What's On: April, May & June 2020

Experience the best live music

APRIL, MAY, JUNE 2020

The War & Treaty Husband and wife powerhouse duo The War and Treaty sing from the soul Legendary singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie Van Kuijk Quartet performs Mozart Anna Meredith and her five-piece band PP1000016130

PHOTO : DAVID MCCLISTER

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Taking the Waters

MAY p5

Taking the Waters

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Für Elise

p6

3 Fri

Taking the Waters

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4 Sat

Taking the Waters

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Spyro Gyra

p6

The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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Free Music in the Salon

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Classic Kids: Peer Gynt

p7

Scotland’s Tenducci 8 Wed

5 Sun

1 Fri 2 Sat

Emily Soon & Invictus Quartet

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Mozart’s Clarinet

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The Aesthetics of Disappearance

p20

3 Sun

Mozart’s Clarinet

p19

4 Mon

Free Music in the Salon

p21

5 Tue

Homage

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ASQ Plays Dvořák with Konstantin

p21

6 Wed

Cowboy Junkies

p22

7 Thu

Gifts

p22

p7

8 Fri

Top Acts 2020

p22

Metropolis 2020 Håkan Hardenberger

p8

9 Sat

Tchaikovsky, Angel of Music

p23

9 Thu

Buffy Sainte-Marie

p9

10 Sun Tchaikovsky, Angel of Music

10 Fri

Bach & Beyond 1: St John Passion

p10

11 Sat

Bach & Beyond 2: Easter Oratorio

p10

6 Mon

14 Tue An Evening in Paris

p10

Amadou & Mariam

p11

15 Wed Light & Love The War & Treaty 16 Thu Daring Brilliance: the Piano Masters 17 Fri

p31

5 Fri

Melissa Aldana

p35

9 Tue

Diana Doherty & Mozart

p33

Cho-Liang Lin & Jon Kimura Parker p30 10 Wed Alchemy: Guitar Duets from Around the World

p37

12 Fri

Eishan Ensemble

p36

p23

13 Sat

Beethoven’s Ninth

p38

11 Mon Saint Peter’s Tears

p23

14 Sun

Bach Competition 2020

p38

Van Kuijk Quartet

p24

15 Mon Duo Eclettico

Arcadia Winds

p23

A Celebration of Song

p23

12 Tue

13 Wed Les Arts Florissants

p25

Punctum

p26

16 Tue

p38

Master Class with Li-Wei Qin

p39

Ears Wide Open: Wagner

p40

Echoes of Nature

p40

Li-Wei Qin & Albert Tiu

p39

p26

18 Thu Chopin, Kerry & Clara

p43

Augie March

p27

All’Italia

p28

Carmen

p28

p15

16 Sat

Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata

p43

Dvořák on Tour

p44

Mozart & the Violin

p41

21 Thu Melbourne Octet Sings Delicious!

p29

23 Tue The Quintets of Mozart & Beethoven p44

The Lark Ascending

p29

27 Sat

p15

23 Sat

Lisztomaria

p30

Cho-Liang Lin & Jon Kimura Parker p30

p16

Concertos for Two Harpsichords

p16

25 Mon Mahler’s Song of the Earth

Dvořák & Schubert

p17

26 Tue Beneath the Midnight Sun

Cheek to Cheek: The Songs of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

p17

p18

20 Sat 21 Sun

p30

29 Wed Beethoven’s Vienna

p43

p29

Andrew Tuttle: Alexandra

p18

Koi Kingdom

20 Wed All that Is Dust

22 Fri

28 Tue Tara Minton Quartet

19 Fri

p28

p15

p17

p41

18 Mon Run, Sing, Fly

p14

27 Mon Wind in the Reeds

Mozart & the Violin

p31 p31

Please Leave Your Light On

p48

29 Fri

The Red Earth

p32

30 Sat

Brecker Plays Rovatti

p34

31 Sun

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Wind Symphony Day

p32

p18 p19 p20

The information in this brochure is correct at time of printing. Artist line-up and program subject to change without notice.

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p36

Coco’s Lunch

19 Sun Beethoven, Unfinished

If Words Be Made of Breath

Mahler’s Song of the Earth

15 Fri

p14

30 Thu Mozart’s Clarinet

4 Thu

p13

Kathleen Halloran Trio with Andrea Keller

Mauthausen & Other Songs of Humanity

p34

p41

p14

24 Fri

80th Anniversary of the Music of the Benny Goodman Orchestra

17 Wed Beethoven 131

Goldner String Quartet & Piers Lane

23 Thu Mozart & Majestic Brass

3 Wed

p26

p14

22 Wed Terramusica: Ciel Métallique

p34

14 Thu MGQ Revisited

La Mauvaise Réputation: en direct!

Praxeology

p32

Avishai Cohen Trio

p12

p13

21 Tue Goldner String Quartet & Piers Lane

Free Music in the Salon

Anna Meredith

p13

Australian Youth Orchestra in Concert

18 Sat

1 Mon

Bells Across Europe

p44

Wominjeka, Welcome

Inside this issue

AMADOU & MARIAM

p11 Melbourne Recital Centre lights up over autumn as the world’s best musicians play at Australia’s home for great music. The diversity and depth of the Centre’s program encompasses rock and jazz legends, cello virtuosos and opera. There’s something for every music-lover in the two beautiful spaces designed especially to wrap you in music.

Discover a moving and unconventional theatrical experience in Taking the Waters, by singer-songwriter Suzannah Espie with Lemony S Puppet Theatre (1-4 April). Live voice and puppetry meet in a breathtaking meditation on life and death in the intimacy of the Primrose Potter Salon.

We welcome back Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Metropolis as one of the new music events of the year when pioneering trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger and the Orchestra take over the Centre for a one-night journey into sound (8 April). Hardenberger performs and leads music to provoke and beguile by composers as diverse as Franco-American Besty Jolas, Australians Brett Dean and Lisa Illean, and Joni Mitchell.

The pick of Bluesfest takes to the Elisabeth Murdoch stage in April. Folk force-of-nature Buffy Sainte-Marie brings her powerful songs (9 April), extraordinary Malian musicians Amadou and Mariam are an unforgettable explosion of Afro-pop energy in concert (14 April), and the War and Treaty are a soulful Americana powerhouse (15 April). In addition to these electrifying acts, Australian rock royalty Augie March makes a victory lap to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its debut Sunset Studies, revisiting the hit album in full (15 May). The meeting of iconic musicians Paul Grabowsky and Paul Kelly reveal fresh takes on Kelly’s catalogue (26 May).

After their breathtaking performances at the 2013 Melbourne Festival, the husband and wife duo returns with their synthesised sounds, cultural commentary and experimental beats.

LES ARTS FLORISSANTS Melbourne Recital Centre is delighted to present some of the finest ensembles in the world. The astonishing French ensemble Van Kuijk Quartet is one of the most exciting string quartets around, renowned for stylish, joyous performances (11 May). Period orchestra Les Arts Florissants and the young singers of Le Jardin des Voix left Melbourne audiences moved and elated in 2015. They return with Mozart’s youthful operatic masterpiece, La finta giardiniera (The Pretend Gardenmaid). It’s an evening of comedy and magic (13 May). Australian cellist Li-Wei Qin has earned international acclaim for his powerful playing, he performs heroic works by Schubert, Paganini and more with pianist Albert Tiu (16 June).

There’s much more to find in this guide, including the Melbourne International Jazz Festival in June, and music-makers from the breadth of our country. We’re proud that they call Melbourne Recital Centre home and would be delighted if you’d join us here soon.

Warm regards

p25 As part of its 40th birthday celebrations and world tour, the world’s pre-eminent Baroque ensemble, Les Arts Florissants, presents Mozart’s opera La finta giardiniera, featuring the artists of Le Jardin des Voix.

AUGIE MARCH

p27 Celebrating the 20th anniversary of its acclaimed debut album, Australia’s indie-rock darlings dust off the classic Sunset Studies for one live, and sure to be memorable, performance.

EUAN MURDOCH

CEO, Melbourne Recital Centre

LI-WEI QIN & ALBERT TIU

p39 Melbourne Recital Centre acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work, live and learn. We pay our respects to the people of the Kulin nation, their Elders past, present and emerging and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

The multi-award-winning soloist and chamber musician performs a program of Romantic masterpieces on his 1780 Italian cello made by Joseph Guadagnini, with pianist Albert Tiu.

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Taking the Waters Q&A with Sarah Kriegler

Sarah Kriegler is an award-winning director, puppeteer, writer, and the co-director of Lemony S Puppet Theatre. Her magical new work Taking the Waters has been acclaimed by critics and audiences alike since its premiere in November last year. We caught up with Sarah to discover more about the story and inspiration behind the show, ahead of its Centre debut this April.

What can you tell us about the characters and synopsis of Taking the Waters?

Sarah Kriegler (SK): Taking the Waters follows the story of three sisters; Chook, Maggie and Duck. Duck, the youngest is dying. The two older sisters have returned after many years apart, to care for their dying sister. What happens in the world of the sisters is probably very recognisable to anyone who has a slightly fraught relationship with family (and is there anyone who doesn’t?!).

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The three sisters fall back into long-ago established patterns of behaviour which does none of them justice – Chook, the oldest sister, becomes the fussy chook, bustling around looking after everyone, never resting, never taking care of herself; Maggie, the middle sister, becomes a slovenly adolescent, strumming on the guitar and singing, getting in the way; and Duck, even as she lays in her sick bed, slots back into the role of the peacemaker. But slowly, as life slips away, things have to change, new patterns have to be established and a new way of being together has to be found.

Taking the Waters combines music, puppets, visual art and theatre. Was it always your intention to fuse these elements into the work, and what inspired this?

SK: We have been making puppet works for adults and family audiences for almost 15 years.

Sometimes it feels a little simplified to call them ‘puppet works’ as they always include live performance, music, song, objects and some puppetry. It was always our intention to fuse these wonderfully diverse elements together.

Our starting place is always with a puppet of some kind, in this case, it was with an almost life-sized human body, which inspired the character of Duck.

Puppetry, as an image-based artform, works best when accompanied by equally strong, resonant music. All of our previous works thus far have had strong collaborations with musicians and composers. Taking the Waters investigates this further and was the first time we worked with live sung voice. Suzannah Espie’s soulful, resonant voice has been the perfect accompaniment to this work. Her voice cracks you open the same way the puppetry does, and the effect is visceral.

When we began this work, we knew we wanted a shadow puppetry element to it. Shadow puppetry is a fabulous way of portraying a complex story simply. In 2017, we had the good fortune of meeting Kyoko Imazu and seeing her paper cut work.

We fell in love with Kyoko’s work instantly, and asked her to collaborate with us on Taking the Waters. It’s been a match made in heaven as Kyoko’s sensibilities and responses to the stimuli, the story and my friend Suzannah’s voice, were spot on.

Taking the Waters is performed in the Primrose Potter Salon on Wed 1 - Sat 4 April.

See page 5 for further details.

Read the full interview with Sarah Kriegler on Soundescapes: soundescapes.melbournerecital.com.au

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Taking the Waters

STAFF PICK

Australian singer-songwriter Suzannah Espie and Lemony S. Puppet Theatre explore family love, loss and drama in their critically acclaimed show about the absurdity of life and death.

Three sisters are reunited when Duck, the youngest, learns she is dying, and her older sisters, Maggie and Chook, return to care for her.

Old patterns of behaviour play out, old wounds are re-opened and, ultimately, a new reality where three must become two has to be found.

At the heart of Taking the Waters’s poignant emotional journey is its beautiful musical score.

Espie – lauded by The Age for ‘giving voice to unspoken emotion, breaking into songs of lament with mournful clarity’ – expresses through her original songs all that the sisters can’t.

Framed as a ‘requiem for the carer’, Taking the Waters delicately weaves together intricate shadow puppetry, live sung voice, bunraku puppets (small human figures) and acting, in a work of breathtaking power.

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Wed 1 – Fri 3 April 7pm & Sat 4 April 2pm & 7pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Suzannah Espie Maggie Fiona Macleod Chook/shadow puppeteer Tamara Rewse Home care nurse/Duck puppeteer/shadow puppeteer Tickets $45 ($35 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Lemony S. Puppet Theatre

‘A moving, resonant and beautifully crafted show.’ ★★★★ THE AGE Photo: Jeff Busby

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Ensemble Liaison

SOUTHBANK SERIES

Für Elise

Spyro Gyra

Singular in his artistry and colossal in his impact, Beethoven’s legacy is as far-reaching as they come.

Celebrating Beethoven’s prolific gifts, Ensemble Liaison performs his glorious Septet Op.20, arranged by the composer for trio. The Ensemble also puts on its own composing hat, performing Timothy Young’s Fantasy inspired by Beethoven’s masterpiece Für Elise and its transcription of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Multiple Grammy-winning artist Spyro Gyra has marked its place in history as one of the world’s great jazz fusion bands. Its breakthrough album Morning Dance led the charge in the ‘70s, and the jazz giant has had continued success since then, selling over 10 million albums worldwide.

This performance will be as inspiring as the band itself, captivating the audience through instrumental pieces that touch the soul.

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Thu 2 April 7pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (100-mins incl. interval) Timothy Young Fantasy Für ELise Beethoven Trio for piano, clarinet & cello, Op.38 Mussorgsky (arr. Ensemble Liaison) Pictures at an Exhibition

Sat 4 April 8pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 20-mins incl. interval)

Ensemble Liaison Tickets from $51 ($40 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Ensemble Liaison

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Spyro Gyra (U.S.A.) With support from The Cannonball Jazz Band Tickets from $81 ($72.90 conc) Presented by Abstract Touring

The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Conductor Richard Davis leads The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in an all-Russian program, opening with RimskyKorsakov’s dazzling Capriccio Espagnol. Turning to Stravinsky’s ballet Pulcinella, the Orchestra dives into the beginning of his neo-classical period.

Topping it off is Tchaikovsky’s beloved Symphony No.5. Although fiercely criticised in its day, the Symphony is now acknowledged as a masterpiece.

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Sun 5 April 5pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 Richard Davis conductor The University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra FREE — tickets required (available from 16 March) Presented by Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

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FREE MUSIC

APRIL

LOCAL HEROES

Free Music in the Salon

Classic Kids: Peer Gynt

Scotland’s Tenducci

Come along to a wonderful hour of free music in the Primrose Potter Salon. Happening once a month and featuring Melbourne’s finest ensembles, it’s an open door policy for you to see the artists try out new pieces, new programs and new ideas. A rare opportunity to gain an insight into an ensemble’s inner workings.

Dance your way through an interactive musical adventure: a friendly, fun-filled amble through Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) led by violinist Sophie Rowell and presenter Thea Rossen guide you through this famous work, inviting you to join in with clapping hands, singing voice and stamping feet. After the concert, stop by the instrumental petting zoo to take a sticky beak at all your favourite orchestral instruments and MSO musicians.

A revered castrato, Giusto Tenducci was the equivalent of an 18th-century rock star.

This concert of rarely performed Baroque music showcases works by several Italians, including Tenducci himself, who composed in Edinburgh during the 18th century, in addition to Scottish arrangements of J.S. Bach and Beethoven.

Performed by Evergreen Ensemble, it features the glorious voice of countertenor Max Riebl and renowned early keyboard specialist Donald Nicolson.

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Mon 6 April 12 noon Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (35-mins no interval) Grieg Peer Gynt Suite (selections)

Mon 6 April 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Works by Beethoven, Bach, Barsanti, Giordani, Matteis and Tenducci.

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Mon 6 April 12 noon Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) FREE Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

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Thea Rossen presenter Sophie Rowell director/violin Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Tickets $30* – suitable for ages 5-10 Presented by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra *Prices subject to change without notice

Max Riebl countertenor Donald Nicolson early keyboards Evergreen Ensemble Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Evergreen Ensemble

Primrose Potter Salon

Max Riebl

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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Photo: Marco Borggreve

Metropolis 2020

Håkan Hardenberger

Musician. Innovator. Communicator.

Join the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) at the new-look Metropolis, an innovative one-night-only event headlined by Swedish trumpet virtuoso and new music pioneer Håkan Hardenberger.

All corners of Melbourne Recital Centre come alive in a journey of sound. In this artist-led musical discovery exploring the relationship between creator and performer, Metropolis’s artistic director Hardenberger leads the MSO both playing and conducting a four-part program: Prologue, Chapter 1, Chapter 2 and Epilogue. The long-standing career and distinctive work of Franco-American composer Betsy Jolas forms the focus of the evening. A musical maverick, Jolas along with with Hardenberger trace a line from the likes of Messiaen to the present day in this specially curated program.

In a very rare appearance, 93-year-old Jolas steps into the spotlight for a Q&A event with Hardenberger and Metropolis curator Matthew Hoy.

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Wed 8 April from 6.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall & Primrose Potter Salon Prologue Featuring chamber works of Betsy Jolas, and contemporary Australian and Swedish compositions.

Metropolis: Chapter 1 Edgard Varèse Integrales Betsy Jolas Well Met Suite Tobias Broström Dream Variations Brett Dean Dream Sequence Metropolis: Chapter 2 Betsy Jolas Onze Lieder Lisa Illean Januaries Cecilia Damström TUNDO! Epilogue Works by Betsy Jolas, Joni Mitchell and Mark-Anthony Turnage Betsy Jolas speaker/composer Håkan Hardenberger director/trumpet Claire Edwardes percussion Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Staff and students from the Sir Zelman Cowan School of Music, Monash University Tickets from $65* Presented by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in association with Monash University *Prices subject to change without notice

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Buffy SainteMarie Described as ‘a folk-music mother of dragons’ (NPR), veteran American-Canadian singer-songwriter Buffy SainteMarie’s boundary breaking career is the stuff of legend.

In 1964, she released her seminal debut It’s My Way! launching her identity as a trailblazing artist and disruptor of the status quo. In 1969, she made one of the world’s first electronic vocal albums.

In 1982, she became the only Indigenous person to win an Oscar. She’s been blacklisted and silenced. She’s written pop standards sung by the likes of Janis Joplin, Elvis Presley and Donovan.

Her song ‘Universal Soldier’ has been hailed as the definitive anti-war anthem of the 20th century.

In our climate of damaging #fakenews and toxic hubris, Buffy Sainte-Marie’s incisive honesty, clarity and intelligent compassion stand out in sharp relief. Her latest works are about the environment, alternative conflict resolution, Indigenous realities, greed and racketeering.

Sainte-Marie doesn’t sugar-coat the truth, nor does she shy away from hard realities, but her music is never overwhelming or oppressive. Part rhythmic healing, part trumpeting wakeup call, Buffy Sainte-Marie’s songs are a soundtrack for the resistance.

INFOR M AT ION

Thu 9 April 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) Buffy Sainte-Marie (U.S.A./Canada) With support from DRMNGNOW Tickets from $55 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre in arrangement with Bluesfest Touring

Photo: Matt Barnes

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SPOTLIGHT SERIES

Bach & Beyond 1: St John Passion

Bach & Beyond 2: Easter Oratorio

The Melbourne Bach Choir and Orchestra conducted by Rick Prakhoff continue their tradition of Good Friday concerts with J.S. Bach’s much-loved St John Passion. First performed in Leipzig on Good Friday, 1723 (four years before the St Matthew Passion) the St John Passion also demonstrates the composer’s remarkable gifts, but in a more compact and intensely dramatic form, based on the Gospel of St John. This extraordinary musical journey is the perfect reflection for Good Friday.

Melbourne Bach Chamber Choir makes its Melbourne Recital Centre debut with a program of much-loved works by J.S. Bach, Mozart and Mendelssohn. Bach’s uplifting Easter Oratorio and his best known Orchestral Suite, No.3, are complemented by Mendelssohn’s Jesu meine Freude, a short chorale cantata strongly influenced by Bach. Mozart’s Solemn Vespers, including the sublime Laudate Dominum, complete the program.

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Fri 10 April 3pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) J.S. Bach St John Passion Michael Smallwood Evangelist Adrian Tamburini Jesus Lorina Gore soprano Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano Henry Choo tenor Christopher Tonkin baritone Rick Prakhoff conductor Melbourne Bach Choir & Orchestra Tickets from $70 ($55 conc) Presented by Melbourne Bach Choir

Sat 11 April 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) J.S. Bach Orchestral Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068 Mendelssohn Jesu, meine Freude, MWV A 6 Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K.339 J.S. Bach Easter Oratorio, BWV 249 Lorina Gore soprano Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano Michael Smallwood tenor Christopher Tonkin baritone Rick Prakhoff conductor Melbourne Bach Chamber Choir & Orchestra Tickets from $50 ($40 conc) Presented by Melbourne Bach Choir

J.S. Bach

Melbourne Bach Chamber Choir

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Suyeon Kang

An Evening in Paris Exciting young Melbourne pianist Laurence Matheson is joined by Berlin-based violinist Suyeon Kang to explore elegant French masterpieces for violin and piano. The two friends perform sonatas by Poulenc and Ravel, an early romantic masterwork by Ysaÿe, and transcriptions of beautiful vocal works by Fauré and Debussy.

Suyeon Kang enjoys a brilliant musical career and this is a rare opportunity to hear her in concert.

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Tue 14 April 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Ysaÿe Poème élégiaque, Op.12 Ravel Violin Sonata No.1 in A minor, M.12 Poulenc Violin Sonata, FP119 Debussy Beau Soir Fauré Après un Rêve, Op.7 Suyeon Kang violin Laurence Matheson piano Tickets from $49 ($44 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Matheson Plus One

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Amadou & Mariam For decades Amadou & Mariam has been celebrated as one of the most famous ambassadors for Malian and African music around the world – a golden status that the band carries with brio and playfully challenges with each new album.

Amadou & Mariam has collaborated with everyone from Damon Albarn of Blur to Manu Chao.

Featured on the duo’s youthful and lively songs are a diversity of innovative and emerging pop artists from Santigold to TV On The Radio and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Remixes by Yuksek, Henrik Schwarz, Miike Snow and Ashley Beedle are further proof of the band’s acclaim, underlining the intrinsically danceable quality of its songs. Amadou & Mariam has played the world’s biggest festivals, from Coachella to Glastonbury, and opened for bands such as Coldplay and the Scissor Sisters. Along the way, it has inspired many artists to mix Afro and electro sounds, such as MHD, DJ Mujava, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Four Tet and Jamie xx.

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‘Shimmering Afro-pop that urges hope and offers uplift.’

PITCHFORK

By enriching Afro-pop with new influences and by introducing the world to the richness and subtleties of African music, the duo has brought African music to the charts and to the dance floor.

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Tue 14 April 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) Amadou & Mariam (Mali) Tickets from $59 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre in arrangement with Bluesfest Touring

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The War & Treaty Husband and wife powerhouse duo The War and Treaty make music for the soul.

Michael is a wounded warrior who found his voice while serving in Iraq, when he was given an opportunity to write songs for the fallen. Tanya is a lifelong artist, drawn to singing’s power to take another’s pain away.

Heading to Melbourne off the back of their breakout release Healing Tide, The War and Treaty (aka Michael and Tanya Trotter) serve up healing, painrobbing songs with freewheeling joy. Funky bass lines, keys, lap steel, acoustic strings, and strippeddown percussion create a swampy Southern soul bed for the couple’s transcendent vocals. A tourde-force produced by Buddy Miller, the collection swaggers with confidence only gained by artists who are wholly, proudly, themselves.

‘You have to have a deep place of love within yourself to be vulnerable,’ Tanya says. ‘With The War and Treaty, we allow people to see two people that are not perfect. We get on stage. We sweat.

We’re overweight. We yell. We get ugly, we scream! My hair comes loose. We’re vulnerable – naked – in front of people, and it’s a chain reaction.

It allows you to be vulnerable, too.’

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STAFF PICK

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Wed 15 April 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) The War and Treaty (U.S.A.) Tickets from $59 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre in arrangement with Bluesfest Touring

Winners of ‘Emerging Act of the Year’ at 2019’s Americana Honors & Awards in Nashville, the duo’s soulful roots-Americana songs show you how to love yourself inside and out.

Photo: David McClister

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LOCAL HEROES

Light & Love All members of Songmakers Australia come together for a performance of Schumann’s intriguing and rarely heard Minnespiel, a homage to his wife Clara on the 10th anniversary of their marriage. Schumann turns to Friedrich Rückert as his poetic source, and the work is reminiscent of Myrthen, a piece also written for Clara, as an engagement gift. Songs, duets and quartets by Schubert and Brahms are the final adornments of a concert where love and light are the main ingredients designed to make hearts sing.

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Wed 15 April 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Schumann Minnespiel, Op.101 Schubert Licht und Liebe Schubert Des Tages Weihe, D.763 Schubert An die Sonne, D.439 Schubert Die Geselligkeit, D.609, ‘Lebenslust’ Brahms Three Quartets, Op.64 Songmakers Australia Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Songmakers Australia

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PIANO SERIES

Daring Brilliance: the Piano Masters

Australian Youth Orchestra in Concert

Pianist Lindsay Garritson’s exquisite musicianship has been acknowledged with numerous accolades including top prizes at the Montreal International Piano Competition, the U.S.A. SU Bösendorfer International Piano Competition and the Mozarteum (Salzburg) International Chopin Competition. This concert celebrates composers who have explored the full range of the piano in its expressive possibilities, palette of colours and virtuosic capabilities, and includes the Australian premiere of Carl Vine’s new Piano Sonata.

Dvořák’s Cello Concerto has continuously captured the hearts of audiences since its premiere in 1896, and is one of the most performed concertos in the cello repertoire. Join the Australian Youth Orchestra and cellist Pei-Sian Ng as they bring this majestic work to life, under the baton of Benjamin Northey.

This promises to be an unforgettable night of orchestral music-making.

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Thu 16 April 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (70-mins no interval) Beethoven Piano Sonata No.24 in F-sharp, Op.78, ‘À Thérèse’ Liszt Ballade No.2 in B minor, S.171 Scriabin Piano Sonata No.4, Op.30 Carl Vine Five Bagatelles Carl Vine Piano Sonata No.4 (Australian premiere)

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Fri 17 April 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Elena Kats-Chernin Heaven Is Closed Dvořák Cello Concerto Sibelius Symphony No.1 Pei-Sian Ng cello (Singapore) Benjamin Northey conductor Australian Youth Orchestra Tickets from $49 ($44 conc) Presented by Australian Youth Orchestra

Lindsay Garritson piano (U.S.A.) Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

Light & Love

Lindsay Garritson

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Australian Youth Orchestra

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Kathleen Halloran Trio

Goldner String Quartet & Piers Lane

La Mauvaise Réputation

La Mauvaise Réputation: en direct!

Goldner String Quartet & Piers Lane

Kathleen Halloran Trio with Andrea Keller

French gypsy swing virtuosos La Mauvaise Réputation are Australia’s most authentic interpreters of the wild rhythms and passion of 1930s Parisian hot jazz and the beautiful melodies of classic French chanson. Join them for a night exploring the rich tradition of 20thcentury French popular music: from jazz-age Parisian dance halls to the impossibly cool ‘60s provocations of enfant terrible Serge Gainsbourg and the iconic anthems of Claude François, the tragic hero of French pop.

Australia’s most recognised and beloved pianist, Piers Lane, joins his dear friends the Goldner String Quartet in a concert celebrating the Quartet’s 25 years of musical brilliance. Hear adored masterpieces, performed by masterly artists who are the equal of any in the world. This quintessence of musical royalty plays with unprecedented cohesion and authority, drawn from decades of recordings and performances together.

Guitarist Kathleen Halloran has put together an eclectic jazz trio driven by a fun and fierce approach to improvised music. The Trio is joined by multi-award-winning jazz pianist Andrea Keller to present 60-minutes of original compositions. With the combination of Kathleen and three of her most significant idols in music, you can be assured of a night filled with inspiring and magical original jazz.

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Sat 18 & Tue 21 April 7pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Program 1 – 21 April Korngold Piano Quintet in E, Op.15 Jakub Jankowski String Quartet No.1 (world premiere) Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34 Program 2 – 18 April Jakub Jankowski String Quartet No.1 (world premiere) Dvořák String Quartet No.12 in F, Op.96, ‘American’ Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor, Op.84

Sat 18 April 7.30pm Primrose Potter Salon (75-mins no interval)

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Fri 17 April 8pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) La Mauvaise Réputation Tickets $31 ($25 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & La Mauvaise Réputation

Piers Lane piano Goldner String Quartet Tickets from $59 ($51 conc) Presented by Musica Viva 14

Andrea Keller piano Kathleen Halloran Trio Tickets $31 ($25 conc) Presented by Kathleen Halloran Trio

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Beethoven, Unfinished

Praxeology

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra (MCO) celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven with two very different works, both with the distinctive Beethoven stamp. The third piano concerto bristles with fiery gusto.

For contrast, the Romance for Violin in G sees Beethoven in a contemplative mood. Despite being unfinished, Schubert’s Symphony No.8 remains one of the most ambitious and moving orchestral works of the early 19th century.

Two of Melbourne’s most vibrant chamber music ensembles, Rubiks Collective and Ossicle Duo, explore the logic behind human action.

Dennehy’s work veers between the whimsical and sarcastic, Kokoras’s Study on Phonetics juxtaposes metallic jolts with whispered bowings, and Hsieh’s Quietude reveals a tinkling palette of glass objects. The concert culminates in the world premiere of a new work by Australian composer Jakob Bragg.

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INFOR M AT ION

Sun 19 April 2.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Schubert Symphony No.8 in B minor, D.759, ‘Unfinished’ Beethoven (arr. violin & string orchestra Keith Crellin) Romance No.1 in G, Op.40 Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.3

Tue 21 April 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Kevin Juillerat Study on Phonetics Donnacha Dennehy Mild, Medium-Lasting, Artificial Happiness Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh Quietude Panayiotis Kokoras Morphallaxis Jakob Bragg new work (world premiere)

William Hennessy director/violin Aura Go piano Michael Dahlenburg conductor Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Tickets from $67 ($56 conc) Presented by Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

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Terramusica: Ciel Métallique Aarti Jadu explores themes of heaven and trust through her favoured mediums of fashion and movement, light and sound. With an ensemble of hypnotic vocals interwoven between ambient electronic and instrumental arrangements, the stage becomes a space to actualise and experiment. As she works her way around the world of the Bagua (one of eight symbols used in Taoist cosmology), each set takes on a new quality.

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Wed 22 April 7pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Aarti Jadu vocals Tickets $31 ($25 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Multicultural Arts Victoria

Rubiks Collective Ossicle Duo Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and Rubiks Collective & Ossicle Duo

Aura Go

Ossicle Duo

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Aarti Jadu

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Staff Picks

ANAM Musicians

The Centre’s Head of Operations Jasja van Andel takes a look at the season ahead.

MOSTLY MOZART

Taking the Waters A thrilling combination of theatre, music, singing and puppetry, a first in the Salon, which I’m sure will be a memorable experience for all.

1 – 4 April | More on page 5

The War & Treaty This couple possess extraordinary passion and exceptional chops that few acts today can surpass. Who could resist the joyful blend of Southern soul with gospel, country, rock-and-roll and blues.

Wed 15 April | More on page 12

LOCAL HEROES

Mozart & Majestic Brass

Concertos for Two Harpsichords

Mozart’s final opera The Magic Flute is a work full of fantasy and adventure. Geoffrey Boyd has taken four magical moments and arranged them for brass ensemble. Of Dvořák’s nine symphonies, his eighth stands apart as his most bucolic and idyllic. The influence of Dvořák’s beloved Bohemian folk music is evident in the melodic material producing a fun and lively symphony that all can enjoy.

Accademia Arcadia, Jacqueline Ogeil and John O’Donnell, partners in life as well as music, have been performing together for the past 27 years, and are internationally renowned as both performers and scholars. Rediscovering the soundworlds of past eras, this concert features the most substantial works written for two harpsichords: J.S. Bach’s Concerto in C, and the Concerto in A minor by his student Johann Ludwig Krebs.

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INFOR M AT ION

Thu 23 April 11am Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour no interval) Mozart (arr. Boyd for brass ensemble) The Magic Flute, K.620 (selections) Dvořák Symphony No.8, Op.88

Thu 23 April 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (70-mins no interval) J.S. Bach Concerto for two harpsichords in C, BWV 1061 Krebs Concerto for two harpsichords in A minor, WV 840 Lucchinetti Concerto (Spiritoso & Allegro) Couperin Allemande & Musettes

ANAM Faculty ANAM Musicians Tickets from $49 ($42 conc) – includes morning tea Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) Supported by Lendlease Over 55s Living

Accademia Arcadia Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Accademia Arcadia

Melissa Aldana The Chilean tenor saxophonist invokes the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. One of the most formidable saxophonists and improvisers in modern jazz, Aldana’s performance is a multimedia experience for the senses.

Fri 5 June | More on page 35 Accademia Arcadia

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Melbourne Chamber Players

APRIL

Tamara Kuldin

ANAM Orchestra

LOCAL HEROES

Dvořák & Schubert The ANAM Orchestra takes ‘self-drive’ to lofty heights in these two symphonic masterworks, performed without a conductor. Dvořák’s Symphony No.8 is one of his sunniest and most beautiful. When Robert Schumann discovered the score of Schubert’s ‘Great’ Symphony, he also found a profoundly beautiful symphonic epic. A performance of this supremely human masterpiece automatically becomes an event.

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Fri 24 April 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Dvořák Symphony No.8, Op.88 Schubert Symphony No.9, ‘The Great’ ANAM Faculty ANAM Orchestra Tickets $75 ($48 conc) Presented by the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)

Cheek to Cheek: The Songs of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Acclaimed Melbourne jazz vocalist Tamara Kuldin and trumpet player Paul Coyle pay tribute to the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald, on the eve of her 103rd anniversary, and all-star virtuoso Louis ‘Satchmo’ Armstrong. Tamara and Paul are joined by an ensemble of musicians who have, between them, toured the world. Don’t miss this gorgeous celebration of songs written by some of jazz history’s most prolific composers.

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Fri 24 April 8pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Tamara Kuldin vocals Paul Coyle trumpet/vocals Tickets $31 ($25 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and Tamara Kuldin & Paul Coyle

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Wind in the Reeds Lauded for its world-class performances, Melbourne Chamber Players breathes new energy and vigour into the extraordinary sounds of wind instruments. Nestle in the warmth and beauty of Schumann’s magical Waldszenen (Forest Scenes). Rest by an iridescent lake, as Nico Muhly’s Look for Me sways in the reeds, and revel in the melodic grandeur of Louise Farrenc’s remarkable Sextet for piano and winds in this compelling performance.

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Mon 27 April 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Schumann Waldszenen, Op.82 Nico Muhly Look For Me Farrenc Sextet for piano & winds, Op.40 Melbourne Chamber Players Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Melbourne Chamber Players

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Tara Minton

Maria Farantouri & Assaf Kacholi

Seraphim Trio

SOUTHBANK SERIES

Tara Minton Quartet

Beethoven’s Vienna

Jazz harpist and vocalist Tara Minton has toured with Björk, performed with the likes of Tom Walker and recorded with Canadian folk artist Miranda Mulholland. Her new release Please Do Not Ignore The Mermaid is an impressionistic dive deep into mermaid myth and legend.

The harp is a powerful undertow within the ensemble, capturing the listener and sweeping them away into unexplored waters.

Inspiring others through intelligent programming and a deep knowledge and love of chamber music, Seraphim Trio never fails to delight audiences. The brilliance of Beethoven is immediately recognisable in the ‘Archduke’ Trio, the last and most enduring of his works for this genre. In contrast, Beethoven’s ‘Kakadu’ Variations display the simplicity of an earlier style. Mozart’s Trio in E glows with the freedom of invention.

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Tue 28 April 7pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval)

Wed 29 April 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (100-mins incl. interval) Beethoven 10 Variations on ‘Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu’, Op.121a Mozart Piano Trio No.4 in E, K.542 Beethoven Piano Trio No.7 in B-flat, Op.97, ‘Archduke’

Tara Minton Quartet Tickets $31 ($25 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Hancock Artists

Seraphim Trio Tickets $51 ($40 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Seraphim Trio

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Mauthausen & Other Songs of Humanity Two great singers, Maria Farantouri from Greece and Israeli tenor Assaf Kacholi, appear for the first together in Australia, performing The Ballad of Mauthausen. Seventy-five years after the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp, the two artists commemorate the suffering, but above all the longing for life and the dreams for the future of humanity. The Ballad of Mauthausen is accompanied by a selection of Mikis Theodorakis’s most beautiful songs, including settings of poetry

by Seferis, Elytis, Cavafy and Lorca. The concert is a tribute to Greece’s favourite composer, as he approaches his 95th birthday.

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Wed 29 April 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Maria Farantouri vocals (Greece) Assaf Kacholi vocals (Israel) George Ellis conductor Tickets from $99 Presented by Greek Community of Melbourne

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Mozart’s bright and achingly beautiful basset clarinet concerto performed on the rare and richly voiced instrument of the period.

Mozart enthusiastically embraced the clarinet and wrote the first major concerto for the then rarely utilised wind instrument. The Concerto in A for basset clarinet was the great composer’s final instrumental work which he completed less than two months before his early death at age 35.

The yearning Adagio is familiar to many from its evocative use in many well-known film scores such as Out of Africa. Rarely though is the concerto performed in concert on basset clarinet, the instrument which Mozart chose in his enduring adaptation of an earlier composition for basset horn.

Hear leading Australian period clarinetist Craig Hill deliver this beguiling work in a program also featuring Emma Black, who performs Mozart’s Concerto for oboe in C.

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Mozart’s Clarinet

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Thu 30 April 7pm, Sat 2 May 7pm & Sun 3 May 5pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (100-mins incl. interval) Mozart Concerto in C for oboe, K.314 W.F. Bach Adagio e Fuga, F 65 Mozart Concerto in A for basset clarinet, K.622 Emma Black Baroque oboe (Austria) Craig Hill basset clarinet Paul Dyer conductor/harpischord Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Tickets from $30 Presented by Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

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Jesse Flowers

SPOTLIGHT SERIES

If Words Be Made of Breath

Emily Soon & Invictus Quartet

The Aesthetics of Disappearance

Lotte Betts-Dean and Jesse Flowers have impressed audiences around the U.K. with performances that celebrate voice and guitar repertoire from the two Elizabethan ages, including an acclaimed recital at Wigmore Hall.

With a shared interest in a broad variety of repertoire, Lotte and Jesse present a thrilling and varied concert spanning several centuries of music for voice and guitar.

Like toasted marshmallows over a campfire, singer-songwriter Emily Soon will warm your heart. Known to always captivate first-time listeners, her folk-pop music melds beautifully with the luminous sounds of Invictus Quartet.

Weaving through relatable themes of growth, love and grief, the sounds of the string quartet add another heartfelt layer to Emily’s introspective works.

Internationally celebrated for its close and long-term artistic relationships with composers, high-level virtuosity and inventive performances, ELISION Ensemble tackles the wild sonic visions of Cat Hope, Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, Liza Lim, Aaron Cassidy and Richard Barrett.

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INFOR M AT ION

Thu 30 April 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (70-mins no interval) Works by Dowland, Britten, Joseph Havlat, Brett Dean and Falla.

Fri 1 May 8pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval)

Lotte Betts-Dean mezzo-soprano Jesse Flowers guitar Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and Lotte Betts-Dean & Jesse Flowers

Emily Soon

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‘ELISION’s prodigious virtuosity pushes beyond itself to what lies on the other side: queer, strange, insatiable vitality.’ Gramophone INFOR M AT ION

Emily Soon vocals/guitar Invictus Quartet Tickets $31 ($25 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Emily Soon

ELISION Ensemble

Sat 2 May 7pm Primrose Potter Salon (90-mins incl. interval) Works by Aaron Cassidy, Mary Bellamy, Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, Liza Lim, Richard Barrett, John Aulich and Cat Hope.

ELISION Ensemble Tickets $39 ($29 conc) Presented by ELISION Ensemble

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Australian String Quartet

MAY

Markiyan & Oksana Melnychenko

FREE MUSIC

Free Music in the Salon

Homage

Melbourne Recital Centre opens the doors of its intimate Salon on one day each month for free open rehearsals featuring the very best of Melbourne’s musicians. On each selected day, the artists use this opportunity to rehearse new works, new programs and new ideas for you, in an informal, open and free event.

In celebration of the anniversary of one of history’s greatest composers, Markiyan and Oksana Melnychenko perform the music of Beethoven, showcasing the full range of his storytelling. From the highest levels of sublimity to elegance and charm, finally culminating in the super-charged power of his ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata, this concert invites the listener to be swept away by the far-reaching vision of this brilliant composer.

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Mon 4 May 12 noon Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) FREE Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

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Tue 5 May 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Beethoven Romance No.2 in F, Op.50 Kreisler Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven Beethoven Sonata No.9 in A for violin & piano, Op.47, ‘Kreutzer’ Markiyan Melnychenko violin Oksana Melnychenko piano Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and Markiyan & Oksana Melnychenko

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ASQ Plays Dvořák with Konstantin The visceral and haunting Bartók quartet, an intimate exploration with Australian composer Anne Cawrse and the warm embrace of Dvořák’s optimistic piano quintet. Joined by pianist Konstantin Shamray, Australian String Quartet’s performance of new and beloved repertoire is not to be missed. Creativity blossoms, optimism radiates and spirits are roused by these exciting and innovative works.

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Tue 5 May 7pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Anne Cawrse A Room of Her Own (world premiere) Bartók String Quartet No.4 Dvořák Piano Quintet in A, Op.81 Konstantin Shamray piano Australian String Quartet Tickets $92 ($72 conc) Presented by Australian String Quartet

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SARAY Iluminado

Cowboy Junkies

Top Acts 2020

LOCAL HEROES

Cowboy Junkies

Gifts

Top Acts 2020

Cowboy Junkies returns to Australia for the first time in 20 years. Anyone who has followed its three-decade-long journey knows the band has always remained true to its unique artistic vision.

Its new album, All That Reckoning, once again gently shakes the listener to wake up. It may be the most powerful album Cowboy Junkies has recorded yet.

SARAY Iluminado delves deep into the world of Sephardic Jewish music, performing dynamic new arrangements of ancient, soulful songs.

A musical homage to travellers, warriors, alchemists and artists, these songs and stories reflect the intricate cultural tapestries of the Balkans and the ways in which the Sephardic Jewish population enriched them. This is a rare chance to discover more about Sephardic culture and its beautiful language, Ladino.

Top Acts 2020 is a showcase of VCE performing arts students who have achieved exemplary results in their studies. The concert comprises stunning performances by young performing artists. It includes contemporary and classical music performed by soloists and ensembles, scripted and originally devised drama and dance pieces. This inspiring event is an opportunity to see some of Victoria’s finest emerging performing artists.

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INFOR M AT ION

Thu 7 May 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Traditional Sephardic and Sevdah works.

Fri 8 May 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval)

SARAY Iluminado Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & SARAY Iluminado

VCE performing arts students Tickets $36 ($30 conc) Presented by Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

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Wed 6 May 8pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) Cowboy Junkies (Canada) Tickets from $89.90 Presented by David Roy Williams Entertainment

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Tchaikovsky, Angel of Music Tchaikovsky wrote the great ‘Moscow’ Cantata in 1883 to mark the Coronation of Emperor Alexander III. Set to an epic poem by Apollon Maikov, the work contains some of the most grandiose music that Tchaikovsky ever wrote.

Tchaikovsky, Angel of Music is a large, romantic opera by Australian composer Sean Peter Ross, which shines a light on Tchaikovsky’s life.

Hear Act III performed under the direction of the composer, featuring an outstanding cast.

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Sat 9 May 8pm & Sun 10 May 5pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 15-mins incl. interval) Tchaikovsky Coronation Cantata for Alexander III, ‘Moscow’ Sean Peter Ross Tchaikovsky, Angel of Music (Act III) Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano Sam Roberts-Smith baritone Andrew Jones baritone Andrew Wailes conductor Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra Tickets from $45 ($35 conc) Presented by Royal Melbourne Philharmonic

Saint Peter’s Tears

Arcadia Winds

Celebrating its 30th birthday in 2020, Ensemble Gombert is Melbourne’s outstanding chamber choir. Just days before his death, Orlande de Lassus completed a setting of the 21 stanzas of Luigi Tansillo’s Lagrime di San Pietro (Saint Peter’s Tears). It is one of the greatest musical masterpieces of the Renaissance, and Ensemble Gombert’s previous performances of it in 2001 and 2008 were both met with high acclaim.

Exciting ensemble Arcadia Winds are champions of wind music.

A vivacious program finds this superb group of musicians in their element: Percy Grainger’s delicious Walking Tune and Júlio Medaglia’s exuberant South Americanflavoured Suite Belle Epoque en Sud-America bookend two classics of the genre in Taffanel’s Quintet and Barber’s beautiful, evocative Summer Music. Morning tea is available from 10am and a Meet the Artists talk follows the concert.

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Mon 11 May 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Lassus Lagrime di San Pietro Ensemble Gombert Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Ensemble Gombert

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Tue 12 May 11am Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour no interval) Grainger Walking Tune Taffanel Wind Quintet Barber Summer Music Júlio Medaglia Suite Belle Epoque en Sud-America

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LOCAL HEROES

A Celebration of Song With 100 years of musical tradition to its name, Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School is at the forefront of excellence in vocal talent. A Celebration of Song showcases vocal soloists performing classical, jazz and contemporary styles in an intimate cabaret style setting. An evening not to be missed.

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Tue 12 May 7pm Primrose Potter Salon (Two hours incl. interval) Classical, jazz and contemporary songs.

Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School vocal students Tickets $35 ($25 conc) Presented by Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School

Arcadia Winds Tickets $55 Presented by Musica Viva

Ensemble Gombert

Arcadia Winds

Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School

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Van Kuijk Quartet

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GREAT CHAMBER ENSEMBLES

Hailing from Paris, Van Kuijk Quartet is a young chamber ensemble whose ‘style, energy, and sense of risk’ (The Guardian, U.K.) has crafted its brilliant reputation internationally.

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‘Style, energy and a sense of risk. These four young French people make the music smile.’

THE GUARDIAN (U.K.)

A celebrated performer of Mozart, the Quartet’s refined technique shines through his masterful String Quartet No.15. Composed at the height of Mozart’s creative power, its bittersweet mood puts it in delightful contrast to the joyful character typically associated with the composer. Bartók’s virtuosic String Quartet No.4 does not waste a note, demanding the type of laser-cut precision the Van Kuijk’s can deliver. Displaying touches of the great masters he cherished, Schumann’s quartet is an exuberant work marked by his Romantic yearnings. Schumann thought of the string quartet as a ‘conversation among four people,’ a sentiment that Van Kuijk Quartet’s originality and sophistication expresses in spades.

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Mon 11 May 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Free pre-concert talk 6.45pm Mozart String Quartet No.15 in D minor, K.421 Bartók String Quartet No.4, Sz.91 Schumann String Quartet No.3 in A, Op.41 No.3 Van Kuijk Quartet (France) Tickets from $64 ($56 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Series Partner: Uniting AgeWell Listen Now To explore a playlist of Van Kuijk Quartet favourites, featuring Mozart’s String Quartet No.15 and other great works, scan this code on Spotify.

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MAY

Les Arts Florissants GREAT CHAMBER ENSEMBLES

David de Coninck Still life with fruits and flowers in the garden at an Italian villa (ca.1699)

Mozart’s La finta giardiniera The world’s greatest Baroque orchestra, Les Arts Florissants, performing Mozart’s youthful opera La finta giardiniera.

A pioneer in the renaissance of early music, Les Arts Florissants enchants audiences all over the globe with its exquisite productions of 17thand 18th-century musical treasures. In partnership with the legendary Juilliard School of New York, the orchestra also empowers the next generation of musicians through its vocal academy, Le Jardin des Voix (The Garden of Voices).

Performances with Le Jardin des Voix have become a not-to-be-missed rendezvous for audiences to hear the best and brightest voices of tomorrow. For the ninth edition, and the 40th anniversary of Les Arts Florissants, the academy presents the new harvest of star singers in the full opera of La finta giardiniera (The Pretend Garden-maid), written by Mozart when he was just 18-years-old – even younger than the young singers themselves.

For a vocal ensemble called Le Jardin des Voix the choice of The Pretend Garden-maid is no coincidence. All the art of a young Mozart comes alive in a fantasy garden full of twists and turns.

Not limited by the farcical elements of the opera buffa style, Mozart explores a beautiful range of feelings from the sentimental to the heroic, offering the perfect space to admire these young artists with their mentors from Les Arts Florissants.

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Wed 13 May 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Free pre-concert talk 6.45pm Mozart La finta giardiniera, K.196 (sung in Italian with English surtitles) Paul Agnew director (U.K.) Les Arts Florissants (France) Le Jardin de Voix (France) Tickets from $69 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Series Partner: Uniting AgeWell

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LOCAL HEROES

LOCAL HEROES

RELAXED PERFORMANCE

Punctum

MGQ Revisited

Coco’s Lunch

Fresh from their U.K. performances together, Affinity Quartet and mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean continue their thrilling exploration of musical treasures for string quartet and voice.

Ravishing beauty and drama flows through masterworks spanning three centuries. From the romanticism of Schubert to Brahms’s portrait of Shakespeare’s Ophelia, to 21st-century works

by Caroline Shaw and Matthew Laing, the artists showcase engaging and versatile musicianship.

Celebrating 15 years, Melbourne Guitar Quartet (MGQ) returns to the haunting beauty of Albéniz’s Córdoba and the spirit and passion of Argentinian tango in Piazzolla’s María de Buenos Aires. The unique voice of the Australian landscape springs into life as the ensemble explores the works of Nigel Westlake and Robert Davidson. Together these works uncover a world of vibrant colour, imagination and rhythmic landscapes.

Enjoy a casual attitude to sound and movement with a performance by award-winning a cappella ensemble Coco’s Lunch. Melbourne Recital Centre’s series of Relaxed Performances provides an environment particularly suitable for audience members with autism, learning disabilities or sensory sensitivities.

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Wed 13 May 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Caroline Shaw Punctum Matthew Laing Portraits of Blood Nico Muhly So Many Things Caroline Shaw Cant Voi L’Aube Brahms 5 Ophelia-Lieder Schubert Quartettsatz in C Minor, D.703 Lotte Betts-Dean mezzo-soprano Affinity Quartet Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Affinity Quartet

Lotte Betts-Dean & Affinity Quartet

Coco’s Lunch

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Thu 14 May 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Albéniz (arr. MGQ) Córdoba from Chants d’Espagne, Op.232 Debussy (arr. MGQ) Suite Bergamasque (selections) Piazzolla (arr. MGQ) María de Buenos Aires (selections) Nigel Westlake Winter in the Forgotten Valley Robert Davidson Coonowrin Melbourne Guitar Quartet Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Melbourne Guitar Quartet

Melbourne Guitar Quartet

INFOR M AT ION

Fri 15 May 12 noon Primrose Potter Salon (45-mins no interval) Coco’s Lunch Tickets $10 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Supported by The Calvert-Jones Foundation, The Samuel Nissen Charitable Foundation & The William Buckland Foundation

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MAY

Augie March Sunset Studies Live 2020

Photo: Tobias Titz

Released in 2000, Sunset Studies is the iconic debut album from Australian indie rock legend Augie March. After two EPs and several years’ gigging, the band had primed an audience for a debut that would earn respect as one of the most expansive, ambitious and literate Australian musical releases of all time.

Musically the album moves seamlessly from sophisticated to naive, from joyful to desolate, from intense guitar rock to stark ambient sound to traditional folk balladry, as the band members threw themselves into each unexpected occasion and unfamiliar role with the abandon that only comes with youth and the sense that they might never get another chance like this, but with nothing to lose all the same.

The album went gold.

It remains a favourite across the planet, and is regularly praised by prominent artists today as an enormous influence. Songs such as ‘Asleep In Perfection’, ‘There Is No Such Place’, ‘The Hole in Your Roof’ and ‘Here Comes the Night’ have all become cult anthems. Since the release of Sunset Studies, Augie March has gone on to release five more acclaimed albums and garnered a reputation as one of Australia’s most unique and engaging live acts. Don’t miss them dust off their first classic in the 20th anniversary year of its debut!

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INFOR M AT ION

Fri 15 May 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) Augie March Tickets from $60 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre in arrangement with Supersonic Enterprises Listen Now To explore a playlist of Augie March favourites, featuring the iconic Sunset Studies, scan this code on Spotify.

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Stephen McIntyre

Duo Eclettico

Carmen

PIANO SERIES

LOCAL HEROES

All’Italia

Carmen

Run, Sing, Fly

Stephen McIntyre AM is one of Australia’s most eminent pianists. A former student of Italian pianists Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and Guido Agosti, this concert sees Stephen celebrate a lifelong love of the country’s great music for keyboard. From Scarlatti to Busoni, by way of Liszt, music spanning two centuries revels in all things Italian. Radiating brilliance, passion and excitement, these pieces are among the most beautiful jewels in the repertoire.

Experience all the passion and drama of Carmen in this stylish semi-staged performance that will have you on the edge of your seat. Bizet’s irresistible music will be performed by an outstanding cast, including Sally-Anne Russell, Bradley Daley, José Carbó and Desiree Frahn. You will thrill to the rich sound of 100 Victoria Chorale singers and the Art of Sound Orchestra in this vibrant production.

Conducted by the dynamic Mario Dobernig, staged by ground-breaking director Sara Brodie and with an engaging narrator to enhance the action, this is a Carmen not to be missed.

Saxophonist Justin Kenealy and pianist Coady Green unite as Duo Eclettico, two awardwinning Australian artists showcasing a dazzling array of virtuosic music. Following its sold-out recital in 2019, this performance by the Duo delves into the relationship between nature and humankind. Hear the virtuosic Fuzzy Bird Sonata of Japan’s Takashi Yoshimatsu paired with a new work by Australian composer Jane Hammond, and the Australian premiere of William Albright’s monumental Sonata.

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Sat 16 May 3pm & 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Works by Galuppi, Scarlatti, Clementi, Busoni and Liszt.

Stephen McIntyre piano Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

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Sat 16 May 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 45-mins incl. interval) Bizet Carmen (sung in French with English narration) Sally-Anne Russell Carmen Bradley Daley Don José José Carbó Escamillo Desiree Frahn Micaëla Don Bridges narrator Dr Mario Dobernig conductor Sara Brodie director Victoria Chorale Art of Sound Orchestra Tickets from $68 ($63 conc) Presented by Victoria Chorale

Mon 18 May 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Takashi Yoshimatsu Fuzzy Bird Sonata Jane Hammond new work (world premiere) Albright Sonata for alto saxophone & piano (Australian premiere) Duo Eclettico Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Duo Eclettico

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Melbourne Octet

Blair Harris

Dale Barltrop

SPOTLIGHT SERIES

All that Is Dust Cellist Blair Harris is a highly regarded soloist and chamber musician, known for his strikingly individual interpretations. This solo concert reflects on the brevity of living and the unknown abyss that is eternity. Kaija Saariaho’s Seven Butterflies reminds us of the fleeting and colourful nature of existence, while the stillness of Karen Tanaka’s The Song of Songs plunges us into realms of beauty just beyond our reach.

Britten’s Suite brings the program to a climax in a mammoth outpouring of emotion.

Melbourne Octet Sings Delicious!

Vocal ensemble Melbourne Octet sings the unexpected, exploring repertoire from the 16th century through to recently written works. An evening of choral swoon that will leave you feeling completely caught up in the moment.

Taken from genres as diverse as jazz, classical and sacred music, these songs will be known to anyone with a passion for ensemble singing and are suitable for everyone.

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Wed 20 May 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Kaija Saariaho Sept Papillons (Seven Butterflies) Caerwen Martin new work (world premiere) Karen Tanaka The Song of Songs Britten Suite No.3 for solo cello, Op.87

Thu 21 May 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Works by Morten Lauridsen, Roxanna Panufnik, Bob Chilcott, John Wilbye, Biebl, Kate Rusby, Arlen, Porter, Eric Whitacre and Rautavaara.

Blair Harris cello Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Blair Harris

Melbourne Octet Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Melbourne Octet

The Lark Ascending Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) takes us on a journey through the greats of English composition. The stoicism, poise and reticence associated with the English is steeped in Vaughan Williams’ output, present in the solemn The Lark Ascending and pastoral Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus. Another giant of 20th-century English composition, Britten, is represented by Les Illuminations, and the MSO also performs the St Paul’s Suite by Holst.

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Thu 21 May 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Purcell Fantasia No.8 for Strings Holst St. Paul’s Suite Thomas Adès O Albion from Arcadiana Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus Purcell Excerpts from The Fairy Queen Britten Les Illuminations Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Stephen Newton tenor Dale Barltrop director/violin Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Tickets from $52.50 ($47.50 conc)* Presented by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra *Prices subject to change without notice

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Andrew Tuttle: Alexandra A well-kept secret of the Australian underground scene, Andrew Tuttle’s music floats between ambient, jazz and folk, inhabiting a place all of its own. Named after the suburb where Tuttle first created and fell in love with music, new release Alexandra is the sound of rediscovering one’s environment. This exclusive performance combines new material with recreations of selected favourites, featuring banjo, acoustic guitar, real-time electronics and video art.

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Fri 22 May 8pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Andrew Tuttle banjo/acoustic guitar/electronics Tickets $31 ($25 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Andrew Tuttle

Lisztomaria Showcasing the virtuoso superstars of a bygone era, Australian concert pianist and composer Maria Welna takes you on an enthralling journey of rediscovery, fusing virtuosity, substance, tradition and modernity.

Specially curated for the intimate recital setting, Lisztomaria is a 21st-century ode to the golden age of pianism, and the great performercomposer tradition. Immerse yourself in Liszt and Chopin, compellingly framed by Welna’s virtuoso compositions.

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Sat 23 May 5pm Primrose Potter Salon (Two hours incl. interval) Chopin Barcarolle in F-sharp, Op.60 Chopin Polonaise No.6 in A-flat, Op.53, ‘Heroic’ Liszt (arr. Welna) Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C-sharp minor, S.244 Liszt Totentanz for solo piano, S.525 Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Rachmaninoff ) Flight of the Bumblebee Maria Welna Concert Etude (world premiere) Maria Welna Prelude (world premiere) Maria Welna Sonata in G minor, Op.1 Maria Welna Nocturne in E minor Maria Welna piano Tickets $55 ($50 conc) Presented by Maria Welna

Andrew Tuttle

Maria Welna

Jon Kimura Parker & Cho-Liang Lin

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Cho-Liang Lin & Jon Kimura Parker A meeting of true musical minds, Cho-Liang Lin and Jon Kimura Parker make a stellar duo.

One of chamber music’s most illustrious partnerships can at last be heard by Australian audiences: touchingly expressive, technically spectacular, altogether unforgettable.

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Sat 23 May & Tue 9 June 7pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Program 1 – 23 May Dvořák Sonatina in G, Op.100 Lutosławski Partita for violin & piano L. Bernstein Canon for Aaron Foss Composer’s Holiday Paul Stanhope new work for violin & piano (world premiere) Brahms Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108 Program 2 – 9 June Beethoven Violin Sonata No.6 in A, Op.30 No.1 Prokofiev Violin Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.80 Brahms Scherzo from the F-A-E Sonata Paul Stanhope new work for violin & piano (world premiere) Liszt Grand Duo concertant, S.128 Cho-Liang Lin violin (U.S.A.) Jon Kimura Parker piano (Canada) Tickets from $67 ($58 conc) Presented by Musica Viva

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Mon 25 May & Thu 4 June 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (100-mins incl. interval) Wagner Siegfried Idyll Mahler (arr. Schoenberg) Das Lied von der Erde Christianne Stotijn mezzo-soprano Stuart Skelton tenor Richard Tognetti director/violin Australian Chamber Orchestra Tickets from $59 Presented by Australian Chamber Orchestra

Australian Chamber Orchestra

SPOTLIGHT SERIES

Beneath the Midnight Sun Chicago Symphony Orchestra flautist Emma Gerstein and American harpist Emily Granger have been musical partners for over a decade.

With critics praising her ‘impressive virtuosity’ (Limelight magazine) and ‘outstanding’ musicmaking (Sydney Arts Guide), Emily brings versatility and sparkle to treasured and new works for the exciting combination of flute and harp.

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Tue 26 May 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) J.S. Bach Sonata for Flute in G minor, BWV 1020 Hovhaness The Garden of Adonis Suite, Op.245 Charles Rochester Young Song of the Lark Nigel Westlake Beneath the Midnight Sun Bernard Andres Narthex Emma Gerstein flute (U.S.A.) Emily Granger harp (U.S.A.) Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and Emma Gerstein & Emily Granger Emma Gerstein & Emily Granger

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Mahler’s Song of the Earth

In an exclusive Australian appearance, Stuart Skelton, recognised as one of the world’s greatest living helden-tenors, and Dutch mezzosoprano Christianne Stotijn, join Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra for performances of Mahler’s magnificent symphony for two vocalists and orchestra, Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth). This is an unmissable performance that sees two of the world’s great operatic voices perform one of the 20th century’s most enlightening vocal works.

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Yulugi

Primrose Potter Salon

The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony

FREE MUSIC

The Red Earth Yulugi means ‘play, dance or have fun’ in Gamilaroi. It is also the name of an inspiring new collaboration between Indigenous song man and didgeridoo player Gumaroy Newman, a descendant of the Gamilaroi and Wakka Wakka nations, and composer, pianist and flautist Keyna Wilkins. With the beautifully blended colours of flute and didgeridoo, the duo creates an authentic, vivid and contemporary soundscape of Australia.

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Fri 29 May 8pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Yulugi Tickets $31 ($25 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Yulugi

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Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Wind Symphony Day A celebration of the excitement and colour of the wind ensemble, this jam-packed day returns with performances from The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony and Concert Band, drawing on the exciting and diverse repertoire for wind symphony, including compositions by David Gillingham and James Barnes. The program for the day also includes the wind symphonies of several of Melbourne’s leading schools.

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Sun 31 May 1pm, 4.30pm & 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall – see website for interval & duration details Nicholas Williams conductor The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony & Concert Band FREE – tickets required (available from 9 April) Presented by The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

Free Music in the Salon Step into the Primrose Potter Salon for an enlightening hour of free music. Featuring Melbourne’s finest musicians, it’s a delightful opportunity for you to hear the artists polish their programs and experiment with new ideas.

Just turn up anytime during the session – the doors are always open so you can come and go as you please.

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Mon 1 June 12 noon Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) FREE Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

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MOSTLY MOZART

Diana Doherty & Mozart Diana Doherty is widely regarded as one of the most talented Australian instrumentalists working today. Described as ‘oboe royalty’, Diana joins musicians of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) in a program of delightful woodwind masterpieces.

Beethoven’s Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat is most likely modelled on Mozart’s written a dozen years earlier, but in contrast Beethoven casts the piano and winds in contrasting roles.

Mozart’s Serenade for Winds in C minor is one of his most puzzling and mysterious works in its orchestration, key and form, while remaining a Mozart treasure to enjoy.

The Mostly Mozart series of concerts provides an hour of wonderful music and the chance to catch up with friends over a cup of tea with classical masterpieces performed in the acoustic beauty of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall.

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Tue 9 June 11am Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour no interval) Beethoven Quintet for piano & winds in E-flat, Op.16 Mozart Serenade for winds in C Minor, K.388 Diana Doherty oboe ANAM Musicians Tickets from $49 ($42 conc) – includes morning tea Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) Supported by Lendlease Over 55s Living Diana Doherty

Blondie, situated next to Melbourne Recital Centre, offers an exciting menu inspired by Asian cuisine and provides an interesting mix of Australian and European wines, beers and cocktails.

To get you through the week they have a Monday to Friday Happy Hour from 3-6pm, and their resident jazz band – made up of talented students from the Victorian College of the Arts – plays every Friday from 5pm.

Bookings for pre-concert dining are strongly recommended, phone 03 9686 3389.

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Melbourne International Jazz Festival

Randy Brecker & Ada Rovatti

Avishai Cohen

Brecker Plays Rovatti

Avishai Cohen Trio

feat. The Joe Chindamo Trio

50:50:50

The chemistry between seven-time Grammywinning jazz trumpeter and fusion pioneer Randy Brecker and composer-saxophonist Ada Rovatti is obvious – both on stage and in life. Brecker has helped shape the sound of jazz, R&B and rock for over 50 years and wife Rovatti has been his collaborator for many of the best of them. Rovatti even sat in for Brecker’s late saxophonist brother Michael when he became unwell, and later for the Brecker Brothers Band Reunion tour. On their 2018 release, Brecker Plays Rovatti: Sacred Bond, the pair explores a shared love of Brazilian music, soul and straight-ahead jazz in 10 tracks composed by Rovatti. For this exclusive Melbourne International Jazz Festival performance, they are joined by local virtuoso pianist Joe Chindamo and his trio featuring Brendan Clarke on bass and Danny Fischer on drums. Chindamo is routinely described as one of the best jazz pianists in the world and as a composer has earned wild acclaim for his concertos, chamber music and film soundtracks.

Internationally acclaimed bassist, vocalist and composer Avishai Cohen celebrates his 50th birthday. To mark this half-century milestone, Cohen is embarking on an ambitious global tour performing 50 gigs in 50 countries. Australia is among them, a first for the artist who has won a global fan base with his dynamic, thought provoking music that embraces everything from jazz, pop and classical to Israeli-Arab folk songs.

This virtuoso double bassist left his native Israel in the late 1980s for New York City’s melting pot of sounds where he played all types of jazz, funk and fusion, eventually joining Chick Corea’s Origin band. Cohen has since forged one of the most influential sounds in contemporary jazz.

His driving, bass-lead originals match complex timing, hard-hitting grooves and an agile voice that adds a powerful emotional dimension to his music. The 50:50:50 project resonates with the spirit of inclusion and solidarity that has defined Cohen’s music from the beginning. He’ll cross borders and break down barriers, creating a ‘global village’ of music in every performance.

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Sat 30 May 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Randy Brecker trumpet (U.S.A.) Ada Rovatti saxophone (U.S.A.) The Joe Chindamo Trio Tickets from $82 ($73 conc) Presented by Melbourne International Jazz Festival 34

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Mon 1 June 8pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (90-mins incl. interval) Avishai Cohen Trio (Israel) Tickets from $99 ($91 conc) Presented by Melbourne International Jazz Festival

Benny Goodman

80th Anniversary of the Music of the Benny Goodman Orchestra For the first time ever in Australia, direct from the U.S.A., this concert is a celebration and tribute to the extraordinary music created by the legendary Benny Goodman Orchestra.

The Orchestra will be conducted by America’s music maestro Terry Myers, critically acclaimed as America’s leading musical director and performer of the Benny Goodman music library.

This concert celebrates the famous 1938 Carnegie Hall jazz concert which was hailed by music critic Bruce Eder as ‘the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history.’ Benny was billed as ‘The King of Swing’ Benny Goodman with accolades including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Hear ‘Stompin at the Savoy’, ‘Sing Sing Sing’, ‘Moon Glow’ and many more of his great classic hits performed by an incredible ensemble of 15 musicians and a guest female vocalist.

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Wed 3 June 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 20-mins incl. interval) The music of the Benny Goodman Orchestra Tickets from $79.90 Presented by Melbourne International Jazz Festival

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Melissa Aldana

Visions for Frida Kahlo Melissa Aldana is something of a trail-blazer – she is both the first female musician and the first South American to win the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone competition.

With her New York-based quartet and Chilean animators, Aldana presents a stunning six-part multimedia suite which creates a musical and visual narrative about Frida Kahlo and her life.

Visions for Frida Kahlo draws parallels between Aldana’s experience as a female saxophonist in a male-dominated community and Kahlo’s experience as a female artist struggling to assert herself in a landscape dominated by men.

This Australian premiere and Melbourne International Jazz Festival exclusive is an experience not to be missed.

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Fri 5 June 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) Melissa Aldana (Chile/U.S.A.) and her quartet Tickets from $64 ($55 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Melbourne International Jazz Festival Listen Now To explore a playlist of favourite works

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STAFF PICK

A multimedia jazz experience not to be missed.

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Alchemy: Guitar Duets from Around the World

Eishan Ensemble

Widely acknowledged for their sophisticated and accessible repertoire, a warm rapport with audiences, and a masterful command of musicality and virtuosity, guitarists Andrew Blanch and Ariel Nurhadi are prolific performers on the Australian scene. Let the duo take you on a personal tour of some of the greatest music available for two guitars, showcasing the colour, energy and intimacy that the instrument is most loved for.

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Wed 10 June 7pm Primrose Potter Salon (Two hours incl. interval) Works by Rameau, Debussy, Albéniz, Falla, Peter Madlem, Gnattali, Houghton and Piazzolla.

Andrew Blanch guitar Ariel Nurhadi guitar Tickets $51 ($40 conc) Presented by Tier 1 Arts

Led by acclaimed Persian-Australian tar player and composer Hamed Sadeghi, Eishan Ensemble draws on contemporary and classical music traditions of both East and West. Sadeghi’s powerful original compositions feature with lashings of improvisation drawing from diverse musical styles.

The fabulous sounds of the tar (Persian plucked lute) combine with guitar, double bass, saxophone and percussion, in a fusion of contemporary jazz and traditional Persian inspired melodies.

Fri 12 June 8pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Eishan Ensemble Tickets $31 ($25 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Eishan Ensemble

Accessibility The Centre is committed to universal access, offering a range of services and facilities to ensure our concerts and events are accessible for everyone.

Lifts, Escalators & Stairs – Lift access is available to all levels of the building and the escalator on the Ground Floor Foyer travels to Level 1.

Wheelchair & Mobility Access – Seating for wheelchair and mobility aid users is available in all performance spaces.

Accessible Toilets – Accessible toilets are located on all foyer levels and backstage areas.

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Signage – For visitors who are blind or low vision, key service signs throughout the Centre are displayed in Braille.

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Parking – Accessible car spaces are available throughout Southbank, including at the Arts Centre Melbourne Car Park and on Dodds Street next to the Southbank Theatre.

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Described by Pitchfork as ‘one of the most innovative voices in British music’, Anna Meredith is a genre-crossing composer and producer whose work straddles the world of contemporary classical, art pop, electronica and experimental rock.

She brings her ‘stormy, ecstatic, endlessly danceable’ (NPR) live show to Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, performing her original contemporary works with her virtuosic five-piece band featuring guitar, tuba, cello, percussion and electronics for the first time this June.

After building an established career in the classical world and releasing two EPs on Moshi Moshi Records, she launched the hotly anticipated FIBS last year – her second album and the follow-up to her 2016 award-winning debut, Varmints. Between albums she’s opened the BBC Proms and Edinburgh International Festivals with Five Telegrams, scored Bo Burnham’s debut feature-length film Eighth Grade and Paul Rudd’s dark comedy series Living With Yourself for Netflix.

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Wed 10 June 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) Anna Meredith (U.K.) Tickets $65/$55 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

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PIANO SERIES

RELAXED PERFORMANCE

Beethoven’s Ninth

Bach Competition 2020

Duo Eclettico

Hear another side of a masterwork you love when KIAZMA Piano Duo performs Beethoven’s Symphony No.9, ‘Choral’, transcribed for two pianos by Franz Liszt.

Irrepressibly dramatic, inspirational and uplifting, the Symphony is hailed among the greatest achievements in Western music.

Be surprised and delighted by this most famous of works as it is reborn through Liszt.

Now in its 11th year, Melbourne Recital Centre’s Bach Competition is dedicated to young musicians passionate about great German composer Johann Sebastian Bach’s remarkable music. Come and listen to an array of budding young performers battle it out on stage and enjoy an afternoon of the Baroque genius.

Enjoy a casual attitude to sound and movement.

Melbourne Recital Centre’s series of Relaxed Performances provides the same exceptional artists in the best place to hear, with an environment particularly suitable for audience members with autism, learning disabilities or sensory sensitivities. This month Duo Eclettico performs a dazzling array of virtuosic music for the rarely heard combination of piano and saxophone.

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Sat 13 June 7pm Hanson Dyer Hall, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (70-mins no interval) Beethoven (arr. Liszt for two pianos) Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125, ‘Choral’ KIAZMA Piano Duo Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

KIAZMA Piano Duo

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Sun 14 June 3pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) Victoria’s best young performers FREE – tickets required (available from 20 April) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Supported by Richard Mills AM, Maria Johnson, Martin Letts & Vivienne Ritchie

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Mon 15 June 12 noon Primrose Potter Salon (45-mins no interval) Duo Eclettico Tickets $10 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Supported by The Calvert-Jones Foundation, The Samuel Nissen Charitable Foundation & The William Buckland Foundation

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Li-Wei Qin & Albert Tiu The cello’s rich, soulful voice is ideally suited to the emotive and expansive music of the Romantics.

The Shanghai-born, Australian-trained cellist Li-Wei Qin has made a brilliant career as a charismatic champion of their virtuoso repertoire. Schubert composed his A-minor Sonata for the now-obsolete arpeggione, so cellists have adopted it. In the exquisitely sombre slow movement you can hear tragic echoes of Winterreise. The headlong rush that opens Mendelssohn’s thrilling Sonata in D sets hearts racing, but the Adagio at the centre is a ‘Baroque’ aria of rapt lyricism. Pianist Albert Tiu is a bravura partner in these intricate chamber masterpieces. Cellists have also ‘borrowed’ Paganini’s flamboyant ‘Moses Fantasy’ to stunning effect. Li-Wei will astonish us as he spins out variations each more extravagant than the last.

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Tue 16 June 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Free pre-concert talk 6.45pm Schubert Sonata for Arpeggione & Piano in A minor, D.821 Schumann Adagio & Allegro, Op.70 Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No.2 in D, Op.58 Paganini Introduction & Variations on ‘Dal tuo stellato soglio’ from Rossini’s Moses in Egypt, MS23, ‘Mose-Fantasia’ Li-Wei Qin cello Albert Tiu piano (Philippines) Tickets from $64 ($56 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Series Partner: Legal Friends of Melbourne Recital Centre Program Partner: The Langham

‘There’s something about Li-Wei’s playing that always feels so natural, as if this was the only way the repertoire could be played. His big sound and genial stage presence mark him as one of the leading cellists in the world today.’

MARSHALL MCGUIRE, DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING

Master Class with Li-Wei Qin Join Li-Wei Qin for a revelatory master class and discover more about the great music for cello.

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Mon 15 June 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (Two hours no interval) Li-Wei Qin cello Tickets $10 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Supported by Arnold & Mary Bram Bookings at melbournerecital.com.au or 03 9699 3333 | Transaction & delivery fees may apply | Prices subject to change

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Nicholas Bochner

Ensemble Ancien

LOCAL HEROES

Ears Wide Open: Wagner

Echoes of Nature

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with presenter Nicholas Bochner take you on an educational, insightful and entertaining journey through the overture to one of Wagner’s first operas, Tannhäuser from 1845. A musical summary of the entire work including the famous theme from the ‘Pilgrim’s Chorus’, this overture is one of orchestral vignettes – depicting the tale of seduction and sacred devotion to come. Wagner himself called this music ‘sensuously exultant’.

United by a love and fascination of Baroque vocal music, Ensemble Ancien performs great music of the 17th and 18th century for modern listeners.

Revel in vocal treasures by some of Italy’s most cherished Baroque composers, including Monteverdi, Strozzi and Steffani. Nature was a poetic canvas for these composers to explore their deepest passions and desires, as the familiar tunes and seldom-performed gems in this alluring program illustrate.

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Mon 15 June 6.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour no interval) Wagner Tannhäuser Overture

Tue 16 June 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (70-mins no interval) Works by Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Strozzi, Steffani and Handel.

Nicholas Bochner conductor/presenter Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Tickets $30 ($25 conc)* Presented by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Ensemble Ancien Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Ensemble Ancien

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LOCAL HEROES

Beethoven 131 Celebrating its 20th-anniversary year, Flinders Quartet inspires a love of string quartet music through masterful live performances. The Quartet performs the world premiere of much-loved composer, performer and Yorta Yorta woman Deborah Cheetham’s new work together with Beethoven’s Op.131. Both Cheetham and Beethoven have an innate sense of scale, humanity and the historical significance that art can present, making this concert a pairing of great minds and visionaries.

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Wed 17 June 7pm Primrose Potter Salon (105-mins incl. interval) Puccini Crisantemi Deborah Cheetham Bungaree (world premiere) Beethoven String Quartet No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.131 Flinders Quartet Tickets $51 ($40 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Flinders Quartet Flinders Quartet

Mozart & the Violin

Sophie Rowell

Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.4 is a favourite of violinists and audiences, by turns effervescent and charming, and infused with his effortless operatic sense of melody. Violinist Sophie Rowell joins Melbourne Chamber Orchestra to perform this masterpiece. This concert also includes symphonies from the 1770s by close members of Mozart’s circle, and a delectable suite by Sibelius reflecting on romantic aspects of Finnish rural life.

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Thu 18 June 7.30pm & Sun 21 June 2.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Mysliveček Symphony No.2 in A, EvaM 10:A2 Mozart Violin Concerto No.4 in D, K.218 Sibelius Suite for violin & string orchestra, Op.117 Haydn Symphony No.52 in C minor, ‘The Grandfather’ Sophie Rowell violin William Hennessy director Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Tickets from $67 ($56 conc) Presented by Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

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Chopin, Kerry & Clara

Koi Kingdom

‘Chamber music all-stars’ (Sydney Morning Herald) Omega Ensemble perform Chopin’s breathtaking Concerto No.1, in a beautiful arrangement for piano and string quintet that captures all the romance of the original. This fiery work is accompanied

by Clara Schumann’s emotional Piano Trio, Op.17, arguably the composer’s most accomplished work for chamber ensemble, and the world premiere of a new clarinet quintet by awardwinning Australian composer Gordon Kerry.

Melbourne-based trio Koi Kingdom’s fearless spirit is matched by its big modern sound.

Defined by free expression, the trio’s eclectic music is influenced by diverse styles of jazz, classical and the folk music of Brazil and India.

Seeking to explore as diverse a sonic palette as possible, Koi Kingdom simultaneously highlights the unique qualities present when these three musicians coalesce.

INFOR M AT ION

INFOR M AT ION

Thu 18 June 7pm Primrose Potter Salon (90-mins no interval) Chopin (arr. for piano & string quintet) Piano Concerto No.1 Schumann Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17 Gordon Kerry Clarinet Quintet (world premiere)

Fri 19 June 8pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Koi Kingdom Tickets $31 ($25 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Koi Kingdom

JUNE

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata spawned generations of future work, not least Tolstoy’s troubling novella, The Kreutzer Sonata. Drawing on the writings of both Tolstoy and Sofia Tolstoya, Melbourne Recital Centre’s 2020 Artist and Writer-in-Residence Anna Goldsworthy retells this story of male jealousy and violence from the perspective of the murdered wife.

Anna’s reading accompanies a performance of the Sonata with celebrated violinist Andrew Haveron.

INFOR M AT ION

Sat 20 June 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Beethoven Sonata No.9 for violin & piano in A, Op.47 ‘Kreutzer’

Omega Ensemble Tickets $60 ($55 conc) Presented by Omega Ensemble

Andrew Haveron violin Anna Goldsworthy piano/text Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Supported by the Vizard Foundation

Neil Thompson, Omega Ensemble

Koi Kingdom

Anna Goldsworthy

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JUNE

Brett Kelly

Kristian Chong

Konstantin Shamray

LOCAL HEROES

Dvořák on Tour Join Melbourne Youth Orchestra for a preview of the repertoire that it is performing this year on their European Tour. Featuring Shostakovich, Saint-Saëns, Dvořák and a newly commissioned work by acclaimed Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin, this vivacious concert is punctuated with all of the exuberance and fanfare of the European musical tradition, while taking a distinctive, Australian voice to the world.

INFOR M AT ION

Sat 20 June 7pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Shostakovich Festive Overture in A, Op.96 Elena Kats-Chernin new work (world premiere) Saint-Saëns Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Op.28 Dvořák Symphony No.8 in G, Op.88 Brett Kelly conductor Samuel Beagley trumpet Melbourne Youth Orchestra Tickets $34 ($25 conc) Presented by Melbourne Youth Orchestras

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The Quintets of Mozart & Beethoven Two incredible works for piano and winds star in this wonderful program featuring some of Australia’s best chamber musicians. In fact, Mozart himself wrote enthusiastically to his father of his Quintet, K452: ‘I myself consider it to be the best work I have ever composed!’ Beethoven was clearly impressed with it too, composing a similar work a dozen years later. Celebrated pianist Kristian Chong is joined by his talented friends for these lyrical, elegant and enthralling works.

INFOR M AT ION

Tue 23 June 6pm Primrose Potter Salon (One hour no interval) Beethoven Quintet for piano & winds in E-flat, Op.16 Mozart Quintet for piano & winds, K.452 Shefali Pryor oboe Philip Arkinstall clarinet Jack Schiller bassoon Ben Jacks French horn Kristian Chong piano Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and Kristian Chong & Friends

PIANO SERIES

Bells Across Europe The ancient sounds of bells are brought to life through music, in a fascinating journey across Europe. Award-winning Russian pianist Konstantin Shamray explores the traditions of bell ringing and the creation of bell sounds on the modern piano. Featured are the French bell sounds of Debussy, the German/AustroHungarian traditions of Liszt and Enescu, and Russian, dark and mysterious sounds created

by Borodin and Scriabin.

INFOR M AT ION

Sat 27 June 7pm Hanson Dyer Hall, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (90-mins incl. interval) Works by Borodin, Mussorgsky, Enescu, Scriabin, Liszt and Debussy.

Konstantin Shamray piano Tickets $40 ($29 conc) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

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Inspired Giving MUSIC CIRCLE - A VIBRANT AND DIVERSE MUSICAL PROGRAM Donors who support the depth and vibrancy of the Centre’s musical program play a crucial role in ensuring that we can continue to present a rich diversity of the greatest musicians and ensembles from Australia and around the globe Salon Program Benefactor Lady Primrose Potter AC ($30,000+) Yvonne von Hartel AM, Robert Peck AM, Rachel Peck & Marten Peck of peckvonhartel architects (Signature Events Benefactors) ($20,000+) Melbourne Recital Centre Board of Directors Prof Andrea Hull AO Peter & Cally Bartlett Stephen Carpenter & Leigh Ellwood Joseph & Nicole Corponi The Hon Mary Delahunty Paul Donnelly & Brigitte Treutenaere Assoc Prof Jody Evans Margaret Farren-Price & Prof Ronald Farren-Price AM Eda Ritchie AM Audrey Zibelman ($10,000+) John & Lorraine Bates Warwick & Paulette Bisley (Great Performers Leadership Supporters) John Simpson & Cathy Simpson Maria Sola (Local Heroes & Great Performers Leadership Supporter) Dr Michael Troy ($7500+) The Benjamin Fund (Great Performers Leadership Supporters) Message Consultants Australia ($4000+) Anonymous Danielle Davis & Joyce Marks Jenny & Peter Hordern Diana Lempriere Cathy Lowy Geoff & Jan Phillips

(Great Performers Leadership Supporters) Mary Vallentine AO Dr Victor Wayne & Dr Karen Wayne OAM ($2500+) Anonymous Ballandry (Peter Griffin Family Fund Liz & Charles Baré Alastair Campbell & Sue Campbell Kathy & George Deutsch OAM Ann Lahore Shelley & Euan Murdoch Dr Paul Nisselle AM Greg Noonan Ian Nowak & Kathleen Nowak Jacqueline Schwarz Sirius Foundation ($1000+) Anonymous Adrienne Basser Helen Brack Bill Burdett AM & Sandra Burdett Maggie Cash John Castles AM & Thelma Castles OAM Min Li Chong Laurie Cox AO & Julie Ann Cox AM

Mary Draper Lord Francis Ebury & The Late Lady Suzanne Ebury Maggie Edmond Susan Fallaw The Leo & Mina Fink Fund Angela Glover Ann Gordon Jan Grant Nance Grant AM MBE & Ian Harris Henkell Family Fund In memory of Beryl Hooley Penelope Hughes Stuart Jennings Dr Garry Joslin & Prof Dimity Reed AM George & Grace Kass Maria Mercurio Baillieu Myer AC & Sarah Myer Rupert Myer AO & Annabel Myer Stephen Newton AO Elizabeth O’Keeffe Helen Perlen Kerryn Pratchett Sandra Robertson & Philip Cachia Dr Peter Rogers & Cathy Rogers Peter Rose & Christopher Menz In Memory of Pauline Speedy Barbara & Duncan Sutherland Pamela Swansson Pearl Tang (including matching from Pricewaterhouse Coopers) ($500+) Anonymous (1) Rhonda & Ted Allen Jenny Anderson Peter J Armstrong Alistaire Bowler Mrs Jean Dunn Angela & Richard Kirsner Dr Anne Lierse MinterEllison Jane Morris Ian Suren Dr Diane Tibbits ACCESS TO THRILLING MUSIC AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYBODY Supported by the Elisabeth Murdoch Creative Development Fund and the Mary Vallentine Limitless Stage Fund, donors to our learning and access programs help to share the music by bringing high-quality music and learning opportunities to people from all walks of life ($50,000+) Peter & Ruth McMullin (Public Space Activations) ($40,000+) Dr Geraldine Lazarus & Mr Greig Gailey (Regional Touring and Outreach Leadership Supporters) ($30,000+) Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM Lady Marigold Southey AC ($10,000+) Annamila Pty Ltd Linda Herd ($4000+) The Betty Amsden Foundation The Jack & Hedy Brent Foundation The John & Jennifer Brukner Foundation Helen & Michael Gannon Kathryn Greiner AO (Mary Vallentine Limitless Stage Fund) Silvia & Michael Kantor Susan Thacore

($2500+) Anonymous Kaye Birks in the memory of David Anne Burgi & Kerin Carr Maria McCarthy Margaret Taylor ($1000+) Anonymous (5) Keith & Debby Badger John & Mary Barlow Jane Bloomfield Helen Brack Bill Burdett AM & Sandra Burdett Christine & Michael Clough Paul Donnelly & Brigitte Treutenaere Dr Kingsley Gee Gras Foundation Trust Maria Hansen Christine Haslam In memory of Beryl Hooley Jenny & Peter Hordern (Mary Vallentine Limitless Stage Fund) John Howie AM & Dr Linsey Howie KCL Law Louise Kornman Prof John Langford AM & The Late Christina McCallum Cathy Lowy (Mary Vallentine Limitless Stage Fund) Sally MacIndoe Ann Miller Dennis & Fairlie Nassau Greg Shalit & Miriam Faine The Ullmer Family Foundation (Mary Vallentine Limitless Stage Fund) Mary Vallentine AO Vivian Wei Wang Mark & Jane Wilson Audrey Zibelman ($500+) Anonymous (5) Valma Angliss AM Roly Ball Peter & Cally Bartlett Ann Blake Arnold & Mary Bram Lynda Campbell Stephen Carpenter & Leigh Ellwood John Castles AM & Thelma Castles OAM The Hon Alex Chernov AC QC & Mrs Elizabeth Chernov Caroline & Robert Clemente Leslie G Clements The Hon Mary Delahunty The Hon Justice Julie Dodds-Streeton George & Laila Embelton Assoc Prof Jody Evans Vivien & Jacob Fajgenbaum Margaret Farren-Price & Prof Ronald Farren-Price AM Jo Fisher & Peter Grayson Angela Glover Colin Golvan AM QC & Dr Deborah Golvan Charles B Goode AC & Cornelia Goode The Hon Justice Michelle Gordon AC & The Hon Kenneth M Hayne AC QC Dr Robert Hetzel Peter Heffey Elizabeth Hipgrave Katrina & Simon Holmes a Court Elouise Holmes Peter Jopling AM QC Dr Garry Joslin & Prof Dimity Reed AM George & Grace Kass Irene Kearsey & Michael Ridley

Genevieve Kennedy Wendy Kozica, Alan Kozica & David O’Callaghan Connie Li Susan & Peter Mahler Ann Blake Jennifer K Marshall Ian & Gill McDougall Marshall McGuire MinterEllison Jan Morrison Peter B Murdoch QC & Helen Murdoch Tim Orton & Barbara Dennis James Ostroburski & Leo Ostroburski Andrew & Georgina Porter Sue Robinson & Tim Cartwright Mrs Margaret S Ross AM & Dr Ian C Ross Christine Sather Ian Baker & Cheryl Saunders Michael Shand AM QC & Claire Miller Stephen Shelmerdine AM & Kate Shelmerdine Barry & Barbara Shying Dr Alison Street Dr Cherilyn Tillman & Tam Vu Rosemary Walls Catherine Walter AM & John Walter Andrew & Jan Wheeler NUTURING ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT - FOSTERING A BRIGHT MUSICAL FUTURE Supported by the Elisabeth Murdoch Creative Development Fund, donors who support our enriching artist development programs help to create a wide range of unique opportunities for local musicians, and help to ensure a vibrant musical future for Victoria and beyond Betty Amsden Kids and Family Program Benefactor The Late Betty Amsden AO DSJ Merlyn Myer Music Commission The Aranday Foundation The Yugilbar Foundation ($50,000+) Lady Primrose Potter AC ($20,000+) Mrs Margaret S Ross AM & Dr Ian C Ross (Artist Development Leadership Supporters) ($10,000+) Warwick & Paulette Bisley Majlis Pty Ltd James Ostroburski & Leo Ostroburski Joy Selby Smith Angelina & Graeme Wise ($4000+) Annamila Pty Ltd Andrew & Theresa Dyer Linda Herd Susan Pelka & Richard Caven Vivienne Ritchie Vivian Wei Wang Lyn Williams AM ($1000+) Peter J Armstrong Lin Bender AM John & Chris Collingwood In memory of Beryl Hooley Dianne Jacobs In memory of The Late Harry Johnson Martine Letts Ian & Gill McDougall Dr Richard Mills AM Greg Noonan

($500+) Frederic & Karen Pomeranz Anne Frankenberg & Adrian McEniery GIVING CIRCLES Melbourne Recital Centre Giving Circles are passionate and like-minded groups of donors who come together to collectively celebrate their love of music by supporting special projects Ensemble Giovane Leadership Donors in support of Master classes & young artist development ($10,000+) Jim Cousins AO & Libby Cousins YMF Australia ($7500+) George & Laila Embelton ($5000+) The Hon Susan Crennan AC QC & Dr Michael Crennan QC Kathryn Fagg AO Jo Fisher Lyndsey & Peter Hawkins Igor & Jenny Zambelli ($3000+) Christine Sather Dr Cherilyn Tillman & Tam Vu ($1000+) Peter J Armstrong Bailey-Lord Family Mary Beth Bauer Fiona Bennett Zoe Brinsden Kathryn Fagg AO Dr Jane Gilmour OAM & Terry Brain Prof Andrea Hull AO Liane Kemp Simon Le Plastrier Norene Leslie McCormac Rosemary O’Connor Jenny Tatchell Laura Thomas ($500+) Dianne Jacobs Legal Friends of Melbourne Recital Centre Legal Friends Inaugural Patrons The Hon Justice Michelle Gordon AC & The Hon Kenneth M Hayne AC QC ($10,000+) The Hon Justice Michelle Gordon AC & The Hon Kenneth M Hayne AC QC ($4000+) Naomi Golvan & George Golvan QC Peter B Murdoch QC & Helen Murdoch Maya Rozner & Alex King ($2500+) Anonymous (1) Colin Golvan AM QC & Dr Deborah Golvan Peter J Stirling & Kimberley Kane ($1000+) John & Marcia Arthur Peter Bartlett Annette Blonski & Martin Bartfeld QC The Hon Alex Chernov AC QC & Mrs Elizabeth Chernov Christine Clough The Hon Justice Julie Dodds-Streeton Timothy Goodwin Robert Heathcote & Meredith King The Hon Peter Heerey AM QC & Sally Heerey

Judge Sara Hinchey & Tom Pikusa John Howie AM & Dr Linsey Howie Pandora Kay & John Larkins Anthony J & Philippa M Kelly Maryanne B Loughnan QC Banjo McLachlan & Paul Mahony Elizabeth O’Keeffe Ralph & Ruth Renard Meredith Schilling Michael Shand AM QC Tom Smyth Helen Symon QC & Ian Lulham ($500+) James Barber Elizabeth Boros Hon Justice David Byrne QC Leslie G Clements The Hon Hartley Hansen AM QC & Rosalind Hansen The Hon David L Harper AM Medical Friends of Melbourne Recital Centre ($2000+) Dr Charlotte Slade & Assoc Prof Sebastian King ($1000+) Mr Phillip Antippa OAM & Dr Tracey Huntley Michael Bennett & Kate Stockwin Professor Rod Hunt & Mr Michael Sharpe Dr Jean McMullin & Dr Catherine Brennan Dr John F Mills Steinway Giving Circle Benefactor Patron Gandel Philanthropy ($30,000+) Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM ($10,000+) Anonymous (1) John Calvert-Jones AM & Janet Calvert-Jones AO Brian Goddard Dr Alastair Jackson AM Lady Primrose Potter AC Skipp Williamson & Carol Haynes ($5000+) Warwick & Paulette Bisley Arnold & Mary Bram The Hon Susan Crennan AC QC & Dr Michael Crennan QC Angelina & Graeme Wise ($2500+) Bruce Parncutt AO ($1000+) Anonymous (1) Kaye Cleary Tim Conrad Craig K Coulson Janine & Timothy Fredman Roger Gillard & Sohwon Kim Linda Herd David Lee Jay Lee & Muriel Yang Geoff & Jan Phillips Professor Margaret Plant Mrs Margaret S Ross AM & Dr Ian C Ross Sirius Foundation Vivian Wei Wang Dr Victor Wayne & Dr Karen Wayne OAM ($500+) Jane Bloomfield In memory of Beryl Hooley Dianne Jacobs Maria Johnson Dr Garry Joslin & Prof Dimity Reed AM Janet McDonald David Poulton

A LASTING LEGACY Through marking a legacy, this extraordinary group of donors support the future of the Centre’s vibrant and diverse programs both now and for generations to come.

Encore Bequest Circle Inaugural Patrons Jim Cousins AO & Libby Cousins Anonymous (3) Jenny Anderson The Late Betty Amsden AO DSJ Barbara Blackman AO Jennifer Brukner Ken Bullen Peter & Jenny Hordern Dr Garry Joslin Jane Kunstler Jeanette McLellan Elizabeth O’Keeffe Penny Rawlins Prof Dimity Reed AM Vivienne Ritchie Sandy Shaw The Estate of Beverley Shelton & Martin Schönthal Mary Vallentine AO Seat Dedications Annamila Pty Ltd Joanna Baevski Lowina Blackman John Calvert-Jones AM & Janet Calvert-Jones AO The Hon Mary Delahunty Lord Francis Ebury Kathryn Fagg AO Ronald Farren-Price AM & Margaret Farren-Price Kristin Gill & family Colin Golvan AM QC & Dr Deborah Golvan Nance Grant AM MBE Brenda Hamilton & family Luke Heagerty Catherine Heggen Louise Heggen Hans & Petra Henkell Kathy Horadam Maria Johnson Anne Kantor AO & The Late Dr Milan Kantor OAM Alex King & Sebastian King Diana Lempriere Cathy Lowy Evelyn Pose Katherine Rechtman Ralph & Ruth Renard Kiera Stevens Peter J Stirling Ian Suren Jenny Tatchell In memory of David Tong Mary Vallentine AO Mary Waldron Vivian Wei Wang List of Patrons as at 4 February 2020

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