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SUMMARY:Kristian Chong and Friends – Sophie and Kristian play Sutherland and Franck
DESCRIPTION:Well known and thrilling musicians Sophie Rowell (former Melbourne Symphony Concertmaster and new Melbourne Chamber Orchestra director) and Kristian Chong have been playing together for many years\, having grown up together in their home town of Adelaide. They play a program of epic proportions – starting with Australian Margaret Sutherland’s Sonata for Violin and Piano\, written almost 100 years ago in 1925. \nFollowing from this is the great Cesar Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano\, one of the highlights of the sonata repertoire; a beautiful\, passionate and mesmerising journey that written as a wedding present to the violinist Ysaÿe. It culminates as any wedding does – with exultant joy. A recital not to be missed. \n\nWednesday 1 November 2023 6pm; MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $50 ($40 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/kristian-chong-and-friends-sophie-and-kristian-play-sutherland-and-franck/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Duo Eclettico: Magic
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the magical\, the ethereal\, the demonic and the ‘other’.\nDuo Eclettico’s performance in the Primrose Potter Salon celebrates the magical\, the ethereal\, the demonic\, and the ‘other’\, with works from South Africa and Australia. Hendrik Hofmeyr\, arguably South Africa’s most celebrated living composer\, is represented with Necromancer\, a virtuosic yet beautifully colourful work evoking the magic of a necromancer\, in Hofmeyr’s writing a symbol for LGBTIQ+ sexuality and attempted repression of this by traditional conservative forces. \nPaired with Ross Edwards’ Full Moon Dances\, in a stunning arrangement for saxophone\, piano and percussion by Peter Neville. Edwards depicts the universal Moon Goddess incarnate\, source of plant life and protector of the environment\, performing a series of ritual healing ceremonies. \nThe recital culminates in the world premiere of Caerwen Martin’s major new work for soprano saxophone and piano\, The Witch of Kings Cross\, about a fascinating real-life figure – Rosaleen Norton – a poet\, writer\, artist\, philosopher and ‘witch’\, one of the most unique artists in Australia from the 1940s and 50s\, whose work was banned and prohibited by the Australian government for its overt sexuality and focus on non-traditional beliefs. A revolutionary figure\, Norton was arrested multiple times\, her books and artwork publicly burned. She became known as ‘The Witch of Kings Cross’ and is a potent example of an artist whose individuality of spirit was consistently repressed by traditional forces in the conservative Australia of the 1940s and 50s. \nCaerwen Martin’s new work\, specifically composed for Duo Eclettico and this concert\, is in several parts. One section acts as a descriptive musical depiction of Norton’s life and work. The other acts as a healing ‘spell’ for Norton\, but also invites the audience to be immersed in this ritual and hopefully find aspects that can be healing for each listener themselves. \n\nTuesday 31 October 2023\, 6pm;    MRC\,  Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/duo-eclettico-magic/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:The Parlour: Relaxed Performance
DESCRIPTION:The Parlour perform as part of the Relaxed Performance series.\nThe Parlour focuses on the sung storytelling of Art Song and ballad\, often spinning a cabaret-like narrative to bring the program together as a collection. Since their inception\, unearthing the intentions behind Art Song compositions and exposing the people and events that inspired them has been part of the journey. \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. \nArtists:  Karen Van Spall and Adam Miller \n\nTuesday 31 October 2023 11am     MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 45 mins. Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $10
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/the-parlour-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:Flinders Quartet – Musical Portraits
DESCRIPTION:‘To hear someone painted in sound is the most intimate portrait.’ Zoe Knighton\nShostakovich’s incredibly powerful String Quartet No.8 was officially dedicated ‘to the memory of the victims of fascism and war’ but there is much to suggest that Shostakovich meant it as a musical self-portrait. \nSmetana’s String Quartet No.1 ‘From My Life’ is a different type of musical portrait\, taking us on a vivid\, programmatic journey through young love\, and the devastation of tinnitus. In discussing these works\, Flinders Quartet became curious about how a composer would capture their essence and commissioned Tasmanian composer Maria Grenfell to paint them in sound. It will be illuminating for Flinders Quartet to perform their very own musical portrait for audiences and look into the musical mirror to see themselves in music. \n\nMonday 30 October 2023 1pm & 6pm;   MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour 15 mins (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $40 ($30 Concession); Group 10+ $30; Student $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/flinders-quartet-musical-portraits/2023-10-30/2/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Flinders Quartet – Musical Portraits
DESCRIPTION:‘To hear someone painted in sound is the most intimate portrait.’ Zoe Knighton\nShostakovich’s incredibly powerful String Quartet No.8 was officially dedicated ‘to the memory of the victims of fascism and war’ but there is much to suggest that Shostakovich meant it as a musical self-portrait. \nSmetana’s String Quartet No.1 ‘From My Life’ is a different type of musical portrait\, taking us on a vivid\, programmatic journey through young love\, and the devastation of tinnitus. In discussing these works\, Flinders Quartet became curious about how a composer would capture their essence and commissioned Tasmanian composer Maria Grenfell to paint them in sound. It will be illuminating for Flinders Quartet to perform their very own musical portrait for audiences and look into the musical mirror to see themselves in music. \n\nMonday 30 October 2023 1pm & 6pm;   MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour 15 mins (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $40 ($30 Concession); Group 10+ $30; Student $30
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/flinders-quartet-musical-portraits/2023-10-30/1/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Brenda Gifford and Ensemble Offspring – Wadhu/Skin
DESCRIPTION:Witness the world premiere of Wadhu/Skin\, Brenda Gifford’s award-winning 2023 Merlyn Myer Music Commission.\nWitness the world premiere of Brenda Gifford’s award-winning 2023 Merlyn Myer Music Commission piece\, Wadhu/Skin\, as it takes audiences on an immersive and thought-provoking journey through music\, language\, and storytelling. With a creative lineage spanning over 60\,000 years\, Gifford is an acclaimed composer whose music is culturally influenced by her beloved Yuin Country\, the Australian environment\, and its seasonal changes. \nAbout the concert\nJoined by the esteemed Ensemble Offspring\, this collaboration presents an authentic and poignant performance as it delves into the intricate web of human connection. Composed for flute\, bass clarinet\, violin\, cello\, double bass\, piano and percussion\, Gifford’s vision comes to life in a dynamic and innovative concert experience. Wadhu/Skin invites listeners to explore and appreciate the depths of cultural heritage. Illuminating the interconnectedness of human experience. \nThis presentation will be the fifth Merlyn Myer Music Commission\, an initiative established in memory of Dame Merlyn Myer to support female composers in Australia. This prestigious commission offers a unique opportunity for a selected composer to create and present the premiere performance of a new musical work. \nThe 2023 Merlyn Myer Commission was made possible thanks to the generosity of the Aranday Foundation and the Yulgilbar Foundation. \n\nWednesday 18 October 2023 6pm;    MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/brenda-gifford-and-ensemble-offspring-wadhu-skin/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Cam Butler and His Orchestra: Strings Music
DESCRIPTION:A sonic and cinematic journey into another world.\nExperience an unforgettable evening of music with Cam Butler and His Orchestra as they launch his new album\, Strings Music\, performing revised and re-recorded pieces taken from Butler’s extensive catalogue of works for string ensemble and guitar. With a lineup featuring a string quartet\, electric guitar\, percussion\, and electric bass\, the seven-piece ensemble creates a thrilling and entrancing live concert perfectly suited to the superb acoustics of the Primrose Potter Salon. \n\nFriday 6 October 2023 7pm;   MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/cam-butler-and-his-orchestra-strings-music/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Latitude 37: Meditations
DESCRIPTION:Latitude 37 transforms Baroque music to vivid 21st century life.\nThis program will take you from intricate ornamentations over slowly shifting harmonies by Rognoni\, Bassano\, and Selma y Salaverde\, to works of transcendent loveliness by Cavalli and Erlebach. Nico Muhly’s ‘Slow Twitchy Organs’ brings these special baroque instruments into the 21st century\, alongside a calmly contemplative work specially commissioned for Latitude 37 by Australian composer and pianist\, Luke Howard. \nLaura Vaughan viola da gamba\nJulia Fredersdorff baroque violin\nDonald Nicolson harpsichord and organ \n\nTuesday 3 October 2023 6pm\, Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/latitude-37-meditations/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230927T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230927T190000
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SUMMARY:Duo Kirsanova-Lewis: On the Pavements Grey
DESCRIPTION:Violinist Sophia Kirsanova and pianist Georgina Lewis celebrate the diversity\, economic invention and depth of emotion of the minimalist movement. This program journeys from John Adam’s iconic Road Movies to the holy minimalism of Baltic composers Pēteris Vasks and Arvo Pärt\, and wonderful and daring composers on the fringes of the movement\, including ‘Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart’\, Missy Mazzoli. The duo also performs Platon Buravicky’s rarely heard\, celestial and deeply moving Angel’s Sight. \nGeorgina explores juxtapositions of freedom and discipline\, introspection and prayer\, beauty and pain in piano music from Arvo Pärt and\, closer to home\, Australia’s own Andrea Keller. Keller’s Life is Brut[if]al featured on her 2020 Journey Home album\, a response to deep study of Pärt’s compositional techniques. \nThis concert also marks a special moment with Sophia giving the Australian premiere\, and the second ever performance of Pēteris Vasks Sonata estiva (Summer Sonata) for violin solo\, with the composer’s blessing. Written in 2022 in response to the outbreak of the war in Ukraine\, the sonata was intended to bring brightness and hope\, take the world away from the harshness of reality and into a meditation on Latvian folk music and nature. \n\nWednesday 27 September 2023 6pm     MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/duo-kirsanova-lewis-on-the-pavements-grey/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Syzygy Ensemble: Divine Inspiration
DESCRIPTION:The Pleasure Principle.\nDon’t we all just want to be happy? Syzygy’s 2023 series explores the many paths that lead to pleasure and purpose. Whether we are seeking serotonin bursts from secular thrills or pursuing an otherworldly divine transcendence\, happiness means different things to all of us depending on our heritage\, our goals\, and our need to conform or disrupt. \nDivine Inspiration ruminates on the significance of being insignificant. To live with wonder and awe is to know contentment of an entirely different kind. Syzygy explores ancient castles\, the inexorability of the seasons\, and the rituals of the Eastern Orthodox Church in a concert that celebrates their search for meaning in a large\, chaotic universe. \nARTISTS: Laila Engle flutes; Robin Henry clarinet\, bass clarinet; Kyla Matsuura-Miller violin\nCampbell Banks cello; Leigh Harrold piano \nPROGRAM: Sofia Gubaidulina Your Joy No Man Taketh From You; Evan Ziporyn Tsmindao Ghmerto \nGabriela Ortiz Tres Haiku No.1 El cielo es cada muro ‘A Sky is Every Wall’; Peteris Vasks Castillo Interior \nNed Rorem End of Summer i. Capriccio; Dobrinka Tabakova Whispered Lullaby \nRichard Toensing Children of Light v. Phos Hilarion \n\nWednesday 20 September 2023 6pm      MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour (no interval) Please note\, running times are approximate and subject to change. \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $37 ($30 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/syzygy-ensemble-divine-inspiration/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230901T201500
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SUMMARY:Rob Hao: Schubert Overwritten
DESCRIPTION:Schubert’s motifs\, styles and gestures reinterpreted.\nRob Hao breathes new life into the music of Franz Schubert by offering contemporary interpretations of his works. Curated by Hao\, the performance features two unfinished sonatas presented alongside two modern completions of each respective work. \nWhether you’re a seasoned listener of new music or a lover of Schubert’s entire catalogue\, this curation has something for everyone. In addition to the completions\, the program includes Elena Kats-Chernin’s The Schubert Blues\, which was composed as a response to Schubert’s Death and the Maiden quartet. \n\nFriday 1 September 2023 7pm;   MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon;   Duration: 1 hour 15 mins (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $25 ($20 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/rob-hao-schubert-overwritten/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230828T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230828T114500
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SUMMARY:Divisi Chamber Singers – Relaxed Performance
DESCRIPTION:Divisi Chamber Singers perform as part of the Relaxed Performance series.\nDivisi is a youth-led not-for-profit organisation that supports early-career creative artists. Divisi strives to break down established norms of classical music through commissioning and performing innovative and creative works and projects. Their recent program Compose Queer was released to wide acclaim and led to the release of the first ever complete album of Australian classical music by queer composers\, entitled Spectrum. \nThe Centre’s series of Relaxed Performances are specifically suited for audiences with sensory sensitivities\, using altered lighting\, more in-depth musical explanations and accompanying access resources. \nThe Relaxed Performance series is supported by the Learning and Access Consortium \n\nMonday 28 August 2023 11am; MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon;   Duration: 45 mins \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $10
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/divisi-chamber-singers-relaxed-performance/
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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: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:Flinders Quartet: Beethoven/Maconchy
DESCRIPTION:Beethoven and Maconchy – the perfect musical companions and an exemplary organisation of sound.\nElizabeth Maconchy admired and studied the masters who had gone before\, and Flinders Quartet is sure Maconchy would be chuffed that a 21st century Australian quartet found her rigorous compositional style to be an excellent fit with that of the great master himself. \nThe chance to play one of Beethoven’s incomparable Op.59 ‘Razumovsky’ quartets\, named after their commissioner\, Count Razumovsky\, the Russian Ambassador in Vienna\, is something akin to a religious experience for quartet players\, such is the consummate artistry of Beethoven in his middle period. \n\nTuesday 25 July 2023 1pm & 6pm;  MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon    Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $40 ($30 Concession); Group 10+ $30; Student $30 \nThree-concert subscription $99 ($78 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/flinders-quartet-beethoven-maconchy/2023-07-25/2/
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:20230725T140000
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SUMMARY:Flinders Quartet: Beethoven/Maconchy
DESCRIPTION:Beethoven and Maconchy – the perfect musical companions and an exemplary organisation of sound.\nElizabeth Maconchy admired and studied the masters who had gone before\, and Flinders Quartet is sure Maconchy would be chuffed that a 21st century Australian quartet found her rigorous compositional style to be an excellent fit with that of the great master himself. \nThe chance to play one of Beethoven’s incomparable Op.59 ‘Razumovsky’ quartets\, named after their commissioner\, Count Razumovsky\, the Russian Ambassador in Vienna\, is something akin to a religious experience for quartet players\, such is the consummate artistry of Beethoven in his middle period. \n\nTuesday 25 July 2023 1pm & 6pm;  MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon    Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $40 ($30 Concession); Group 10+ $30; Student $30 \nThree-concert subscription $99 ($78 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/flinders-quartet-beethoven-maconchy/2023-07-25/1/
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:20230712T210000
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SUMMARY:Selby & Friends: Iconic ‘Fathers’
DESCRIPTION:Selby & Friends’ third concert welcomes back Natalie Chee and Julian Smiles for their 2023 season.\nAbout the concert\nSelby & Friends’ is delighted to welcome back Natalie Chee and Julian Smiles after a Covid- interrupted tour in 2022. In this special program\, Kathy and her friends present three iconic trailblazing composers whose influence exploded previous conceptions to pave an entirely new path forward. \nHaydn was a prolific piano trio composer who literally created our idea of the genre. Dvořák\, the great Czech composer and father of nationalism in music\, made it possible for composers who followed to revel in their mother tongue and express it through music. And the giant Viennese/American composer\, Schoenberg\, changed the face of music entirely with his revolutionary approach to harmony in music. A stunning concert presented by three of Australia’s finest artists. \nJoseph Haydn Piano Trio in D-Hob XV:24 \nArnold Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht for Piano Trio\, Op. 4 \nAntonin Dvořák Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor\, Op. 90 ‘Dumky’ \n\nWednesday 12 July 2023 2pm & 7pm; Primrose Potter Salon; Duration: 2 hours (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTickets: Standard $77 ($59 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/selby-friends-iconic-fathers/2023-07-12/2/
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:20230712T160000
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SUMMARY:Selby & Friends: Iconic ‘Fathers’
DESCRIPTION:Selby & Friends’ third concert welcomes back Natalie Chee and Julian Smiles for their 2023 season.\nAbout the concert\nSelby & Friends’ is delighted to welcome back Natalie Chee and Julian Smiles after a Covid- interrupted tour in 2022. In this special program\, Kathy and her friends present three iconic trailblazing composers whose influence exploded previous conceptions to pave an entirely new path forward. \nHaydn was a prolific piano trio composer who literally created our idea of the genre. Dvořák\, the great Czech composer and father of nationalism in music\, made it possible for composers who followed to revel in their mother tongue and express it through music. And the giant Viennese/American composer\, Schoenberg\, changed the face of music entirely with his revolutionary approach to harmony in music. A stunning concert presented by three of Australia’s finest artists. \nJoseph Haydn Piano Trio in D-Hob XV:24 \nArnold Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht for Piano Trio\, Op. 4 \nAntonin Dvořák Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor\, Op. 90 ‘Dumky’ \n\nWednesday 12 July 2023 2pm & 7pm; Primrose Potter Salon; Duration: 2 hours (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTickets: Standard $77 ($59 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/selby-friends-iconic-fathers/2023-07-12/1/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Quartz: Langsamer
DESCRIPTION:An ode to tender human emotions.\nAcclaimed Melbourne string quartet Quartz are a confluence of Australian musical talent and world-class technique. Their exciting yet sensitive interpretations of great masterpieces of the string quartet repertoire are a delight to hear and much loved by audiences. \nAbout the concert \nTheir performance in Primrose Potter Salon presents emotional works for the string quartet by Webern and Beethoven. Anton Webern’s utterly ravishing Langsamer Satz (Slow Movement) for string quartet was written when he was madly in love. Inspired by a hiking trip in the Austrian mountains with his future wife\, the influence of Brahms in both romanticism and tonality are evident throughout. Referred to as ‘pure and exalted love music’\, the emotions range from yearning to dramatic turmoil and finally\, tranquility. \nBeethoven’s string quartet Op.127 is the first of his legendary ‘late quartets’. It is an uncommonly tender and introverted work that exudes raw human emotion with spectacular control. The work embodies the stylistic traits of his final period of writing – sublime beauty\, deeply intimate emotion\, epic lengths and superhuman virtuosity. Beethoven’s final music is utterly transcendental. \n\nTuesday 11 July 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/quartz-langsamer/
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:20230706T190000
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SUMMARY:Kristian Chong and Friends: Mozart and Fauré Quartets
DESCRIPTION:An explosion of musical emotion\nFor the first instalment of Kristian Chong and Friends for 2023\, Kristian is joined on stage by Ike See (Australian Chamber Orchestra)\, Wenhong Luo\, and Richard Narroway for an enchantingly intimate performance in the Primrose Potter Salon. \nFeaturing Piano Quartets of Mozart and Fauré in G minor\, the drama and tension of both works complement each other in a colourful and profound manner. Mozart’s rare example of a chamber work in a minor key is filled with delicate angst\, while Fauré’s ravenous portrayal of human emotion results in the piece being one of his most acclaimed works. \n\nThursday 6 July 2023 6pm;  MRC\, Primrose Potter Salon;  Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $50 ($40 Concession) Three-Concert Packages Standard $140 ($110 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/kristian-chong-and-friends-mozart-and-faure-quartets/
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:20230701T180000
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SUMMARY:Benaud Trio: Ornamental
DESCRIPTION:Shining a spotlight on an often-forgotten composer.\nBenaud Trio is one of Australia’s finest and most-loved chamber ensembles. Since coming together more than 15 years ago\, they have established themselves as formidable performers of the major repertoire and works by Australian composers and are well-known for their outrageous pop-inspired encores. \nAbout the concert\nWhile Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn were as prodigious musicians as one can imagine\, Fanny was regularly left standing in her brother’s shadow. Felix’ talent was celebrated\, while their father declared Fanny’s musicianship to be an ornament to her domestic life. \nThis performance title Ornamental celebrates the life\, the music\, and the relationship between these two great composers. \nOpening with the Melbourne premiere of Anne Cawrse’ Songs Without Words\, this unapologetically lyrical piece was composed for the trio in 2020\, while Fanny Mendelssohn’s substantial and dramatic Trio Op.11 rounds out the afternoon of music. \n\nSaturday 1 July 2023 2pm & 5pm; Primrose Potter Salon  Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $50 ($40 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/benaud-trio-ornamental/2023-07-01/2/
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:20230701T150000
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SUMMARY:Benaud Trio: Ornamental
DESCRIPTION:Shining a spotlight on an often-forgotten composer.\nBenaud Trio is one of Australia’s finest and most-loved chamber ensembles. Since coming together more than 15 years ago\, they have established themselves as formidable performers of the major repertoire and works by Australian composers and are well-known for their outrageous pop-inspired encores. \nAbout the concert\nWhile Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn were as prodigious musicians as one can imagine\, Fanny was regularly left standing in her brother’s shadow. Felix’ talent was celebrated\, while their father declared Fanny’s musicianship to be an ornament to her domestic life. \nThis performance title Ornamental celebrates the life\, the music\, and the relationship between these two great composers. \nOpening with the Melbourne premiere of Anne Cawrse’ Songs Without Words\, this unapologetically lyrical piece was composed for the trio in 2020\, while Fanny Mendelssohn’s substantial and dramatic Trio Op.11 rounds out the afternoon of music. \n\nSaturday 1 July 2023 2pm & 5pm; Primrose Potter Salon  Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $50 ($40 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/benaud-trio-ornamental/2023-07-01/1/
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: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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SUMMARY:Van Kuijk Quartet – Parisiennes
DESCRIPTION:A fresh voice imbuing new energy to the master chamber works.\nQuatuor Van Kuijk’s career erupted in 2015 with prize-winning performances at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition and the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition. Their rise continued with appearances at European festivals including Lockenhaus\, Verbier and Edinburgh\, and with five critically acclaimed albums on the Alpha Classics label. They were BBC New Generation Artists from 2015-17\, as well as ECHO Rising Stars for the 2017-18 season. Following such high success early in their career\, the ensemble is an established international presence. \nAbout the concert\nThe Quartet’s performance in the Primrose Potter Salon as part of the 2023 Chamber Now series celebrates the quartet’s ten-year anniversary with a program of Mozart\, Debussy\, Mendelssohn and the Australian premiere of Edith Canat de Chizy’s String Quartet No.5 Oh God\, written specially for the quartet. \nQuatuor Van Kuijk are a fresh voice imbuing new energy and interpretations to the master works of the chamber catalogue. Join them for an evening traversing classical refinement in Mozart\, the early Romantic explorations of Mendelssohn\, the new Impressionist sounds of Debussy\, and the thrilling and unsettling textural explorations of a new Edith Canat de Chizy work. \n\nMonday 8 May 2023 7.30pm; MRC Primrose Potter Salon; Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $79 ($59 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/van-kuijk-quartet-parisiennes/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230414T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230414T200000
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SUMMARY:Ensemble 642 with Jacob Lawrence – Between Earth and Sky
DESCRIPTION:Ensemble 642 is Hannah Lane (Baroque harp) and Nicholas Pollock (theorbo\, lutes\, baroque guitar). Together they explore the breathtaking sound of early plucked string instruments of the Baroque\, bringing exquisite music that hasn’t been heard for hundreds of years into the 21st century.\n\n\n\n\n\nBased in Basel\, Australian tenor Jacob Lawrence is fast becoming one of the leading tenors of his generation in the performance of early repertoire. He is regularly engaged with leading European ensembles including Les Arts Florissants\, Vox Luminis\, Profeti della Quinta\, Le Miroir de Musique\, and has appeared with groups such as Huelgas Ensemble\, La Cetra\, Voces Suaves\, Göttingen Baroque Orchestra\, Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra\, and Bern Vocale. \nAbout the concert\nTheir performance in Primrose Potter Salon invites the listener to experience the emotion\, virtuosity and vitality of secular and sacred vocal music of the early Italian Baroque\, which\, hundreds of years later\, still has the power to enthrall and delight. \nAt the turn of the 17th century\, newfound approaches to musical expression exploded into every European musical community. At the heart of this movement were the courts of great Italian families such as the Medici\, Sforza\, Gonzaga\, Pamhpili\, and Colonna. To enthrall their patrons\, court musicians broke many of the formal constraints that had bound them throughout the Renaissance and extracted every ounce of expressive possibility from ancient formulae. \nComposer-performers such as Caccini and Frescobaldi used popular musical forms as vehicles for their intellectual prowess\, transforming them with unexpected harmonic treatments\, all with the aim of moving the emotions of the audience\, who just like today\, were delighted by songs that articulated the human condition\, in particular the pleasures and pains of love.\nWell-known madrigals were adorned with breathtakingly virtuosic ornamentation showing not only the compositional facility of the performer but their skill in the ‘cantar della gorgia’\, a type of singing where rapid articulation in the throat enables great agility and speed. \nIn the religious sphere\, these new expressive approaches were used just as effectively. Popular secular songs were appropriated for religious settings and overlaid with spectacular new melodic treatments. Composers such as Chiara Margarita Cozzolani\, one of only a handful of prolific female composers of this period\, used the sacred genre as a vehicle for the expression of intimate devotion and ecstatic elevation. \n\nFriday 14 April 2023 7pm; Primrose Potter Salon; Duration: 1 hour (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $50 ($40 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/ensemble-642-with-jacob-lawrence-between-earth-and-sky/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Selby & Friends – First\, by no means Last!
DESCRIPTION:Selby & Friends returns to the Centre for five glorious concerts featuring a select ensemble of artists counted amongst the best in the world.\nAbout the concert\nThe season kicks off with the wildly popular Café Music by the American composer Paul Schoenfield\, the inspiration for which was a stint as a replacement pianist in a coffee house to help out a friend. \nWhat better than to follow this brilliant\, highly original work with two iconic ‘first’ piano trios from the Romantic repertoire – Mendelssohn’s first – a masterful work beloved by artists and audiences alike – and the incredible first trio by Brahms. Composed initially in his early 20s\, Brahms returned some 40 years later to rewrite sections he felt he could improve. It is a true masterpiece. They also welcome back the stunning American cellist Clancy Newman and for the first time introduce the brilliant award-winning violinist Alexandra Osborne to their S&F audience who steps in to replace Harry Bennetts due to a scheduling conflict. \n\nWednesday 22 March 2023 2pm & 7pm; Primrose Potter Salon Duration: 1 hour (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $77 ($59 Concession) \nBuy Subscription Package Standard $327 ($251 Concession) \nPackage Offer Standard $308 ($236 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/selby-friends-first-by-no-means-last/2023-03-22/2/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Selby & Friends – First\, by no means Last!
DESCRIPTION:Selby & Friends returns to the Centre for five glorious concerts featuring a select ensemble of artists counted amongst the best in the world.\nAbout the concert\nThe season kicks off with the wildly popular Café Music by the American composer Paul Schoenfield\, the inspiration for which was a stint as a replacement pianist in a coffee house to help out a friend. \nWhat better than to follow this brilliant\, highly original work with two iconic ‘first’ piano trios from the Romantic repertoire – Mendelssohn’s first – a masterful work beloved by artists and audiences alike – and the incredible first trio by Brahms. Composed initially in his early 20s\, Brahms returned some 40 years later to rewrite sections he felt he could improve. It is a true masterpiece. They also welcome back the stunning American cellist Clancy Newman and for the first time introduce the brilliant award-winning violinist Alexandra Osborne to their S&F audience who steps in to replace Harry Bennetts due to a scheduling conflict. \n\nWednesday 22 March 2023 2pm & 7pm; Primrose Potter Salon Duration: 1 hour (incl. interval) \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: Standard $77 ($59 Concession) \nBuy Subscription Package Standard $327 ($251 Concession) \nPackage Offer Standard $308 ($236 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/selby-friends-first-by-no-means-last/2023-03-22/1/
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221117T180000
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SUMMARY:Affinity Quartet – Perpetual Motion
DESCRIPTION:A stirring display of emotion and musicality.\nAbout the artists\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\nAffinity Quartet opens their program with Haydn’s 31st String Quartet\, the Op.33 No.1 in B minor. Following a break of ten years from composing string quartets\, Haydn describes his Op.33 set as having a ‘new and special’ style. The key of B minor itself is unusual – a choice that signals the exploratory and unconventional direction of Haydn’s quartet writing in the 1780s. \nMendelssohn’s sixth and final string quartet was composed just two months before his death in 1847. In this 30 minute work\, subtitled Requiem for Fanny\, Mendelssohn turns to the intimacy of string quartet writing to grapple with the sudden death of his only sister and closest confidante\, producing one of his most musically incisive and arresting works. \nAustralian composer and violist Matt Laing\, describes his new work for Affinity Quartet as ‘an abstract still life in perpetual motion\, where even the smallest\, stillest things have a hyperactive inner life’. \n\nThursday 17 November 2022 6pm; Melbourne recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour 15 mins (no interval) \n\n\n\n\nTickets: Standard $50 ($40 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/affinity-quartet-perpetual-motion/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Flinders Quartet – Beethoven and the Vignettes
DESCRIPTION:Five emerging composers respond to Beethoven 200 years on\nAbout the concert\nThe Flinders Quartet performance in Primrose Potter Salon sees the commissioning of five emerging composers to write vignettes in response to Beethoven’s Grosse Fugue\, creating contemporary relevance for this seminal work and ensuring that generations to come have an awareness of Beethoven’s string quartet canon. \nBy pairing Beethoven’s Grosse Fugue with five\, short works\, Flinders Quartet present a new way of listening to the revolutionary composition with a renewed perspective. \nBeethoven’s Opus 18 comprises his first works in the string quartet genre and his development of one small motif which was revolutionary in compositional terms. This same idea is connected to the task ascribed to the five emerging composers\, 200 years on. \nMonday 14 November 2022 11am & 6pm; Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon \nDuration: 1 hour 10 mins (no interval) \nTickets: Standard $40 ($29 Concession)
URL:https://classicmelbourne.com.au/event/flinders-quartet-beethoven-and-the-vignettes/
LOCATION:Melbourne Recital Centre\, Primrose Potter Salon\, 31 Sturt St\, Southbank VIC 3006\, Australia\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3929\, Australia
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