Piano, violin, viola and cello. Is it a piano trio, spiced up with a viola? A micro-orchestra with piano? Perhaps a budget piano quintet? While the piano quartet certainly isn’t the most common chamber ensemble, it’s one with some truly wonderful music. Among those wonders is Dvořák’s early first piano quartet, full of charming and ... Read more
Ensemble Volante present Regermination: a joyful and cathartic dedication to the boundless landscapes and iconic birdlife of Australia. Six glorious contemporary art songs and a solo piano piece celebrate the deep connection to nature and the restorative, consoling effect it has on the troubled mind. Conceived in isolation, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the music seeks ... Read more
Nir Tsfaty and Invictus Quartet return to Primrose Potter Salon with Nir’s new work Under The Sun — their second collaboration together. Their performance presents a misty, intimate picture of life in lockdown, 14,000 km away from home. Hope, the muses, battle of wills, life in a loop. Influenced by 20th-century classical music and alternative ... Read more
Melbourne Recital Centre opens the doors of its intimate Primrose Potter Salon on one day each month from March to December for FREE open rehearsals featuring the very best of Melbourne’s chamber musicians. On each selected day the artists will use this opportunity to rehearse new works, new programs and try out new ideas for you, in ... Read more
Melbourne Recital Centre opens the doors of its intimate Primrose Potter Salon on one day each month from March to December for FREE open rehearsals featuring the very best of Melbourne’s chamber musicians. On each selected day the artists will use this opportunity to rehearse new works, new programs and try out new ideas for you, in ... Read more
Tempo Rubato welcomes Josephine Vains for a residency this October. In this first concert, Josephine collaborates with two of her favourite bass end musicians, celebrating the luscious deep sounds of the cello, bassoon and double bass. Bassoonist/pianist/composer Benjamin Hoadley gifts a new composition for cello and piano in a World Premiere performance for Tempo Rubato. ... Read more
Music Matinee's purpose is to bring live and free inspirational music into the City of Melbourne and provide performance opportunities for talented musicians. BEETHOVEN Duet for Viola and Cello in E-flat major, With Two Eyeglasses Obligato MOZART Horn Quintet K. 407 SCHUBERT Quintet in A major D667 Trout More info and bookings
Music Matinee's purpose is to bring live and free inspirational music into the City of Melbourne and provide performance opportunities for talented musicians. BEETHOVEN Duet for Viola and Cello in E-flat major, With Two Eyeglasses Obligato MOZART Horn Quintet K. 407 SCHUBERT Quintet in A major D667 Trout More info and bookings
Partridge String Quartet performs some of their favourites at the urban winery Noisy Ritual: SCHUMANN String Quartet no.3 HAYDN op.76 no.4 ‘Sunrise’ SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet no.9 Noisy Ritual drinks will be available to purchase throughout the gig and snacks also available to pre-order with ticket. Tickets also available at the door! More info and bookings
The largely unexplored sound world of saxophone quartet and harp The Nexas Quartet present a program of reimagined classics from Debussy’s Danses sacrée et profane to Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro with a new composition from Van Klaveren and world premieres from award winning Australian composer Lyle Chan and Nexas’ own Michael Duke. Long vilified in ... Read more
Although saturated with the sounds of musical polystylism, the music of Joe Chindamo and ANAM faculty Zoë Black defies barriers. Instrumental inventiveness and musical joy combine with love for the classics in a program bookended by an original work by Mozart and its sparkling reimagining by Chindamo. MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Serenade no. 13 K525 J CHINDAMO Spiegelhaus for violin and piano J CHINDAMO Symbiosis for violin and ... Read more
PERSONNEL Belinda Liew, cello Chris Nankervis, piano Mila Li, violin Lucas Levin, viola PROGRAM L. V. BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2 Robert SCHUMANN Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47 More info and bookings
Three members of Klara Quartet explore Classical, Romantic and modern masterpieces for piano trio. PROGRAM L. V. BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 "Geister" Bedřich SMETANA Trio in G minor, Op. 15 More info and bookings
Beethoven’s mammoth String Quartet No.7 contains some of his most sublime themes. It is a piece that has the ability to surprise and delight, subverting expectations with heightened drama and technical difficulty. Coupled with a string quartet by legendary Dutch composer Louis Andriessen. The piece is based on Allegri’s 17th-century choral masterpiece Miserere and explores ... Read more
Tempo Rubato welcomes Josephine Vains for a residency this October. Long-time friends and colleagues, Josephine welcomes Stewart Kelly back to the Tempo Rubato stage to partner in a vibrant program of chamber music for piano and cello. Beethoven's masterpiece, the A major Sonata reveals a composer at the height of his art, whilst the lyricism ... Read more
Syzygy Ensemble returns to Primrose Potter Salon to follow on from Revive with Rejuvenate. The performance will feature a dynamic range of works from Kitty Xiao, Kezia Yap, Salina Fischer, Elizabeth Younan, Kirsten Milenko and Kate Neal – a program that takes inspiration from ancient wisdom and natural surroundings. In the wake of times past, ... Read more
The Australian String Quartet leads a performance of Strauss’s searing Metamorphosen, a threnody from the rubble of 1940’s Europe. The work draws on the threads and nerve-endings of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, heard in an arrangement for piano quartet by the composer’s pupil Ferdinand Ries. BEETHOVEN (arr. Ferdinand Ries) Eroica Symphony arr. for piano quartet R. STRAUSS Metamorphosen ... Read more
A Feminine Touch The final concert in TAM's 2022 series delves deeply into the Romantic sound world of three women. TAM revisits Australian Miriam Hyde's Fantasy Trio, featured on their international award-winning disc. Also on the programme is the melodious Trio of Les Six member Germaine Tailleferre, and the mighty trio of Clara Schumann. More ... Read more
A Feminine Touch The final concert in TAM's 2022 series delves deeply into the Romantic sound world of three women. TAM revisits Australian Miriam Hyde's Fantasy Trio, featured on their international award-winning disc. Also on the programme is the melodious Trio of Les Six member Germaine Tailleferre, and the mighty trio of Clara Schumann. More ... Read more
Acclaimed Australian soprano, Sara Macliver, joins Genesis Baroque for a program steeped in devotion, grace, and the sorrow of parting. From Bach’s lesser-known cantata ‘Non sa che sia dolore’ (‘He does not know what sorrow is’) to Handel’s spine-tingling aria ‘Tu del ciel ministro eletto’ (‘You, the chosen minister of Heaven’), this program epitomises the ... Read more
Part of the Melba Hall Lunch Hour Concert Series collection. More info and bookings
Part of the Melba Hall Lunch Hour Concert Series collection. More info and bookings
Genesis Baroque is joined by soprano Sara Macliver – one of Australia’s most renowned performers of Baroque repertoire. The program is a celebration of the Italian Baroque, centred around Alessandro Scarlatti’s sublime cantata ‘Bella Madre dei Fiori’. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear Sara Macliver on tour with the ensemble for their inaugural regional ... Read more
World-renowned violist, and inquisitive musical personality, Lawrence Power returns to lead ANAM musicians in both orchestral and chamber settings. This concert features music by Bartók, Hindemith, Ligeti, and Dvořák, in a program that traces the inspiration from European folklore. DVOŘÁK Four Miniatures, op 75 for 2 violins and viola HINDEMITH Der Schwanendreher concerto BARTÓK Contrasts LIGETI Concert Românesc More info and bookings
A Feminine Touch The final concert in TAM's 2022 series delves deeply into the Romantic sound world of three women. TAM revisits Australian Miriam Hyde's Fantasy Trio, featured on their international award-winning disc. Also on the programme is the melodious Trio of Les Six member Germaine Tailleferre, and the mighty trio of Clara Schumann. More ... Read more
The duo’s performance in Primrose Potter Salon will undoubtedly push the envelope, teaming up with local composer and boundary dissolver K. Travers Eira. The collaboration will see them create a map detailing nodes and networks for the duo to follow, projected onto the walls of Primrose Potter Salon. Join Ossicle Duo in forging an aural ... Read more
Tempo Rubato welcomes Josephine Vains for a residency this October. As one of Australia's prominent cello educators, Josephine welcomes her past and present students to the Tempo Rubato stage in a rich and resonant program of solo and chamber music. Featuring virtuosic and soulful repertoire spanning four centuries, and a World Premiere performance with Luke ... Read more
Austral Harmony presents intimate chamber music focusing on the highly ornate Italian style of two esteemed composer-performers of the Baroque era, George Frideric Handel and Arcangelo Corelli. Handel’s pastoral cantata and floral arias are highly expressive and dramatic, with the florid poetic language illustrated to great effect as the voice is accompanied by exquisite melody-instrument ... Read more
They Swim Through Air showcases the exuberance, imagination and artistry of new music creators from Australia and beyond with a program that reflects on the rituals and processes of life. Inspired by Tolkien’s use of the term ‘sky-fields’ in Lord of the Rings, Gemma Peacocke reflects on the travels of the sun and the power ... Read more
A chamber music recital taking us off-piste in the best possible way. MCO Principal Bass Emma Sullivan has curated a concert of curiosities for flute, viola & bass. Think of it as the soprano, alto and bass of the orchestra! There’s music by Joseph Haydn’s brother Michael; bass composer David Heyes; Stravinsky contemporary Erwin Schulhoff; ... Read more