed interpreters.\nFor over 50 years\, Jordi Savall has remained one of the most versatile musical masters of his generation\, rescuing gems from obscurity and returning them to the world for all to enjoy. A tireless researcher into early music\, he interprets and performs the repertoire both as viol player and director. In 1974\, Jordi Savall and Montserrat Figueras\, together with Lorenzo Alpert and Hopkinson Smith\, founded the ancient music ensemble Hespèrion XX in Basel as a way of recovering and disseminating the rich and fascinating musical repertoire prior to the 19th century. The name Hespèrion means ‘an inhabitant of Hesperia’\, which in ancient Greek referred to the two most westerly peninsulas in Europe: the Iberian and the Italian. At the turn of the 21st century\, Hespèrion XX became known as Hespèrion XXI. \nAncient and early music’s most important value stems from its ability as a universal artistic language to transmit feelings\, emotions and ancestral ideas that even today can enthrall the contemporary listener. Today Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI are central to the understanding of the music of the period between the Middle Ages and the Baroque\, and their exquisite performances enable people to freely enjoy the aesthetic and spiritual delicacy of the works of this historical period. \nAbout the concerts\nOn Thursday 23 February\, Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI present Fantasies\, Battles and Dances: The Golden Age of European Consort Music – vibrant music of the Renaissance and Baroque featuring works by Tye\, Alberti\, Dowland\, Lawes\, Ferrabosco\, Bach\, Purcell\, Cabanilles and more. \nOn Friday 24 February\, Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI present The Venetian Influences in Musical Europe – a lively exploration of ricercari\, capricci\, canzoni\, sonatas\, dances and variations from the Renaissance and Baroque. \nMelbourne Recital Centre’s Signature Event is a must-see concert experience for music-lovers who desire to broaden their musical horizon and experience something truly special. With more than 230 recordings and many awards and distinctions including the Midem Classical Award\, the International Classical Music Award\, Grammy Award and Helpmann Award to his name\, Jordi Savall is no exception. \n\nThursday 23 & Friday 24 February 2023 7.30pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 2 hours (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTickets: Signature Seat $150*; Premium $115; A reserve $95 ($80 Concession); B reserve $75 ($65 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/jordi-savall-hesperion-xxi/2023-02-23/
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SUMMARY:International Classics 2023: Siobhan Stagg & Timothy Young
DESCRIPTION:One of Australia’s most sought after sopranos returns.\nCelebrated universally for her luminous tone and trailblazing vocal agility\, Australian soprano Siobhan Stagg’s prowess and presence invigorates audiences and critics alike\, who marvel at her ‘remarkable purity of tone’ (The Australian) and ‘ability to sing with both thrilling frisson and total tranquility’ (Sydney Morning Herald). \nStagg’s career ascension over the last decade has been nothing short of impressive. Since completing her formal studies in 2013\, she joined the historically resonant Deutsche Oper Berlin until 2019 where her roles included Pamina in Die Zauberflöte\, Tytania in A Midsummer Nights’ Dream\, Gilda in Rigoletto\, Micaëla in Carmen\, Adele in Die Fledermaus\, Zerlina in Don Giovanni\, Musetta in La Bohème and Waldvogel and Woglinde in The Ring Cycle conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. From the opera house to the concert circuit and beyond\, Stagg’s recent concert season highlights include performances with the Berliner Philharmoniker\, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and BBC Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Simone Young. \nAbout the concert\nIn this recital Siobhan Stagg partners with long-time collaborator and acclaimed Australian pianist Timothy Young to traverse the beautiful terrain of French art song – a must-experience opportunity to hear Siobhan’s crystalline interpretations of works by Duparc and Messiaen\, coupled with the Australian premiere of Kathleen Tagg’s compelling new work This Be Her Verse in the acoustic intimacy of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall. \nProgram\nHenri Duparc: Romance de Mignon; Le manoir de Rosamunde; Au pays où se fait la guerre; Extase\nChanson Triste; La vie antérieure \nKathleen Tagg: This Be Her Verse \nOlivier Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi \n\nMonday 20 February 2023 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Duration: 1 hour 40 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTickets: Premium $115; A reserve $99 ($87 Concession); B reserve $85 ($67 Concession); C reserve $64; D reserve $49
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/international-classics-2023-siobhan-stagg-timothy-young/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Sturt Street\, Southbank\, Southbank\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Speak Percussion: Filament
DESCRIPTION:A sound world where any physical object in existence can be musicalised.\nSpeak Percussion shapes the sound of 21st century Australian percussion music through ambitious art projects that redefine the potential of percussion. They engage in world-class\, risk-taking and innovative projects and are leaders in experimental and contemporary classical music. \nAbout the concert\nHeld in the Primrose Potter Salon\, the evening concert showcases works in Post Instrumental Practice: a boundary-breaking field of contemporary percussion music. It platforms four powerful compositional voices from around the globe\, including the world premiere of Australia’s Josephine Macken and Australian premieres of works by Cathy Van Eck (NL)\, Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri (GR) and Andreas E. Frank (DE). It features electronics\, bespoke instruments and simple everyday objects – a plant\, a hairdryer\, a windshield wiper motor. \nAn enthralling event that pushes the bounds of musical philosophies and unexpected sound worlds. \nPlease join Speak Percussion for a post-concert panel discussion featuring leading thinkers and music makers to shed further light on the nascent discipline of Post Instrumental Practice.
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/speak-percussion-filament/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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