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JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER 2019 Ray Chen THU 26 SEPTEMBER Ray Chen, Australia’s golden boy of the , has been winning hearts with his incredible skill and charming stage presence.

Distinguished concert Stephen Kovacevich

The 24-year old prodigy Jacob Collier is one of the most innovative, creative musicians of his generation

Monteverdi’s Vespers are a towering masterpiece of the early Baroque

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra dazzles with Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks

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1 Mon Free Music p4 1 Thu Korowa Anglican Girls School p44 1 Sun The Firebird p29 The Theatre of the Soul p4 Annual Concert 2 Mon Music at the Centre — p44 2 Fri Two Pianos & Saxophone p14 2 Tue ANAM Prize Winners Concert #1 p4 War of the Worlds 3 Sat Louisa Rankin Quintet p15 3 Wed Hush p4 3 Tue Free Music p29 Handel’s Anthems & Fireworks p15 Soliloquy p30 4 Thu Joseph Tawadros Quartet p5 4 Sun Handel’s Anthems & Fireworks p15 Mullova, Barley & de Pledge p31 5 Fri Django’s Legacy p7 5 Mon Free Music p15 4 Wed Garden of Eden p30 6 Sat The Wiggles — Wiggle Fun Tour! p7 Shostakovich String Quartets p16 5 Thu Soweto Gospel Choir p32 Little Pictures p7 6 Tue Fretworks p16 6 Fri Other Plans p32 7 Sun The Wiggles — Wiggle Fun Tour! p7 Choir of King’s College, Cambridge p16 The Swingles p33 7 Wed The Commuter Variations p18 8 Mon The Wiggles — Wiggle Fun Tour! p7 Nicole Car, Étienne Dupuis & p17 7 Sat Petrushka p32 Byrd Song p7 Jayson Gillham 8 Sun FOJAM p34 9 Tue Aura Go p8 8 Thu French Connections p18 Classical Masterpieces p8 10 Tue Lowther Hall: p44 9 Fri Meu Fado Meu p18 Annual Music Concert 10 Wed More Than One Place p8 Phia feat. Melb Indie Voices 10 Sat p18 11 Wed Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak: p44 12 Fri The Barber of Seville p8 13 Tue Guitar Quartet p19 Showcase Concert Winterreise 14 Sun Patriots Concert Two p10 p19 12 Thu Terms & Conditions p44 14 Wed German Romantics p19 15 Mon Stephen Kovacevich Master Class p9 13 Fri Berardi, McAll & Wilson p36 15 Thu Chrysalis Trio p20 17 Wed Vinod Prasanna & Bobby Singh — p10 Spinifex Gum p35 The Bamboos p48 Classical Hindustani Music 14 Sat Emerson Quartet p36 Stephen Kovacevich p9 16 Fri Björk Interpreted p20 15 Sun Flute & Harp p36 18 Thu Sounds of Space p10 17 Sat Quartet & Country p20 Arabian Nights: Scheherazade p10 19 Mon ‘Magnum Opus’ p22 16 Mon Without Regrets p37 Contours of Songlines p11 The Opus 5 of Corelli Master Class p41 Jordan Rakei 19 Fri Torch Songs p12 p21 17 Tue Mad Visions p37 20 Tue Melbourne Girls Grammar p44 Emerson Quartet p36 20 Sat Songs of a Sunburnt Country p12 School Concert 18 Wed Wantirna College Gala Concert p44 21 Sun Westbourne Grammar School p44 21 Wed A Winter Concert — Wesley College p44 19 Thu Mozart & Bach p37 Annual Concert Kenny Broberg p22 Light & Dark p38 22 Mon The Versatile Saxophone p12 22 Thu Mozart & Bernstein p22 Brio & Passion p23 20 Fri Ives Westlake Debussy p38 23 Tue Chinese Diaspora p13 New Constellations p23 Explorations p38 25 Thu Grace Ferguson & Fia Fiell p13 23 Fri Margaret Leng Tan p24 21 Sat Next Generation Baroque p39 28 Sun Schubert Mass p13 Michelle Nicolle Quartet p23 22 Sun Next Generation Baroque p39 21st Birthday 30 Tue Ears Wide Open 2 — p14 23 Mon Lightness of Being p39 A Midsummer Night’s Dream 24 Sat Australian Girls Choir p26 Monteverdi’s Vespers p39 31 Wed Tokyo Meets Paris p14 25 Sun Piano Battle Live in Australia p26 24 Tue Rowell & Moore p40 26 Mon Scintillating Debussy, p26 Melbourne Beethoven Quartet p40 Ravel & Bartók Ears Wide Open 3 — p27 Cycle Concert 6 L’Italiana in Algeri Paul Lewis p41 27 Tue One Thread That Binds Us All — p44 25 Wed Jams for Fams: Meeting p40 St Catherine’s School Mendelssohn 28 Wed Haileybury in Concert p44 Jessica Hitchcock p42 29 Thu The Tragedy of Mignon p27 26 Thu Turning Circles p43 Quintets with Friends p27 Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto p42 30 Fri Chiquinha Gonzaga p27 29 Sun Great Romantics Competition p43 Jacob Collier p28 The information in this brochure is correct at 30 Mon Cityscapes p43 the time of printing. Artist lineup and program 31 Sat Wa: Ikebana Performance with p29 the Grigoryan Brothers subject to change without notice. Jacob Collier p28

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Melbourne Recital Centre Charismatic oud player Joseph Tawadros celebrates musical expression shares an almost telepathic rapport with his band members: brother James, a and its power to move us. percussionist, bassist Karl Dunnicliff and jazz See page 25 to read about the Centre’s pianist Matt McMahon, in a performance full transformative work in providing learning of joyous spontaneous invention. and access opportunities to thousands of people each year. Everyone should be able to experience live music and that’s why we WILLIAM need your help: a donation to Melbourne Recital BARTON Centre sustains the vibrancy of our program, allowing us to support more artists and p11 continue our contribution to our community Stephen Kovacevich (17 July). We welcome for the next decade of our life and beyond. back Paul Lewis who concludes his epic survey of piano masterpieces (24 September). The Centre’s 10th Anniversary party continues Artist-in-residence William Barton performs with acclaimed international and Australian Australia’s best-loved arts companies make with three artists very dear to him. Together performers in our two sublime spaces. With Melbourne Recital Centre home. We’re proud they explore music and songs of country in Australia’s most diverse array of concerts, that the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra what will be a memorable evening of the Melbourne Recital Centre is the best place to is celebrating both its 10th season at the Centre finest expressive music. experience artists such as toy piano virtuoso and its 30th anniversary. The Brandenberg’s Margaret Leng Tan (23 August) one week August concert features Handel’s appropriately and YouTube pop sensation Jacob Collier festive Fireworks Music (3 & 4 August). You can (30 & 31 August) the next. Your favourite party MULLOVA, also enjoy concerts from Musica Viva, the ACO, BARLEY & band The Bamboos returns for Symphonic the Australian String Quartet and many others. DE PLEDGE Soul (15 August) and the fascinating rhythms I look forward to seeing you at a concert soon. of oud master Joseph Tawadros and his Quartet are inspired by Arabic , p31 folk, jazz and rock (4 July). Our 2019 Artist-in- EUAN MURDOCH Residence William Barton, Australia’s foremost CEO, Melbourne Recital Centre Internationally acclaimed violinist didgeridoo player, curates a showcase for his and husband music joined by leading Australian performers , join long-time collaborator — a must-hear, one-off experience (18 July). Stephen de Pledge to perform Ravel and We’re excited to present Spinifex Gum Schubert in the intimacy of the piano trio. (13 September), an exquisite journey to the Pilbara region from Felix Reibl (Cat Empire) and Cairns-based Indigenous choir Marliya. It is breathtaking, uniquely Australian and FOJAM profoundly inspiring. Great Performers Nicole Car, soprano, and Étienne Dupuis p34 (baritone) make their Recital Centre debuts (7 August), as does revered pianist

The Festival of Jewish Arts and Music Melbourne Recital Centre proudly stands (FOJAM) takes over the Centre in a day-long on the land of the Kulin Nation and we pay our immersion of contemporary Jewish culture respects to Melbourne’s First People, to their Elders with 30 performances across music, theatre, dance and conversation. past and present, and to our shared future.

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SPOTLIGHT SERIES LOCAL HEROES Free Music The Theatre ANAM Prize Hush Melbourne Recital Centre opens of the Soul Winners Concert #1 Rubiks Collective presents five the doors of its intimate Salon one contemporary works exploring the Ensemble 642 specialises in music The Australian National Academy Monday a month for a free open power of voice, breath and gesture. from the age of basso continuo (late of Music (ANAM) trains exceptional rehearsal featuring the very best Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh’s The thin air 16th to early 18th century). Directed young classical musicians. This of Melbourne’s chamber musicians. between skins explores shimmering, by two leading young Australian concert shines a light on two of its It’s an open door policy for anyone nuanced exchanges between exponents of rare plucked-string outstanding prize winners, violinist to come in and discover something performers, Annika Socolofsky’s instruments: Hannah Lane Kyla Matsuura-Miller and cellist new or hear local artists rehearse sextet invokes the fragility and fury (Baroque triple harp) and Nicholas Caleb Wong. Joined by pianist new works, new programs and try of the female voice, and human and Pollock (theorbo, lutes & Baroque Adam McMillan, the three artists' out new ideas. machine duel in Dmitri Tymoczko’s guitar), Ensemble 642 collaborates energetic playing brings freshness world premiere song cycle featuring with the finest early music INFORMATION and warmth to beloved works by acclaimed -based mezzo- performers in Australia to bring to Ravel, Brahms and Ligeti. soprano Lotte Betts-Dean. Mon 1 July 12 noon life exquisite music that hasn’t been Primrose Potter Salon INFORMATION heard for hundreds of years. INFORMATION (One hour) Tue 2 July 6pm FREE INFORMATION Wed 3 July 6pm Primrose Potter Salon Presented by Melbourne Recital Primrose Potter Salon Mon 1 July 6pm (One hour no interval) Centre Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Ravel Tzigane, Rhapsodie de concert (One hour no interval) Annika Socolofsky Don’t Say a Word Ligeti Sonata for solo cello Works by and Erin Gee Mouthpiece 28 Monteverdi Brahms Piano Trio No.1 in B, Op.8 Kasberger. Amy Beth Kirsten World Under Kyla Matsuura-Miller violin Glass No.2 Roberta Diamond soprano Caleb Wong cello Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh The thin air Jacob Lawrence tenor Adam McMillan piano between skins Laura Vaughan viola da gamba/ Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Dmitri Tymoczko Ghosts (world lirone Presented by Melbourne Recital premiere) Ensemble 642 Centre Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Lotte Betts-Dean mezzo-soprano Presented by Melbourne Recital Rubiks Collective Centre & Ensemble 642 Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital 1 Ensemble 642 2 Kyla Matsuura-Miller Centre & Rubiks Collective 3 Caleb Wong 4 Rubiks Collective

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Joseph JULY Tawadros Quartet

‘Thrilling intensity, spectacular beauty and unnerving emotion.’ THE AGE

Multi-instrumentalist and virtuosic exponent of the oud Joseph Tawadros has dazzled Australian music-lovers for decades with his intoxicating energy and fluid inventiveness. His joyous style has led to collaborations with Slava and Leonard Grigoryan, Neil Finn, Katie Noonan, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Hear Tawadros perform original works fusing Arabic, folk and jazz — even metal and bluegrass elements — in a quartet featuring his brother and prodigious percussionist James Tawadros. This fascinating program is woven together by Joseph’s virtuosity, lyricism and the contemporary musicality of the oud.

INFORMATION Thu 4 July 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Joseph Tawadros Quartet Tickets $50/$40 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

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JULY Fierce, Femme & Fabulous Mama Alto on gender & the curiosities of cabaret

And in the form of torch songs, these two rich ‘It is a kind of empathy, a kind of veins of meaning-making and music-making storytelling, a kind of discovery, a combine and flourish, articulating our kind of communal or collective humanity, our lives, our spirits. From the most abundant of joys to the most devastating of knowing. In the music, we find sorrows, the troughs of tragedy to the peaks of ourselves — and each other.’ triumph, torch songs navigate the complex and confounding journeys of love and loss, of Mama Alto performs Torch Songs on poignancy and pathos. Friday 19 July. See page 12 for details. Mama Alto, and her research and work into the social s a queer, transgender person of colour, This kind of music can be an archaeology of the implications of the diva, the torch song, and cabaret Mama Alto has carved out a striking career self: an excavation of one’s own interior A performance, is supported by the Victorian Government as a cabaret artiste, jazz singer and community psychological universe. Or, it can be a walk in through Creative Victoria and the 2019 Creators Fund. activist. Fierce, femme and fabulous, she draws someone else’s shoes: an exploration of what it on the legacies of vintage torch singers and her means to move through the world in someone own identity, disrupting societal constructions else’s skin. and empowering the marginalised through art. For me, devoting my life to singing this In her own powerful and personal words, repertoire has been a liberating and Mama Alto explores how she embraces cabaret empowering experience, as well as at times a and jazz as an artform and outlet to share confronting and challenging one. I have important stories about gender, identity and learned much about myself, and about others; the world: about gender, about sexuality, about identity, about acceptance, and about humanity. And I Cabaret is a site of possibilities, of potential, of know from audience members, and from fellow pluralities. Fluid, layered, and complex, the artists, who I have spoken with over the past cabaret is like a prism: held up to the light of decade that these songs have helped them our lives, it refracts the singular beam out into learn, too. a rainbow, revealing the full, rich, multifaceted glories of human experience.

Similarly, the art of the jazz singer is one Head to Soundescapes to discover the stories about the music, resplendent with expressive potentials. The musicians and people that make Melbourne Recital Centre interpretation of lyric and the innovation of melody combine to create a deep, in-the- the best place to hear: soundescapes.melbournerecital.com.au moment, living mirror of human emotions.

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Kids & Families SOUTHBANK SERIES SPOTLIGHT SERIES Django’s Legacy The Wiggles: Little Pictures Byrd Song Combining the rhythms of the Wiggle Fun Tour! Benaud Trio is one of Australia’s Consortium explores the rich manouche and the lyricism of hot finest chamber ensembles. repertoire for viol consort. Drawing Sing and dance with The Wiggles jazz with tender ballads, waltzes Formed in 2005 by pianist Amir upon a wealth of professional to all your favourite Wiggles tunes. and original compositions, Farid, violinist Lachlan Bramble experience and a deep shared love From ‘Hot Potato’ to ‘Rock a Bye Ultrafox brings you an evening and cellist Ewen Bramble, the of the consort experience, Your Bear’, this family-friendly of swinging gypsy style jazz in the ensemble’s members have Consortium performs works by one concert teaches kids many exciting classic hot club of France tradition. established themselves as of the great masters of the styles of dance and music. Emma, The band pays tribute to the music formidable performers of diverse Renaissance, William Byrd, with Lachy, Anthony and Simon of the gypsy legend Django repertoire and musical styles. rising early music star soprano, introduce you to all their Wiggly Reinhardt and imbues it with its This concert sees the ensemble Roberta Diamond. Friends: Captain Feathersword, own personal stamp. Ultrafox’s take on one of Mendelssohn’s Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the music is characterised by the swing most popular creations and James INFORMATION Dog and many more! Don’t miss of gypsy style acoustic guitars laced Macmillan’s 14 Little Pictures, a The Wiggles’ most fun show yet. Mon 8 July 6pm with lyrical yet fiery solos. collection of minatures that Primrose Potter Salon INFORMATION together are even more wonderful (One hour no interval) INFORMATION than the sum of their parts. Works by Byrd. Sat 6, Sun 7 & Mon 8 July 10am, Fri 5 July 8pm 12.30pm & 2.30pm INFORMATION Roberta Diamond soprano Primrose Potter Salon Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Consortium (One hour no interval) Sat 6 July 3pm & 6pm (One hour no interval) Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Works by Peter Baylor and Primrose Potter Salon The Wiggles Presented by Melbourne Recital Django Reinhardt. (One hour no interval) Tickets $33.90 Centre & Consortium Ultrafox Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D Babes in arms ticketing applies. Tickets $30 ($25 conc) minor, Op.49, No.1 Presented by Melbourne Recital Sun 7 July 10am performance James Macmillan 14 Little Pictures Centre & Ultrafox includes Auslan Shadow Interpreting. Benaud Trio See page 45 for details. Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Presented by Infasecure Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Benaud Trio

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LOCAL HEROES Kids & Families Aura Go Classical More Than The Barber JULY Beethoven’s mighty ‘Tempest’ Masterpieces One Place of Seville Sonata, full of tragedy and power, lies at the heart of an energetic The acclaimed guitar duo of Ziggy When you call one place home, yet A serious case of love at first sight program performed by award- & Miles Johnston takes you into you also call another place home, is a big problem for Count winning Australian pianist Aura colourful sound worlds with works where are you from? Taking Almaviva. Enter the resourceful Go. Aura’s mastery of the keyboard by the great composers. inspiration from Iran, Australia barber named Figaro, who cleverly is on display in Bach’s technically Experience classics you know and and beyond, Garden Quartet solves everyone’s problems — for a demanding Toccata, a pair of icy love arranged to highlight the creates contemporary music that price. Secret letters, cunning miniatures by Finnish composer beloved qualities of the guitar. is steeped in history and dares to disguises and all sorts of Melartin, and Debussy’s L’Isle Whether through the extravagance explore the dualities of confusions will delight young joyeuse, one of his most of Mozart’s Piano Sonata in A or the multiculturalism. Delicate Iranian audiences as the boy gets the girl characterful creations. Enjoy timeless enchantment of poetry entwines with pop and Figaro gets paid! Rossini’s The morning tea in the Ground Floor Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata, sensibilities, as the Quartet delves Barber of Seville is one of the most Foyer from 10am and an exclusive the brothers display authentic into themes of place, home, love, popular operas ever written. This Meet the Artists session following emotion and stirring expressivity. loss and hope in original and production is sung in English to the concert at noon. cherished works. Led by Gelareh engage children of all ages. INFORMATION Pour and Brian O’Dwyer, the INFORMATION Tue 9 July 6pm Quartet combines classical Persian INFORMATION and modern western instruments Tue 9 July 11am Primrose Potter Salon Fri 12 July 11.30am with effortless delicacy. Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour no interval) Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Mozart Piano Sonata No.11 in A, (One hour no interval) (One hour no interval) INFORMATION K.331 J.S. Bach Toccata for keyboard in D, Rossini The Barber of Seville BWV 912 Rossini Overture to The Barber of Wed 10 July 6pm Opera Australia Seville Beethoven Piano Sonata No.17, Primrose Potter Salon Tickets $26 Op.31, No.2, ‘Tempest’ Beethoven Piano Sonata No.14 in (One hour no interval) C-sharp minor, Op.27, No.2, Babes in arms ticketing applies. Melartin Solitude & Regen Garden Quartet ‘Moonlight’ Debussy L’Isle joyeuse Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Performance includes Auslan Ziggy & Miles Johnston guitar Presented by Melbourne Recital Shadow Interpreting. Aura Go piano Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Centre & Garden Quartet See page 45 for details. Tickets $54 Presented by Melbourne Recital Presented by Melbourne Recital Presented by Musica Viva Centre and Ziggy & Miles Johnston Centre & Opera Australia Supported by the Betty Amsden Kids & Families program

Ziggy & Miles Johnston

Aura Go Garden Quartet

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G REAT PERFORMERS Stephen Kovacevich

Stephen Kovacevich is unquestionably one of the greatest of the last half century. In his long and distinguished career as a concert pianist, he is particularly renowned for his interpretations of Schubert. And now we welcome this eminent artist, a giant in the piano world, to make his Melbourne Recital Centre debut in this masterful program. Marshall McGuire, Director of Programming

Stephen Kovacevich is the ultimate master INFORMATION Master Class with craftsman. His performances have integrity and Wed 17 July 7.30pm beauty — the products of experience, wisdom Stephen Kovacevich Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) and heart. Relationships have also defined Join Stephen Kovacevich for a relevatory Free pre-concert talk 6.45pm Kovacevich’s career: with conductor Colin Davis master class and discover more about the J.S. Bach Partita No.4 in D, BWV 828 for a series of iconic recordings and his ongoing great repertoire for piano. Beethoven Piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.109 musical partnerships with musicians including Schubert Piano Sonata No.21 in B-flat, D.960 ex-wife . Then there are the INFORMATION piano (U.S.A.) relationships he has with Bach, Beethoven and Stephen Kovacevich Mon 15 July 6pm Tickets from $62 ($55 conc) Schubert, composers he has known all his life, Primrose Potter Salon (Two hours no interval) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and who continue to provide inspiration and Stephen Kovacevich piano (U.S.A.) discovery to Kovacevich and his audiences. Series Partner: Legal Friends of Melbourne Tickets $10 Recital Centre Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Program Partner: The Langham Melbourne Supported by YMF Australia

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Vinod Prasanna

Kenny McAlpine

Corpus Medicorum Scheherazade

MUSICAL EXPLORATIONS LOCAL HEROES Patriots Vinod Prasanna Sounds Arabian Nights: Concert Two & Bobby Singh of Space Scheherazade Corpus Medicorum travels to the Classical Hindustani Music To mark the 50th anniversary Inventi Ensemble is a dynamic German heartland to bring you two Flute virtuoso Vinod Prasanna of the moon landing in July 1969, chamber ensemble, renowned for of the most glorious symphonic plays soulful and captivating explore the many different reinventing old classics and adventures of the Romantic period. Indian classical music at its most Sounds of Space — what music and premiering new ones. In this concert, The program opens with Brahms’s passionate. From the King’s Court noise we send out, and the sounds the beloved Scheherazade of One masterly Double Concerto of old to the modern concert stage, from the universe we have Thousand and One Nights weaves her featuring two of Melbourne’s most Vinod continues a 250-year family collected and their impact on the tales through Rimsky-Korsakov’s epic talented musicians. Then sail with tradition of Indian flute playing, creation of music. Join Associate work. In true Inventi style, the artists Schumann and his epic third charming audiences with his Professor Kenny McAlpine from take on the challenge of performing symphony down the Rhine evoking passion and technical brilliance. The University of Melbourne’s this large scale work for small the composers’ patriotic He is joined by tabla player Bobby Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, and ensemble. The work is partnered sentiments. Singh, a disciple of the great Laby Teaching & Outreach Fellow with a brand new composition by Clare Kenyon from the School of Caerwen Martin. INFORMATION maestro Aneesh Pradhan and one of the most sought-after musicians Physics, for a cosmic Musical INFORMATION Sun 14 July 5pm on the Australian world music Explorations talk. Elisabeth Murdoch Hall circuit. Thu 18 July 6pm INFORMATION (Two hours incl. interval) Primrose Potter Salon Brahms Double Concerto for INFORMATION Thu 18 July 12 noon (One hour no interval) violin & cello Wed 17 July 6pm Primrose Potter Salon Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Glynn Schumann Symphony No.3, Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Davies) Scheherazade ‘Rhenish’ (One hour no interval) Kenny McAlpine speaker Caerwen Martin The Book Beneath Markiyan Melnychenko violin Classical Hindustani instrumental Clare Kenyon speaker My Bed Michael Dahlenburg cello pieces. Tickets $10 Inventi Ensemble Keith Crellin OAM conductor Presented by Melbourne Recital Vinod Prasanna bansuri Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Corpus Medicorum Centre & The University of Bobby Singh tabla Presented by Melbourne Recital Tickets $50 ($40 conc) Melbourne Tickets $30 ($25 conc) Centre & Inventi Ensemble Presented by Corpus Medicorum Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & The Boite

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Contours JULY of Songlines

In this concert I’ll be re-visiting songs I started writing when I was in my teens, celebrating organic growth through artistic fusion and showing how music can be a platform of expression that enriches our community. William Barton, Artist-in-Residence

Melbourne Recital Centre’s 2019 Artist-in-Residence William Barton, Kalkadunga man and one of Australia’s great living artists, performs music and songs with three artists who are dear to him: pianist Paul Grabowsky, violinist Veronique Serret and his mother, the beloved singer Aunty Delmae Barton. Exploring songs of country, improvisations and artistic fusion, William and his friends showcase music that is lyrical, earthy, soulful and contemporary, elevated by William’s unique gallery of artistry.

INFORMATION Thu 18 July 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour & 45-mins incl. interval) William Barton didgeridoo/guitar/vocals Aunty Delmae Barton vocals Veronique Serret violin Paul Grabowsky piano Tickets $50 ($40 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Supported by The Vizard Foundation & Message Consultants

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Torch Songs Songs of a The Versatile Jazz singer, cabaret artiste and gender Sunburnt Country Saxophone transcendent diva Mama Alto beguiles you with sumptuous and exquisite torch songs. Drawing from a diversity of eras and genres, Saxophonist Justin Kenealy and pianist Coady Having captivated the hearts and minds of this concert takes you on a musical journey: Green unite as Duo Eclettico. The award- audiences with her luscious voice for the past from the lyrics of Banjo Patterson to the winning Australian artists showcase a dazzling eight years, Mama Alto returns with her melodies of Katie Noonan, and the modern array of virtuosic music for this rarely heard evocative interpretations of jazz standards anthems of bands such as INXS. With combination of instruments. With works by from the American Songbook. Accompanied arrangements by Johannes Luebbers, living Australian composers, Justin Kenealy’s original Bach transcription and a vibrant French by multi-instrumental wonder William Elm The Clancye Milne Octet uses these prized on piano, Mama Alto invites you to drink in the Australian compositions as a platform for masterpiece by Paule Maurice, the performance riches of torch songs. connection, expression and improvisation offers insights into an eclectic and colourful through enhanced harmony and augmentation range of music. INFORMATION of instrumental colours. INFORMATION Fri 19 July 8pm INFORMATION Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Mon 22 July 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Mama Alto vocals Sat 20 July 8pm Tableaux de Provence William Elm piano Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Maurice Tickets from $30 ($25 conc) The Clancye Milne Octet Katy Abbott UndercurrenT Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Tickets $30 ($25 conc) J.S. Bach (arr. Kenealy) Concerto in A minor, Mama Alto Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & BWV 1041 Clancye Milne Matthew Hindson Ignition: Positive John Carmichael Latin American Dances Duo Eclettico Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Duo Eclettico

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Chinese Diaspora Grace Ferguson & Schubert Mass Alvin Wong tells the stories of Chinese Fia Fiell Join Melbourne Chamber Orchestra for a new diaspora with his cello. Generations of Chinese chapter in its musical journey — the orchestra’s composers left their homeland to pursue their Forward-thinking composers and sound first performance of music for chamber orchestra musical dreams in the West, where they designers Grace Ferguson and Fia Fiell create and choir. Polyphonic Voices, noted for its developed their voice while reconciling the an evening of immersive and otherworldly extraordinary choral singing, joins the Orchestra multiplicity of their identity. Music that paints soundscapes in the intimacy of the Primrose for Schubert’s Mass in G, a work inspired by the pictures of deeply personal journeys is vividly Potter Salon. Grace Ferguson displays her composer’s divine gift for melody. Composed just captured in these expressive and heartfelt solo intuitive approach to melody, rhythm, dynamics a few months after the Mass, Schubert’s third cello works. and silence in original works and part- symphony is among the most uplifting of all improvised collaborations with favourite symphonies. INFORMATION musicians. Following performances at Inner Varnika, Dark Mofo and Freedom Time, INFORMATION Tue 23 July 6pm electronic musician Fia Fiell extends the Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Sun 28 July 2.30pm boundary of millennial electronic music to Memory Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Chen Yi create hauntingly ethereal and euphoric Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042 Zhou Long Wild Grass for solo cello & tape soundscapes, combining piano and electronics. J.S. Bach Angel Lam First Wind of May Schubert Mass No.2 in G, D167 Bright Sheng Seven Tunes Heard In China INFORMATION Schubert Symphony No.3 in D, D200 Chen Yi Ballad of the Earth Thu 25 July 7pm Michael Fulcher director Alvin Wong cello Primrose Potter Salon (105-mins incl. interval) Polyphonic Voices Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Tickets $30 ($25 conc) William Hennessy AM director/violin Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Grace Ferguson piano Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Alvin Wong Fia Fiell piano/electronics Tickets from $65 ($54 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Presented by Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Spirit Level

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1 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2 Masahide Kurita 3 Tony Gould 4 Robert Burke 1 5 Paul Grabowsky

Did you know? Elisabeth Murdoch Hall has a unique, stepped ceiling that has been carefully designed to provide strong acoustic reflections to support musicians hearing themselves, and to assist with ensemble playing. 2 3 4 5

SPOTLIGHT SERIES Ears Wide Open 2 — Tokyo Meets Paris Two Pianos & A Midsummer The refinement of French and Japanese Saxophone Night’s Dream cultures meet and reflect in a concert that Three of Australia’s most celebrated creative gleams with elegance and fantasy. The French artists of improvisation, performance and Mendelssohn had a sharp musical wit and keen fondness for the flute emerges in Poulenc’s composition join forces. Pianist Tony Gould AM imagination, traits that made him a perfect graceful and virtuosic Sonata, and Debussy’s is a celebrated composer and collaborator; Paul match for Shakespeare. In an illustrated Préludes dazzle with ethereal water scenes. Grabowsky AO is a pianist, composer, arranger musical lecture presented by Tianyi Lu, With the simple poetry of Earth by screen and conductor whose awards include four ARIAs; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra takes you composer Muramatsu, Japanese flautist and saxophonist Robert Burke has performed through excerpts of Mendelssohn’s magical Masahide Kurita and Paris-based pianist and composed on over 300 albums. This concert fairy garden, as you discover the composer’s David Selig conjure a world that is both features many new compositions by the inspired skills at crafting music, in three familiar and mysterious, as if accessible only ensemble, drawn from diverse styles of music. movements: the restless then comical by dreams. Intermezzo, the solemn Nocturne, and the INFORMATION INFORMATION famous Wedding March. Fri 2 August 8pm Wed 31 July 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) INFORMATION Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Robert Burke saxophone Tue 30 July 6.30pm Works by Schubert, Fauré, Debussy, Tony Gould piano Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour no interval) Muramatsu and Poulenc. Paul Grabowsky piano Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Masahide Kurita flute Tickets $30 ($25 conc) (highlights) David Selig piano Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Tianyi Lu presenter Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Robert Burke Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and Tickets $29* ($24* conc) Masahide Kurita & David Selig *Prices subject to change without notice Presented by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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Louisa Rankin Quintet Handel’s Anthems & Free Music Singer Louisa Rankin is a bold maker of music. Fireworks Come along to a wonderful hour of free music Her approach to composing for and singing with Melbourne’s finest chamber musicians. within an ensemble as they improvise together Be uplifted with joy and jubilation by the Happening once a month in the exquisite is both playful and disciplined. Performing timeless anthems and orchestral works of surrounds of Primrose Potter Salon, it’s an open completely original works, Louisa’s quintet George Frideric Handel performed by the door policy for you to see the artists try out new showcases the lyrical playing of Angela Davis Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and works, new programs and new ideas. on alto saxophone, the deft control of Fran Choir. In a stirring celebration of the composer Swinn and Jon Delaney on guitars, and the at his triumphant best, the Choir rouses the INFORMATION spirit with the glorious choruses of his adventurous explorations of Jonathan Zion Mon 5 August 12 noon on double bass. Coronation Anthems. Performed with Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks, this exultant Primrose Potter Salon (One hour) FREE INFORMATION concert sparkles with pomp and pride. Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Sat 3 August 8pm INFORMATION Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Sat 3 Aug 7pm & Sun 4 August 5pm Louisa Rankin Quintet Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Tickets $30 ($25 conc) (Two hours incl. interval) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Coronation Anthem No.1, Zadok the Louisa Rankin Handel Priest, HWV 258 Handel Coronation Anthem No.2, My Heart is Inditing, HWV 261 Handel Coronation Anthem No.3, The King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260 Handel Coronation Anthem No.4, Let Thy Hand be Strengthened, HWV 259 Handel Oboe Concerto No.3 in G minor, HWV 287 Handel Music for Royal Fireworks, HWV 352 Emma Black Baroque oboe (Vienna) Paul Dyer artistic director Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Brandenburg Choir Tickets from $30 Presented by Australian Brandenburg 1 Louisa Rankin Orchestra 2 Leanne Sullivan, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

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About the artists AUGUST The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (pictured below) was founded in 1441 by King Henry VI to provide daily singing in his chapel, which remains the main task of the choir to this day. Melbourne Guitar Quartet

Flinders Quartet Choir of King's College, Cambridge

LOCAL HEROES LOCAL HEROES Shostakovich Fretworks Choir of King’s String Quartets Inspired by iconic 20th-century works, College, Cambridge Melbourne Guitar Quartet (MGQ) delves into Imagine the life of Shostakovich through the vast sonic landscapes comprising hypnotic Founded in the 15th century, the Choir of King’s lens of harrowing string quartets that articulate pulses and rhythms. The influence of jazz and College, Cambridge, is arguably the world’s most alienation, oppression, persecution and the innovative approaches to rhythm weave a famous choir and the pre-eminent representative fears of asylum seekers. Inspired by Wendy unique tapestry in Terry Riley’s G Song, the of the British church music tradition. Its Lesser’s book Music for Silenced Voices, Flinders genius of Pat Metheny is reimagined in new distinctively pure tone has been honed over Quartet melds movements of his quartets with arrangements, and the blending of centuries in the vaulted stone arches of the projected images to sketch a unique perspective contemporary influences and classical guitar College Chapel. The repertoire in these programs on his biography. A Shostakovich string quartet shines in works by Andrew York and Steve Reich. reflects this breadth by showcasing pieces from cycle in under two hours. the Renaissance to the present day. This INFORMATION performance is especially poignant, marking the INFORMATION Choir’s final tour with Stephen Cleobury, after 37 Tue 6 August 6pm distinguished years as its director. Mon 5 August 7pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Primrose Potter Salon (90-mins incl. interval) Steve Reich Electric Counterpoint INFORMATION Shostakovich The String Quartets — selections Terry Riley G Song Flinders Quartet Pat Metheny (arr. MGQ) Heat of the Day Tue 6 August 7pm Tickets $50 ($40 conc) Pat Metheny (arr. MGQ) Letter From Home Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Andrew York Quiccan Works by Monteverdi, J.S. Bach, Cavalli, Flinders Quartet Andrew York B&B Britten, Byrd, Tallis, Gibbons, Salzedo, Ross Edwards, Judith Weir, L. Berkeley and Melbourne Guitar Quartet Vaughan Williams. Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Stephen Cleobury director Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (U.K.) Melbourne Guitar Quartet Tickets from $75 ($65 conc) Presented by Musica Viva

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G REAT Nicole Car, PERFORMERS Étienne Dupuis & AUGUST Jayson Gillham

Étienne Dupuis Jayson Gillham

Nicole Car is the kind of artist who can reduce you to tears in a tragic role like Mimì, or transport you with the sheer beauty of her voice. Marshall McGuire, Director of Programming

Nicole Car is one of Australia’s most exciting operatic talents, a soprano with a meltingly lovely voice, the charisma of a true star and a career trajectory to match. She has just made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Mimì in La bohème sharing the stage, as it happens, with her husband, baritone Étienne Dupuis. Joined by pianist Jayson Gillham, they’re reunited to perform the delicately nostalgic melodies of Duparc, Hahn, Fauré and highlights from French opera — both solo and together — in a celebration of virtuoso finesse and undeniable chemistry.

INFORMATION Wed 7 August 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Free pre-concert talk 6.45pm Songs by Duparc, Fauré, Massenet, Hahn, Thomas, Gounod, Verdi, Torroba, Delibes and Ravel. Nicole Car soprano Étienne Dupuis baritone (Canada) Jayson Gillham piano Tickets from $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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Kathryn Stott

Lisa Moore Alma Mater Phia

PIANO SERIES The Commuter French Meu Fado Meu Phia feat. Variations Connections Alma Mater pays tribute to the Melbourne rich traditions that produced the With a unique blend of animation, British pianist Kathryn Stott is captivating fado music of Portugal, Indie Voices piano keys, film, words and a regular visitor to international while infusing this traditional style Indie-pop singer-songwriter Phia is theatrics, pianist Lisa Moore gives festivals both as a soloist and with its own contemporary voice. known for her genre-defying the world premiere performance chamber musician. Having Alma Mater is led by singer Yuliya live-looping and masterful use of the of The Commuter Variations. The constantly performed around Mik, whose old-world sensibility African kalimba (thumb piano). Phia new work by animation artist Sal the world since 1978, when she and passion for music from times is also the founder and artistic Cooper and composer Kate Neal was a prize winner in the Leeds before her own breathes new life director of Melbourne Indie Voices, celebrates Melbourne Recital International Piano Competition, into the haunting and beautifully a new breed of community choir. Her Centre’s 10th Anniversary year her performances continue to robust fado melodies. and is the highlight of a dramatic be varied. Kathryn’s Melbourne two musical worlds — joyous choral multi-media concert about Recital Centre debut illuminates INFORMATION harmonies and live looping — collide movement and commuting, the piano music of four major in a heart-stopping Melbourne Fri 9 August 8pm featuring world and Australian French composers. Recital Centre debut elevated by the Primrose Potter Salon premieres of virtuoso works. Don’t choir’s rich sound and Phia’s gift for INFORMATION (One hour no interval) miss the post-performance Q&A lyrical music-making. with the artists. Thu 8 August 6pm Alma Mater Primrose Potter Salon Tickets $30 ($25 conc) INFORMATION INFORMATION (70-mins no interval) Presented by Melbourne Recital Sat 10 August 8pm Centre & Alma Mater Wed 7 August 6pm Works by Ravel, Fauré, Debussy Primrose Potter Salon Primrose Potter Salon and Franck. (One hour no interval) (One hour no interval) Kathryn Stott piano (U.K.) Phia The Commuter Variations* by Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Melbourne Indie Voices Kate Neal and works by Mayke Presented by Melbourne Recital Tickets $30 ($25 conc) Nas, Missy Mazzoli, Ligeti, Centre Presented by Melbourne Recital David Lang, Martin Bresnick Centre & Sophia Exiner and Eric Griswold. *Commissioned by Melbourne Recital Centre for its 10th Anniversary Lisa Moore piano Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

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RELAXED PERFORMANCE LOCAL HEROES Melbourne German Romantics

Winterreise AUGUST Guitar Quartet David Greco and Erin Helyard present the Ukranian-Australian mother-son duo Markiyan first Australian performance of Schubert’s & Oksana Melnychenko have a shared devotion Adopting a casual attitude to sound and masterpiece on period instruments. David and for performing great violin and piano movement, Relaxed Performances provide Erin strip away the stuffy, canonised aura of this masterpieces. Their recitals present the highest the same exceptional artists in the best place to famous work, presenting a Winterreise sung by standard of musical artistry, brimming with hear, with an environment particularly suitable a young man in the full fervour of love and an passionate joy for sharing great music. This for audience members with autism, learning all-consuming passion. This is a Winterreise that concert sees the duo perform masterpieces by disabilities or sensory sensitivities. This time captures every moment of Schubert’s terror and Brahms and Schubert with inimitable charm it’s the wonderful Melbourne Guitar Quartet. mortality — a vital and utterly engrossing and technical mastery. performance of one of the greatest song cycles INFORMATION ever written. INFORMATION Tue 13 August 12 noon Wed 14 August 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (45-mins no interval) INFORMATION Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Melbourne Guitar Quartet Tue 13 August 6pm Schubert Violin Sonata, D.574, ‘Grand Duo’ Tickets $10 Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Brahms Violin Sonata No.1 in G, Op.78, ‘Regen’ Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Schubert Winterreise Brahms Scherzo from F-A-E Sonata David Greco baritone Markiyan Melnychenko violin Erin Helyard piano Oksana Melnychenko piano Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and and David Greco & Erin Helyard Markiyan & Oksana Melnychenko Engaged through The University of Melbourne- Melbourne Recital Centre Learning Partnership

Melbourne Guitar Quartet

Markiyan Melnychenko & Oksana Melnychenko David Greco & Erin Helyard

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5 Chrysalis Trio Björk: One of Melbourne’s most exciting Interpreted: new chamber ensembles makes its Melbourne Recital Centre debut. ‘A Sun That Is This compelling program is built around Debussy’s masterwork, the Still Burning’ first work created for the magical The music of Björk defies combination of flute, viola and categorisation. Her truly unique harp. In between, a musical sonic portraits inspire, challenge adventure takes you from the and invigorate audiences and vitality and flair of the French musicians worldwide. Bassist and Baroque to the world premiere of a composer Claire Cross brings new work written specifically for together some of Melbourne’s most Chrysalis Trio by Australian exciting young improvisers to composer Natalie Williams. reimagine pieces from Björk’s inimitable repertoire. An ambitious INFORMATION and highly visceral experience not Quartet & Country Thu 15 August 6pm to be missed. More than just an ordinary concert, Quartet & Country is a much loved Primrose Potter Salon project of the Australian String Quartet (ASQ) — one that seeks to find INFORMATION (One hour no interval) common ground between Western art music and the songlines of this Ibert Deux Interludes for flute, Fri 16 August 7.30pm country. A multi-faceted event comprising two concert programs of top violin & harp Primrose Potter Salon Australian composers and a Q&A session, it celebrates new Australian music Rameau Pièces de clavecin en (90-mins incl. interval) written and performed by some of the country’s leading voices including concerts, Concert No.5 RCT 11 Works by Björk. Lou Bennett, Stephen Pigram, William Barton and the ASQ. Natalie Williams new work* Claire Cross (world premiere) INFORMATION Tickets $30 ($25 conc) Sonata for flute, viola & Debussy Sat 17 August 4pm & 6pm Program Two: 6pm harp Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & the SURFACE Project Free artist talk 5.10pm Sculthorpe String Quartet No.11, *Commissioned by Country Arts SA Primrose Potter Salon Jabiru Dreaming Chrysalis Trio (One hour no interval) Stephen King new work for string Tickets $39 ($29 conc) quartet & didgeridoo Program One: 4pm Presented by Melbourne Recital Iain Grandage After Silence David Paterson Quartettsätze (two Centre & the Australian National Sarah Hopkins Reclaiming the Spirit movements for string quartet) Academy of Music (ANAM) William Barton Square Circles Stephen Pigram Walganyagarra Beneath the Red Desert Sand Buru Stephen Pigram (arr. Iain Stephen Pigram singer (4pm Grandage) Mimi performance) Kate Moore String Quartet No.3, Lou Bennett singer (4pm Cicadidae performance) Lou Bennett & Iain Grandage William Barton didgeridoo (6pm dirt song performance) Lou Bennett Jaara Nyilamum Australian String Quartet Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Two-concert package $66 ($48 conc) 1 Chrysalis Trio 2 Claire Cross Presented by Melbourne Recital 3 Lou Bennett Centre in association with Australian 4 William Barton String Quartet 5 Australian String Quartet

20 JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER 2019 AUGUST Jordan Rakei ‘A talent in bloom.’ CLASH

STAFF PICK

With a fistful of highly praised releases under his belt and a soulful, INFORMATION jazz and hip-hop driven sound, 26-year-old multi-instrumentalist, Mon 19 August 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall vocalist and producer Jordan Rakei is a rare talent. (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) Jordan Rakei with band Acclaimed by the likes of The FADER, Evening Standard and Mixmag, the New Zealand-born, London-based Tickets from $41 artist has clocked up over 100 million Spotify streams. Signed to Ninja Tune, his anticipated forthcoming album Presented by Melbourne Recital Origin draws inspiration from dystopian visions of our future, with many of the album’s lyrics exploring Centre in arrangement with Niche technological growth and how it affects our sense of humanity. With previously sold-out U.S. and Australian Productions headline tours, as well as performances at iconic venues and festivals — including Glastonbury, Pitchfork Avant-Garde Block Party, and BBC Biggest Weekend — there is no doubt that the depth and craftsmanship of Jordan’s music is turning heads worldwide.

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LOCAL HEROES MOSTLY MOZART ‘Magnum Opus’ Kenny Broberg Mozart & Bernstein AUGUST The Opus 5 of Corelli American Kenny Broberg achieved success as Mozart produced his Piano Concerto No.21 one of the grand finalists in the 2016 Sydney during a most exciting period in his life. He was Prolific Baroque composer Arcangelo Corelli International Piano Competition and was performing, composing, teaching and socialising injected music with tangible and recently awarded the silver medal of the 2017 at a frantic pace, and the sheer density and uncompromising passion — he brought such Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. breadth of this still beautifully measured concerto ambition to his music his eyes glowed ‘red as In an exclusive Melbourne recital featuring speaks to this. Bernstein’s West Side Story also fire’ when he played his violin. Illuminated on great works by Bach, Beethoven and Chopin, stems from a highly creative composing period, period instruments by Latitude 37, hear his experience the sublime playing that will and it became an instant triumph of American only set of violin sonatas, his Opus 5, glisten undoubtedly confirm Kenny as one of the theatre. The iconic Symphonic Dances explores with purity, refinement and the fruits of his next great talents of the piano. the twists and turns of romance and drama and aspiration to ‘perfect’ music for the instrument. will have you tapping along to exhilarating INFORMATION rhythms performed by Timothy Young and INFORMATION Wed 21 August 7.30pm ANAM musicians. Mon 19 August 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (Two hours incl. interval) INFORMATION Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) J.S. Bach Prelude & Fugue in A-flat, BWV 862 Corelli Violin Sonata in D, Op.5, No.1 Beethoven Sonata No.31 in A-flat, Op.110 Thu 22 August 11am Corelli Violin Sonata in C, Op.5, No.3 Chopin Fantaisie in F minor, Op.49 Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour no interval) Corelli Violin Sonata in E minor, Op.5, No.8, Franck (arr. Bauer) Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K.467 transcribed for viola da gamba Op.18 Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Corelli Violin Sonata in D minor, Op.5, No.12, Medtner Sonata in E minor, Op.25, No.2, Story (arr. Musto for pianos) ‘La Follia’ Night Wind Timothy Young piano/director Latitude 37 Kenny Broberg piano (U.S.A.) ANAM Pianists & Orchestra Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Tickets $59 ($53 conc) Tickets $49 ($42 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Presented by Sydney International Piano Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & the Latitude 37 Competition by arrangement with the Cliburn Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)

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Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra AUGUST

Matthew Laing, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Michelle Nicolle Quartet

Brio & Passion New Constellations Michelle Nicolle Wherein lies the genius of Mozart? In his Fifth Berlin-based violinist Jakob Lehmann leads an Quartet 21st Birthday Quintet, it’s the harmony of oppositions: charm ensemble of specialist local and international meets brio, the profound rubs shoulders with chamber musicians through the expansive This year Michelle Nicolle Quartet celebrates the light-hearted. In Brahms’s Second String sounds and pioneering ideas of New its 21st birthday with a retrospective of its career. Quintet, we discover an opulent dose of lustrous, Constellations. The Octet for Strings was written The Quartet seamlessly crosses the borders of unabashed Romanticism. This most intimate when Mendelssohn was just 16, and illustrates genre and style to make a brand of music all its performance of iconic chamber music includes the transformation of performance techniques own. Throughout its 21 years the Quartet has gourmet canapés, premium wine, a pre-concert in the chamber music of the early-Romantic performed across Australia, Asia and Europe, briefing and an opportunity to meet the artists period. Brahms destroyed the nonet version of with highlights including The North Sea and post-performance. his Serenade, but based on archives and written Tokyo Jazz Festivals. accounts this original chamber version has been INFORMATION INFORMATION brought back to life. Thu 22 August 6pm Fri 23 August 8pm INFORMATION Primrose Potter Salon (Two hours no interval) Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Mozart String Quintet No.5 in D, K.593 Thu 22 August 7.30pm Works by Monk, Coltrane, Orbison and more. Brahms String Quintet No.2 in G, Op.111 Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Michelle Nicolle Quartet William Hennessy AM violin Mendelssohn Octet for Strings in E-flat Tickets $30 ($25 conc) Markiyan Melnychenko violin Brahms Serenade No.1 in D for nonet Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Merewyn Bramble viola Jakob Lehmann violin/director Michelle Nicolle Quartet Matthew Laing viola Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra Michael Dahlenburg cello Tickets from $75 ($65 conc) Tickets $163 Presented by Australian Romantic & Presented by Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Classical Orchestra

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STAFF AUGUST Miniature Meets PICK Monumental

‘Tan is the toy piano’s Rubenstein, coaxing an immensity of feeling from a limited tonal range.’ THE INDEPENDENT (U.K.)

Legendary Singaporean pianist Margaret Leng Tan INFORMATION has been hailed as the ‘diva of avant-garde pianism’ Fri 23 August 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (90-mins incl. interval) (The New Yorker) and the ‘queen of the toy piano’ Lennon & Paul McCartney Eleanor Rigby (The New York Times). Erik Griswold Old MacDonald’s Yellow Submarine Alvin Lucier Nothing is Real Renowned for her interpretations of John Cage, Tan returns to Melbourne for an eclectic Philip Glass How Now (Australian premiere) program on toy piano, piano and assorted sound objects. The concert features a Satie Jed Distler Minute Ring miniature, Jed Distler’s Minute Ring, Beatles classics reinterpreted on toy pianos and Satie Gnossienne No.3 teapots, and Erik Griswold’s Old MacDonald’s Yellow Submarine performed on all Toby Twining An American in Buenos Aires manner of toys. The Australian premiere of Philip Glass’s early minimalist piano solo, Cowell Tides of Manaunaun How Now, is the centerpiece in this concert of maximal contrasts with the toy piano Cowell Advertisment holding its own against its behemoth counterpart. Somei Satoh Cosmic Womb Margaret Leng Tan piano/toy piano (Singapore) Tickets $50 ($40 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

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It’s the connection they make with their class mates, as they build bonds through their shared experiences. They were together when that trumpet sounded, when the symbols crashed, and those vocals soared. They gasped and giggled at the same time, each experiencing something new, together. Learning & Access Coordinator It’s the connection made between city and country, as regional students get up extra early to Belinda Ashe on the Centre’s spend hours on a bus to Melbourne, full of nerves Share the Music program and excited chatter. They will be sound asleep on the way home. But it is that first connection, made by someone like you who wants to share the joys elbourne Recital Centre’s Share the For these students, a lifelong of live music with someone who would Music program provides all Victorians, M otherwise miss out, that is the most important. irrespective of their location, economic status connection to music may begin or background, with access to thrilling music with their first visit to Melbourne It is this connection that makes all the others experiences. Generously supported by the Recital Centre. possible. Centre’s donors, Last year alone, Share the Music gave more than 6600 people experiencing Some may see and hear the instrument that ‘My Share the Music experience was access barriers free concert tickets, instrument inspires them to join their community orchestra. educational and made me so happy. workshops, behind-the-scene tours, Others will decide to go electric. Either transport to and from the Centre way, a musical seed can be planted This was music for the soul.’ and so much more. and grow steadily over the Joy, Share the Music participant years. Share the Music But these connections is about are not just for the connections. young. Share the Music breaks down It’s the first time a barriers for many young child steps people to come and inside Elisabeth experience live Murdoch Hall music at the Centre, You can help us Share the Music including aged care and makes the by donating today. connection residents and between true community groups that assist people with melbournerecital.com.au/ wonder and live sharethemusic music. disabilities.

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Paul Cibis & Andreas Kern

Australian Girls Choir Dale Barltrop

LOCAL HEROES Australian Piano Battle Scintillating Debussy, Girls Choir Live in Australia Ravel & Bartók with Australian Girls Choir performs in a The brainchild of internationally acclaimed Dale Barltrop spectacular showcase of song and dance. Be pianists Andreas Kern and Paul Cibis, Piano Béla Bartók’s arresting and virtuosic Violin Sonata stunned by their exquisite singing, impressed Battle sees the duo go head-to-head on stage. No.1 is brought to life by two incredible muscians, by their dazzling dance steps and moved by the Who is the better pianist? That’s a challenge co-concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony passionate performance of the Choir. Like no for you to tackle with your ears, eyes and heart. Orchestra Dale Barltrop and acclaimed pianist other choir you’ve seen before, these girls Piano Battle shines a spotlight on two rival Kristian Chong. This work pairs exquisitely with perform with vibrancy and energy which is pianists who compete to win the audience over sonatas by Debussy and Ravel, whose influence how they have sung their way into the hearts with their distinctly different styles, techniques shows in the Bartók. A recital of explosive of thousands of people worldwide. and artistic personalities. The repertoire ranges virtuosity and colour. from Schubert and Chopin to Scriabin and INFORMATION Ligeti. At the end of each round, the audience INFORMATION Sat 24 August 5pm is invited to vote on the duo’s performances Mon 26 August 6pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (100-mins incl. interval) — and eventually crown the winner. Primrose Potter Salon (70-mins no interval) Australian Girls Choir INFORMATION Debussy Sonata for violin & piano in G minor Tickets $50 ($38 conc) — on sale 1 July Ravel Sonata for violin & piano No.1 in A minor Presented by Australian Girls Choir Sun 25 August 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (100-mins no interval) Bartók Sonata for violin & piano in C-sharp minor, Op.21, No.1 Paul Cibis piano (Germany) Andreas Kern piano (South Africa) Dale Barltrop violin Tickets from $59 ($55 conc) Kristian Chong piano Presented by Castiglione Arts & Culture Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and Kristian Chong & Friends

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Andrea Katz, Songmakers Australia Ensemble Liaison Trio Corta-Jaca

LOCAL HEROES SOUTHBANK SERIES Ears Wide Open 3 – The Tragedy Quintets Chiquinha Gonzaga L’Italiana in Algeri of Mignon with Friends — Her Legacy in Join the Melbourne Symphony Unique in the musical landscape of Ensemble Liaison & Friends is a Modern Choro Orchestra for an illustrated Australia, Songmakers Australia unique concert series presented by Trio Corta-Jaca brings you musical lecture on Rossini’s performs pinnacles of song and internationally acclaimed musicians Brazilian music in its most intimate brilliant opera overture presented chamber music. Featuring stirring David Griffiths (clarinet), Svetlana and exposed form. No sequins or by Nicholas Bochner. It starts with songs and duets by Schubert, Bogosavljevic (cello) and Timothy feathers here. Just rhythms that will hushed pizzicato strings and a Schumann, Wolf and Tchaikovsky, Young (piano). An exciting and make you want to dance in your lyrical oboe solo. A bright and the ensemble explores the story dramatic evening of passionate seat and exuberant melodies that cheery Allegro begins — the of Mignon, one of literature and music features two wonderful conjure images of Rio. Trio Corta- orchestra prancing to the sound of music’s most enigmatic characters. quintets by Weber and Shostakovich Jaca explores works by 19th-century twittering woodwinds and cymbal A minor player in Goethe’s Wilhelm and a work by Australian composer feminist composer Chiquinha crashes. Then that famous theme: Meister, Mignon became the object Natalie Williams written especially Gonzaga and the legacy she left first in the oboe, next as a duet of an obsession that attracted many for the ensemble. From the rarely behind. Choro is a genre that is ever between the piccolo and bassoon. great art song composers. heard to the beloved and the brand evolving and blossoming around It’s silly stuff, the Overture to The new, the artists’ glowing virtuosity is INFORMATION the world. And for good reason — it’s Italian Girl in Algiers. But it’s carried on full display. energetic, soulful and joyous. off with such effortless charm, and Thu 29 August 6pm is typical Rossini! Primrose Potter Salon INFORMATION INFORMATION (One hour no interval) Thu 29 August 7pm Fri 30 August 8pm INFORMATION Wolf Harfenspieler Songs Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Primrose Potter Salon Schumann 4 Songs Op.98a Mon 26 August 6.30pm (100-mins incl. interval) (One hour no interval) Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Tchaikovsky None But The Lonely Zemlinsky Three Pieces for cello Works by Gonzaga, Doug de Vries, Heart (One hour no interval) and piano Alastair Kerr, Mauricio Carrillo Liszt Kennst du das Land Rossini Overture to L’Italiana in Weber Clarinet Quintet in B-flat, and Pixinguinha. Algeri (excerpts) Schubert ‘Mignon und der Op.34 Trio Corta-Jaca Harfner’ from 4 Songs from Natalie Williams Treppenwitz Nicholas Bochner presenter Tickets $30 ($25 conc) Wilhelm Meister, D.877 Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Presented by Melbourne Recital Wolf Mignon Songs minor, Op.57 Tickets $29* ($24* conc) Centre & Trio Corta-Jaca *Prices subject to change without notice Songmakers Australia Natsuko Yoshimoto violin Presented by Melbourne Symphony Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Elizabeth Sellars violin Orchestra Presented by Melbourne Recital Christopher Moore viola Centre & Songmakers Australia Ensemble Liaison Tickets $50 ($40 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and Ensemble Liaison & Friends

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STAFF PICK JACOB COLLIER ‘An absolute genius ... I have never in my life seen a talent like this … Beyond category. One of my favourite young artists on the planet — absolutely mind-blowing.’ QUINCY JONES

The mercurial talent and spell-binding ingenuity of 24-year-old Jacob Collier have earned him INFORMATION global adoration and acclaim beyond that which most artists achieve in their lifetime. Lauded for his Fri 30 & Sat 31 August 8pm unique blend of contemporary jazz-funk, the wunderkind rose to popularity through his viral Elisabeth Murdoch Hall homemade multi-track YouTube videos, covering songs such as Stevie Wonder’s ‘Don’t You Worry (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) ‘bout a Thing’ with boundless imagination. Jacob Collier (U.K.) with band He’s collaborated with Hans Zimmer and Herbie Hancock, performed at Coachella with Pharrell Tickets from $59 Williams, composed music for Dreamworks and already has two Grammys to his name. Jacob Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre in Collier’s highly anticipated Melbourne Recital Centre debut sees him scale up the concepts behind arrangement with Chugg Touring & Events his original one-man-show to perform with a band of multi-talented performers playing over 30 acoustic and electronic instruments. Performing songs from his latest offerings, Djesse Vol.1 and Vol.2, the composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist further establishes himself as a must-see for all music fans.

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About the artists The Grigoryan Brothers (pictured left) have received 3 ARIA awards and 24 ARIA award nominations between them. 1

Wa: Ikebana The Firebird Free Music Performance with the Since 1967 Melbourne Youth Orchestras has Gain a closer insight into the artistry of great been enriching young lives through the power musicians with a wonderful hour of free music in Grigoryan Brothers of music. The third concert in its 2019 concert Primrose Potter Salon. An open door rehearsal, Award-winning floral artist and sculptorShoso series features the world premiere of young music-lovers can catch the finest chamber Shimbo has over 30 years’ experience as an Australian composer Cassie To’s The Reef and musicians trying out new ideas, playing favourites ikebana practitioner in the Sogetsu school. After Sibelius’s Spring Song, elevated by the and performing something new. With a different Ikebana demonstrations in Japan, Germany and Orchestra’s fine performance of Stravinsky’s ensemble every month, Free Music promises to Romania, he brings together his exquisite skills The Firebird Suite (1919). An overnight hit, The surprise and delight. to create an installation in real time. Recognised Firebird is an enduring masterpiece, loved for for their ‘uncommon originality and authority’ its beautiful melodies and remarkable INFORMATION (The New York Times), guitarists Slava individuality. Tue 3 September 12 noon Grigoryan and Leonard Grigoryan perform Primrose Potter Salon (One hour) INFORMATION works specially for this event from their broad FREE repertoire, embracing genres such as classic, Sun 1 September 2.30pm Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre jazz and contemporary music. Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hours & 30-mins incl. interval) INFORMATION Cassie To The Reef (world premiere) Sat 31 August 7pm Sibelius Spring Song Primrose Potter Salon Smetana Vltana (The Moldau) from Má vlast (One hour no interval) (My homeland) Shoso Shimbo ikebana Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Slava & Leonard Grigoryan guitar Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1919) Tickets $80 ($72 conc) Natasha Hanna violin Presented by Shoso Shimbo, Melbourne Brett Kelly conductor Ikebana Festival Melbourne Youth Orchestra Tickets $35 ($30 conc) 1 Slava & Leonard Grigoryan Presented by Melbourne Youth Orchestras 2 Melbourne Youth Orchestra

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LOCAL HEROES

Australian Chinese Music Ensemble Stiletto Sisters Soliloquy Garden of Eden Blending the beautiful and traditional with the contemporary and The Stiletto Sisters takes you into its own Garden of Eden, performing innovative, this shimmering concert brings you solo and ensemble Chinese music ranging from the sacred to the everyday. Admire the transcendent music performed by leading exponents of the repertoire. From timeless beauty of ‘Nigun’ from Scenes of Hassidic Life by Ernst Bloch, Astor favourites like Spring Moonlight Night to Chen Yaoxing’s modern treasure Piazzolla’s celebrated ode to freedom, Libertango, and a meditative prelude for erhu, Horses Galloping, the exquisite sound of the Australian Chinese from Dimitri Shostakovich as well as traditional songs in Yiddish, Hungarian Music Ensemble is mesmerising. and Russian about nature, springtime, cooking, love, home and good luck.

INFORMATION INFORMATION Tue 3 September 6pm Wed 4 September 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Traditional Chinese works and pieces by Huang Yijun, Wang Guowei, Traditional songs in Yiddish, Hungarian and Russian, and works Zhao Songting, Liu Guanyue, Wang Zheng-Ting, Yan Haideng, Liu by Bloch, John Zorn, Piazzolla, Kodály and Shostakovitch. Tianhua, Chen Yaoxing, Fan Shange and Wang Changyuan. Stiletto Sisters Zheng-Ting Wang director Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Australian Chinese Music Ensemble Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Stiletto Sisters Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Australian Chinese Music Ensemble

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GREAT CHAMBER ENSEMBLES Viktoria Mullova,

Matthew Barley & SEPTEMBER Stephen de Pledge

Matthew Barley Stephen de Pledge

Viktoria Mullova is one of her generation’s greatest violin virtuosos and one of the most versatile, with musical horizons that stretch from Baroque to jazz and world music. Whatever she plays, she plays with integrity and passion.

Hear Mullova in the intimacy of a piano trio with her husband, the cellist Matthew Barley, and long-time collaborator, pianist Stephen de Pledge. Chamber music is an opportunity for musicians to engage and challenge each other, to dive deeper into music. It’s rewarding for audiences too.

INFORMATION Tue 3 September 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Free pre-concert talk 6.45pm Ravel Piano Trio in A minor Salina Fisher new work (Australian premiere) Schubert Piano Trio in E-flat, Op.100, D.292 Viktoria Mullova violin (Russia) Matthew Barley cello (U.K.) Stephen de Pledge piano (N.Z.) Tickets from $62 ($55 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Supported by Uniting AgeWell

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Soweto Gospel Choir SEPTEMBER

Coco’s Lunch Eduardo Strausser

Soweto Gospel Choir Other Plans Petrushka The three-time Grammy winning Soweto Other Plans is the new, drop dead gorgeous Praised for his powerful and dynamic style, Gospel Choir has been spreading sheer joy to sonic journey by multi-award-winning quintet conductor Eduardo Strausser makes his audiences across the globe for nearly two Coco’s Lunch that has garnered critical ANAM Orchestra debut with the the decades. Hailing from the town of Soweto, the acclaim for its bold originality and sheer beauty. kaleidoscopic orchestral colours of Stravinky’s birthplace of the South African democratic Directed by Neil Jordan (Festival Director, Petrushka, selections from Falla’s The Three- movement’s struggle for freedom, Soweto Edinburgh International Children’s Festival) Cornered Hat and the memorable melodies of Gospel Choir continues to inspire audiences Other Plans showcases the group’s finest vocal Borodin’s Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances. around the world with its powerful blend of compositions alongside fiery South Indian African gospel, freedom songs and vocal percussion. INFORMATION international classics. Sat 7 September 7.30pm INFORMATION Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) INFORMATION Fri 6 September 6pm Borodin Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances Thu 5 September 7.30pm Primrose Potter Salon (70-mins no interval) Falla El sombrero de tres picos (The Three- Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Coco’s Lunch Cornered Hat) — Suite (selections) Soweto Gospel Choir (South Africa) Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Stravinsky Petrushka Tickets from $99.90 ($92.90 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Eduardo Strausser conductor Presented by Andrew Kay & Associates Coco’s Lunch ANAM Orchestra Tickets $75 ($48 conc) Presented by Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)

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For more than half a century, The Swingles INFORMATION has pushed the boundaries of vocal music. The The seven young singers that make up today’s Fri 6 September 7.30pm London-based group are driven by the same Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) innovative spirit that has defined the five-time Songs by Elbow, Corelli, J.S. Bach, , Grammy winning choral ensemble since it first Simon & Garfunkel, Joanna Goldsmith-Eteson, Swingles Sara Brimer, Oliver Griffiths, Tallis, Mumford made waves in the 1960s. At a time when a and cappella music is more popular than ever, The & Sons Piazzolla Swingles is recognised as a master of its craft. The Swingles (U.K.) ‘Superhero singing to The program, Look Back (ForWard), is inspired Tickets from $65 truly raise goosebumps.’ by music from Bach through to Mumford & Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Sons. With creative arrangements that THE GUARDIAN (U.K.) transport these well-loved songs into the group’s unique and rich sound world, the results are powerful and surprising.

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Festival of Jewish SEPTEMBER Arts & Music (FOJAM)

Willy Zygier & Deborah Conway Gabriella Cohen Mary Ocher

Noga Erez Zackary Drucker Vivien Goldman

FEATURING

Chris Cohen Noga Erez Song of Songs Gabriella Cohen Transformer YID! American singer- Israeli beatmaker Deborah Conway and Australia’s indie-pop Tributes to songs 22-piece avant-garde songwriter formerly and producer Willy Zygier celebrate sweetheart and her from Lou Reed’s funk and klezmer of the band Deerhoof Jewish songwriters band iconic album ensemble

The inaugural Festival Vivien Goldman INFORMATION of Jewish Arts and Music Zackary Drucker (producer of Transparent) Sun 8 September 11am, doors open 10.30am Israel Aloni’s My Body, My Nation Melbourne Recital Centre (FOJAM) takes over the Gideon Obarzanek’s Circle Dance VIP Pass $220 — includes premium seating, Centre for a full day of Hotel Record: oren ambarchi and crys cole artist meet-&-greets and more George Dreyfus Quartet Full Festival Pass $180 ($110 conc) performance, panels Mary Ocher Daytime pass $90 ($70 conc) and storytelling. Asis D’Orange Evening Pass $90 ($70 conc) AAA Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Using the theme of Lou Reed’s call to ‘Walk on YIDCORE Shir Madness Melbourne the Wild Side’, this year’s program features Tamara & the Dreams over 140 artists who break with convention to Spun Stories — storytelling session with carve new paths. FOJAM’s diverse program Elise Hearst, Emily Lubitz, Nathan Besser explores the ways Jewish identity, culture and Nevo Zissin & Magic Steven life are expressed in the arts.

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Spinifex SEPTEMBER ‘The sweetness of the singing, the power of the words and Gum the movement make this a magical experience.’ THE ADELAIDE ADVERTISER

A distinctly Australian experience, Spinifex Gum a song cycle premiered in 2016. Based on the INFORMATION is made up of the sounds of the red earth, the majestic and complex Pilbara region of Western voices of Marliya of the Gondwana Choirs, and Australia, Felix visited the Pilbara three times, Fri 13 September 7.30pm the collective voice of this country. It’s made of meeting and developing relationships with Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (90-mins incl. interval) languages, new and old, and the wrongs that members of Indigenous communities in Spinifex Gum wait to be righted. Of passion, fight and love. It’s Karratha and Roebourne. The result is a journey Felix Riebl made from all things Australian. The sound of to the sun-kissed Pilbara of Australia’s north Ollie McGill Marliya goes straight to the heart. These young west that captures the sounds of daily life — Emma Donovan vocals women have a warmth and richness that belies rustling leaves, bouncing basketballs and Marliya their age that is inspiring and uplifting with a chugging trains — entwined with true stories of Tickets $79/$59 unique mix of joy, passion and humour. the racism, injustice and colonisation that have Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Commissioned in 2015 by Gondwana Choirs, shaped the region’s history. Felix Riebl’s () Spinifex Gum —

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Marliya

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Berardi, McAll Emerson Quartet & Wilson Perhaps the most celebrated string quartet ever to emerge from the U.S.A., Emerson Three of Australia’s most highly regarded jazz String Quartet is making its first Australian musicians take listeners on a dazzling journey tour in over 19 years. Naturally enough, the to ignite hearts, minds and imaginations. In an master string quartet has chosen to play two exhilarating homage to their mentors and programs of great masterpieces. Quartets musical inspirations, Kristin Berardi (voice), by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven are full of Barney McAll (piano) and Julien Wilson attention-grabbing highlights and dreamy slow Flute & Harp (tenor saxophone) explore jazz, gospel and movements, while the vitality of folk music Two exquisite instruments and uplifting Classical original material. shapes the quartets of Dvořák and Bartók. spirit in abundance. One of Mozart’s most loved works, the Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra INFORMATION INFORMATION is pure elegance and magic. To complement, Fri 13 September 8pm Sat 14 & Tue 17 September 7pm Haydn’s lyrical and intimate Mercury Symphony, Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) the sparkling brio of Tchaikovsky, and a new Kristin Berardi voice Program One: 17 September composition by Nicholas Buc, commissioned by Julien Wilson tenor saxophone Mozart String Quartet No.21 in D, K.575 residents of Yackandandah (population 900) where tours Barney McAll piano Dvořák String Quartet No.10 in E-flat, Op.51 Melbourne Chamber Orchestra annually. Tickets $30 ($25 conc) Shostakovich String Quartet No.5 in B-flat, Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Op.92 INFORMATION Kristin Berardi Program Two: 14 September Sun 15 September 2.30pm Haydn String Quartet in D, Op.71, No.2 Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Bartók String Quartet No.5, Sz.102 C.P.E. Bach Symphony in E-flat, Wq179 Beethoven String Quartet No.8 in E minor, Mozart Concerto for Flute & Harp, K.297c Op.59, No.2, ‘Razumovsky’ Nicholas Buc Yackandandah Music (world Emerson Quartet (U.S.A.) premiere season) Tickets from $66 ($57 conc) Haydn Symphony No.43 in E-flat, Mercury Presented by Musica Viva William Hennessy AM director/violin Prudence Davis flute Alice Giles AM harp Melbourne Chamber Orchestra 1 Kristin Berardi 2 Emerson Quartet Tickets from $65 ($54 conc) 3 Alice Giles Presented by Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

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Peter de Jager & Lloyd Van't Hoff

LOCAL HEROES SPOTLIGHT SERIES MOSTLY MOZART Without Regrets Mad Visions Mozart & Bach Acclaimed choir Ensemble Gombert Clarinettist Lloyd Van’t Hoff and pianist Peter Mostly Mozart is an hour of wonderful music performs music by Australian composers. de Jager bring youthful vigour to inspiring and the chance to catch up with friends over a cup The centrepiece Messe sans regretz (Without music from the far corners of the world. From of tea with classical masterpieces performed in Regrets) by Sydney composer Brooke Shelley Carl Maria von Weber’s dramatic Grand Duo the acoustic beauty of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall by is styled on a High Renaissance Mass, while Concertante to the thrilling insanity of musicians from the Australian National Calvin Bowman’s double-choir settings of John Australian Holly Harrison’s Alice in Wonderland Academy of Music (ANAM) and guests. Donne’s Holy Sonnets verge on the Romantic. inspired The Mad Tea Party and Jager’s own Containing one of the most beloved flute solos of Joesph Twist’s work takes its name from a verse Latin Rhapsody, the duo offers a visceral and all time, J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No.2 is of Psalm 137, but is actually a setting of a poem engaging musical experience. treasured for its elegance and inventiveness. by Oodgeroo of the Noonuccal tribe. Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante also provides INFORMATION stunning parts for its wind soloists and is INFORMATION Tue 17 September 6pm performed beautifully by the LA Philharmonic Mon 16 September 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Wind Quintet. Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Missy Mazzoli Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of INFORMATION Brooke Shelley Messe sans regretz Pianos Joseph Twist How shall we sing the Lord’s song Holly Harrison The Mad Tea Party Thu 19 September 11am in a strange land? Peter De Jager Latin Rhapsody Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour no interval) Vaughan McAlley De profundis Weber Grand Duo Concertante, Op.48 Bach Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067 Calvin Bowman Death be not proud Lloyd Van’t Hoff clarinet Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K.297b Ensemble Gombert Peter de Jager piano/harpsichord LA Philharmonic Wind Quintet Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Tickets $39 ($29 conc) ANAM Orchestra Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Lloyd Tickets $49 ($42 conc) Ensemble Gombert Van’t Hoff Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) Supported by Lendlease Over 55s Living

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Did you know? The Primrose Potter Salon is comprised of a series of diffusing timber panels with tessellated plywood faces which tip in and out to form a modulated wall and ceiling. 2 3 1 Natsuko Yoshimoto 2 Sharon Grigoryan, Australian String Quartet 3 The Sedergreens

LOCAL HEROES Light & Dark Ives Westlake Explorations Violinist Natsuko Yoshimoto and pianist Debussy The name Sedergreen is synonymous with jazz Konstantin Shamray explore the extremes of in in Melbourne. All three are prolific composers beauty and emotion in two starkly contrasting Australian String Quartet performs three and performers. Their compositional directions masterpieces. Beethoven’s ‘Spring’ Sonata outstanding musical works. The music of are broad, including ground breaking joz music, glimmers with optimism and joie de vivre, Charles Ives is made of pictures from a long-lost a blend of jazz with Celtic and Aboriginal articulating his abiding love of nature. America, appearing like a nostalgic dream. influences. This concert is a unique event, Prokofiev’s Sonata No.1 is dark and brooding — Claude Debussy’s string quartet showcases a featuring not only joz music, but a host of original arguably one of the most powerful and moving free flow of colours, motifs and gestures in the compositions, reflecting the different approaches pieces of music one can experience. search for melodic rapture. And the vibrant of each composer. colour and energy for which Nigel Westlake is INFORMATION renowned make his eagerly awaited new work INFORMATION a splendid companion to Debussy and Ives. Thu 19 September 6pm Fri 20 September 8pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) INFORMATION Beethoven Violin Sonata Op.24, No.5 in F, ‘Spring’ The Sedergreens Fri 20 September 7pm Prokofiev Violin Sonata Op.80, No.1 in F minor Tickets $30 ($25 conc) Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Natsuko Yoshimoto violin Ives String Quartet No.1, From the Salvation Army The Sedergreens Konstantin Shamray piano Nigel Westlake String Quartet, No.3 (world Tickets $39 ($29 conc) premiere) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Debussy String Quartet, Op.10 Natsuko Yoshimoto Australian String Quartet Tickets $92 ($72 conc) Presented by Australian String Quartet

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Next Generation LOCAL HEROES SOUTHBANK SERIES Baroque Lightness Monteverdi’s Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Vespers introduces Australian audiences to four of Being electrifying young artists who have glanced Caroline Almonte and Blair Harris present In Monteverdi’s ambitious Vespers of 1610, the around the corner and are seeking to define diverse modern Australian works for cello and composer seamlessly combined unaccompanied Baroque performance of the future. One of these piano paired with the monumental sonatas of choral church music with the opulent theatricality artists is violin prodigy Christian Li who, at just French icon Gabriel Fauré. Be enraptured as of the Baroque, demonstrating his mastery of 11 years of age, has already won the Junior Prize they share the fleeting fairytales of Janáček’s both the old and the new. Ludovico’s Band joins at the prestigious Menuhin Competition in Pohádka and Fauré’s rarely heard Cello Sonata forces with Ensemble Gombert under the Europe. These vivacious local musicians are No.1 — an energetic yet lyrical work of highly direction of John O’Donnell for this performance making momentous musical waves across original style. Also featured are contemporary of Monteverdi’s much-loved sacred work. London, New York and Geneva and will ignite works of Greenbaum and Humphries, INFORMATION the stage as they unite with spirited virtuosity showcasing our nation’s own musical language. and boundless youthful energy. Mon 23 September 6.30pm INFORMATION Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (100-mins incl. interval) INFORMATION Mon 23 September 6pm Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206 Sat 21 September 7pm & Sun 22 September 5pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Ludovico’s Band Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Stuart Greenbaum Lunar Orbit Ensemble Gombert Arne Rise, glory rise Janáček Pohádka (Fairy Tale) Tickets $50 ($40 conc) J.S. Bach Chaconne from Partita No.2 in D minor Alice Humphries Strike a Light Burn it Bright Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Halvorsen Passacaglia for violin and viola after Fauré Cello Sonata No.1 in D minor, Op.109 Ludovico’s Band Handel Blair Harris cello Handel Arias from Julius Caesar, Jephtha, Alcina Caroline Almonte piano & Ariodante Tickets from $39 ($29 conc) Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.11, No.2 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Christian Li violin Blair Harris Annie Gard Baroque violin (U.S.A.) Madison Nonoa soprano (N.Z.) Filipe Manu tenor (N.Z.) Paul Dyer artistic director Australian Brandenburg Orchestra 1 Natalia Harvey Tickets from $30 2 Blair Harris 3 Christian Li Presented by Australian Brandenburg Orchestra 4 Ludovico’s Band

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Sophie Rowell Christopher Moore Fidelio Quartet

Kids & Families Rowell & Moore Melbourne Beethoven Jams for Fams: Two extraordinary musicians, violinist Quartet Cycle Concert 6 Meeting Mendelssohn Sophie Rowell and violist Christopher Moore, On the eve of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra invites kids make their duo debut. If the string quartet is a Fidelio Quartet continues its sublime musical and families to an interactive musical adventure conversation among equals, then the duo of adventure through the great composer’s string exploring Felix Mendelssohn’s vibrantly vivid, violin and viola is an engrossing tête-à-tête. quartets. From his ‘Middle Period’, the Quartet vivacious, vital and volatile Violin Concerto. The Mozart’s genius shines in his joyous duo, offers a delightful Op.18 quartet and the Orchestra, presenter Thea Rossen and special Martinů’s Three Madrigals are wonderfully tremendous Op.130 quartet. Crohn’s and Colitis guest Ray Chen will guide you through the rich in texture, and a world premiere by Stuart Australia is proudly supporting the Melbourne 35-minute jam. Bring your clapping hands, your Greenbaum adds an Australian element to this Beethoven Quartet Cycle to raise awareness of singing voice and stamping feet to join in as you most intimate of chamber music combinations. Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, which discover Mendelssohn’s marvellous melodies and Enjoy morning tea in the Ground Floor Foyer Beethoven suffered from. rousing rhythms. from 10am and an exclusive Meet the Artists session following the concert at noon. INFORMATION INFORMATION

INFORMATION Tue 24 September 7.30pm Wed 25 September 12 noon Primrose Potter Salon Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (35-mins no interval) Tue 24 September 11am (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour no interval) Beethoven String Quartet in B-flat, No.6, Op.18 (highlights) Mozart Duo in G, K.423 Beethoven String Quartet in B-flat, No.13, Op.130 Martinů Three Madrigals Thea Rossen presenter Stuart Greenbaum Sonata, From Far Above Fidelio Quartet Ray Chen violin (world premiere) Tickets $60 ($40 conc) Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Presented by Fidelio Quartet and Crohn’s and Tickets $25 Sophie Rowell violin Colitis Australia Babes in arms ticketing applies. Christopher Moore viola See page 45 for details. Tickets $54 Presented by Musica Viva Presented by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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GREAT PERFORMERS Paul SEPTEMBER Lewis

Completing his epic survey of the great works of Haydn, Beethoven and Brahms, Paul Lewis once again displays his extraordinary gifts in this grand program of masterpieces.

Marshall McGuire, Director of Programming

What better way to conclude this pianistic journey INFORMATION by Lewis than with the greatest work of all. Tue 24 September 7.30pm Master Class This concert is a homecoming for Paul Lewis, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall with Paul Lewis and for us. For the last two seasons Lewis has led (One hour & 50-mins incl. interval) Join Paul Lewis for a revelatory master class us on a journey of discovery into the very soul of Free pre-concert talk 6.45pm the piano through the music of Haydn, Beethoven and discover more about the great repertoire Haydn Keyboard Sonata in E minor, Hob.XVI:34 for piano. and Brahms. We’ve experienced Haydn’s Brahms Three Intermezzi, Op.117 mercurial wit, Beethoven’s emotional extremes Beethoven INFORMATION and Brahms’s interiority. Lewis concludes his survey with three of their greatest works: the Paul Lewis piano (U.K.) Mon 16 September 6pm high drama of Haydn’s E-minor sonata, Brahms’s Tickets $62 ($55 conc) Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours no interval) dreamiest intermezzos, and finally Beethoven’s Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Paul Lewis piano Diabelli Variations, where an artless little waltz Series Partner: Legal Friends of Melbourne Tickets $10 explodes into a universe of humour, tragedy Recital Centre Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and transcendence. Program Partner: The Langham Melbourne Supported by Jim Cousins AO & Libby Cousins and Igor & Jenny Zambelli

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Staff Picks SEPTEMBER

El Chantry, Contemporary Program Manager, talks about the highlights this season that’ll keep her at the Centre until late at night.

Jessica Hitchcock Dale Barltrop

Jordan Rakei

New Zealand born multi-instrumentalist Jordan Rakei is one to keep an eye on. Coming to us hot off the release of his anticipated third album, you’ll love his Jessica Hitchcock Dale Barltrop & bright jazz-infected melodies and transfixing soulful vocals. Jessica Hitchcock is an award-winning singer, Ray Chen: Mendelssohn’s Indigenous performer and songwriter. Her Mon 9 August | More on page 21 charismatic stage presence and versatile Violin Concerto performances draw on over 15 years of musical Ray Chen has been winning hearts around the experience and have recently led her to tour world with his incredible skill and charming stage Margaret with Kate Miller-Hiedke and Mission Songs presence. Chen joins the Melbourne Symphony Leng Tan Project, while continuing her work at Short Orchestra for Mendelssohn’s famous Violin Black Opera as a collaborator and composer. Concerto, but not before Rossini’s sparkling This year Jessica releases her first LP, Bloodline, overture to his opera The Italian Girl in Algiers. ‘The Queen of the Toy Piano’, a collection of songs about love, life and loss. Then it’s double trouble, as Chen teams up with Margaret is an absolute joy to watch. the orchestra’s concertmaster Dale Barltrop in a INFORMATION A formidable player of the avant- concerto for two by Vivaldi. How else can guarde, her imaginative performances Wed 25 September 7pm you finish such a vibrant concert than with and surprisingly wide range of Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Schubert’s Third Symphony, its sunny D major repertoire will amaze you. Jessica Hitchcock vocals charm and dizzying tarantella finale? Fri 23 August | More on page 24 Tickets $30 ($25 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre INFORMATION Thu 26 September 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Spinifex Rossini L’Italiana in Algeri Overture Gum Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 Vivaldi Concerto for two violins in A minor, RV 522 This promises to be a truly memorable Schubert Symphony No.3 in D, D.200 performance. Having received rave Dale Barltrop director/violin reviews at both Adelaide and Sydney Ray Chen violin Festivals, don’t miss the opportunity to Melbourne Symphony Orchestra see this powerful work that holds a mirror Tickets from $99 ($94 conc) to the country in all its destruction, Presented by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra injustice, strength and beauty. Fri 13 September | More on page 35

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Syzygy Ensemble Miles Johnston, 2018 winner Solstice Piano Trio

Turning Circles Great Romantics Cityscapes This year Syzygy Ensemble turns 10 and Competition Solstice Piano Trio creates a musical portrait reflects on what it means to grow and change. of cities as places of chaos, connection, hope, Now in its 10th year, the national Great The award-winning contemporary music group home and history. The performance features Romantics Competition provides a platform is lauded for its virtuoso precision and original commissions by local composers and a new for young musicians and ensembles passionate programming. This concert explores journeys work by Solstice’s cellist Steph Arnold. about Romantic repertoire, including such both literal and metaphorical, from the curious Complementing these central works will be luminaries as Brahms, Liszt and Schumann. life cycle of bees with Liza Lim to the ecstatically music by Moya Henderson and finally Pēteris Open to soloists, duos or small ensembles, pealing bells of Sean Shepherd’s Lumens, Vasks’s Plainscapes: a beautiful and meditative Australia’s talented young musicians will battle celebrating nature’s cycle of rebirth from ash work reflecting Vasks’s own connection to his it out for the prestigious Elisabeth Murdoch and fire — new life after death. home and the Latvian landscape. Prize, which includes a combination of cash plus INFORMATION performance and recording opportunities. INFORMATION

Thu 26 September 6pm INFORMATION Mon 30 September 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Sun 29 September 3pm Grind Show (Electric) Pēteris Vasks Plainscapes Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Andrew Byrne Ghost in the Machine (world Moya Henderson Waking Up The Flies (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) premiere) Stephanie Arnold new work FREE — tickets required (available from 29 July) Liza Lim The Turning Dance of the Bee Louisa Trewartha new work Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Sean Shepherd Lumens Supported by Annamila Pty Ltd, Solstice Piano Trio Daniel Richardson percussion Mrs Margaret S. Ross AM & Dr Ian C Ross Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Syzygy Ensemble Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Solstice Piano Trio Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Syzygy Ensemble

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School concerts

Westbourne Grammar Korowa Anglican Girls’ Melbourne Girls A Winter Concert One Thread That School Annual Concert: School Annual Concert Grammar Wesley College Glen Binds Us All Ascension Join over 300 students as Melbourne Girls Waverley Campus Music St Catherine’s School Westbourne Grammar Korowa Anglican Girls’ Grammar presents School presents A Winter returns to Melbourne School’s finest musicians School’s large ensembles ensembles from the Concert, an uplifting Recital Centre for its 2019 share a spectacular and VCE Music School’s vibrant celebration of the many Gala Concert. Music-lovers program of inspiration and Performance students cocurricular program talented students of the of all kinds will enjoy a celebration, opening and perform in a celebratory in celebration of the school that all lovers of variety of performances closing with two massed evening of sophisticated student’s talents, and the music will enjoy. by the school’s talented items showcasing the talents and diverse music. camaraderie which musicians from Years of 250 instrumentalists making music together INFORMATION 4 to 12. and vocalists. INFORMATION creates. Wed 21 August 7pm INFORMATION INFORMATION Thu 1 August 7pm INFORMATION Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Three hours incl. interval) Tue 27 August 6.30pm Sun 21 July 4pm (Two hours & 30-mins Tue 20 August 7.30pm Wesley College Glen Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Elisabeth Murdoch Hall incl. interval) Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Waverley Campus (Three hours incl. interval) (Three hours incl. interval) Korowa Anglican Girls’ Two hours (incl. interval) students St Catherine’s School Works by Bernstein, School students Melbourne Girls Tickets $38 ($30 conc) students Christopher Tin, A. R. Tickets $32.50 ($22.50) Grammar students Presented by Wesley Tickets $34 — Rahman, Gnarls Barkly, — on sale 20 June Tickets $28 ($22 conc) — College Glen Waverley on sale 30 May Gilbert Gabriel and Nick Presented by Korowa on sale 29 July Campus Presented by St Laird-Clowes. Anglican Girls’ School Presented by Melbourne Catherine’s School Westbourne Grammar Girls Grammar School students Tickets $24 ($16 conc) — on sale 3 June Presented by Westbourne Grammar School

Loreto Mandeville Terms & Conditions Wantirna College Hall Toorak: The Victorian College of Gala Concert Showcase Concert the Arts Secondary Wantirna College is a Featuring solo and School explores leading school in the area orchestral works from interactions between of Performing Arts. To Haileybury in Concert Music at the Centre — Lowther Hall Annual classical to contemporary, young people and highlight the outstanding Loreto Mandeville Hall technology featuring the program at the College, it Haileybury presents a War of the Worlds Music Concert Toorak presents an world premiere of Stefan showcases its premiere whole school concert St Michael’s Grammar Lowther Hall Anglican uplifting and celebratory Cassomenos’s Terms & ensembles, chorales and featuring its best School music students Grammar School concert showcasing the Conditions and Mason soloists. musicians and ensembles. from Years 4 to 12 perform showcases diverse musical performance excellence Senior School ensembles two epic contrasting works pieces performed by Bates’s Mothership. of its students. INFORMATION perform a variety of on the theme of conflict, students from the School’s classical, jazz and including Jeff Wayne’s orchestras, jazz bands, INFORMATION Wed 18 September 7.30pm INFORMATION contemporary music. thrilling musical version of concert bands, choirs and Thu 12 September 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall H.G. Wells’s novel The War ensembles. Wed 11 September 7pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 15-mins incl. INFORMATION of the Worlds. Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) interval) INFORMATION (Two hours & 45-mins Wantirna College Wed 28 August 7.30pm Works by Schnittke, INFORMATION incl. interval) Dvořák, Stefan students Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Tue 10 September 7pm Loreto Mandeville Hall Cassomenos and Tickets $20 — on sale 1 July (Two hours & 45-mins Mon 2 September 7pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Toorak soloists from Mason Bates. Presented by Performing incl. interval) Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 15-mins incl. Years 7—12 Fabian Russell conductor Arts at Wantirna College Haileybury students (Two hours incl. interval) interval) Mandeville String James Le Fevre conductor Tickets $15 — on sale 17 July Jeff Wayne The War of the Lowther Hall Anglican Orchestra Alexandra Hiew string Presented by Haileybury Worlds (highlights) Grammar School students Loreto Symphony director Haydn Missa in Angustiis Tickets $37 ($28 conc) — Orchestra (Mass for troubled times), on sale 24 July Dermot Tutty choral Tickets $40 ($25 conc) Hob. XXII/11, ‘Nelson Mass’ director Presented by Lowther Hall — on sale 9 August Anglican Grammar School Victorian College of the St Michael’s Grammar Presented by Loreto Arts Secondary School School music students Mandeville Hall Toorak students Tickets $25 ($18 conc) — Tickets $50 ($30 conc) on sale 5 August — on sale 12 July Presented by St Michael’s Presented by Victorian Grammar School College of the Arts Secondary School

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10TH ANNIVERSARY GIFTS ($2500+) John & Cathy Simpson Pearl Tang (including Jenny & Peter Hordern Ensemble Giovane — Pandora Kay & John Larkins Susan Alberti AC & Maria Sola (Local Heroes matching from (Mary Vallentine Anthony J & Philippa M Kelly 10th Anniversary Leadership Donors Colin North OAM & Great Performers Pricewaterhouse Coopers) Limitless Stage Fund) Maryanne B Loughnan QC Benefactor in support of Master Leadership Supporter) Dr Michael Troy In memory of Beryl Hooley Banjo McLachlan & Lady Primrose Potter AC ($1000+) classes & young artist Anonymous (3) John Howie AM & development Paul Mahony 10th Anniversary Public ($7500+) ($500+) ARM Architecture Esther & Brian Benjamin Rhonda Allen Dr Linsey Howie Elizabeth O’Keeffe Activation Program ($10,000+) Adrienne Basser (Great Performers Jenny Anderson Louise Kornman Jim Cousins AO & Meredith Schilling ($50,000) Prof John Langford AM & Michael Shand QC Peter & Ruth McMullin Carolyn & Tony Baum Leadership Supporters) Anonymous (1) Libby Cousins Jane Bloomfield Peter J Armstrong The Late Christina YMF Australia Tom Smyth ($4000+) 10th Anniversary Helen Brack Alistaire Bowler McCallum Danielle Davis & ($7500+) ($500+) Commissions Barbara Burge Min Li Chong Cathy Lowy (Mary Elizabeth Boros The Aranday Foundation Joyce Marks Vallentine Limitless George & Laila Embelton John Castles AM & Robert & Jan Green Jean Dunn Leslie G Clements Ulrike Klein AO Stage Fund) ($5000+) Thelma Castles OAM Jenny & Peter Hordern MinterEllison The Hon Hartley Hansen Jane Kunstler Maggie Cash Penelope Hughes Sally MacIndoe Jo Fisher Lyndsey & QC & Rosalind Hansen Majlis Pty Ltd. Diana Lempriere Maria McCarthy Peter Hawkins Christine & Michael Clough Message Consultants Angela & Richard Kirsner The Hon David L Harper AM Playking Foundation The Hon Mary Delahunty Dr Anne Lierse Peter & Ruth McMullin Igor Zambelli & Australia Medical Friends of Margaret S Ross AM & Paul Donnelly & Jane Morris Ann Miller Jenny Zambelli Dr Ian C Ross James Ostroburski & Dennis & Fairlie Nassau Melbourne Recital Centre Brigitte Treutenaere Dr Robert Piaggio ($3000+) Leo Ostroburski Greg Shalit & Miriam Faine Maria Sola Jo Fisher & Peter Grayson Dr Diane Tibbits Anonymous (1) ($2000+) Geoff & Jan Phillips The Ullmer Family Helen Symon QC & Colin Golvan AM QC & Christine Sather Dr Charlotte Slade & (Great Performers Foundation (Mary Ian Lulham Dr Deborah Golvan ACCESS TO THRILLING Dr Cherilyn Tillman & Assoc Prof Sebastian King Leadership Supporters) Vallentine Limitless The Yulgilbar Foundation Naomi Golvan & MUSIC AND LEARNING Tam Vu Margaret Taylor Stage Fund) ($1000+) George Golvan QC OPPORTUNITIES FOR Mr Phillip Antippa & Steinway Giving Circle Mary Vallentine AO ($1000+) Robert & Jan Green EVERYBODY Mary Vallentine AO Benefactor Patron Dr Victor Wayne & Peter J Armstrong Dr Tracey Huntley Dr Garry Joslin & Supported by the Elisabeth Vivian Wei Wang Gandel Philanthropy Dr Karen Wayne OAM Bailey-Lord Family Michael Bennett & Prof Dimity Reed AM Murdoch Creative Mark & Jane Wilson Mary Beth Bauer Kate Stockwin ($30,000+) Sally MacIndoe ($2500+) Development Fund and the Elizabeth Xipell Fiona Bennett Prof Rod Hunt & Krystyna Campbell-Pretty Jane Matthews Anonymous (1) Mary Vallentine Limitless Audrey Zibelman Zoe Brinsden Michael Sharpe Message Consultants Ballandry (Peter Griffin Stage Fund, donors ($10,000+) Kathryn Fagg Dr Jean McMullin & Anonymous (1) Australia Family) Fund to our learning and access NURTURING ARTISTIC Dr Jane Gilmour OAM & Dr Catherine Brennan John Calvert-Jones AM & Dr Richard Mills AM Liz & Charles Baré programs help to share the DEVELOPMENT Terry Brain Dr John F Mills Janet Calvert-Jones AO Tim Orton & Barbara Dennis Alastair Campbell & music by bringing — FOSTERING A BRIGHT Prof Andrea Hull AO Dr Alastair Jackson AM James Ostroburski & Sue Campbell high-quality music and MUSICAL FUTURE Seat Dedications Liane Kemp Lady Primrose Potter AC Leo Ostroburski Kathy & George Deutsch learning opportunities to Supported by the Elisabeth Annamila Pty Ltd Simon Le Plastrier Skipp Williamson & Prof David Penington AC & Andrea Goldsmith people from all walks of life. 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‘One man’s vision of soul music’s Presents evolving potential’

Australia’s favourite soul and funk act reinvents selections from its extensive songbook with a S Y M P H O N I C 10-piece string ensemble. Expect lush and inspired soul arrangements — and some extra special surprise guests — in a performance launching its SOUL new album, By Special Arrangement. THU 15 AUGUST 7.30PM TICKETS FROM $49

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