JULY, AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2018 Yinga-bul celebrates the storytelling of a thousand generations Be captivated by stirring a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo Rock legend Mick Harvey performs the songs of Serge Gainsbourg Lord Huron takes us on an epic odyssey with their new album Discover innovative concert music with Bang on a Can All-Stars

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By the Light of the In a Japanese Garden — Mister Maker Returns! Mister Maker Returns! Mister Maker Returns! — p5 MICMC Grand Finals — p7 Moon — p4 p5 — p5 — p5 Mission Songs Project — p6 Free Music — p4 Beethoven Widmann Wawu : Spirit — p6 Gubberdee — p6 Gubberdee — p6 English Contemporaries Ngalak Warangka — p6 — p5 — p5 Marloo's 02 03 04 05 Blues — p6 06 07 08

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Getting to Carnegie Hall Mehr Ensemble — p11 Traces of Passage — p11 Westbourne Grammar The 24K Recital Series: — p10 Sumi Jo — p11 Lord Huron — p12 School Annual Concert Sparkling Diamonds — 2018 — p36 p13 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Organica — p13 Tenth Anniversary Ensemble Peregrine — Osborne Tognetti Valve Innocence Lost — p15 Concert — p13 p14 in Recital — p14 Joyce Yang — p14 Joyce Yang — p14 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Modern Inventions — p15 Structures Falling in Love Again Sacré Cœur Secondary Mozart's Oboe — p16 Karakorum: A Musical Karakorum: A Musical Ears Wide Open 2: (Melbourne, '66) — p15 — p16 School Music Concert December Dance Suite Journey — p18 Journey — p18 Siegfried Idyll — p15 2018 — p36 — p16 Stuart Skelton — p17 AUGUST 30 31 01 02 03 04 05

Korowa Anglican Girls’ Latitude 37 — p18 ANAM Prize Winners in Bach & Brahms — p19 Innocence Found — p19 Vivaldi’s Violins — p20 School Annual Concert Remembering Debussy the Salon — p19 Dale Barltrop — p19 — p36 — p18 Sound of Science 06 — p18 07 08 09 10 11 12

Free Music — p20 Reminiscence: Liszt & St Michael's Grammar Natural Landscapes Mountain Black/ Australian Girls Choir Simone Young Conducts Species — p20 Love — p22 School: In the Living — p22 Turbine Sky — p23 in Concert — p23 Brahms — p23 Room — p36 Kaki King & Ray Chen with Julien Beijing Guitar Duo & Marc Ribot — p21 Quentin — p22 Grigoryan Brothers 13 14 15 — p22 16 17 18 19

Georgian Grace — p23 At Home in the World The Lure of the East — Hearing the Blood — p25 Ray Chen with Dido & Aeneas — p24 — p24 p24 Julien Quentin — p22 Poetical Melodies — p24 A Winter Concert — Blonde — p25 Wesley College 20 21 22 — p36 23 24 25 26

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Methodist Ladies' Australian Brass Quintet Italian Flute Magic! Ruyton Girls' School Fire & Water — p28 In Memoriam – Mozart España! — p29 — p27 — p28 — p36 Requiem — p29 SEPTEMBER College — p36 James Morrison with His In the Green Forest — p28 Academy Jazz Orchestra The Wanderer — p29 03 — p28 04 05 06 07 08 09

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2 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • The information in this brochure is correct at time of printing. WOMINJEKA, WELCOME

Melbourne Recital Centre is your YINGA-BUL home for great music this winter. RETURNS The intimacy and warmth of the Our Yinga-bul (Singing to People) Centre’s two exquisite spaces are celebration is back with an illuminated by brilliant artists from unmissable program curated by acclaimed singer, songwriter and Australia and around the world. social historian Jessie Lloyd. ‘I’m very excited to be presenting an In July, our second Yinga-bul (Singing to People) festival celebrates the storytelling all-female line-up’ says Jessie. 'For me, and music of Australia’s First People. Curated by the award-winning singer, songwriter it’s not only celebrating women, but and social historian Jessie Lloyd, Yinga-bul features concerts and conversations with a the culture with modern aboriginality. diversity of Indigenous voices. The Centre hosts Melbourne’s other Grand Final when It’s about the here and now.' the finest young string quartets and piano trios from around the globe vie for prizes at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition (MICMC). Happening Inspired by this year’s NAIDOC theme only every four years, MICMC is a competition of international significance, and your 'Because of her, we can!', the program chance to discover tomorrow’s star ensembles. As always, there’s a wealth of music to features gifted musicians and role surprise and delight, from the brilliant trumpet of James Morrison, the dynamism of models such as Deline Briscoe, New York’s celebrated Bang on a Can All-Stars and dozens of concerts by Marlene Cummins and Nova Peris. Melbourne’s best ensembles. For more chances to engage with the music-makers of Join us for sing-alongs, discussions the Centre, drop in to Free Music, a series of lunchtime open rehearsals where you and inspiring performances. can experience the creative process in action. See page 6 for program details. I hope that you find inspiration in these pages. We look forward to giving you a warm welcome to the Centre soon. Warm regards

EUAN MURDOCH CEO, Melbourne Recital Centre

MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • The information in this brochure is correct at time of printing. Melbourne Recital Centre acknowledges the people of the Kulin Nation on whose land the Centre stands. 3 Symphonie Fantastique Melbourne Youth Orchestras (MYO) continue to grow their reputation for excellence while unleashing creativity, inspiring young people to reach their potential and instilling a life-long love of music. As part of the Symphonie fantastique program, Melbourne Youth Orchestras are proud to perform Crossway, originally composed for the Zelman Symphony by MYO Alumnus Harry Sdraulig.

INFORMATION Sun 1 July 2.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (90-mins incl. interval) DEBUSSY Prelude l’après-midi d’un faune HARRY SDRAULIG Crossway BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique Fabian Russel guest conductor Melbourne Youth Orchestra Tickets $29 ($22 conc) Presented by Melbourne Youth Orchestras

Free Music FUN FOR THE with Duo KIDS! Chamber Melange

It’s an open-door policy for you to come in and discover something new or hear local artists rehearse new works, new programs and try out new ideas. While it’s not a concert, it’s a way for you to gain an insight into the secret workings BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON of our finest ensembles. This month Introduce your children to the magic of opera through Opera Australia’s delightful experience Duo Chamber Melange, the production of By the Light of the Moon. Embark on a fabulous journey with a cantankerous wonderful partnership between Ivana cat and an exuberant owl in this fanciful all-ages opera exploring the untold tales of Tomaskova (violin) and Tamara Edward Lear's beloved rhyme, The Owl and the Pussycat. Ridiculous whimsy meets sublime Smolyar (piano) whose versatile melody in a wonderful new production, featuring the fantastic characters from nonsense repertoire embraces classical and poetry and nursery rhymes, as well as tunes you'll recognise from the best-loved operas. contemporary music as well as world Opera Australia developed this travelling opera to enthral children, complete with premieres of renowned Australian, beautiful costumes and engaging scenery with professional opera singers performing European and American composers. the famous arias in English. INFORMATION INFORMATION Mon 2 July 12 noon Mon 2 July 11.30am Tickets $26 — suitable for kids 5—12 Salon (One hour no interval) Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (60-mins no interval) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Duo Chamber Melange By the Light of the Moon Opera Australia FREE Opera Australia artists Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

4 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • JULY LOCAL HEROES SPOTLIGHT SERIES Ossicle Duo, Benjamin Anderson on bass trombone and Hamish Upton on percussion, presents a program of works inspired by the Japanese garden or ‘teien’. Featuring cultivated forms, liquid transitions and meditative calm, this program explores the aesthetics of Japanese outdoor spaces, in works by Dai Fujikura, Kaija Saariaho and John Cage.

INFORMATION Tue 3 July 6pm Salon (One hour no interval) DAI FUJIKURA Deliquesce for solo trombone KAIJA SAARIAHO Six Japanese Gardens for English percussion & electronics CAGE Ryoanji Contemporaries Ossicle Duo Jonathan Harvey & In a Japanese Tickets $39 ($29 conc) His Contemporaries Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Garden Ossicle Duo Inventi Ensemble are masters of classical Supported by The Robert Salzer Foundation repertoire, re-inventors of past works and performers of the new. This dynamic new chamber ensemble run by artistic directors Ben Opie (oboe) and Melissa Doecke (flute), BEETHOVEN WIDMANN collaborates with Australia’s finest soloists The spirit of Beethoven fuels this dramatic INFORMATION and chamber musicians. Inventi Ensemble recital by the Australian String Quartet, Tue 3 July 7pm focusses on the works of British which juxtaposes the first and last of his Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. composition legend Jonathan Harvey and masterful quartets. In 1826 Beethoven’s interval) his contemporaries, presenting works from personal life had descended into swirling BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F, Op.135 1969 — 2005. chaos, but the majestic Op.135 Quartet he JÖRG WIDMANN String Quartet No.3, composed in that year gives no hint of it. The ‘Hunt’ Quartet INFORMATION Quartet is a miracle of transcendent beauty BEETHOVEN String Quartet in D, Op.18, No.3 Mon 2 July 6pm where Beethoven reconciles the competing Australian String Quartet Salon (One hour no interval) sensibilities of Classical order and radical Tickets $85 ($65 conc) OLIVER KNUSSEN Masks Romanticism to find consolation in the work’s Presented by the Australian MICHAEL FINNISSY Runnin’ Wild restorative harmony. German composer Jörg String Quartet HARVEY Ricercare una melodia, Tombeau Widmann channels the spirit of Beethoven in a de Messiaen & Run Before Lightning work of mischievous iconoclasm, transforming DAVIES First Grace of Light for solo oboe the driving rhythms of the Seventh Symphony EDWIN ROXBURGH Flute Music with into a startling tour-de-force of the art of an Accompaniment performance. Published in 1801, the first Melissa Doecke flute quartet announces Beethoven’s arrival as a Ben Opie oboe musical wunderkind of the new century. The Peter de Jager piano young composer exhibits his command of the Tickets $39 ($29 conc) style of the master composers, Mozart and Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Haydn, and points forward to the ways he Inventi Ensemble would transcend them. MISTER MAKER RETURNS! Get ready mini-makers, your favourite arty-party man is coming back for a series of live shows in what promises to be the family show of the year. Joining Mister Maker on stage will be his famous side-kicks, The Shapes, as well as the Mister Maker dancers in a brand-new theatre show, perfect for kids of all ages and grown-ups too! There are also exciting opportunities to interact with Mister Maker, play games and win prizes!

INFORMATION Thu 5 July 11am, Fri 6 & Sat 7 July 11am, Mister Maker 1.30pm & 3.30pm A reserve $44.90 Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour no interval) B reserve $39.90 Presented by Live Nation, NAB & Zodiak

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Melbourne Recital Centre proudly stands on the land of the Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, and we acknowledge the powerful storytelling of a thousand generations who precede us. Our biennial Yinga-bul (Singing to People) celebration is curated in 2018 by award-winning singer, songwriter and intrepid social historian Jessie Lloyd, celebrating the 2018 national NAIDOC theme: 'Because of her, we can!'

Wawu : Spirit Mission Songs Project – Yalanji songwoman Deline Briscoe’s Sing Along! creative vision is realised in her debut Bring your voices and instruments to join solo album Wawu : Spirit. Capturing the Jessie Lloyd and friends in a mass jam imaginations, hearts and ears of her session of songs from the Mission era. audiences, Deline and her band Come to celebrate the history and gracefully relate the human emotions strength of our Indigenous community to inspire healing, strength and through the music and songs from The empowerment — a spiritual experience Songs Back Home album and more. Bring as much as it is a musical journey. your creative flair and be prepared to sing along with music and charts available Deline Briscoe voice from melbournerecital.com.au Thu 5 July 7pm | Tickets $25 ($15 conc) Jessie Lloyd director Sat 7 July 3pm | Tickets $25 ($15 conc)

Gubberdee with Gubberdee with Nova Peris Marcia Langton Jessie Lloyd discusses the meaning of Join Jessie Lloyd and Prof. Marcia this year’s NAIDOC theme 'Because of Langton in conversation as they discuss her, we can!' with Nova Peris, the first the meaning of this year’s NAIDOC Indigenous Australian to win Olympic theme 'Because of her, we can!' gold and the first Indigenous woman to be elected into federal parliament. Fri 6 July 6pm | FREE Sat 7 July 6pm | FREE

Marloo's Blues Ngalak Warangka: Marlene Cummins presents a Songs in Noongar Language biographical journey through her Experience incandescent vocals and guitar music with songs and lyrics inspired by brilliance with multi-award-winning duo a myriad of political, social and Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse. Together, personal experiences. With a mixture they have brought wondrous musical of original and traditional blues journeys to audiences across the world by numbers, the centrepiece is the stirring connecting them deeply through the epic blues anthem Koori Woman. power of music. Performing contemporary Marlene dedicates this song to songs in the rare Noongar language, you Aboriginal women everywhere as they don't need to understand the words; love, were, in her words, 'the backbone of loss and joy all mean the same things no the struggle'. matter how you say it. Marlene Cummins voice Gina Williams voice/guitar Murray Cook guitar Guy Ghouse voice/guitar Fri 6 July 7pm | Tickets $25 ($15 conc) Sat 7 July 7pm | Tickets $25 ($15 conc)

6 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • JULY Discover the Future of Chamber Music Between July 1—8, Melbourne becomes the most exciting place on Earth for chamber music. 16 brilliant young ensembles from around the world arrive to share their musical talent and compete for over Melbourne International Chamber Music $150,000 in cash and prizes, plus the chance Competition Grand Finals to launch their international careers. Experience the entire competition from the heats through to the Grand Finals. The Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition is one of the world’s great chamber music launching pads. The competition discovers and nurtures the next HEATS generation of ensembles, seeking out musicians who personify chamber music’s ability to Sun 1 to Thu 5 July — from 10am engage the head and the heart with performances that thrill, delight and inspire. After a Australian National Academy of Music worldwide search and extensive auditions, led by artistic director Wilma Smith, 16 of the (ANAM), South Melbourne Town Hall world’s finest young ensembles are invited to Melbourne.

INFORMATION SEMI-FINALS Sun 8 July 1pm (Piano Trios) & Grand Final Day Pass: A reserve $100 Fri 6 July 9.30am 6pm (String Quartets) ($80 conc) Australian National Academy of Music Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Three hours Presented by Musica Viva in partnership with (ANAM), South Melbourne Town Hall incl. interval) Melbourne Recital Centre & Australian Tickets from $28 A reserve $65 ($55 conc) National Academy of Music (ANAM) B reserve $50

Clair de Lune LOCAL HEROES With nightfall comes moonlight, the earth bathed in strange hues and half-tints. Debussy's Cello Sonata was originally titled 'Pierrot Howls at the Moon' and, along with the mystical Apollinaire Songs of Rosalind Page, it conjures up a fantastical moonlight world full of folkloric hyperactivity and danger. In a more reflective mode, Caerwen Martin's Midnight Loon frames the unassumingly beautiful call of a North American aquatic bird against a hypnotically static night-cap. The award-winning contemporary music group Syzygy Ensemble have, in their short time together, made an impressive impact. The Ensemble have quickly gained a reputation as one of Australia’s finest new music ensembles, lauded for their virtuosic precision, original programming and ability to connect viscerally with their audiences.

INFORMATION Tue 10 July 6pm Syzygy Ensemble Salon (One hour no interval) Jacqueline Dark mezzo-soprano DEBUSSY Sonata for cello & piano Tickets $39 ($29 conc) CAERWEN MARTIN Midnight Loon Presented by Melbourne Recital TIM DARGAVILLE After and Before Centre & Syzygy Ensemble ROSALIND PAGE Apollinaire Songs

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Be captivated by a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s stirring bass, alto and tenor INFORMATION harmonies. For more than 30 years, Ladysmith Black Mambazo have married the intricate Tue 10 July 8pm rhythms and harmonies of their native South African musical traditions with the sounds and Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. sentiments of Christian gospel music. The result is musical and spiritual alchemy that has Interval) touched a worldwide audience representing every corner of the religious, cultural and ethnic Ladysmith Black Mambazo (South Africa) landscape. Their wonderful performances, and their aim to break cultural barriers by sharing Tickets $89.90 musical beauty, have earned the group a dedicated global following. Paul Simon was inspired to Presented by Adrian Bohm Presents incorporate their traditional sounds into his Graceland album, a seminal project that roused today's explosive interest in world music. In addition to their work with Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has recorded with many other top artists including Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, The Wynans, Julia Fordham, George Clinton, The Corrs and Ben Harper. Don’t miss out on seeing Grammy award-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo in the beautiful surrounds of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall.

SPOTLIGHT SERIES International soloist and recording artist Peter Sheridan and Orchestra Victoria Principal DARK STARFlute Lisa-Maree Amos are the Married Flutes. Their performances transport the listener into a unique sound spectrum with the soulful, natural qualities of the low flutes. Dark Star collects together many of their favourite pieces that they have either commissioned or recorded over the past decades — all of which focus on the extraordinary beauty of the low flutes.

INFORMATION Thu 12 July 6pm Salon (One hour no interval) MOUQUET Pan et les Oiseaux from La Flûte de Pan (arr. Andersen & Felber) DANIEL DORFF Spirit of the Hudson MICHAEL DAUGHERTY Crystal ANDREW DOWNES Largo from Sonata JEREMY HALADYNA Precious First Rat GARY SCHOCKER Dark Star CAROLYN MORRIS Forest Over Sea PETER SHERIDAN And the Giant Begins to Dance The Married Flutes Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Married Flutes Supported by the Robert Salzer Foundation

8 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • JULY Co-founder and guitarist of Nick Cave & MICK HARVEY PERFORMS The Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party and The Boys Next Door, long-time producer and band member for PJ Harvey, Mick SERGE GAINSBOURG Harvey celebrates French composer Serge Gainsbourg's 90th birthday. Performing a selection of songs from his four albums of translated Serge Gainsbourg songs, Harvey will be joined by J.P. Shilo, Dan Luscombe, Glenn Lewis, Hugo Cran, a string section and a variety of guest singers including Xanthe Waite. The night features a screening of Souvenirs of Serge, a rare glimpse into the personal life of Serge Gainsbourg by the woman who knew him best: his lover and creative collaborator, Jane Birkin.

INFORMATION Thu 12 July 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 40-mins incl. interval) Songs of Serge Gainsbourg Mick Harvey vocals/guitar Xanthe Waite vocals The Intoxicated Men Tickets $49 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

Both Sides Now: The Music of Joni Mitchell 'HERS IS A NATURALLY MUSICAL VOICE AIDED AND ABETTED BY IMPECCABLE PITCH AND AN ABILITY TO MOVE THROUGH REGISTERS EFFORTLESSLY. HER JAZZ SENSIBILITIES ARE STRONG AND SHE PHRASES WITH THE MATURITY OF A JAZZ SINGER TWICE HER AGE.' CHRIS MCNULTY

The music of Joni Mitchell has long etched itself into the hearts of people worldwide. The Clancye INFORMATION Milne Octet have carefully selected a collection of her most-loved compositions and re-imagined Fri 13 Jul 7pm them for jazz octet. Enhancing the harmony and augmenting the instrumental colours, the group Salon (One hour no interval) use Mitchell’s pieces as a platform for connection, expression and improvisation. With the The music of Joni Mitchell. program masterfully arranged by award winning multi-instrumentalist James Mustafa, Both Sides Clancye Milne Octet Now takes you on a journey through Mitchell's timeless compositions in a fresh and enriching way. Tickets $30 ($25 conc) The Octet itself is comprised of some of Australia's most renowned and creative musicians, who Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & bring this music to life with such intricate sensitivity that these ageless songs will feel new again. Clancye Milne Featuring Ben Gillespie, Lachlan Davidson, Julien Wilson, Steve Grant, James Mustafa, Ben Robertson and Kieran Rafferty.

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KRISTIN BERARDI & BARNEY MCALL

In this intimate setting of only piano and voice, Barney McAll and Kristin Berardi explore parts of the American Songbook that are rarely heard. Both bringing their unique styles to the duo setting, a night of beautiful repertoire and tasteful improvisation is assured. Berardi has ‘THIS ALBUM IS A WORK OF ART … THIS IS THEIR BEST AND THEIR won multiple international and national awards MOST ACCOMPLISHED ALBUM TO DATE.’ SPILL MAGAZINE for her recordings and her performances — The Shure International Jazz Vocal Competition at Australian chamber pop noir ensemble INFORMATION Montreux Jazz Festival, three Bell Awards for My Friend The Chocolate Cake takes to Sat 14 July 8pm Best Vocal Album of the year and the the road for a series of concerts this June Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & prestigious national Freedman Jazz Fellowship and July performing songs from their highly 30-mins incl. interval) are some of her accolades. acclaimed 2017 album, The Revival Meeting, My Friend The Chocolate Cake with some old favourites from their extensive INFORMATION Premium $95 ($85 conc) back catalogue. A reserve $70 ($60 conc) Sat 14 July 7pm Presented by My Friend the Chocolate Cake Salon (One hour no interval) Kristin Berardi vocals Barney McAll piano Tickets $30 ($25 conc) Corpus Medicorum – Inner Space Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Welcome to a program of ethereal music from Inner and Outer Space. Corpus Medicorum starts the year with an exciting out-of-this-world tour to Europe and now presents a Getting to reflective program of beautiful music. Mahler’s exquisite Fourth Symphony is based on a dream and takes both the audience and orchestra to a fantastical inner world of Carnegie Hall imagination. Opening the program is Weber’s masterful First Clarinet Concerto with Connecting our cities Philip Arkinstall. Sit back, close your eyes and dream happy musical thoughts with through music. Corpus Medicorum. From Melbourne to Manhattan, places like INFORMATION Carnegie Hall, Juilliard and Melbourne Recital Centre all have burgeoning artist Sun 15 July 5pm development programs. Join international Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours guests as they discuss the role of incl. interval) musicians in our diverse societies. WEBER Clarinet Concerto No.1 MAHLER Symphony No.4 INFORMATION Philip Arkinstall clarinet A/Prof Keith Crellin OAM conductor Mon 16 July 6pm Corpus Medicorum Salon (75-mins no interval) Tickets $50 ($40 conc) Any Rhodes (Carnegie Hall) All proceeds will benefit The Royal Melbourne Benjamin Sosland (Juilliard School) Hospital Foundation and their patients FREE — tickets required with Lung Cancer. Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Presented by Corpus Medicorum and the State Government of Victoria as part of MEL&NYC

10 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • JULY One of the world’s greatest exponents of bel canto (beautiful singing), Sumi Jo, makes her eagerly anticipated return to Melbourne in the Sumi Jo world premiere of a thrilling new recital, Mad for Love. The adored soprano is partnered by dashing Argentine-born José Carbó, one of Australia’s best-loved baritones, and together with acclaimed pianist Guy Noble, they will ignite the stage with renditions of the most passionate repertoire from opera and operetta, as well as canzoni, tango, and Mehr Ensemble meltingly beautiful folk songs from Sumi Jo’s Mehr is widely recognised as Australia's native Korea. leading Persian music ensemble. Formed in Described by the legendary maestro Herbert Tehran, Iran, and now based in Melbourne, the von Karajan as having ‘a voice from above’, group performs ornate original compositions Sumi Jo is one of the most in-demand singers within the Radif tradition of classical Persian on the international stage. Her astonishing music, while also drawing inspiration from the vocal technique and purity of tone captivates diverse regional music of Iran and audiences and she is also renowned for her neighbouring regions, such as Kurdistan and magnificent dress changes throughout a Azerbaijan. Above all, in the time-honoured performance. This will be an unparalleled fashion of authentic Persian music, Mehr takes night of romance and glamour. its aesthetic direction from classical Persian poetry, especially that of Mawlana Rumi. This INFORMATION performance, featuring special guests Maryam Tue 17 July 7.30pm Mashhadi Khodabakhsh (Iran) and Mahboubeh Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 15-mins Golzair (U.S.A.), is the first performance of their incl. interval) new album Faces of Love. Works by Purcell, Rossini, Donizetti, INFORMATION Brodsky, Augustin, Lehar, Strauss, Gershwin and more. Tue 17 July 6pm Sumi Jo soprano (South Korea) Salon (One hour no interval) José Carbó baritone Mehr Ensemble Guy Noble piano Tickets $49 ($39 conc) Tickets $169 ($149 conc & $99 student) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Presented by Andrew McKinnon Presentations Multicultural Arts Victoria Traces of Passage Debussy was one of the leading composers of the impressionistic style, conveying mood and emotion through colour, ambiguous tonality and extended harmonies. Though at seemingly opposite ends of the continuum of 20th-century music, Debussy’s distinctive style can be traced through to the post-war compositions of Messiaen and Boulez. Messiaen talked of Debussy’s use of colour in Peleas Mellisande as influencing his work and, like a cosmic echo, Boulez’s Le Marteau sans maître uses the surrealist poetry of Rene Char to create a distinctive tint of Debussy exoticism. Six Degrees Ensemble is dedicated to performing works from the canon of 20th- and 21st-century pieces. The INFORMATION Ensemble consists of several generations of Wed 18 July 6pm Six Degrees Ensemble Melbourne musicians whose passion, Salon (One hour no interval) Tickets $39 ($29 conc) experience and bold commitment to BOULEZ Le Marteau sans maître Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & performing lesser-known works, creates a MESSIAEN Fete des Belles Eaux (IV) (arr. for Six Degrees Ensemble unique audience experience with the electric guitar, flute & vibraphone) opportunity to encounter rare and DEBUSSY Sonata for flute, viola & harp (arr. important repertoire. for flute, viola & guitar)

FOR BOOKINGS VISIT MELBOURNERECITAL.COM.AU OR PHONE 03 9699 3333 • TRANSACTION & DELIVERY FEES MAY APPLY 11 Following the release of the highly anticipated album Vide Noir, Lord Huron INFORMATION announces a headline show in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, with support from Carla Wed 18 July 7.30pm Geneve. Written and recorded over the past two years at Lord Huron’s Los Angeles Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & studio and informal clubhouse, Whispering Pines, Vide Noir was mixed by Dave 30-mins incl. interval) Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, MGMT) and the resulting collection of songs feels like Lord Huron (U.S.A.) an epic odyssey through the city, across dimensions and out into the cosmos. Support act — Carla Geneve Lord Huron was last in Australia for a sold-out run of dates supporting the release of Tickets $59 the break-out album Strange Trails (2015), which included the hit single ‘The Night We Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre in Met’ as featured in the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why. Don't miss Lord Huron's arrangement with Handsome Tours romantic and uplifting blend of American indie folk-rock in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall this July.

12 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • JULY ORGANICA Ensemble Three was founded by Melbourne- based musicians unified in their goal to diversify and expand the chamber music repertoire for trumpet, trombone and guitar. The distinctive Ensemble takes influence from genres as diverse as jazz, popular, avant-garde The 24K Recital Series: Sparkling Diamonds and traditional ‘classical’. Organica sees the trio revisit music written for their first album, Internationally renowned for a sound of unprecedented depth and power, Andrew Day Midnight Songs, and material from their shifts gears in the second concert of the series for 2018. Sparkling Diamonds features a newest release, Voodoo Sonnets. Evocative scintillating program of 20th-century French masterpieces that prove to be the perfect explorations of the flugelhorn/trumpet, vehicle for Andrew to highlight the subtlety and sophistication of his rarely heard ‘Diamond’ trombone, amplified classical guitar and the embouchure, which has been decades in the making. Australian pianist Timothy Young, trio format combine with looping, reverb, Head of Piano and Chamber Music at ANAM, brings his crystalline pianism and intuitive delays and pre-recorded rhythm tracks to sensitivity, for which he is renowned, to this daunting program. Andrew and Timothy’s reveal thrilling aural possibilities. flourishing collaboration brings a sparkling sound world of elegance and excitement to the intimate atmosphere of the Salon. INFORMATION Mon 23 July 6pm INFORMATION Salon (One hour no interval) Sun 22 July 6pm DUBOIS Sonata CHRISTIAN O’BRIEN PIT_T Salon (Two hours incl. interval) FRANÇAIX Divertimento ANDREW FORD Slow Air BOZZA Agrestide, Op.44 JOLIVET Sonata ANDREW BATTERHAM Organica DUTILLEUX Sonatine Andrew Day flute KATY ABBOTT Midnight Songs SANCAN Sonatine Timothy Young piano Ensemble Three MESSIAEN Le Merle noir Tickets $95 ($85 conc) Tickets $39 ($29 conc) GALLOIS-MONTBRUN Divertissement Presented by Andrew Day Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Ensemble Three

LOCAL HEROES TENTH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT Latitude 37 celebrates 10 years as an ensemble with a playlist made up of their all-time favourite works. The members of the Baroque trio were drawn together by their passion for historically informed performances of 17th- and 18th-century music. The combination of Baroque violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord opens up a wealth of repertoire that is rarely explored by other Australian ensembles. Expect rare beauties plucked directly out of the heart of the Baroque era, arrangements of French folk tunes, some sumptuous Satie and pop-inspired original compositions. Delight in Baroque music with a quirky twist in true Latitude 37 style.

INFORMATION Tue 24 July 6pm Latitude 37 Salon (One hour no interval) Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Works by Erlebach, Arbeau, Presented by Melbourne Recital Satie, Marais, Rameau, Bach, Centre & Latitude 37 Cavalli and more.

FOR BOOKINGS VISIT MELBOURNERECITAL.COM.AU OR PHONE 03 9699 3333 • TRANSACTION & DELIVERY FEES MAY APPLY 13 J oy c e ENSEMBLE PEREGRINE Yang Ensemble Peregrine is comprised exclusively of principal wind players from several of the world’s major orchestras. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Jack Schiller (Principal Bassoon) and Thomas Hutchinson (Associate Principal Oboe) are joined by Alex Morris (Assistant Principal Clarinet, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra) and A leading light of the next generation of piano stars, Joyce Yang performs music that pianists love Andrew Young (Horn, Orchestra Philharmonie to play and piano fans love to hear. This captivating virtuoso was the youngest competitor in the Luxembourg) for this exciting program. The 2005 Van Cliburn Competition, where she was awarded a silver medal, and has since gone on to quintet is capped off with one of Australia’s claim countless other accolades in stages of her skyrocketing career. Signalling her true leading freelance pianists and repetiteurs, understanding of this widely loved instrument, the rich and characterful works in the program Gladys Chua. Mozart himself declared his all come from composers who themselves were masters of the keyboard. From Chopin, Debussy, Quintet for Piano and Winds to be the best work Rachmaninoff and Grieg, Joyce shows not only her technical brilliance, but her ability to convey he had ever written. Scored for piano, oboe, intense emotion with personality and flair. clarinet, horn and bassoon, this Quintet is superbly crafted, as performed by Ensemble INFORMATION Peregrine — virtuosic alumni from the Tue 24 & Sat 28 July 7pm Program Two (Sat 28 July) Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM). Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. RACHMANINOFF Three Preludes interval) JANÁČEK Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 INFORMATION Program One (Tue 24 July) LISZT Spanish Rhapsody Wed 25 July 6pm GRIEG Five Lyric Pieces ELIZABETH YOUNAN Piano Sonata* Salon (70-mins no interval) DEBUSSY Estampes LISZT Sonata in B minor PAUL STANHOPE Morning Star II CHOPIN Andante spianato et Grande *commissioned for Musica Viva by Julian Burnside POULENC Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano FP43 polonaise brillante, Op.22 Premium $128 ($112 conc) HEINZ HOLLIGER Quintet for winds & piano ELIZABETH YOUNAN Piano Sonata* A reserve $107 ($93 conc) MOZART Quintet for piano & winds, K.452 SCHUMANN Carnaval, Op.9 B reserve $75 ($65 conc) Ensemble Peregrine Joyce Yang piano (South Korea) C reserve $50 ($44 conc) Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Presented by Musica Viva Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Osborne Tognetti Valve in Recital A warm and intimate chamber concert featuring Dvořak and Brahms piano trios.

Professional musicians are unique in that their work is often also their life’s passion. So when they get together to have fun, make music and create something special, you really don’t want to miss it. World-renowned pianist and frequent Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) guest Steven Osborne joins ACO Artistic Director Richard Tognetti and ACO Principal Cello Timo-Veikko Valve for a warm and intimate program of Dvořák and Brahms piano trios. Bohemian composer Antonín Dvořák’s ‘Dumky’ Trio is one of his most original and folkiest. In contrast Brahms’ Trio is vast, herculean and something of a musical juggernaut. (If you’re a movie lover, you might even hear the odd motif reappearing in the soundtrack of ET: The Extra Terrestrial.) Join us to delight in this heart-warming homage to two beloved composers.

INFORMATION Fri 27 July 7.30pm Premium $162 ($142 conc) Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) A reserve $149 ($127 conc) DVOŘÁK Piano Trio No.4 in E minor, ‘Dumky’ B reserve $129 ($111 conc) BRAHMS Piano Trio No.1 in B C reserve $89 ($77 conc) Richard Tognetti violin D reserve $54 ($48 conc) Timo-Veikko Valve cello Presented by Australian Chamber Steven Osborne piano Orchestra

14 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • JULY SOUTHBANK SERIES

Modern Inventions Uniting the talents of its four highly- acclaimed members, Kathryn Taylor, Philippa West, Merewyn Bramble and Zoe Wallace, Quartz has become a well-known Melbourne ensemble renowned for its vibrant and innovative programs. Their Innocence Lost pairing of classic string quartet repertoire Moscow, 1944. Already grief-stricken by with lesser-known contemporary pieces the death of a close friend, crumbling continues to add to their unique voice under the weight of war and news of the within the local and national scene, unfolding holocaust, Shostakovich contributing to success on stage and in the produced one of his most profound recording studio. Delve into the vast and Ears Wide Open: expressions. Bleak, triumphant, terse, colourful world of early string quartet harrowing and grotesquely macabre — all writing to explore three famous modern Siegfried Idyll in the space of 30 minutes — the work has composers as Quartz brings to life brave Part concert, part guided meaning beyond the earthly tragedies of 20th-century visions. Charles Ives' From musical journey. its inspiration. As a distant prelude, The Salvation Army uses hymns as the Debussy’s 1880 Piano Trio is the work of a building block of his unique musical voice, German composer, Richard Wagner fancy-free Parisian teenager. As yet moving into the dramatic melancholy of created the Siegfried Idyll, a symphonic untouched by the troubles of the world, his Philip Glass' Company before finishing on poem, as a birthday present to his second music sparkles with the freshest youthful Prokofiev's String Quartet No.1 — wife. Delve more deeply into this blissful innocence. Formed in Melbourne in early immersing the listener in a rich and love song for chamber orchestra with 2005, the Benaud Trio is one of Australia’s emotionally moving palette of harmonies. conductor and presenter Richard Gill. finest chamber ensembles featuring pianist Amir Farid, violinist Lachlan Bramble and INFORMATION INFORMATION cellist Ewen Bramble. Mon 30 July 6pm Mon 30 July 6.30pm Salon (One hour no interval) Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (90-mins no INFORMATION IVES String Quartet No.1, From The interval) Sat 28 July 3pm & 6pm Salvation Army, S.57 WAGNER Siegfried Idyll (excerpts) DEBUSSY Piano Trio in G PHILIP GLASS String Quartet No.2, Richard Gill AO conductor/presenter SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No.2 in Company Melbourne Symphony Orchestra E minor, Op.67 PROKOFIEV String Quartet No.1, Op.50 members Benaud Trio Quartz Tickets $35* ($30 conc)* Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Tickets $39 ($29 conc) *Prices are subject to change without notice Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Presented by Melbourne Symphony Benaud Trio Quartz Orchestra

Along with Keith Humble’s collection of raw sonic material in Music for Monuments, Structures Ensemble Density traces the musical experimentation of Melbourne mid-1960s improvising (Melbourne, ’66) trio Robert Rooney, Barry McKimm and Syd Clayton. Structures recreates an atmosphere that Humble established at workshops in the Grainger Museum, and directed by Charles MacInnes, audience members are invited to contribute ideas and sounds towards the creation of a new work for performance. INFORMATION Tue 31 July 6pm Ensemble Density Salon (One hour no interval) Tickets $39 ($29 conc) HUMBLE Music for Monuments Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & ROONEY Second Landscape Ensemble Density BARRY MCKIMM Folium CHARLES MACINNES Gazebosplayed

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INFORMATION Wed 1 August 2pm & 7.30pm Salon (90-mins incl. interval) Jennifer Ward-Lealand vocals Grant Winterburn piano Aaron Coddel bass Tickets $75 ($65 conc) Presented by Andrew McKinnon Presentations

MOSTLY MOZART Mozart’s Oboe Mostly Mozart is an hour of wonderful music and the chance to catch up with friends over a cup of tea with classical masterpieces performed in MOS the acoustic beauty of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall by musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) and guests. Mozart loved wind instruments and his glorious quintet for oboe and strings opens this stunning all-Mozart program. His Divertimento No.11 is a very personal work, dedicated to his sister Nannerl. This is a rarely heard work, TLY brimming with spirited tuneful displays and is a joyous celebration.

INFORMATION Fri 3 August 11am Dudu Carmel oboe/director Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (70-mins ANAM Musicians MOZ no interval) Tickets $49 ($42 conc/senior) MOZART Oboe & String Quintet, Presented by Melbourne Recital K.406 Centre & Australian National MOZART Divertimento No.11 in D, Academy of Music (ANAM) K.251 ART December Dance Suite Bob Sedergreen's high regard and position in Australian music is unquestionable. His impact and influence on performance, composition and education for over half a century has secured his place as a national treasure. This concert celebrates Bob's 60th year of music making. Written by Bob in the 1980s at a time when he was lecturing in jazz at the VCA, the December Dance Suite moves through a wide spectrum of influences and instrumentations.

INFORMATION Fri 3 August 7pm Peter Harper tenor saxophone Salon (One hour no interval) Ian Dixon flugelhorn BOB SEDERGREEN December Dance Suite Dom Chaseling flute Bob Sedergreen piano Katya Sellmer & Amelia Evans cello Gareth Hill electric bass Tickets $30 ($25 conc) Ted Vining drums/percussion Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Mal Sedergreen alto saxophone Bob Sedergreen Adrian Sherriff trombone/shakuhachi

16 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • AUGUST GREAT PERFORMERS Stuart Skelton Richard Peirson, piano

‘SKELTON’S MONUMENTAL PERFORMANCE COMBINED GLORIOUS WARMTH AND COLOUR WITH ELEMENTAL EXPRESSIVE ENERGY THAT TAPS INTO SOMETHING DEEPLY HUMAN AND INTUITIVE.’ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

From the vocal and dramatic demands of Wagner’s Ring Cycle to the pathos and power of Britten’s Peter Grimes, Stuart Skelton’s astonishing ability to give voice and life to characters has put him in hot demand from New York to Melbourne. His performances of Wagner and Mahler are well known to orchestra- and opera-goers, but in this debut recital at Melbourne Recital Centre we discover another side of this great artist, delving into his other musical interests and revelling in the rare opportunity to spend time in musical conversation with an outstanding singer. Skelton and the associate artist, U.K.-based repetiteur Richard Peirson, explore rarely heard gems by composers both familiar and overlooked.

INFORMATION Fri 3 August 7.30pm Free pre-concert talk 6.45pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour & 50-mins incl. interval) GRAINGER ‘Bold William Taylor’, ‘Willow, Willow’ & ‘Hard-hearted Barb'ra (H)Ellen’ ÞÓRARINSSON ‘Fuglinn í fjörunni’ KALDALÓNS Þú eina hjartans yndið mitt: Draumalandið & Ave Maria LISZT Oh! quand je dors, S'il est in charmant Gazon, Enfant, si j'etais Roi & Comment, disaient-ils WAGNER Wesendonck Lieder KORNGOLD Lieder des Abschieds, Op.14 TURINA Poema en forma de canciones, Op.19 Stuart Skelton tenor Richard Peirson piano (U.K.) Premium $115 A reserve $102 ($55 conc) B reserve $87 ($55 conc) C reserve $62 ($55 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Series Partner: Legal Friends of Melbourne Recital Centre Program Partner: The Langham Melbourne

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Remembering Debussy Explore a world of reverie & colour. As Melbourne’s leading guitar ensemble, the award-winning Melbourne Guitar Quartet (MGQ) welcomes audiences who are curious about hearing new music and established favourites through the rich, vibrant and beautiful sound of the guitar quartet. A century after his Karakorum: A Musical Journey passing, MGQ celebrates the genius of Debussy despite having never composed a single note for the guitar. The depth of colour and imagination Be transported back to the 13th century on an expansive musical expressed within his works transcends the journey exploring Christian, Islamic and Eurasian pagan worlds. boundaries of instrumentation. A collection of interpretations and inspirations, MGQ’s The ‘medieval world folk ensemble’, La Camera delle Lacrime, joins Australian Remembering Debussy explores a world of reverie Brandenburg Orchestra and Brandenburg Choir in a performance that follows one man’s and colour, showcasing a number of premiere quest to convert the Great Khan to Christianity in the Mongol capital, Karakorum. The man was performances not to be missed. William of Rubruck, and this theatrical musical voyage is based on his manuscript and itinerarium. This haunting show evokes each of the remote locations on William of Rubruck’s INFORMATION vast trip. Cross from west to east — from concert hall to theatre — on a mysterious, cultural and Tue 7 August 6pm spiritual journey. La Camera delle Lacrime performs on a range of rare, eclectic instruments for Salon (One hour no interval) a moving concert of forgotten hymns, melodies and chants. DEBUSSY (arr. B. Dix) Reverie & Deux Arabesques DE FALLA Homenaje, pour le Tombeau de INFORMATION Debussy Sat 4 August 7pm & Sun 5 August 5pm Australian Brandenburg Orchestra DOUGLAS GIBSON new work (world premiere) Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. Brandenburg Choir RAMEAU (arr. B. Dix) 3 Pieces de Clavecin interval Premium $165 Melbourne Guitar Quartet An exotic pasticcio created by Bruno A reserve $145 Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Bonhoure and Khaï-dong Luong featuring B reserve $115 ($76 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Mongolian melodies, Buddhist hymns, Sufi C reserve $85 ($56 conc) Melbourne Guitar Quartet chants and more. D reserve $55 Paul Dyer artistic director E reserve $30 La Camera Ensemble (France) Presented by Australian Brandenburg MUSICAL EXPLORATIONS Orchestra Sound of Science How have acoustics of buildings shaped the music that is composed to be performed within LATITUDE 37 them? Join acoustician Cameron Hough and Ensemble Gombert in discovering how ARIA-nominated Baroque trio Latitude 37 joins three church music changed from plainsong to esteemed colleagues for De Profundis, a spellbinding program of sacred and secular polyphony in the more reverberant acoustic of music from 17th- and 18th-century Germany. The program’s centrepiece is Nicolaus Renaissance Italian churches to the Bruhns’ deeply moving psalm setting ‘De Profundis’, performed with guest contrapuntal cantatas by Bach in the drier baritone David Greco. Be transported by the atmospheric beauty of this music, acoustic of German churches. Explore how the performed with an ear for detail and assured command of exquisite historical different acoustics of the Eisenstadt Palace and instruments, which makes Latitude 37 such a noteworthy Baroque ensemble. the Hanover Square Rooms influenced Haydn's writing in his symphonies, and how Wagner INFORMATION created a completely new sound-world for Tue 7 August 11am — morning tea BIBER Ciacona from Mensa Sonora Pars III opera in his new theatre at Bayreuth. served from 10am BUXTEHUDE Quemadmodum Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour Latitude 37 with guest artists INFORMATION no interval) David Greco baritone Tue 7 August 6.30pm BRUHNS De profundis Lizzy Welsh Baroque violin Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour no interval) BIBER Nisi Dominus Nicholas Pollock theorbo Cameron Hough speaker BECKER Paduan from Musicalische Tickets $53 Ensemble Gombert Frühlings-Fruchte Presented by Musica Viva Tickets $10 TUNDER Da mihi Domine Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

18 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • AUGUST ANAM Prize Winners Dale in the Salon Barltrop

Each year the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) recognises fine achievement through a number of awards and prizes. This concert showcases performances by three award winners: flutist Eliza Shephard, pianist Berta Brozgul and violinist Tiffany Cheng.

INFORMATION Wed 8 August 6pm Enjoy the colourful and imaginative orchestral works of the 18th century when Melbourne Salon (One hour no interval) Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster, Dale Barltrop, directs musicians through two of CHOPIN Scherzo No.3 in C-sharp minor, Bach’s glorious Brandenburg Concertos. To contrast these colourful works, the program Op.39 also includes several very gripping 21st-century creations, including Vox Amoris, where MESSIAEN No.20 ‘Regard de l’Église composer Pēteris Vasks uses solo violin to weave a love story that scales a staggeringly vast d’amour’ from Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus emotional soundscape. BOULEZ Sonatine for flute & piano INFORMATION JULIAN YU Passacaglia after Biber for solo violin Thu 9 August 7.30pm A reserve $79* ($74 conc)* BAZZINI La Ronde des Lutins Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour & B reserve $59* ($54 conc)* ROTA Trio for flute, violin & piano 50-mins incl. interval) C reserve $49* Eliza Shephard flute J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No.1 & No.3 D reserve $39* Tiffany Cheng violin CARL VINE Smith’s Alchemy *Prices are subject to change without notice Berta Brozgul piano PĒTERIS VASKS Vox Amoris Presented by Melbourne Symphony Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Dale Barltrop violin/director Orchestra Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Bach & Brahms LOCAL HEROES Innocence Found SOUTHBANK SERIES This program features the greatest double-choir writing of the Beethoven was a headstrong and proud revolutionary, his music 18th and 19th centuries. Bach's ‘Singet dem Herrn ein Neues Lied’ bold and unrelenting. Yet revealed in his Fifth Piano Trio is a may be a tour de force that is unmatched in the choral literature, warm and tender side, filled with irresistible charm. Effortlessly but Brahms' two late sets of motets, though lesser known, are sprouting the parlance of his classical forebears, Beethoven’s among the composer's greatest creations, worthy to stand music is mellow and intimate, capped off with a sizzling gypsy alongside his finest chamber and symphonic works.Ensemble finale.Benaud Trio takes this opportunity to introduce Adelaide- Gombert is Melbourne’s outstanding chamber choir. Noted for its based composer Jakub Jankowski to Melbourne audiences. His pure intonation and historic approach to choral sound and style, Second Piano Trio reveals how innocence can survive despair and the Choir has championed these works over the past 20 years. disarray. Formed in Melbourne in early 2005, the Trio is one of Australia’s finest chamber ensembles featuring pianist Amir Farid, INFORMATION violinist Lachlan Bramble and cellist Ewen Bramble. Thu 9 August 6pm BRAHMS ‘Fest- und Salon (One hour no interval) Gedenksprüche’, Op.109 & ‘Drei INFORMATION J.S. BACH ‘Komm, Jesu, komm’ Motetten’, Op.110 Sat 11 August 3pm & 6pm Benaud Trio BWV 229, ‘Ich lasse dich nicht’ Ensemble Gombert JAKUB JANKOWSKI Piano Tickets $39 ($29 conc) & ‘Singet dem Herrn ein Neues Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Trio No.2 Presented by Melbourne Recital Lied’ Presented by Melbourne Recital BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in Centre & Benaud Trio Centre & Ensemble Gombert E-flat, Op.70, No.2

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Free Music with Stiletto Sisters

It’s an open-door policy for you to come in and discover something new or hear local artists rehearse new Species works, new programs and try out new ideas. While it’s not a concert, it’s a way for you to gain an insight into the secret workings of our finest Off the back of their first European appearances,Rubiks Collective presents Species — an ensembles. This month experience the all-Australian program showcasing the voices of our country's young composers. Experience Stiletto Sisters and their seductive three innovative and thought-provoking premieres from rising Melbourne composers Samuel blend of Hungarian gypsy, tango and Smith, Jacob Abela and Samantha Wolf, the winner of Rubiks’ inaugural Pythia Prize. Species also love songs from around the world. features the Lewis Caroll-inspired work Lobster Tales and Turtle Soup by Sydney-based composer, Holly Harrison. INFORMATION INFORMATION Mon 13 August 12 noon Salon (One hour) Mon 13 August 6pm SAMANTHA WOLF Want Not Stiletto Sisters Salon (70-mins no interval) Rubiks Collective FREE SAMUEL SMITH Species Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital HOLLY HARRISON Lobster Tales and Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Centre Turtle Soup Rubiks Collective JACOB ABELA new work

20 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • AUGUST 'I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT ... A SUMPTUOUS FEAST FOR THE SENSES, A DIZZYING DISPLAY OF SOUND AND VISION BY A GUITARIST ALREADY RENOWNED FOR HER INNOVATION ... I REPEAT: DO NOT MISS THIS.' BOSTON GLOBE

Kaki King & Marc Ribot

Hailed by Rolling Stone as 'a genre unto herself', composer and guitarist Kaki King is a true iconoclast. Over the past 13 years the Brooklyn-based artist has released eight extraordinarily diverse and distinctive albums, performing with such icons as Foo Fighters, Timbaland and The Mountain Goats. Her latest work, The Neck Is A Bridge To The Body, is Kaki at her visionary best — deconstructing and redefining the role of the solo instrumental artist. This groundbreaking new multi-media performance uses projection mapping to present the guitar as an ontological tabula rasa in a creation myth unlike any other.

Marc Ribot, who The New York Times describes as ‘a deceptively articulate artist who uses inarticulateness as an expressive device’, has released over 20 albums under his own name over a 30-year career, in which he has explored everything from the pioneering jazz of Albert Ayler to works by the Cuban son of Arsenio Rodriguez. Renowned for his work beside rock legends and musical idols, including Tom Waits, Laurie Anderson, Robert Plant and Elvis Costello, Ribot's inimitable stage presence has been lauded by music lovers around the world. Join us as the celebrated and pioneering guitarist plays favourites from his vast back catalogue.

INFORMATION Mon 13 August 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Three hours & 10-mins incl. interval) Kaki King vocals/guitar (U.S.A.) Marc Ribot vocals/guitar (U.S.A.) A reserve $59 B reserve $49 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre by arrangement with Top Shelf.

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Experience a terrific celebration of the violin in all its moods with Ray Chen

Growing up in Brisbane, Ray moved to the U.S.A. in his teens to pursue intensive violin studies. Reminiscence: Since then, his soloist appearances with great orchestras around the world have amplified his Liszt & Love appeal as a heart-stopping virtuoso. On his return to Australia, Ray is joined by his regular playing partner, acclaimed French pianist Julien Quentin. Experience the players' jaw- Reminiscence: Liszt & Love is primarily dropping pyrotechnics and heartfelt artistry as they perform works by Beethoven, Grieg and narrated by Lina Ramann, Liszt’s only official Ravel plus a thrilling world premiere of a new work by composer Matthew Hindson. biographer, who in the 1880s wrestled with her desire to present the truth against the INFORMATION constant censoring and editing of Princess Tue 14 & Sat 25 August 7pm Caroline and Liszt himself. This serves as the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) backdrop to a selection of Liszt’s songs and piano solo compositions. Program One (Tue 14 August) Program Two (Sat 25 August) *commissioned for Musica Viva BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata VITALI (attrib) Chaconne for Ray Chen violin INFORMATION No.1 in D, Op.12, No.1 violin & continuo in G minor Julien Quentin piano Tue 14 August 6pm GRIEG Violin Sonata No.2 FRANCK Sonata in A for (France) Salon (One hour no interval) in G, Op.13 violin & piano Premium $136 ($118 conc) Various songs and solo piano works by Liszt. MATTHEW HINDSON new YSAŸE Sonata for solo violin A reserve $113 ($98 conc) The Parlour work* in D minor, Op.27, No.3 B reserve $79 ($69 conc) Tickets $39 ($29 conc) FALLA (arr. Kochanski) Suite MATTHEW HINDSON new C reserve $53 ($46 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & populaire espagnole work* Presented by Musica Viva The Parlour MONTI Czárdás RAVEL Tzigane

SPOTLIGHT SERIES NATURAL LANDSCAPES

Brown & Breen harness the expressive intensity of two pianos to take us on an emotional journey that celebrates the power of Beijing Guitar Duo & Grigoryan Brothers nature and its influence over music. This extraordinary program features Rimsky-Korsakov’s heart- The Australian tour of the four-time Aria winning Grigoryan stopping Flight of the Bumblebee, works from iconic Australian Brothers and the internationally renowned Beijing Guitar Duo composer Ross Edwards, plus Debussy’s rarely-heard Lindaraja to is a platform for each duo to present the unique talents that have commemorate the centenary of the composer’s death, and more. brought them worldwide praise. The acclaimed duos come together to delve into each other’s INFORMATION cultures, focusing on Australian music, Chinese music and some Thu 16 August 6pm STRAVINSKY Highlights from European Classical repertoire. Join us for an astounding evening Salon (One hour no interval) The Firebird Suite transcribed of guitar virtuosity in the evocative space of the Elisabeth RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (arr. Greg for two pianos Murdoch Hall. Anderson) Flight of the Brown & Breen Piano Duo INFORMATION Bumblebee Tickets $39 ($29 conc) ROSS EDWARDS A Flight of Presented by Melbourne Recital Thu 16 August 7.30pm Meng Su guitar Sunbirds & Bird Morning Centre and Brown & Breen Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two Yameng Wang guitar DEBUSSY Lindaraja Piano Duo hours incl. interval) Tickets $50 ($40 conc) RAVEL Mothergoose Suite Supported by the Robert Salzer Slava & Leonard Grigoryan Presented by Melbourne Recital Foundation guitar Centre & Raz Music

22 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • AUGUST Australian Girls Choir in Concert

A spectacular showcase of song and dance, the Australian Girls Choir stuns audiences with their exquisite singing, dazzling dance steps and passionate performance. Like no other choir you’ve seen before, these girls perform with vibrancy and energy, which is how they have sung their way into the hearts of thousands of people worldwide. Let this enchanting performance take you on a musical journey featuring varied and entertaining repertoire.

INFORMATION Sat 18 August 7pm Australian Girls Choir Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour & 45-mins Tickets $50 ($38 conc) — on sale 2 July incl. interval) Presented by Australian Girls Choir

Mountain Black/ The musical partnership between Simone Simone Young Young and musicians from the Australian Turbine Sky National Academy of Music (ANAM) has Percussion glinting in chrome. Conducts Brahms provided Melbourne with many enduring Electronics shot in silver. Mountain Black/ musical memories — a Brahms series of Turbine Sky is a 21st-century rite, where searching intensity and last year’s technology, prehistory and the Homo Turangalîla-Symphonie being just two sapiens' ambition entwine. Experience a highlights of this collaboration. Her 2018 conceptual and thought-provoking concert with the ANAM Orchestra features performance that explores the auditory repertoire that spans over a century of future of our communities, questioning German lineage. Sixty years separate the whether the unstoppable force of contented world of Brahms' elegiac Third exponential human growth has ruled Symphony from Strauss’ sorrow-laden out the possibility of reconciling with Metamorphosen of 1944. Strauss’ threnody for ancient mysteries and vast landscapes of the Germany that lay in ruins about him the world. teeters precariously on the edge of this world INFORMATION and another. Fri 17 August 6pm INFORMATION Salon (One hour no interval) ROTOR ASSEMBLY Mountain Black/ Sun 19 August 5pm Simone Young conductor Turbine Sky Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour & ANAM Orchestra Rotor Assembly 45-mins incl. interval) Tickets $75 ($48 conc & $60 senior) Tickets $39 ($29 conc) WOLFGANG RIHM Ernster Gesang Presented by Australian National Academy Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre R STRAUSS Metamorphosen of Music (ANAM) and JOLT BRAHMS Symphony No.3 in F, Op.90

Horsley & Williams Duo and guest vocal ensemble Alilo, directed by celebrated GEORGIAN GRACE ethnomusicologist Nino Tsitsishvili, explore the heritage of Georgian traditional music. Folk instruments, including the plucked string panduri and recorder-like salamuri, support LOCAL HEROES the beautiful harmony created by the vocalists. A finishing touch on this superb program is the world premiere of a new work by emerging Australian composer Jakob Bragg, which captures his response to the ethereal resonance of traditional Georgian music.

INFORMATION Tue 21 August 6pm Horsley & Williams Duo Salon (One hour no interval) Alilo Traditional music from Tushuri, Northeast Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Georgia, and Meskheti, Southern Georgia. Presented by Melbourne Reictal Centre & JAKOB BRAGG new work (world premiere) Horsley Williams Duo

FOR BOOKINGS VISIT MELBOURNERECITAL.COM.AU OR PHONE 03 9699 3333 • TRANSACTION & DELIVERY FEES MAY APPLY 23 SOUTHBANK SERIES At Home in the World DIDO & AENEAS Purcell's much-loved Dido & Aeneas is his only true opera and entirely vocal dramatic work. Originally performed by students at Josias To be a musician is to be a traveller. In Baroque Europe, players traversed countries, languages Priest's Girls' School in London, it contains and styles, in search of beauty, employment, enlightenment and those rare musical connections some of his most famous arias, including Dido's precious enough to build a life around. In 2005, a series of chance encounters led recorder Lament, ‘When I Am Laid in Earth’. The player Genevieve Lacey, bassoonist Jane Gower and harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen to talented young singers of Victorian College of debut as an ensemble. Their stories mirror the tales of the composers whose music they play, the Arts Secondary School join Ludovico's tracing the cosmopolitan lives of musicians at home in the world and celebrating the musical Band, one of Australia’s most dynamic Baroque internationalism of 18th-century Europe. bands, for this memorable production. INFORMATION INFORMATION Wed 22 August 6pm Genevieve Lacey recorders Tue 21 August 6.30pm Salon (One hour no interval) Jane Gower bassoon Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour no interval) VIVALDI Sonata in A minor for recorder, Lars Ulrick Mortensen harpsichord PURCELL Dido & Aeneas bassoon & continuo Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Ludovico's Band ROMAN Sonata No.4 in G for recorder & Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre VCASS Student Choir continuo Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano (Dido) TELEMANN Sonata in F minor, TWV 41:f1 Bethany Hill soprano (Belinda) COUPERIN Prélude non mesurée in G Tickets $39 ($29 conc) DE LA BARRE Sonata in G, Book 2,9, Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & ‘L'inconnue’ for recorder & continuo Ludovico's Band

PIANO SERIES Poetical The Lure of Melodies the East Elegiac & Daring Explore the influence of music from the East on composers

The strings of the Australian Romantic from the West. & Classical Orchestra take centre stage Geoffrey Saba explores the works of Ravel as they perform poetical melodies from and Debussy and presents a new work by the the Romantic period in works by Surabaya-based Krisna Setiawan, inspired by Mendelssohn, Grieg, Van Bree, Puccini Javanese gamelan. Ponder the fascinating and Dvořák. Directed by concertmaster nuances of composing through works that Rachael Beesley, this concert highlights bring to mind endless sources of inspiration the rich and expressive qualities of the and their journey to leave such vast and 19th century historically informed unshakeable impressions on the listener. performance style. INFORMATION Thu 23 August 6pm INFORMATION Salon (Two hours incl. interval) Wed 22 August 7.30pm PUCCINI Crisantemi DEBUSSY (arr. Borwick) Prélude à l’après-midi Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours DVOŘÁK Serenade in E for strings, Op.22 d’un faune incl. interval) Rachael Beesley director DEBUSSY Preludes Book I MENDELSSOHN String Symphony in Australian Romantic & Classical KRISNA SETIAWAN Ladrang Basa Priyo B Minor, No.10 Orchestra RAVEL Sonatine GRIEG Elegiac Melodies, Op.34 & From Premium $95 DEBUSSY L’i sle joyeuse Holberg’s Time, Op.40 ‘Holberg Suite’ A reserve $75 ($65 conc) Geoffrey Saba piano VAN BREE Allegro in D minor for four Presented by Australian Romantic & Margaret Kartomi pre-concert speaker string quartets Classical Orchestra Tickets $50 ($40 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

24 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • AUGUST LOCAL HEROES

A Shostakovich HEARING THE BLOOD Celebration Barney McAll has performed with a veritable who's who of international jazz artists over the last 20 years, while living in New York City, and has distilled his experience and vision into his newest recording, Hearing the Blood. Playing all-new music by the Grammy The Shostakovich Piano Quintet is one of the composer’s most popular works. Its direct nominated, ARIA winning pianist, this emotional power and raw intensity guarantee a thrilling adventure and captivating concert is a collaborative celebration featuring storyline. Concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sophie Rowell, joins the very finest improvising musicians in celebrated pianist Kristian Chong and his friends to share this extraordinary 20th- Australia. Let Barney and his worthy century masterpiece. Placed alongside this is one of Shostakovich’s most chilling constituents take you on a dazzling journey compositions, his Sonata for Viola and Piano, and joining Kristian for this is one of of spirit music and lyricism. Australia’s most exciting and lauded viola players, Christopher Moore, principal viola of INFORMATION the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Fri 24 August 7pm INFORMATION Salon (One hour no interval) Mon 27 August 6pm Sophie Rowell violin Barney McAll piano Salon (One hour no interval) Matthew Tomkins violin Julien Wilson saxophone SHOSTAKOVICH Sonata for viola & piano, Christopher Moore viola Theo Carbo guitar Op.147 Rachael Tobin cello Sam Anning bass SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Kristian Chong piano drums Leigh Fisher Op.57 Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Tickets $30 ($25 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Kristian Chong Barney McAll

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Acclaimed Australian jazz vocalist Tamara Kuldin pays homage to those illustrious Ensemble Liaison with Greta Bradman blonde vocalists, visionaries and vixens of Ensemble Liaison & Friends is a unique concert series presented by three internationally song, seamlessly traversing genres with her acclaimed musicians — David Griffiths (clarinet), Svetlana Bogosavljevic (cello) and Timothy Young own sultry, warm and intoxicating (piano). Greta Bradman joins Ensemble Liaison to sing John Tavener’s intensely beautiful and arrangements. From sweethearts of the silver spiritual Akhmatova Songs and Schubert’s virtuoso showpiece The Shepherd on the Rock. Three of screen to blues sirens to pop songbirds, Blonde the greatest French composers complete the program, with Ravel’s exotic Madegascan songs, one is a stunning celebration of cult classics and of Fauré’s final works, his Trio in D minor, and Poulenc’s Trio for clarinet, cello and piano. contemporary favourites illuminated by the likes of Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, INFORMATION Sophie Tucker, Peggy Lee, Eva Cassidy, Dolly Mon 27 August 7pm RAVEL Chansons Madecasses Parton, Blondie and Joni Mitchell. Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (90-mins incl. Ensemble Liaison interval) Greta Bradman soprano INFORMATION TAVENER Akhmatova Songs Tickets $50 ($40 conc) Sat 25 August 7pm FAURÉ Trio in D minor Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Salon (One hour no interval) SCHUBERT The Shepherd on the Rock, D.965, Ensemble Liaison Tamara Kuldin vocals Op. posth. 129 Tickets $30 ($25 conc) POULENC (arr. Ensemble Liaison) Trio Op.43 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & for clarinet, cello & piano Tamara Kuldin

FOR BOOKINGS VISIT MELBOURNERECITAL.COM.AU OR PHONE 03 9699 3333 • TRANSACTION & DELIVERY FEES MAY APPLY 25 At the heart of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber's style is unpredictability. His works burst with Biber's Violin imagination, captivating audiences today as they did during the 17th century. Continuo Collective's program reveals Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, a virtuoso of the violin who pushed LOCAL HEROES the instrument further than any one of his predecessors. This concert features his Sonatas II, V, VI and his Sonata Representativa, which mimics several animals including the nightingale, cuckoo, frog, hen and cat. The Collective delights in presenting rarely heard music on rare and beautiful instruments with a passion for exploring the role of plucked instruments in the improvisatory art of basso continuo and as an accompaniment to other instruments.

INFORMATION Tue 28 August 6pm Continuo Collective Salon (One hour no interval) Rachael Beesley violin The music of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber. Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Continuo Collective

Formed in 1992, Bang on a Can All-Stars is recognized worldwide for its ultra-dynamic live BANG ON performances and recordings of today’s most innovative music. Freely crossing the boundaries between classical, jazz, rock, world and experimental music, this six-member amplified ensemble has consistently forged a distinct category-defying identity, taking music A CAN into uncharted territories. Performing each year throughout the U.S. and internationally, the All-Stars have shattered the definition of what concert music is today. ALL-STARS Together, the All-Stars have worked in unprecedented and close collaboration with some of the most important and inspiring musicians of our time, created landmark recordings and been awarded Musical America’s Ensemble of the Year. The San Francisco Chronicle has heralded them as ‘the country’s most important vehicle for contemporary music’.

INFORMATION Tue 28 August 7.30pm A reserve $65 Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & B reserve $55 20-mins incl. interval) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and Bang on a Can All-Stars (U.S.A.) the State Government of Victoria as part of MEL&NYC

26 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • AUGUST Pines of Rome Melbourne Youth Orchestras (MYO) present Pines of Rome. Joined by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Czech Masters Michelle Wood, this daring program Experience a spectrum of gorgeous music by Czech masters. celebrates and challenges MYO’s young learners with works from Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Verdi and Puccini. The program Duo Chamber Melange is a wonderful partnership between Ivana Tomaskova (violin) concludes with Pines of Rome, the richly and Tamara Smolyar (piano) whose versatile repertoire embraces classical and detailed second piece in Ottorino contemporary music as well as world premieres of renowned Australian, European and Respighi’s 'Roman Triptych' composed American composers. Experience a spectrum of gorgeous music by Czech masters in 1924. František Benda, Dvořák, Suk and a world premiere of Romanian composer Teodorescu- Ciocanea’s Aphrodite for solo piano. Launching with Benda’s energetic Sonata for violin INFORMATION and piano, the program turns cosmic with Teodorescu-Ciocanea’s spiritual Aphrodite for Sun 2 September 2.30pm solo piano. Contrasted with Dvořák’s brilliant but moody and rarely performed Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (90-mins incl. masterpiece, Sonata in F, and the demanding Four Pieces by Suk with its passionate and interval) romantic melodies. TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio Italien ELGAR Cello Concerto INFORMATION VERDI La forza del destino: Overture Fri 31 August 6.30pm SUK Four pieces for violin & piano, Op.17 PUCCINI Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut Salon (One hour no interval) Duo Chamber Melange RESPIGHI Pines of Rome BENDA Sonata in A for violin & piano Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Michelle Wood cello LIVIA TEODORESCU-CIOCĂNEA Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and Brett Kelly guest conductor Aphrodite for solo piano (world premiere) Duo Chamber Melange Melbourne Youth Orchestra DVOŘÁK Sonata in F for violin & piano, Tickets $29 ($22 conc) Op.57 Presented by Melbourne Youth Orchestras

There’s simply nothing like the sound of a great brass quintet — bold, sparkling and with the Australian Brass air-shaking splendour of perfectly tuned harmonics. With more than 15 years of experience playing together in different ensembles, the five virtuosi of theAustralian Brass Quintet Quintet bring finesse and sensitivity in equal measure to every concert they play. This program is a magnificent collage of dances, spirituals and fanfares from around the world, which culminates with Joan Tower’s glistening Copperwave.

INFORMATION Tue 4 September 11am, coffee & cake from 10am JOAN TOWER Copperwave Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour no interval) ENRIQUE CRESPO Three Spirituals LUTOSŁAWSKI Mini Overture Australian Brass Quintet ENCINA (arr. Kinmont) Five Dances Tickets $53 (Under 30 $20) BERNSTEIN (arr. Gale) Selections from West Presented by Musica Viva Side Story

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In the Green Forest Stiletto Sisters have been wooing audiences for the past 12 years with their seductive blend ITALIAN FLUTE of Hungarian gypsy, tango and love songs from around the world. Travel deep into the MAGIC! green forest, far into the mountains to the East, as if, like a fairy tale, a mysterious sound Following sell-out concerts in London, Berlin and Malaysia, Michael Woods returns with the echoes through the smoke-filled air. Be Chamber Orchestra at St Paul’s for a brilliant concert of Baroque and classical favourites, transported as three beautiful girls perform featuring two of the most iconic works in the flute repertoire. Widely-acclaimed Italian exotic and enticing melodies from Macedonia, virtuoso Luisa Sello performs the C.P.E. Bach Flute Concerto, followed by Cimarosa’s Serbia, Romania, Greece and Hungary. Concerto for two flutes with internationally renowned flautist Derek Jones.

INFORMATION INFORMATION Tue 4 September 6pm Wed 5 September 7.30pm MOZART Symphony No.25 in G minor, K.183 Salon (One hour no interval) Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour & Luisa Sello & Derek Jones flute Traditional melodies from Macedonia, Serbia, 45-mins incl. interval) Michael Woods director Romania, Greece and Hungary SALIERI Sinfonia Veneziana in D Chamber Orchestra at St Paul’s Stiletto Sisters C.P.E. BACH Concerto for flute in D minor Tickets $60 ($35 conc) Tickets $39 ($29 conc) H.425 Presented by Down-Under Concert Direction Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & CIMAROSA Concerto for two flutes in G Stiletto Sisters

PIANO SERIES The Wanderer

Praised for his ‘superstar qualities’ (Le Libre), Australian pianist David Fung has performed with the major orchestras of the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia, and has appeared at the world’s foremost festivals and concert venues. David debuts in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall as part of our Piano Series to bring his nuanced and articulate playing to performances of Mozart, Schubert, Ravel and more.

INFORMATION Fire & Water Tue 4 September 6.30pm Western classical music blends with Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours traditional Eastern rhythms and melodies in incl. interval) OCEAN, a one-of-a-kind group comprising LOUIS CHIAPPETTA This Is No Less some of Melbourne’s foremost classical and Curious III world music performers. In this intimate SCHUBERT Fantasie in C, D.760, must-see performance, all who appreciate the ‘Wanderer’ depths of music will admire the group’s finesse MOZART Piano Sonata No.17 in B-flat, across a multitude of instruments from the K.570 yayli tambur to the viola and violin. RACHMANINOFF Preludes, Op.32 (selections) INFORMATION RAVEL (arr. Fung) La Valse Fri 7 September 6pm David Fung piano Salon (One hour no interval) Tickets $50 ($40 conc) OCEAN Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & OCEAN

28 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • SEPTEMBER IN MEMORIAM – MOZART REQUIEM España! Mozart’s enduringly popular Requiem remained unfinished when the composer died in 1791 and its eventual completion by others has remained a source of controversy. This illuminating concert sets the Requiem against other works on the theme of remembrance, showcasing the Described by Gramophone as ‘a thoughtful passion and poignancy of these musician of considerable taste and technical contrasting musical gems through prowess’, Swiss-born Christoph Denoth is exceptional performances by the one of the world’s finest guitarists. In his James Morrison with Melbourne Bach Choir and Orchestra Australian debut, Christoph joins Melbourne His Jazz Orchestra and four outstanding soloists. Chamber Orchestra for a passionate celebration of life, love and dance through the Long-established jazz legend James Morrison INFORMATION music of Spain, including Rodrigo’s treasured has captivated audiences over decades of Sat 8 September 8pm Concierto de Aranjuez and the music of thrilling performances in the world’s greatest Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & Albéniz, Malats and Granados. concert halls and jazz venues. The multi- 15-mins incl. interval) INFORMATION instrumentalist has also become a prominent MOZART Requiem educator through the establishment of his J.S. BACH Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, Sun 9 September 2.30pm acclaimed Academy of Music. In recent years, Cantata BWV 12 Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. he and the young talent in his Academy Jazz MOZART Aria Kommet her, ihr frechen interval) Orchestra have stunned audiences with their Sünder, K.146 TURINA La oración del torero renditions of Georgia on My Mind and What a STRAVINSKY In memoriam Dylan Thomas ALBÉNIZ Leyenda, Torre Bermeja Wonderful World and they return to ARVO PÄRT Cantus in memoriam MALATS Serenata Melbourne to perform an exhilarating live set Benjamin Britten ALBÉNIZ España: I, II, III, V, VI in the perfect acoustic surrounds of Elisabeth Jacqueline Porter soprano GRANADOS Danzas Españolas III, V, VI Murdoch Hall. Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez Andrew Goodwin tenor Christoph Denoth guitar INFORMATION Andrew Jones baritone William Hennessy director Fri 7 September 7.30pm Rick Prakhoff conductor Michael Dahlenberg conductor Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 20-mins Melbourne Bach Choir & Orchestra Melbourne Chamber Orchestra incl. interval) Premium $125 ($110 conc) Premium $130 ($120 conc) James Morrison with His Jazz Orchestra A reserve $110 ($95 conc) A reserve $109 ($97 conc) A reserve $79 B reserve $95 ($80 conc) B reserve $87 ($76 conc) B reserve $69 C reserve $70 ($55 conc) C reserve $64 ($53 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Presented by Melbourne Bach Choir Presented by Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

Free Music Transforming Strauss & Mozart As Richard Strauss got older, he became fascinated by the textures of with Penny Quartet chamber music, with his powerful Metamorphosen being a dazzling Join us in the beautifully intimate Salon example. Traditionally performed by 23 string players, here you’ll for a free open rehearsal featuring witness it stripped back to its raw, powerful core by the wonderful some of Melbourne’s finest chamber Australian Chamber Orchestra. Together with Mozart, Bach, musicians. Formed at the Australian Dowland and Wagner, this is a program full of emotional vivacity not National Academy of Music (ANAM) in to be missed. 2014, Penny Quartet has quickly emerged as a fresh, interpretative voice INFORMATION of chamber music. Don't miss this rare Mon 10 September 7.30pm MOZART Grande Sestetto treat to get to the heart of their inner Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (2 hours Concertante musical workings. incl. interval) Australian Chamber Orchestra DOWLAND Lachrimæ Antiquæ Premium $135 ($116 conc) INFORMATION WAGNER (arr. Gürtler) Prelude A reserve $129 ($110 conc) Mon 10 September 12 noon to Tristan und Isolde B reserve $101 ($89 conc) Salon (One hour no interval) BACH ‘Ricercar a 6’ from C reserve $79 ($66 conc) Penny Quartet Musical Offering D reserve $54 ($47 conc) FREE R STRAUSS (arr. Leopold) Presented by Australian Chamber Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Metamorphosen Orchestra

FOR BOOKINGS VISIT MELBOURNERECITAL.COM.AU OR PHONE 03 9699 3333 • TRANSACTION & DELIVERY FEES MAY APPLY 29 When it comes to Viennese classicism, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra is in a class of its own. This intimate-sized orchestra brings its trademark vitality, nuance and finesse to Schubert’s aptly named ‘Great’ Symphony. And for Romantic lushness, acclaimed soprano Siobhan Stagg sings Tasmanian Symphony ravishing orchestral songs by Richard Tim Stevens Trio Strauss. This uplifting concert also features Orchestra sought-after Australian composer Richard Mills’ reflective Impromptu, after Schubert. Tim Stevens composed 366 new pieces in 2016 — one each day. In this intimate INFORMATION concert, Stevens presents a selection of Thu 13 September 7.30pm Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra these standout works with the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. Premium $99 ($93 conc) collaborative and expressive combination interval) A reserve $82 ($72 conc) of Ben Robertson (double bass) and Dave RICHARD MILLS Impromptu, after Schubert B reserve $72 ($66 conc) Beck (drums). Tim Stevens Trio has four R. STRAUSS Orchestral Songs C reserve $33 distinctive albums to its name, the most SCHUBERT Symphony No.9 Presented by Tasmanian Symphony recent being Scare Quotes. With Siobhan Stagg soprano Orchestra influences ranging across musical genres Johannes Fritzsch conductor and periods, the work of this Trio has developed into a distinctive presence on the Australian improvised music scene. OPERATIC MOZART MOSTLY MOZART INFORMATION Above all, Mozart is renowned for his great operas, and in this performance we get the Thu 13 September 6pm opportunity to spend an hour in the company of a most memorable cast of characters Salon (One hour no interval) brought to life by musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM). Tim Stevens piano The plot concerns the attempt of the hero, Belmonte, to rescue his beloved Konstanze from Ben Robertson double bass the harem of Pasha Selim. Mozart personally conducted the first performance of this lively Dave Beck drums work and it has become an enduring favourite in opera houses. Tickets $30 ($25 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & INFORMATION Tim Stevens Fri 14 September 11am Lyndon Watts bassoon Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (70-mins no interval) Marie-Luise Neunecker French horn MOZART (arr. Mozart) The Abduction from ANAM Musicians the Seraglio, K.384 Tickets $49 ($42 conc/senior) Philip Lambert narrator Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Nick Deutsch oboe Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) David Thomas clarinet

INFORMATION Sat 15 September 7pm & Sun 16 September 5pm TRIO MUSIC: REIMAGINED Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Led by drummer Chris Broomhead, TELEMANN Overture in F, TWV 55:F3 Refraction fits perfectly in the modern VIVALDI Violin Concerto in E minor, RV 273 jazz trio universe. Their debut album, As LOCATELLI Introduttioni Teatrali, Op.4/1, We Were, was nominated in The Age Music ‘Capriccio’ (3b) from Concerto in D, Op.3/1 & Victoria Awards 2015 for ‘Best Jazz’ Album. Introduttioni Teatrali, Op.4/5 Refraction brings the lyrical and melodic GREGORI Concerti Grossi, Op.2, Nos.8, 4 & 2 sensibility of their music to the unique HEINICHEN Flute Concerto in D, S 225 space of the Salon in a one-hour PISENDEL Violin Concerto in G, JunP 1.4.c performance that features pieces from Stefano Montanari guest director/Baroque their three recordings in addition to some THE BURNING VIOLIN violin (Italy) new compositions. Melissa Farrow Baroque flute Hear familiar pieces with a rebellious new Australian Brandenburg Orchestra INFORMATION perspective as star Baroque violinist Premium $165 Fri 14 September 7pm Stefano Montanari draws you into his A reserve $145 Salon (One hour no interval) explosive playing and outstanding B reserve $115 ($76 conc) Refraction command of the music. Montanari joins the C reserve $85 ($56 conc) Tickets $30 ($25 conc) Australian Brandenburg Orchestra for a D reserve $55 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & thrilling performance of vivid concertos by E reserve $30 Refraction Vivaldi, Heinichen, Pisendel and more. Presented by Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

30 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • SEPTEMBER Masterpieces of the Early 20th Century Following their acclaimed cycle of the Beethoven Sonatas, the spirited duo of Glenn Christensen (violin, Australian Chamber Orchestra and Lyrebird Trio) and Stewart Kelly (piano) feature in the Stewart Kelly and Friends series with a program exploring Archduke Trio masterpieces of the early 20th century. The recital investigates the astonishing variety of Beethoven’s astonishing final Piano Trio, ‘Archduke’, is the climax of his contribution to the styles evident at the time, from Stravinsky’s genre and one of the pinnacles of the piano trio repertoire. This grand and joyous work will neo-Baroque suite to the war-weary sonata be performed by two Melbourne artists, pianist Benjamin Martin and violinist William by Poulenc, with the white hot virtuosity of Hennessy, with extraordinary Singapore-based cello star Li-Wei Qin. Evoking an exclusive Szymanowski and charming salon pieces private atmosphere, enjoy gourmet canapés and premium wines before and after the by Sibelius. performance as well as a meet and talk with the musicians at the post-concert function. INFORMATION INFORMATION Mon 17 September 6pm Tue 18 September 6pm Tickets $199 Salon (One hour no interval) Salon (Two hours no interval) Presented by Melbourne Chamber STRAVINSKY Suite Italienne BEETHOVEN Piano Trio, ‘Archduke’, Op.97 Orchestra POULENC Sonata for violin & piano William Hennessy violin SIBELIUS Fives Pieces for violin & piano Li-Wei Qin cello SZYMANOWSKI Nocturne and Tarantella, Benjamin Martin piano Op.28 Stewart Kelly and Friends Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Stewart Kelly and Friends MYTHIC Young soloists and ensembles from the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (VCASS) perform a program celebrating exceptional Australian women in music. Hear Elena Kats-Chernin’s darkly brooding Mythic, plus the world premiere of a new work for 10 players composed by Andrea Keller in HUSH 18 FEATURING collaboration with VCASS improvisation students themselves. The program additionally ACO COLLECTIVE explores Beethoven’s Symphony No.8 and Vivaldi’s uplifting Gloria. Celebrated charity the Hush Foundation encourage environments of calm in children’s INFORMATION hospitals and beyond using the sympathetic delights of music. Acclaimed ensemble ACO Wed 19 September 7.30pm Collective perform new compositions created Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) for the foundation by six well-known and six BEETHOVEN Symphony No.8 in F, Op.93 emerging Australian composers which are ELENA KATS-CHERNIN Mythic inspired by the stories of young people with ANDREA KELLER new work (world premiere) chronic illness and mental health challenges VIVALDI Gloria in children’s hospitals around the country. Warwick Stengårds conductor Students of the VCA Secondary School INFORMATION Premium $45 ($35 conc) A reserve $35 Mon 17 September 7pm Presented by Victorian College of the Arts Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (75-mins no interval) Secondary School ACO Collective Tickets $50 ($40 conc) Presented by the Hush Foundation

FOR BOOKINGS VISIT MELBOURNERECITAL.COM.AU OR PHONE 03 9699 3333 • TRANSACTION & DELIVERY FEES MAY APPLY 31 The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Join the University of Melbourne Symphony I Put a Spell on You Lucid Dreaming 2 Orchestra as they take you on an ocean voyage Julia Messenger’s exquisite vocal technique — first with Alice Humphries’ Tides and then and her unique ability to get to the heart and Melbourne Recital Centre’s 2018 Artist-in- with Elgar’s beautifully crafted setting of five soul of a song has earned her rave reviews Residence Genevieve Lacey is joined by sea poems, Sea Pictures. Let the music pull on around the world. I Put a Spell on You is no pianist Aura Go, singer/songwriter Bertie your emotions — from despair to triumph — different, with theJulia Messenger Quintet Blackman and artist Brook Andrew to share with Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5, which weaving magic into well-loved repertoire, from their vision for arts in Australia. Discover has remained one of his most popular works. the timeless to the fleeting, melding the roots the ideas that have shaped the artists’ of her interpretative Nu-jazz style with a classic INFORMATION imaginations as they delve into realms of jazz approach infused with soul. This show radical and compassionate dreaming. Fri 21 September 7.30pm pays tribute to cherished artists such as Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (90-mins incl. interval) Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughn, INFORMATION ALICE HUMPHRIES Tides (world premiere) Strayhorn, Gershwin and many more Thu 20 September 6pm ELGAR Sea Pictures distinguished jazz legends. Salon (One hour no interval) SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.5 Genevieve Lacey host Richard Davis conductor INFORMATION Aura Go pianist Heather Fletcher contralto Sat 22 September 7pm Bertie Blackman singer/songwriter/visual University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Salon (One hour no interval) artist FREE — tickets available from 20 August Julia Messenger Quintet Brook Andrew artist Presented by Melbourne Conservatorium Tickets $45 ($30 conc) Tickets $10 of Music Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Brunswick Industry

INFORMATION Sat 22 & Tue 25 September 7pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Program One (Sat 22 Sept) HAYDN String Quartet in B minor, Op.33 No.1 SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No.9 in E-flat, Op.117 BEETHOVEN String Quartet No.13 in B-flat, Op.130 Borodin Program Two (Tue 25 Sept) TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No.1 Quartet WOLF Italian Serenade SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No.15 in E-flat minor, Op.144 Ruben Aharonian violin Sergei Lomovsky violin Igor Naidin viola Experience living tradition with the legendary Russian Borodin Quartet as they cement Vladimir Balshin cello their place as the undisputed interpreters of Shostakovich. Highlighting both the Classical Premium $145 ($126 conc) threads that underpin Shostakovich’s music to the freer lyricism of the Romantic period, A reserve $121 ($105 conc) composers such as Haydn, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky create the perfect balance to the B reserve $85 ($74 conc) darkness of Shostakovich’s final quartet, which consists of six slow movements unfurling C reserve $57 ($50 conc) in a timeless, unforgettable experience. Presented by Musica Viva

32 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • SEPTEMBER LOCAL HEROES

BLOSSOM Born out of Australian National Academy Great Romantics of Music (ANAM), Penny Quartet has an Competition interpretative flair for chamber music, which has been observed in many Melbourne Recital Centre’s Great Good Morning esteemed festival performances, master Romantics Competition returns for its classes and recitals. Blossom explores ninth year in 2018. This significant national Kids Show intimacy across three moving and competition provides a valuable platform Woody’s World is a place where alley personal works. Beginning with Elliott for young musicians and ensembles to cats sing and dance, mice invite you in for Carter’s poignant tribute to a departed show their passion for Romantic a cup of tea and farm animals gather friend, Fragments I & II, the program repertoire, including works by luminaries together for a bush dance. It's a includes the world premiere of Vignettes, such as Brahms, Liszt and Schumann. celebration of all things good in life — by the Penny Quartet’s friend Joseph Open to soloists, duos or small ensembles, family, friends, nature and adventure. O’Connor, and concludes with Pēteris Australia’s talented young musicians battle With original music, colourful puppets Vasks’ melancholic ode to nature, it out for the prestigious Elisabeth and delightful stories, this show will have Sommersweisen. Murdoch Prize, which includes a kids and parents laughing, singing and combination of prize money, performance dancing along. INFORMATION and recording opportunities. Mon 24 September 6pm INFORMATION Salon (One hour no interval) INFORMATION Mon 24 September 10am CARTER Fragments I & II Sun 23 September 3pm Salon (One hour no interval) JOSEPH O’CONNOR Vignettes Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & Woody Clark PĒTERIS VASKS String Quartet No.2, 30-mins incl. interval) A reserve $39 ($29 conc) — suitable for Sommerweisen FREE — tickets required kids 4+ Penny Quartet Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Supported by Annamila Pty Ltd, Mrs as part of the Betty Amsden Kids & Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Margaret S. Ross AM & Dr Ian C Ross Families Program Penny Quartet

BRIGHT STAR

Bright Star traces the life, love and genius of John Keats and Franz Schubert —­ two bright stars of the late 19th-century Romantic Movement in which some of the greatest art in European history was created. They were contemporaneous geniuses and kindred spirits who never met but shared many parallels — both died too young and loved unattainable women of high society. In this intimate performance, John Bell and Simon Tedeschi invite you to feast on of some of the most beloved Romantic poems of Keats, such as Ode to a Nightingale, and enduring works by Schubert, including his Sonata No.18 in G (Fantasie).

INFORMATION Mon 24 September 6.30pm SCHUBERT 4 Impromptus, D.899/Op.90, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (90-mins no Sonata No.18 in G (Fantasie), D.894, interval) Wanderer Fantasy in C, D.760/Op.15 KEATS Ode to a Nightingale, Ode to Simon Tedeschi piano Autumn, Ode to a Grecian Urn & La Belle John Bell poetry readings Dame Sans Merci Tickets $50 ($40 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

FOR BOOKINGS VISIT MELBOURNERECITAL.COM.AU OR PHONE 03 9699 3333 • TRANSACTION & DELIVERY FEES MAY APPLY 33 Mozart 39, 40 & 41 Beware the Weathermakers Known for a wide and varied output, drummer and composer Ronny Ferella has led many Melbourne outfits, working with some of the top-flight jazz, roots and improvising musicians in the country. His latest group, Wayfinders, is an all-acoustic, improvising ensemble that aims to explore the nexus between improvised music and folk traditions. Wayfinders were the ancient Polynesian On three days in the summer of 1788, three musical wonders by Mozart came into navigators who used the signs of nature to being — his final symphonies. Douglas Boyd leads theANAM Orchestra as they guide them on their sea journeys and it is perform these perfectly proportioned symphonies with the aim of revealing through this deep sense of touch and oneness intriguing and little-known connections between the works. that the ensemble hopes to communicate. INFORMATION INFORMATION Fri 28 September 7.30pm Tickets $75 ($48 conc & $60 senior) Thu 27 September 6pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours Douglas Boyd conductor Salon (One hour no interval) incl. interval) ANAM Orchestra Wayfinders MOZART Symphony No.39 in E-flat K.543, Presented by Australian National Tickets $30 ($25 conc) Symphony No.40 in G minor K.550, Academy of Music (ANAM) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Symphony No. 41 in C K.551 ‘Jupiter’ Wayfinders

Galana Melbourne Beethoven Gangaki Quartet Cycle 4 Jeewithe Following the ecstatic reception of 'Life that flows Beethoven Cycle Concerts 1, 2 and 3, Fidelio Quartet returns for their final like a river' concert where they perform the delightful Op.18 and incomparable Op.131 Quartet. Containing prolific and timeless great musical works, this concert also aims to raise awareness of Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis — which Beethoven suffered from. Two of Sri Lanka’s best-loved vocalists, INFORMATION INFORMATION Nanda Malini and Somathilaka Jayamaha, Sat 29 September 7pm Sunday 30 September 2018 5pm perform with a 14-piece orchestra to Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Three hours incl. Salon (Two hours & 30 mins incl. interval) enchant us with their powerful, resonating interval) BEETHOVEN Quartet in D, Op.18, No.3 & voices while supported by the musical Nanda Malini vocals (Sri Lanka) Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op.131 direction of Suresh Malliyadde. This is a Somathilaka Jayamaha vocals (Sri Lanka) Fidelio Quartet truly rare occasion to celebrate life in its A reserve $85 Tickets $60 ($40 conc) many stages and journey through some of B reserve $60 Presented by Crohn’s and Colitis Australia Sri Lanka’s greatest classical compositions. Presented by Luxcel Entertainment & Fidelio Quartet

34 MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • SEPTEMBER CLASSICAL MUSIC IS THE ONE TRUE GLOBAL LANGUAGE Eddie Ayres on why we just need to listen

Eddie Ayres in Afghanistan

If you look up the dictionary definition of 'classical music', you Bach, was profound and immediate, because she knew, without get the following: “Serious music following long-established being told, that this music expressed exultation and strength and principles rather than a folk, jazz, or popular tradition". sorrow without any reserve. That this music, which she played with all her Afghan passion, was going to give her hope, resolve and peace The classics. Classical ballet. Classic literature. Classical architecture. in her chaotic life inside the refugee camp. Besheda didn’t ask to play Classical music. It all sounds a bit stuck in the past, doesn’t it? hip hop, or pop. As well as her own Afghan folk music, she wanted Why would we be interested in stuff that people were making classical music. hundreds of years ago? It’s not exactly fresh, and what relevance does But it’s not just Beethoven and Bach who give us music pertinent it have to us today? Shouldn’t we be listening and reading and watching and essential for our lives. art from our own time? How else are we going to be able to withstand our own problems? We have to deal with Donald Trump’s nuclear button-pressing thumb and the aesthetic shock of Tony Abbott’s Classical music has never wavered from its path, indeed budgie smugglers. Did Beethoven? its duty, of speaking to the people, about the people. No, Beethoven did not. But the thing is, although Beethoven was dealing with problems of his own time, the depth of his artistry, and Classical music is an ever-changing chameleon, transforming its sound, his humanity, meant he was also relating those problems to universal colour and structure with the ages; it reflects, and reflects upon, the ones of all time. And classical music is not stuck in the past, never struggles of our times. From Beethoven raging against Napoleon and changing, dusty and dead. It is alive and kicking you in the shin and tyranny with his Third Symphony, to Shostakovich fighting Stalin and stroking your neck. It is here, now and this is why: the loss of humanity with his Fifth Symphony; from Sibelius and his Classical music is the one true global language. search for national identity with Finlandia, to Penderecki and his truly terrifying Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; from Cornelius I know there are many traditions of music around the world, but it Cardew and his work Smash the Social Contract to John Luther Adams is Western Classical music that speaks to more people than any other. and his pieces for environmentalism, classical music has never Which other music is taught from Caracas to Kabul? wavered from its path, indeed its duty, of speaking to the people, In Kabul I taught cello to a young girl called Besheda. Besheda lived in about the people. a refugee camp in Kabul for internally displaced people. It was hell on And we the people just need to listen. Earth — filthy, crowded, dangerous and with little protection from the viciousness of Afghanistan’s winter, summer and society. Eddie Ayres is a broadcaster, musician, author and teacher. Besheda’s life was bewilderingly hard. Every Friday, her one day off school, she would work all day helping her mother with cleaning and Discover more like this on Soundescapes: The stories cooking; her hands were cracked and calloused. It was a life that few people could survive with any dignity. And yet Besheda sat with her behind the music, the musicians and people that make cello and drew from it a music of exquisite, simple beauty. Besheda Melbourne Recital Centre the best place to hear. played Beethoven’s Ode to Joy on her cello, literally as bombs were soundescapes.melbournerecital.com.au going off. Her emotional attachment to this music, and to Vivaldi and

35 SCHOOL CONCERTS

WESTBOURNE SACRÉ CŒUR KOROWA ANGLICAN ST MICHAEL'S A WINTER CONCERT GRAMMAR SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL GIRLS’ SCHOOL GRAMMAR SCHOOL: — WESLEY COLLEGE ANNUAL CONCERT MUSIC CONCERT ANNUAL CONCERT IN THE LIVING ROOM Wesley College Glen 'IN CONCORDIA' Now celebrating its 130th Share the enthusiasm and joy Following a tour around the Waverley Campus Music Westbourne Grammar’s year, Sacré Cœur’s strong of music making with over globe with Around the World School presents a concert finest young musicians musical traditions will be 300 Korowa Anglican Girls’ in Eighty Minutes in 2017, this featuring the school’s deliver a spectacular represented in their annual School students as they year presents the opportunity Symphony Orchestra, Senior program celebrating the Secondary School concert. present an evening of fine to stay at home and wonder at Symphonic Band, Campus magic and beauty of music Over 250 performers will music featuring choirs, the sounds of life itself — In the Choir, auditioned String in its diverse community. In perform an array of varied orchestras, stage bands and Living Room. The Living Room Ensembles and Concerto Concordia, meaning ‘In and entertaining works in a concert bands. The concert is both a functional space and soloists. Harmony’ will be a night of night that will entertain and features a diverse repertoire a metaphysical wonderland: INFORMATION music excellence including a have something for based on the theme ‘Heaven the central room where the variety of ensemble and solo everyone. and Earth.’ family congregates to build a Thu 23 August 7.30pm repertoire, climaxing with a home, but also the breathing, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall INFORMATION INFORMATION massed item featuring organic, biological envelope (Three hours incl. interval) 250 instrumentalists Thu 2 August 7.30pm Mon 6 August 7pm that surrounds us and infuses Tickets $45 ($35 conc) and vocalists. Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Elisabeth Murdoch Hall us with the spirit of life itself. Presented by Wesley College (Two hours no interval) (Two hours no interval) Glen Waverley Campus INFORMATION Tickets $34.95 ($24.95 conc) Tickets $30 ($20 conc) INFORMATION Fri 20 July 7.30pm — on sale 13 June Presented by Korowa Wed 15 August 7pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Presented by Sacré Cœur Anglican Girls’ School Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 30-mins incl. (90-mins no interval) interval) Tickets $20 ($10 concession) Tickets $24 ($16 conc) — on sale 25 July Presented by Westbourne Presented by St Michael’s Grammar School Grammar School

THE METHODIST RUYTON GIRLS' CAREY BAPTIST LOWTHER HALL LORETO MANDEVILLE LADIES’ COLLEGE SCHOOL: 140TH GRAMMAR SCHOOL ANGLICAN GRAMMAR HALL SHOWCASE SPRING CONCERT ANNIVERSARY GALA WHOLE SCHOOL SCHOOL ANNUAL CONCERT The Spring Concert features MUSIC CONCERT CONCERT MUSIC CONCERT Celebrating the performance students from the Junior Ruyton Girls’ School has a Carey Baptist Grammar Be inspired by an array of excellence of Loreto Toorak’s School through to Year 12 strong tradition of School is delighted to present diverse musical pieces from instrumental, vocal and performing a range of excellence in the field of the 2018 Whole School the School’s orchestras, orchestral musicians, soloists entertaining works in music. The 140th Concert, featuring stage band, concert bands, from Years 7—12 perform with various ensembles. Anniversary Gala Concert outstanding choirs and choirs, ensembles and piano, string and symphony features a wonderful and ensembles from their junior, soloists. With almost 100 orchestras. INFORMATION varied selection of music middle and senior schools. years of musical tradition to INFORMATION Mon 3 September 7.30pm from classical to its name, this unforgettable INFORMATION Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two contemporary — showcasing evening promises superb Tue 18 September 7.30pm hours & 15-mins incl. interval) ensembles and choirs from Tue 11 September 7pm musical talent. Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Tickets $24 ($10 conc) both the Junior and Senior Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 30-mins incl. INFORMATION — on sale 16 July schools. (Two hours no interval) interval) Presented by Methodist Tickets $30 ($25 conc) Wed 12 September 7pm Tickets $40 ($25 conc) INFORMATION Ladies’ College — on sale 6 August Elisabeth Murdoch Hall — on sale 17 August Thu 6 September 7pm (Two hours & 30-mins incl. Presented by Loreto Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two interval) Mandeville Hall Toorak hours & 30-mins no interval) Tickets $35 ($25 conc) Tickets $35 ($25 conc) — on sale 23 July — on sale 27 June Presented by Lowther Hall Presented by Ruyton Girls' Anglican Grammar School School

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‘The pianist combined muscularity, tenderness and intelligence with unshowy dexterity to create interpretations of great insight and power.’ THE GUARDIAN PAUL ‘The pianist combined LEWISmuscularity, tenderness and intelligence with unshowy U.K. dexterity to create interpretations of great insight and power.’ Paul Lewis continues his exploration of THE GUARDIAN the heart of the piano repertoire – in a pair of concerts focussing on the genius and ground-breaking musical brilliance of Haydn, Beethoven and Brahms.

THU 27 SEPTEMBER 7.30PM MON 1 OCTOBER 7.30PM BEETHOVEN Eleven Bagatelles, Op.119 BRAHMS Seven Fantasies, Op.116 HAYDN Keyboard Sonata in E-flat, Hob.XVI:49 HAYDN Piano Sonata in C minor, Hob.XVI:20 HAYDN Keyboard Sonata in B minor, Hob.XVI:32 BEETHOVEN Seven Bagatelles, Op.33 BRAHMS Four Pieces for Piano, Op.119 HAYDN Piano Sonata in E-flat, Op.92, Hob.XVI:52

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