FROM LITTLE THINGS… Flinders Quartet are joined by guest violinist Elizabeth Sellars. AMY BEACH String Quartet, Op. 89 ANNE CAWRSE “in spaces between” ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op.106 More info and bookings
FROM LITTLE THINGS… Flinders Quartet are joined by guest violinist Elizabeth Sellars. AMY BEACH String Quartet, Op. 89 ANNE CAWRSE “in spaces between” ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op.106 More info and bookings
Returning by popular demand, Affinity Quartet performs three programs at Aireys Inlet Community Hall this May 26-29 promising audiences a diverse selection of repertoire from their recent 4 month European sojourn - works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Janáček and Kurtag. Aireys Inlet holds treasured memories for Affinity Quartet since their 2021 lockdown adventures and ... Read more
INFLECTIONS The ANAM Encounters series in Primrose Potter Salon at Melbourne Recital Centre showcases outstanding performers from the class of 2022 and connects them with audiences as they embark on their professional careers as leading creative artists. This concert features Aditya Bhat, 2022 winner of David Richards Performance Award for the Most Outstanding Performance of a Contemporary ... Read more
SOUNDBITE: SPEAK NO EVIL Experience the art and influence of improvisation in a unique musical journey spanning centuries, featuring works by Mozart, Messiaen, Takemitsu, and Shorter. There is a strong legacy of great composer/improvisers throughout history: Mozart would spontaneously perform half-hour encores at the piano, indistinguishable from his written compositions, while Messiaen held the position ... Read more
FAIREST ISLE The Medieval and Renaissance Ensemble presents a celebration of musical life at the court the Tudor monarchs between Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. The ensemble will present consort songs by Byrd, sacred motets by Tallis, madrigals from the English madrigal school and keyboard works by the English virginalists More info and bookings
TEMPO QUEER 1 Divisi Chamber Singers have won swathes of awards for their work championing LGBTIQ+ composers and writers, with their Compose Queer programs and their groundbreaking debut album 'Spectrum' - the first ever Australian album devoted to works by Australian LGBTIQ+ composers. One of the most exciting Chamber Choirs in Australia, here they present ... 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
TRANSFORMATIONS Music by two of the most-loved composers —Tchaikovsky and Mozart — revealed by the power of transformation. For this performance MCO musicians are playing a Tchaikovsky work originally for piano solo with a string quartet, and a Mozart piano concerto with the quartet and piano. They are joined by one of Australia’s most extraordinary ... Read more
With a unique voice that has made her a promising upcoming act in the Australian folk scene, award winning songwriter, Ailsa Mitchell, has a sound that pairs well with knitted jumpers, scenic road trips and a place by the fire on a frosty day. Fresh off the release of her debut EP 'Orange and Blue', ... 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
MOSTLY MOZART: SERENADE Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmaster, David Kim, performs and directs ANAM musicians in a program of operatic Mozart and jubilant Dvořák. Mozart’s widely revered Magic Flute is a jovial opera which a masterful brass ensemble will shine a delicate new light on. Later, the Rondo from the Haffner serenade, a miniature violin concerto, will create abundant ... Read more
VOYAGE OF MUSICAL DISCOVERY The second Voyage of Musical Discovery of 2023 charts the links between music, culture and narrative, from music from the early Romantic period performed by the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra to storytelling in new music composed by Louise Devenish. More info and bookings
THE TURN Divisi’s debut in Melbourne Recital Centre’s Primrose Potter Salon explores the intrigue of madrigals, taking six narrators’ individual interpretations and coordinating them into a beautiful, cohesive story. Divisi Chamber Singers will take four hundred years of madrigal storytelling tradition and weave masterworks with contemporary comparisons. Ben Rowarth’s The Turn, an Australian premiere, gives ... Read more
TEMPO QUEER 2 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
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
Flinders Quartet are joined by guest violinist Elizabeth Sellars. AMY BEACH String Quartet, Op. 89 ANNE CAWRSE “in spaces between” ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op.106 Filmed in Primrose Potter Salon. Free to watch once. Subscribe to FQ digital to watch on demand. Create an FQ Digital account to do either. ... 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
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
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
ANAM Recitals are an opportunity for musicians to make their own personal musical statement, through performance, repertoire and presentation. In the week beginning Monday 19 June, six ANAM musicians present solo recitals. Monday 19 June: Felix Pascoe (Violin) | Nicholas Corkeron (Trumpet) Wednesday 21 June: Anna Rabinowicz (Flute) Thursday 22 June: Alexandra King (Oboe) Friday ... 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
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
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