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SUMMARY:Paco Peña Flamenco in Concert
DESCRIPTION:‘If you ever see flamenco once in your life make this it\, Paco Peña is a true master of his craft\, widely considered the greatest flamenco guitarist in the world.’ – Independent on Sunday\, London\nBringing to life the intoxicating rhythms\, colours and sounds of Andalucía\, Paco Peña and his company of young talented dancers\, singers and musicians set the stage alight in bursts of glorious improvisation and virtuoso flamenco technique. \nThe first half features solo guitar works by Paco Peña which is a great favourite among audiences after he is joined by other artists for the full flamenco experience. \n\nTuesday 1 August 2023 8pm;   Elisabeth Murdoch Hall;   Duration: 2 hours (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: A reserve $137.30 ($127.30 Concession); B reserve $131.25 ($121.05 Concession); C reserve $95.05 ($85.05 Concession); Group 10+ & Student; A reserve $127.30; B reserve $121.05; C reserve $85.05
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/paco-pena-flamenco-in-concert/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, 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:MSO: Reflected Light
DESCRIPTION:Join the MSO for this program of string-featured works connecting ancient and modern\, led by violist and chamber music curator Christopher Moore.\nWritten in Hollywood where Russian composer Stravinsky was being bombarded by new musical styles\, Concerto in D features a dizzying array of special playing techniques in this neoclassical exploration of the possibilities of a string orchestra. \nMSO Composer in Residence Mary Finsterer’s Lumen is ethereal and magical: a fantastical and vivid representation of the light of the first dawn inspired by 11th century poetry. \nBohemian composer Zelenka’s Sinfonia for 8 instruments shows off the emotional versatility of the baroque era\, as jaunty dance rhythms are set alongside sighing violins to pull at the heartstrings. \nRoutinely voted as one of the most beautiful pieces ever written\, Vaughan Williams’s sublime\, folk-inspired meditation on the music of Tudor composer Thomas Tallis is a lush and much-loved musical treat of sublime beauty. \nPre-Concert Talk: Please join MSO for a pre-concert talk in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall from 6.45pm – 7.05pm.\n\nThursday 27 July 2023 7.30pm;  MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall;  Duration: 1 hour 45 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $105 ($100 Concession); A reserve $87 ($82 Concession); bB reserve $65 ($60 Concession)\nC reserve $55 ($50 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/mso-reflected-light/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Heidelberg Choral Society - Origins
DESCRIPTION:For twenty years evolutionary geneticist Jenny Graves\, a Distinguished Professor at La Trobe University\, had a dream of creating a new telling of the story of creation from the perspective of science. Now the Heidelberg Choral Society is bringing this dream to reality in the premiere of Origins of the Universe\, of Life\, of Species\, of Humanity. Jenny and poet Leigh Hay\, both choristers with Heidelberg Choral Society\, have written the libretto\, with music specially commissioned from Australian composer Nicholas Buc. \nThe world premiere performance of Origins with the 100-voice Heidelberg Choral Society\, orchestra and renowned soloists\, will be conducted by Peter Bandy. \nOrigins is inspired by cosmology\, evolutionary genetics\, anthropology and ecology. It tells the story of the origins of life from the Big Bang to the emergence of humanity\, and celebrates the role of science in understanding and protecting our planet. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to experience a unique fusion of science and music!
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/heidelberg-choral-society-origins/
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SUMMARY:Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Ottoman Baroque
DESCRIPTION:Spellbinding visions of unity and peace\nBeautiful\, graceful\, peaceful – the Whirling Dervishes of the Sufi Mevlevi Order from Konya\, Turkey join the Brandenburg onstage. The lights dim and the mystic ceremony begins. The sounds of the Ottoman instruments\, rare\, pure and ravishing\, the choral sounds of the Brandenburg Choir chanting the poems of Jalaluddin Rumi\, the exotic mystic poet whose combination of richness and bold adaptations of music poetry form the key to his popularity today. \nOttoman Baroque will be mesmerising and spine-tingling. This unique concert experience spurs from a meeting of minds between Serhat Sarpel\, Hakan Talu and Paul Dyer in Istanbul\, where together they devised a program following the path of an ancient16thcentury Ottoman manuscript by Albert Bobowski (Ali Ufki). \nIn a rare appearance in Australia\, the concert will reach a climax with the Whirling Dervishes spinning gracefully into a trance as they purify their heart to commune with the divine in this unique Sufi ceremony. Don’t miss Ottoman Baroque – it will sell out! \n\nThursday 13\, 7pm; Saturday 15\, 7pm & Sunday 16 July 5pm;   MRC Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 1 hour 30 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTickets: Premium $185 – $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/australian-brandenburg-orchestra-ottoman-baroque/2023-07-16/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Ottoman Baroque
DESCRIPTION:Spellbinding visions of unity and peace\nBeautiful\, graceful\, peaceful – the Whirling Dervishes of the Sufi Mevlevi Order from Konya\, Turkey join the Brandenburg onstage. The lights dim and the mystic ceremony begins. The sounds of the Ottoman instruments\, rare\, pure and ravishing\, the choral sounds of the Brandenburg Choir chanting the poems of Jalaluddin Rumi\, the exotic mystic poet whose combination of richness and bold adaptations of music poetry form the key to his popularity today. \nOttoman Baroque will be mesmerising and spine-tingling. This unique concert experience spurs from a meeting of minds between Serhat Sarpel\, Hakan Talu and Paul Dyer in Istanbul\, where together they devised a program following the path of an ancient16thcentury Ottoman manuscript by Albert Bobowski (Ali Ufki). \nIn a rare appearance in Australia\, the concert will reach a climax with the Whirling Dervishes spinning gracefully into a trance as they purify their heart to commune with the divine in this unique Sufi ceremony. Don’t miss Ottoman Baroque – it will sell out! \n\nThursday 13\, 7pm; Saturday 15\, 7pm & Sunday 16 July 5pm;   MRC Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 1 hour 30 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTickets: Premium $185 – $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/australian-brandenburg-orchestra-ottoman-baroque/2023-07-15/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Ottoman Baroque
DESCRIPTION:Spellbinding visions of unity and peace\nBeautiful\, graceful\, peaceful – the Whirling Dervishes of the Sufi Mevlevi Order from Konya\, Turkey join the Brandenburg onstage. The lights dim and the mystic ceremony begins. The sounds of the Ottoman instruments\, rare\, pure and ravishing\, the choral sounds of the Brandenburg Choir chanting the poems of Jalaluddin Rumi\, the exotic mystic poet whose combination of richness and bold adaptations of music poetry form the key to his popularity today. \nOttoman Baroque will be mesmerising and spine-tingling. This unique concert experience spurs from a meeting of minds between Serhat Sarpel\, Hakan Talu and Paul Dyer in Istanbul\, where together they devised a program following the path of an ancient16thcentury Ottoman manuscript by Albert Bobowski (Ali Ufki). \nIn a rare appearance in Australia\, the concert will reach a climax with the Whirling Dervishes spinning gracefully into a trance as they purify their heart to commune with the divine in this unique Sufi ceremony. Don’t miss Ottoman Baroque – it will sell out! \n\nThursday 13\, 7pm; Saturday 15\, 7pm & Sunday 16 July 5pm;   MRC Elisabeth Murdoch Hall \nDuration: 1 hour 30 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTickets: Premium $185 – $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/australian-brandenburg-orchestra-ottoman-baroque/2023-07-13/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition String Quartets Grand Final
DESCRIPTION:Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition Grand Final 2023.\nEstablished in 1991 and held every four years\, the prestigious competition is the perfect launching pad for chamber music ensembles. With a prize pool of over $150\,000\, and a Grand Prize worth $30\,000\, MICMC is open to string quartets and piano trios of all nationalities under the age of 35. \nProduced by Musica Viva Australia\, MICMC seeks to identify and cultivate the next generation of chamber music ensembles. The competition welcomes applicants who embody chamber music’s ability to engage both mind and heart with performances that delight\, inspire and challenge. MICMC ensembles ensure a vibrant future for chamber music\, demonstrating and redefining the inimitable relationship between players\, audiences\, and composers for the 21st century. \n\nSunday 9 July 2023 6pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 3 hours (incl. jury deliberations and award ceremony) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $72 ($61 Concession); Student $30 \nTwo-Concert Package Standard: $120 ($96 Concession); Student $45
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-international-chamber-music-competition-string-quartets-grand-final/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition Piano Trios Grand Final
DESCRIPTION:Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition Grand Final 2023.\nEstablished in 1991 and held every four years\, the prestigious competition is the perfect launching pad for chamber music ensembles. With a prize pool of over $150\,000\, and a Grand Prize wo \nrth $30\,000\, MICMC is open to string quartets and piano trios of all nationalities under the age of 35. \nProduced by Musica Viva Australia\, MICMC seeks to identify and cultivate the next generation of chamber music ensembles. The competition welcomes applicants who embody chamber music’s ability to engage both mind and heart with performances that delight\, inspire and challenge. MICMC ensembles ensure a vibrant future for chamber music\, demonstrating and redefining the inimitable relationship between players\, audiences\, and composers for the 21st century. Join MICMC for the Grand Final of this week long competition. \nFollowing jury deliberations at the end of the Piano Trio Grand Final concert\, all Piano Trio prizes will be announced and awarded. \n\nSunday 9 July 2023 1pm; MRC Elisabeth Murdoch Hall;  Duration: 3 hours (incl. jury deliberations & award ceremony) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $72 ($61 Concession); Student $30 \nTwo-Concert Package Standard: $120 ($96 Concession); Student $45
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-international-chamber-music-competition-piano-trios-grand-final/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Omega Ensemble: Ecstatic Dances
DESCRIPTION:Dance\, dance\, otherwise we are lost.\nWhen Ross Edwards composed his first Ecstatic Dance in 1978\, he discovered an idiosyncratic and kinetic way of writing. It was a formative moment\, from which emerged the composers’ iconic and infectiously jubilant style that defined a generation of Australian classical music. In his 80th birthday year\, Omega Ensemble gives the world premiere of a new Clarinet Concerto led by Artistic Director David Rowden. \nAn ode to the infectious spirit of rhythm and dance\, this premiere work is accompanied and Phillip Glass’ epic Violin Concerto No.2\, performed by UK violin maverick Thomas Gould. Entitled ‘The American Four Seasons’\, the legendary composers’ electrifying concerto is a visceral homage to the forces of nature\, packed full of dizzying twists and turns\, turbo-charged drive and heart-stopping intensity. \n\nWednesday 5 July 2023 7pm; MRC\, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall;  Duration: 1 hour 30 mins (no interval)wa \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $119\, A reserve $89 ($79 Concession); B reserve $69 ($59 Concession)\nC reserve $49 ($39 Concession); Under 30 $39
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/omega-ensemble-ecstatic-dances/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, 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/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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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/
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SUMMARY:Musica Viva: Garrick Ohlsson
DESCRIPTION:A titan of the piano returns in Garrick Ohlsson. Virtuosic yet powerful\, Ohlsson showcases his favourite composers while debuting a world premiere by Australian Thomas Misson.\nIn 1970 Garrick Ohlsson – a gangly pianist from White Plains\, New York\, all of 22 and unknown beyond his hometown – pulled off an astonishing feat: from nowhere he won the Chopin Competition in Warsaw\, the only American to have done so. He somehow missed the announcement\, a kindly audience member informing him that his life would never be quite the same. \nIn the subsequent 50 years Ohlsson has owned Chopin’s music like few others\, playing it with authority\, humility\, a sense of discovery and deep commitment. \nOhlsson has other heroes too. Scriabin is one such example\, his powerful\, impressionistic music an ideal match for Ohlsson’s authoritative playing. He adores Barber and Schubert\, Debussy and Liszt too\, choosing this Australian tour for his first performance of the latter’s Sonata in B Minor in many years. His program also features a new work by the Australian composer Thomas Mission. \nSaturday 3 Program:  Franz Schubert: Impromptu in C Minor\, Op.90\, No.1; \nFranz Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor\, S.178;  Thomas Misson: New Work \nAlexander Scriabin: Étude in C-Sharp Minor\, Op.2\, No.1; Étude in D-Flat\, Op.8\, No.10; Étude in C-Sharp Minor\, Op.42\, No.5; Two Poems\, Op.32: Andante cantabile; Piano Sonata No.5\, Op.5 \nTuesday 13 Program: Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Samuel Barber: Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor\, Op.26 \nThomas Misson: New Work; Frédéric Chopin:  Variations brillantes\, Op.12; Piano Sonata No.1 in C Minor\, Op.4: Larghetto; Scherzo No.2 in B-Flat Minor\, Op.31 \n\nSaturday 3 & Tuesday 13 June 2023 7pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 1 hour 40 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $158 ($134 Concession); A reserve $126 ($110 Concession); B reserve $95 ($82 Concession)\nC reserve $66 ($58 Concession); Under 40: A – C reserve $40
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/musica-viva-garrick-ohlsson/2023-06-13/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230608T110000
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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SUMMARY:Musica Viva: Garrick Ohlsson
DESCRIPTION:A titan of the piano returns in Garrick Ohlsson. Virtuosic yet powerful\, Ohlsson showcases his favourite composers while debuting a world premiere by Australian Thomas Misson.\nIn 1970 Garrick Ohlsson – a gangly pianist from White Plains\, New York\, all of 22 and unknown beyond his hometown – pulled off an astonishing feat: from nowhere he won the Chopin Competition in Warsaw\, the only American to have done so. He somehow missed the announcement\, a kindly audience member informing him that his life would never be quite the same. \nIn the subsequent 50 years Ohlsson has owned Chopin’s music like few others\, playing it with authority\, humility\, a sense of discovery and deep commitment. \nOhlsson has other heroes too. Scriabin is one such example\, his powerful\, impressionistic music an ideal match for Ohlsson’s authoritative playing. He adores Barber and Schubert\, Debussy and Liszt too\, choosing this Australian tour for his first performance of the latter’s Sonata in B Minor in many years. His program also features a new work by the Australian composer Thomas Mission. \nSaturday 3 Program:  Franz Schubert: Impromptu in C Minor\, Op.90\, No.1; \nFranz Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor\, S.178;  Thomas Misson: New Work \nAlexander Scriabin: Étude in C-Sharp Minor\, Op.2\, No.1; Étude in D-Flat\, Op.8\, No.10; Étude in C-Sharp Minor\, Op.42\, No.5; Two Poems\, Op.32: Andante cantabile; Piano Sonata No.5\, Op.5 \nTuesday 13 Program: Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Samuel Barber: Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor\, Op.26 \nThomas Misson: New Work; Frédéric Chopin:  Variations brillantes\, Op.12; Piano Sonata No.1 in C Minor\, Op.4: Larghetto; Scherzo No.2 in B-Flat Minor\, Op.31 \n\nSaturday 3 & Tuesday 13 June 2023 7pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 1 hour 40 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $158 ($134 Concession); A reserve $126 ($110 Concession); B reserve $95 ($82 Concession)\nC reserve $66 ($58 Concession); Under 40: A – C reserve $40
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/musica-viva-garrick-ohlsson/2023-06-03/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230527T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230527T200000
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SUMMARY:La Compañia – Baroque of Mexico
DESCRIPTION:The Baroque gateway to the Americas.\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. Directed by Danny Lucin the celebrated ensemble is recognised as Australia’s preeminent period instrument ensemble specialising in music of the Renaissance and early Baroque. \nAbout the concert\nTheir performance in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall explores the Baroque gateway to the Americas\, Mexico. It was a thriving hub of cultural connections where exhilarating and captivating music emerged. Folk traditions from a sophisticated and ancient culture artfully infused with the Baroque brilliance of the Iberian Peninsula is spiced with African rhythms. \nThis beautiful and fascinating music for singing and dancing will surprise and delight with mesmerising melodies and spellbinding rhythms. Join La Compañia\, period experts in an epic journey to unearth baroque treasures of the New World. \n\nSaturday 27 May 2023 7pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $55 ($45 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/la-compania-baroque-of-mexico/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230522T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230522T220000
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SUMMARY:Australian Chamber Orchestra: A Clockwork Orange and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Cult films\, synthesisers and an age of innovation\, featuring the iconic film scores of Wendy Carlos and more.\nMusic and image are inextricable in cinema. Blade Runner\, Solaris\, A Clockwork Orange. You see and hear them. Most of all\, you remember the way they made you feel. \nWe go to the movies to explore the innovations that shaped a generation of trailblazing composers and their unique sound worlds for the screen. Joining the ACO is electronic artist Will Gregory\, co-founder and member of internationally revered English electronic music duo Goldfrapp\, and an ensemble of Moog Synthesisers. \nPioneers Wendy Carlos and Delia Derbyshire opened the floodgates in the 1960s. Carlos interpreted Bach for the electronic age with Switched-On Bach while Delia Derbyshire gave Australian composer Ron Grainer’s theme for Doctor Who its indelible sci-fi sound. \nA Clockwork Orange is as much Carlos’s film as Stanley Kubrick’s. Its blend of original composition with synthesised treatments of classical music was audacious and wildly influential. Taking their cue from the innovations of Carlos and Derbyshire\, while looking back to Hollywood’s golden age\, sits the music of Vangelis\, John Williams and Hans Zimmer – some of the most affecting and iconic in cinema. \n\nSaturday 20 & Monday 22 May 2023\, 7.30pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 2 hours 30 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $139 ($129 Concession); A reserve $124 ($114 Concession); B reserve $99 ($89 Concession)\nC reserve $79 ($69 Concession); D reserve $49
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/australian-chamber-orchestra-a-clockwork-orange-and-beyond-2/2023-05-22/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Australian Chamber Orchestra: A Clockwork Orange and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Cult films\, synthesisers and an age of innovation\, featuring the iconic film scores of Wendy Carlos and more.\nMusic and image are inextricable in cinema. Blade Runner\, Solaris\, A Clockwork Orange. You see and hear them. Most of all\, you remember the way they made you feel. \nWe go to the movies to explore the innovations that shaped a generation of trailblazing composers and their unique sound worlds for the screen. Joining the ACO is electronic artist Will Gregory\, co-founder and member of internationally revered English electronic music duo Goldfrapp\, and an ensemble of Moog Synthesisers. \nPioneers Wendy Carlos and Delia Derbyshire opened the floodgates in the 1960s. Carlos interpreted Bach for the electronic age with Switched-On Bach while Delia Derbyshire gave Australian composer Ron Grainer’s theme for Doctor Who its indelible sci-fi sound. \nA Clockwork Orange is as much Carlos’s film as Stanley Kubrick’s. Its blend of original composition with synthesised treatments of classical music was audacious and wildly influential. Taking their cue from the innovations of Carlos and Derbyshire\, while looking back to Hollywood’s golden age\, sits the music of Vangelis\, John Williams and Hans Zimmer – some of the most affecting and iconic in cinema. \n\nSaturday 20 & Monday 22 May 2023\, 7.30pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 2 hours 30 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $139 ($129 Concession); A reserve $124 ($114 Concession); B reserve $99 ($89 Concession)\nC reserve $79 ($69 Concession); D reserve $49
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/australian-chamber-orchestra-a-clockwork-orange-and-beyond/2023-05-22/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230521T190000
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SUMMARY:Corpus Medicorum Concert #2
DESCRIPTION:Corpus Medicorum return for their second Duality concert series.\nThe second Duality concert series program features three famous works from the classical repertoire – all in Variations! Brahms’s great overture expounding Haydn’s theme is then followed by the highly popular Rachmaninov Paganini tribute. \nFinally\, what could be more dramatic than Elgar’s enigmatic symphonic poem? Is it joyous or mournful? Come and decide for yourself and join best friends superstar pianist Stefan Cassomenos and conductor Fabian Russell. \n\nSunday 21 May 2023 5pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 2 hours (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $65 ($30 Concession); Student $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/corpus-medicorum-concert-2/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Australian Chamber Orchestra: A Clockwork Orange and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Cult films\, synthesisers and an age of innovation\, featuring the iconic film scores of Wendy Carlos and more.\nMusic and image are inextricable in cinema. Blade Runner\, Solaris\, A Clockwork Orange. You see and hear them. Most of all\, you remember the way they made you feel. \nWe go to the movies to explore the innovations that shaped a generation of trailblazing composers and their unique sound worlds for the screen. Joining the ACO is electronic artist Will Gregory\, co-founder and member of internationally revered English electronic music duo Goldfrapp\, and an ensemble of Moog Synthesisers. \nPioneers Wendy Carlos and Delia Derbyshire opened the floodgates in the 1960s. Carlos interpreted Bach for the electronic age with Switched-On Bach while Delia Derbyshire gave Australian composer Ron Grainer’s theme for Doctor Who its indelible sci-fi sound. \nA Clockwork Orange is as much Carlos’s film as Stanley Kubrick’s. Its blend of original composition with synthesised treatments of classical music was audacious and wildly influential. Taking their cue from the innovations of Carlos and Derbyshire\, while looking back to Hollywood’s golden age\, sits the music of Vangelis\, John Williams and Hans Zimmer – some of the most affecting and iconic in cinema. \n\nSaturday 20 & Monday 22 May 2023\, 7.30pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 2 hours 30 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $139 ($129 Concession); A reserve $124 ($114 Concession); B reserve $99 ($89 Concession)\nC reserve $79 ($69 Concession); D reserve $49
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/australian-chamber-orchestra-a-clockwork-orange-and-beyond/2023-05-20/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 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:20230507T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230507T163000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230430T012819Z
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Higher Power
DESCRIPTION:Soul and story; serenity and ecstasy\nAcross time and place\, composers have been inspired to serve a spiritual vision\, and pursue expression that transcends words alone. You don’t need to believe in a higher power to experience it. \nWe depart with Bach in his relentless quest for perfection in the Brandenburg concertos and find Ross Edwards in one of his most tranquil and contemplative moods for Veni creator spiritus. Polyphonic Voices join us again for these concerts\, inviting you into choral music’s warm embrace. They return to bring us Vivaldi’s soaring Magnificat and Vasks’ dramatic plea for peace\, Da pacem\, Domine. \n\nThursday 4 May 7.30pm & Sunday 7 May 2023 2.30pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 2 hours (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $140 ($125 Concession); A-Reserve $120 ($105 Concession); B-Reserve $95 ($75 Concession)\nC-Reserve $70 ($50 Concession); Under 40: B & C Reserve $40; Student: $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-higher-power/2023-05-07/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230504T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230504T213000
DTSTAMP:20260508T045129
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Higher Power
DESCRIPTION:Soul and story; serenity and ecstasy\nAcross time and place\, composers have been inspired to serve a spiritual vision\, and pursue expression that transcends words alone. You don’t need to believe in a higher power to experience it. \nWe depart with Bach in his relentless quest for perfection in the Brandenburg concertos and find Ross Edwards in one of his most tranquil and contemplative moods for Veni creator spiritus. Polyphonic Voices join us again for these concerts\, inviting you into choral music’s warm embrace. They return to bring us Vivaldi’s soaring Magnificat and Vasks’ dramatic plea for peace\, Da pacem\, Domine. \n\nThursday 4 May 7.30pm & Sunday 7 May 2023 2.30pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 2 hours (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $140 ($125 Concession); A-Reserve $120 ($105 Concession); B-Reserve $95 ($75 Concession)\nC-Reserve $70 ($50 Concession); Under 40: B & C Reserve $40; Student: $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-chamber-orchestra-higher-power/2023-05-04/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230426T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230426T211500
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SUMMARY:Brodsky Quartet – Bach\, Britten\, Schubert
DESCRIPTION:A brilliantly imagined program of Bach\, Britten and Schubert.\nSince forming in 1972\, the Brodsky Quartet have performed over 3\,000 concerts on the major stages of the world and have released more than 70 recordings. A natural curiosity and an insatiable desire to explore has propelled the group in a number of artistic directions and continues to ensure them not only a prominent presence on the international chamber music scene\, but also a rich and varied musical existence. Their energy and craftsmanship have attracted numerous awards and accolades worldwide\, while their ongoing educational work provides a vehicle to pass on experience and stay in touch with the next generation. \nAbout the concert\nTheir performance in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall celebrates their 50th anniversary with a brilliantly imagined program of Bach\, Britten and Schubert. Weaving musical magic\, the legendary string quartet will demonstrate to audiences the fiercely focused and blazing integrity that comes from 50 years of collaboration and imagination. \n‘How has it been 50 years since we started this lifelong journey together? Looking back\, I find it wonderful that 10- and 12-year olds were already infused with passion and belief in the longevity that is now playing out. Two of us remain from the beginning\, one joined as we turned professional 40 years ago\, and our new fourth member has had her own similar path in the endlessly rewarding and fascinating life that is the String Quartet! We still gain a huge amount of pleasure in the endlessly fascinating vocation we have made our lives’ work. Rehearsals can delve with manic intensity into the minute detail of our craft\, as much now as when we were young and finding our collective voice. The passion remains in our hearts and\, we hope\, will still manage to thrill our audiences as we set off on this anniversary season!’ Brodsky Quartet \n\nWednesday 26 April 2023 7.30pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 1 hour 45 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $79 ($59 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/brodsky-quartet-bach-britten-schubert/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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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/
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SUMMARY:Ensemble Offspring – Ngarra-Burria
DESCRIPTION:‘To listen\, to sing’\n‘Ngarra-Burria’ are Dharug words meaning ‘to listen\, to sing’. Initiated in 2016 by Indigenous composer Christopher Sainsbury\, the Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers program exists to support and mentor emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander composers. \nEnsemble Offspring’s performance in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall as part of New Music Days 2023 presents an ambitious First Nations showcase of new music\, featuring an astonishing array of new and established voices. \nAbout the concert\nFocusing on the emergence of First Nations composers in the classical music landscape\, the program features notable composers Rhyan Clapham aka DOBBY\, Brenda Gifford\, James Henry\, Aaron Wyatt\, Eric Avery\, Nardi Simpson and Mark Ross\, curated by Chris Sainsbury and Claire Edwardes. A joyous evening of ambitious and ground-breaking music not to be missed. \nPost-Concert Talk Please join Claire Edwardes\, James Henry and Chris Sainsbury for a post-concert talk.\n\nWednesday 19 April 2023 7.30pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 1 hour 15 mins (no 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/ensemble-offspring-ngarra-burria/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Bach Choir: G F Handel – Messiah
DESCRIPTION:Handel’s Messiah at Easter.\nHalleluja! Melbourne audiences will have the opportunity to experience Handel’s Messiah at Easter\, the festival for which Handel conceived this masterpiece\, and with which it was most associated until the 20th century. Melbourne Bach Choir and Orchestra conducted by Rick Prakhoff\, with soloists Lorina Gore (soprano)\, Belinda Paterson (mezzo-soprano)\, Andrew Goodwin (tenor) and Simon Meadows (bass-baritone). \n\nSunday 9 April 2023 7pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 2 hours 30 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Premium $130 ($120 Concession); A reserve $110 ($95 Concession); B reserve $95 ($80 Concession); C reserve $70 ($60 Concession) Student: Premium $120; A reserve $80; B reserve $70; C reserve $50 \nBook tickets to Melbourne Bach Choir on Friday 7 April & Melbourne Bach Chamber Choir on Sunday 9 April in the same transaction and save. Two-Concert discount applied at checkout. \nTwo-Concert Package: Premium $220 ($200 Concession); A reserve $180 ($150 Concession)\nB reserve $150 ($120 Concession); C reserve $100 ($80 Concession) \nStudent Two-Concert Package: Premium $210; A reserve $130; B reserve $110; C reserve $70
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/melbourne-bach-choir-g-f-handel-messiah/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:The Gesualdo Six – The Wishing Tree
DESCRIPTION:From renaissance Europe to the present day.\nThe Gesualdo Six is an award-winning British vocal ensemble comprises some of the UK’s finest consort singers\, directed by Owain Park. Praised for their imaginative programming and impeccable blend\, the ensemble formed in 2014 for a performance of Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories in Cambridge and has gone on to perform at numerous major festivals across UK\, Europe\, North America and Australia. \nAbout the concert\nTheir performance in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall presents a wide-ranging selection of inspiring vocal consort works from Thomas Tallis\, William Byrd\, Josquin des Prez\, Joby Talbot and more. \nThe first half of the program explores sacred music from the Renaissance in Europe\, written at a time of great change and fuelled by religious division. Works by Byrd and Tomkins move through startling harmonic shifts and expressive word paintings. These pieces will be performed alongside works from the tradition of the Oltremontani. This tradition saw composers travel ‘over the mountains’ to Italy to seek pedagogy and patronage. \nThe latter half of the program explores works by composers from this same school\, tracing the evolution of the madrigal form and finally leading to a selection of contemporary pieces which reinvent these old compositional techniques. \n\nTuesday 28 March 2023 7.30pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 1 hour 30 mins (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $79 ($59 Concession) \nBuy & Save – Book tickets to two or more Chamber Now concerts and save.\nBook two concerts and save 10%; Book three concerts and save 15%
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/the-gesualdo-six-the-wishing-tree/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Corpus Medicorum Concert #1: Duality
DESCRIPTION:Corpus Medicorum’s 2023 Concert Series Duality.\nA battle of good and evil in Corpus Medicorum’s first Duality concert series with the adventures of Strauss’s problematic hero – The Knight of the Rose. \nRenowned Melbourne pianist Kristian Chong makes his debut performance with Corpus Medicorum in Brahms’s light and dark first Piano Concerto and rounded out by another of Strauss’s most popular opera overtures – the Bat! \n\nSunday 19 March 2023 5pm; Elisabeth Murdoch Hall; Duration: 2 hours (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $65 ($30 Concession); Group 10+ $45; Student $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/corpus-medicorum-concert-1-duality/
LOCATION:Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – Melbourne Recital Centre\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank\, Victoria\, 3006\, Australia
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