TEMPO QUEER 2: IN PRAISE OF THE VULNERABLE MAN Leigh Harrold, piano With special guest Dafydd Camp, oboe More info and bookings
MUSIC FOR THE FIRST PIANO Enter the sound world of 1700, where the beginnings of a classical approach to music was being explored, and where a keyboard instrument was invented that could shape and shade dynamics. Bartolomeo Cristofori invented the piano in the 1690s and made his last instrument in 1729/1730. The Cristofori reproduction played ... Read more
HARMONIEMUSIK Appearing courtesy of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, staff and students perform side-by-side in an entertaining program of Classical and Romantic works for two clarinets, two horns and two bassoons. More info and bookings
MUSIC FOR THE KING The four Coronation Anthems are among Handel’s most cherished choral works. They were composed for performance in Westminster Abbey at King George II’s coronation on 11 October 1727, and Zadok the Priest has been sung at every coronation of a British monarch since that time. The Dettingen Te Deum, composed to ... Read more
NEW PERSPECTIVES In the first half of the 19th century, music moved out of the palaces of Europe and into its living rooms, with an explosion in publishing houses making the latest works accessible to everyone from princes to paupers. As with so many developments in music, Beethoven was at the centre of things: his ... Read more
VOODOO DOLLS Music can be created and enjoyed regardless of wealth or status. Composer Jessie Montgomery has devoted her career to dismantling barriers in music pedagogy and pushing back against the hypocrisy of the privileged. Such ‘woke’ ideas are not new – 350 years ago, playwright Molière did exactly this in his play Le Bourgeois ... Read more
Introducing Mosaicas - a four piece string ensemble dedicated to the performance of early and modern tango, interwoven with Argentinian folk, in a contemporary chamber music setting. Paloma Bica (violin), Rose Kavanagh (violin), Nadia Barrow (cello) and Chris Gelok (double bass) perform regularly together as part of the Melbourne Tango Orchestra. Now, Mosaicas sees them ... Read more
FANTAZY Consortium unites a band of Australia’s finest viol players to explore the rich repertoire for viol consort. Drawing upon a wealth of professional experience in its players and a deep-shared love of the consort experience, Consortium enables Australian audiences to experience the beauty and crystalline purity of the traditional repertoire for viol consort alongside ... Read more
LIAISON AND THE SEASONS Described by Limelight magazine as a ‘national treasure’, Ensemble Liaison is one of Australia’s leading internationally acclaimed ensembles. Now in their 17th season, they are renowned for their captivating and engaging performances, recognised for imaginative and innovative programming, setting the trend for brilliant collaborations with leading artists. With something for everyone, ... Read more
MUSIC FOR THE KING The four Coronation Anthems are among Handel’s most cherished choral works. They were composed for performance in Westminster Abbey at King George II’s coronation on 11 October 1727, and Zadok the Priest has been sung at every coronation of a British monarch since that time. The Dettingen Te Deum, composed to ... Read more
'DEATH AND THE MAIDEN' Affinity Quartet performs two masterworks linked by a poetic sense of time. The Hungarian living composer Gyorgy Kurtag’s ‘Six Moments Musicaux’ takes its form from music made famous by Schubert and others in the 19th century, where an entire world of emotions could be conveyed in literally just a ‘moment’. Following ... Read more
EXTRA/ORDINARY Chinese-born artist Yelian He (aka the Kung Fu Cellist) and Joseph Lallo, saxophone come together for this concert. This uncommon pairing of instruments will explore the theme behind the central works in the program. Swedish composer, bassist and cellist Svante Henryson’s Suite Off Pist explores challenges faced when wandering away from the beaten path ... Read more
In 1970 Garrick Ohlsson won the Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the only American to have done so. In the subsequent 50 years Ohlsson has owned Chopin’s music like few others, playing it with authority, humility, a sense of discovery and deep commitment. Ohlsson has other heroes too. Scriabin is one such example, his powerful, impressionistic ... Read more
EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON Collide unites three international soloists in an ensemble that brings vibrancy, colour and stunning virtuosity to every performance. Their innovative programming splashes new colours on to classical works whilst celebrating new music by Australian composers. Formed in 2017, Collide has performed sold-out concerts across Australia and ... Read more
The Melbourne Athenaeum welcome Josephine, Nicholas, Ruby, and Mee Na of Affinity Quartet to perform in the Athenaeum Library. Last time Affinity Quartet performed in the library we had to talk them into a second performance in the same week because they proved so popular. Don't miss your chance this time. More info and bookings
WORKERS UNION Louis Andriessen’s Workers Union comprises an all-encompassing visceral power. A marriage of form and function, the work requires only a firm rhythmic solidarity with fellow performers to participate - no instruments needed! Unification of a different kind is demanded in Boulez’ Dérive, where elaborate pointillistic contributions from each player coalesce to form the whole. ANAM Alum and contemporary music champion Lina Andonovska directs a scintillating ... Read more
TEMPO QUEER 3 Kyla Matsuura-Miller, violin With special guests Niki Johnson, percussion Eliza Shephard, flute The wonderful violinist Kyla Matsuura-Miller follows up on her sellout 2022 Tempo Queer performance, with several surprise guest artists. More info and bookings
MOZART SYMPHONIES Mozart’s Paris Symphony was such an instant success that its first audience was in rapturous applause before the opening movement had even ended. The ceremonial Haffner and mercurial Linz are further testament to the miraculous scope of Mozart’s genius. Joining the ACO for this unmissable spectacle are wind and brass players hand-picked by Richard Tognetti from the world’s finest period-instrument orchestras, and string ... Read more
MATTUTINO: THE SWEET SACRED Mattutino is Tempo Rubato's monthly Sunday morning concert series. One hour of music at 11am. Stay for a complementary sherry and some nibbles after the concert. PROGRAM J S BACH – Come Sweet Death arr. cello quintet J S BACH – Arias and Chorales Sophia GUBAIDULINA – 10 Preludes (selection) Caerwen ... Read more
PILGRIMS OF THE SOUL Stunning oboe soloist Stephanie Dixon performs Mozart’s delightful C major Concerto in a compact string quartet arrangement. Celebrated Composer in Residence, Lee Bradshaw will create an exquisite new work for oboe and strings, specifically for this concert. This is completed by Tchaikovsky’s famous String Quartet no. 1, with its sensuous slow ... Read more
LUMINOUS GEMS Acclaimed Melbourne string quartet Quartz are a confluence of Australian musical talent and outstanding technique, performing sensitive interpretations of great masterpieces that are both innovative and unique. Violinists Kathryn Taylor and Philippa West, violist Merewyn Bramble and cellist Zoe Wallace frequently collaborate with sought-after Australian artists, in refreshing concerts of classical and contemporary ... Read more
MOZART SYMPHONIES Mozart’s Paris Symphony was such an instant success that its first audience was in rapturous applause before the opening movement had even ended. The ceremonial Haffner and mercurial Linz are further testament to the miraculous scope of Mozart’s genius. Joining the ACO for this unmissable spectacle are wind and brass players hand-picked by Richard Tognetti from the world’s finest period-instrument orchestras, and string ... Read more
SUNDAY SOIRÉE Join the Team of Pianists for an intimate soirée recital in the historic Drawing Room at Glenfern as part of the 2023 Rigg Bequest Classic Music in Historic Venues Series. Elizabeth Sellars (violin) and Rohan Murray (piano) perform Bach's Sonata in E Major BWV 1016 and Debussy's mercurial Violin Sonata in G minor. Rohan Murray and ... Read more
SUNDAY SOIRÉE Join the Team of Pianists for an intimate soirée recital in the historic Drawing Room at Glenfern as part of the 2023 Rigg Bequest Classic Music in Historic Venues Series. Elizabeth Sellars (violin) and Rohan Murray (piano) perform Bach's Sonata in E Major BWV 1016 and Debussy's mercurial Violin Sonata in G minor. Rohan Murray and ... Read more
TRANFIGURATIONS For his Melbourne debut, pianist Esmond Choi goes on a journey of musical Transfiguration through the music of Messiaen, Ustvolskaya and George Crumb’s Metamorphoses Book I. More info and bookings
MOZART SYMPHONIES Mozart’s Paris Symphony was such an instant success that its first audience was in rapturous applause before the opening movement had even ended. The ceremonial Haffner and mercurial Linz are further testament to the miraculous scope of Mozart’s genius. Joining the ACO for this unmissable spectacle are wind and brass players hand-picked by Richard Tognetti from the world’s finest period-instrument orchestras, and string ... Read more
This unique performance of Beethoven’s epic chamber work will bring together seven of the Melbourne’s outstanding musicians featuring members of the MSO, Arcadia Winds, ANAM, Daphnis Trio and more. Beethoven Septet op.20 is one of the landmark chamber works for strings and wind instruments. Composed long before Beethoven had any inkling of his impending deafness, ... Read more
ANAM WITH PRIDE “We were thrilled to be asked to give a concert at the Victorian Pride Centre, as their mission represents so much of what is good and necessary in our society today. At ANAM we want to be making music in a way that reflects everyone’s needs and beliefs so to be joining ... Read more
MUSIC MATINEE Music Matinee's purpose is to bring live and free inspirational music into the City of Melbourne and provide performance opportunities for talented musicians. Hear ANAM pianists play Mozart Piano Sonatas 1-6. More info and bookings
ANAM AT BELEURA With an outstanding track record of success, ANAM alumni work in orchestras and chamber ensembles around the world, performing as soloists, contributing to educating the next generation of musicians, and winning major national and international awards. More info and bookings
THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD The two great gardens of English music, separated by two centuries, are the theme of this concert experience co-curated by Sophie Rowell and the incomparable Genevieve Lacey. The beautiful, intricate music of Elizabethan & Stuart England is an escape to a world far from our own. In this first flowering ... Read more
TEMPO QUEER 4 Miranda Hill, double bass An Australian legend in LGBTIQ+ music, join Miranda Hill - double bass - for what will be an exciting program of works by LGBTIQ+ composers. More info and bookings
SERENITY A concert of French and German music spanning two centuries, including Duruflé’s Requiem (1948) as well as shorter works by JS Bach, Brahms, Duruflé, Fauré, Messiaen and Rheinberger, performed by the Melbourne Bach Choir and Chamber Choir, under the direction of artistic director Rick Prakhoff, with John O'Donnell on the organ. Soloists are: Christopher Hillier, ... Read more
Having a passion for travel, violinist Tair Khisambeev has worked as an orchestral musician in many different countries, exploring the diversity of the world’s cultures and the performing arts inherent in every place he visited. In this concert he brings together his wife, cellist Elina Faskhi, and pianist Konstantin Shamray, who was his childhood schoolmate ... Read more
THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD The two great gardens of English music, separated by two centuries, are the theme of this concert experience co-curated by Sophie Rowell and the incomparable Genevieve Lacey. The beautiful, intricate music of Elizabethan & Stuart England is an escape to a world far from our own. In this first flowering ... Read more
Described as a “national treasure” and “New Zealand’s most indispensable ensemble” (William Dart, NZ Herald), NZTrio is renowned for its eclectic repertoire, outstanding talent and warm kiwi stage presence. Any preconceptions of classical music being stuffy or intimidating are smashed by edgy repertoire, venue ambience, and post-concert manaakitanga. Bringing together three incredibly accomplished artists: Amalia ... Read more
Rachel Bullen, oboe Matthew Kneale, bassoon Georgina Lewis, piano More info and bookings
TEMPO QUEER 5 Coady Green, piano With special guest Adrian Tamburini, bass-baritone Tempo Queer Artistic Director and pianist Coady Green presents a program of world premieres, Australian premieres and beloved classics by LGBTIQ+ composers from across the world. With music by Tchaikovsky, Connor d'Netto, Nico Muhly, Ned Rorem, Jane Hammond, Meta Cohen and many more. ... Read more
ORNAMENTAL While Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn were as prodigious musicians as one can imagine, Fanny was regularly left standing in her brother’s shadow. Felix’ talent was celebrated, while their father declared Fanny’s musicianship to be an ornament to her domestic life. This performance title Ornamental celebrates the life, the music, and the relationship between these ... Read more
ORNAMENTAL While Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn were as prodigious musicians as one can imagine, Fanny was regularly left standing in her brother’s shadow. Felix’ talent was celebrated, while their father declared Fanny’s musicianship to be an ornament to her domestic life. This performance title Ornamental celebrates the life, the music, and the relationship between these ... Read more