What's On : January, February, March 2015

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The Antlers Brooklyn’s epic indie rockers 14 February

This Edition The Necks redefine jazz SummerSalt, Melbourne’s newest arts festival Music from the movies of David Lynch Grammy-winning bluesman Keb’ Mo’ The dreamy folk of J Mascis

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MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE • The information in this brochure is correct at time of printing.

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Welcome Welcome to Melbourne Recital Centre’s guide to what’s on this summer.

And what a summer it will be: from 23 January to 21 February, the streets of Southbank will be transformed into a place for music, dancing, circus and plenty of surprises – all outside, with plenty that’s free or inexpensive.

The first SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival is an initiative of Melbourne Recital Centre in collaboration with the dozens of vibrant companies and venues that call Southbank home and with the support of the Victorian Government and a host of corporate and philanthropic partners. See page 15 to discover the SummerSalt program. Inside the Centre, we have a dazzling array of concerts including the superb early music orchestra Les Arts Florissants directed by luminary musician William Christie who will treat us to an evening of Baroque passion and playfulness in an Italian Garden. Summer also brings sensational gigs and side-shows by world music, indie rock and folk stars – look out for The Antlers, J Mascis, a tribute to legendary filmmaker David Lynch and many more. Summer also sees the return of our popular children’s music festival MusicPlay with concerts, workshops and free foyer fun for all. Whether you like rock or Baroque, Melbourne Recital Centre is the best place to enjoy your favourite music. I look forward to seeing you at a concert soon.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is proud to be a partner of Melbourne Recital Centre.

We are delighted to help enrich the experience of patrons by bringing some of the world’s finest musicians, artists and entertainers to perform at the Centre.

What makes this partnership so special is our shared commitment to innovation, creativity and excellence. Just as Etihad Airways is committed to transforming the air travel experience, so is the Centre transforming the entertainment experience of Melbournians with its diverse and inspiring programming in its world-class venue.

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Jon Marshall Acting General Manager Australia & New Zealand Etihad Airways

CEO, Melbourne Recital Centre

LOCAL HEROES 2015 This year Local Heroes, our year-long festival of chamber music, is dedicated to sharing the stories of our World War I heroes. Over 80 individual stories of strength and determination will be shared throughout the year, online in program notes and by the Local Heroes ensembles. These inspiring personal stories include accounts from Gallipoli, Antarctica and Europe. Light horsemen, infantryman, medical personnel and lovers and families waiting at home are celebrated for their courage. Discover the remarkable stories of men and women who were engineers, poets, artists, doctors, lawyers, teachers and farmers, but whom were all affected by the Great War. To discover our ANZAC local heroes go online to melbournerecital.com.au/stories

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CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL 15–17 JANUARY 2015 MusicPlay is an exciting summer holiday music festival for children and families.

The Festival encourages young music lovers to immerse themselves in music through an array of interactive concerts and fun activities.

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The Peasant Prince The best-selling children’s book The Peasant Prince comes to life with music, storytelling and big-screen projections. Li Cunxin’s inspirational tale based upon his autobiography, Mao’s Last Dancer, traces the journey of a young boy from rural China who, against all odds, becomes one of the most famous dancers in the world. Be moved by this heart-warming story and be carried away by the beautiful music and stunning images.

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‘The classic whodunnit of the orchestra.’

Join Lah-Lah for a wonderful interactive musical extravaganza. Meet Mister Saxophone, Lola the Dancing Double Bass, Squeezy Sneezy the piano accordion, Tom Tom on drums, and, of course Lah-Lah and Buzz, as they take you on a journey in the musical magic that is Lah-Lah. Lah-Lah and Buzz are desperately trying to get The Big Live Band 110% organised for the concert today but something has gone very wrong – how will they do their show?

Come along and find out in one very groovy musical adventure.

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Thu 15 January 11am Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (45-mins no interval) Bert La Bonte narrator Brett Kelly conductor Melbourne Recital Centre Orchestra Katy Abbott composer Li Cunxin author Anne Spudvilas illustrations Tickets $23

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The Composer Lah-Lah's Brand is Dead New Day

Fri 16 January 10am Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (45-mins no interval) Lah-Lah's Big Live Band Tickets $23

Babes in Arms policy applies. Children under 2 years will be admitted free of charge provided they remain in their parent or guardian's lap.

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There's dreadful news from the concert hall: the composer is dead! A perplexing orchestral whodunit starring legendary comedian Frank Woodley. Meet the orchestra, solve the mystery, and have a good laugh in this engaging introduction to classical music.

Our Inspector will interrogate the entire orchestra, establishing their whereabouts at the time of the crime. Starting with the strings and working all the way to percussion, the Inspector finds sound alibis and dead ends down every sonic avenue. Composed by Nathaniel Stookey with text by bestselling children's author Lemony Snicket, this murder mystery is sure to keep young music fans enthralled. One thing's for sure – no one leaves the Hall until the mystery is solved.

INFORMATION Sat 17 January 11.45am Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (45-mins no interval) Frank Woodley narrator Brett Kelly conductor Melbourne Recital Centre Orchestra Nathaniel Stookey music Lemony Snicket text Tickets $23

Simon Tedeschi: Pianist & Prankster

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Q: What has 88 keys and no lock? A: a piano Perfect school holiday fare, Simon Tedeschi: Pianist & Prankster is a solo autobiographical show designed for primary school age children, mostly about his childhood. Tedeschi’s blindingly brilliant piano technique as he covers an amazing range of styles, from Bach to Brubek, Beethoven to boogie-woogie and everything in between. Featuring cringe-worthy jokes and audience participation, this is a captivating and exuberant show starring one of Australia's most renowned pianists that has something for young and old.

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Thu 15 January 9.30am, 11.15am & 1pm Salon (45-mins no interval) Simon Tedeschi piano Tickets $23

The Treasure of Captain Curlylocks - Nadia Sunde

When the treasure chest of Captain Curlylocks washes up on Mentone Beach, Nadia takes a careful peek inside... but what is this. Instead of rubies and pearls, Captain Curlylocks has left her a patchwork pirate coat and inside its pocket... a treasure map. Join Nadia as she sets sail on an unforgettable and fun-filled adventure to a land where the imagination runs free in a performance that combines comedy, music and audience participation.

INFORMATION Fri 16 January 9.30am & 11.15am Salon (45-mins no interval) Nadia Sunde Michael Fix guitar Tickets $23

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Workshops Make Your Own Wacky Instrument Join multi-talented musician and educator Jon Madin in a fun, hands-on workshop making your own wacky instrument like rubber bassoons and instant drums.

Play along on Jon's collection of homemade instruments like the echocello, musical exercise bikes, ding boxes, and play your part in a wacky orchestra.

Thu 15 January 9.45am, 11.30am & 1.15pm (45-mins) Tickets $15 (suitable for ages 7+)

Singing for Little Monkeys Join early childhood music specialists Rick Plant and Sherry Rich for a group sing-along that includes vocal warm ups and yoga exercises, age appropriate action songs, nursery rhymes and rounds accompanied by quirky instruments and their friend the flying monkey. Children at this age are busy learning language and when they explore and enjoy their natural singing voices at the same time it reaps lifelong benefits.

Fri 16 January 9.45am, 11.30am & 1.15pm (45-mins) Tickets $15 (suitable for ages 3–6 years)

My Crazy Imagination Workshop Internationally and nationally awarded children's songwriter, children's author and acclaimed comedienne/entertainer Nadia Sunde enthusiastically engages children in dramatic and musical play, allowing them to explore and express their creative ideas in a supportive and nurturing environment.

Fri 16 January 1pm (45-mins) Tickets $23 (suitable for ages 5–11 years)

The Mudcakes are children entertainers based in Australia and loved around the Universe.

Their quirky, funtastic, highly interactive music show will have monkeys big and small up singing and dancing. You might even find yourself onstage being a puppeteer, a cheerleader, banging a drum or tooting a kazoo! Perfect for ages 2 to 6 years and their music loving folks. Featuring lots of cool instruments, flying monkeys and the world famous family team dance competition.

Fun with Boomwhackers The Australian Percussion Academy presents a workshop for anyone who ever wanted to bang a drum, strike an instrument or create some percussive noise.

Sat 17 January 9.45am, 11.30am & 1.15pm (45-mins) Tickets $15 (suitable for ages 5-12 depending on session times)

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Free Foyer Fun

Sat 17 January 9.30am, 11.15am & 1pm Salon (45-mins no interval) The Mudcakes Tickets $23

Melbourne Recital Centre foyers come alive with a range of free, fun and interactive experiences.

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Thu 15 to Sat 17 January 9am-1pm Roving Musicians including the ukulele duo Jumpsters

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Ruth Roshan & Tango Noir launch their third, original album, Stories of Love and Regret.

Influenced by European tango and waltz, evoking the atmosphere of a 1930s French Salon, this concert combines lush arrangements with Ruth's bittersweet lyrics to create music which is both elegant and beautiful, new and nostalgic all at once.

Sarah McLachlan Multi-platinum singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan returns to Australia performing material from her latest album Shine On alongside her beloved fan favourites. With more than 25 years in the music industry, Sarah is one of the most celebrated and respected female performers of all time, selling more than 40 million albums worldwide and receiving three Grammy Awards and eight Juno Awards (Canada).

Before she turned 20, McLachlan released her gold debut album, Touch in 1988 in her native Canada. Less than a year later the album was reissued worldwide, as McLachlan began to develop beyond her cult status in the US and build a devoted following internationally. In 1997 McLachlan’s landmark 10-time platinum album Surfacing was released, the album contained two Grammy winning tracks; ‘Building a Mystery’ and ‘Last Dance’.

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On top of all her success, Sarah McLachlan is best known and loved for her intimate vocals and relatable lyrics. Her latest album Shine On is McLachlan’s first full-length recording of new material in four years and explores McLachlan’s personal journey over the last few years navigating love, loss and change – it celebrates the human ability to grow from our experiences, thrive and shine on.

INFORMATION Mon 9 February 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Sarah McLachlan (CAN) With special guest Butterfly Boucher Tickets $89.90 Presented by Live Nation

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INFORMATION Sat 7 February 7pm Salon (One hour & 50-mins incl. interval) Ruth Roshan & Tango Noir Tickets $38 ($28 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Ruth Roshan Discover Mood Indigo, the Centre’s jazz stream, at melbournerecital.com.au/indigo

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The Necks The Necks are one of the most distinctive and enthralling groups in music.

The hard-earned, almost telepathic rapport that Chris Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton and Tony Buck have developed over the past 26 years is truly one of the most compelling in live music and it is with much anticipation that this formidable group is welcomed to Elisabeth Murdoch Hall.

Featuring mesmerising pieces that slowly unravel and insistent deep grooves, the deceptive simplicity of their music throws forth new charms on each hearing.

Not entirely avant-garde, nor minimalist, nor ambient, nor jazz, the music of The Necks is possibly unique in the world today.

‘One of the most extraordinary groups on the planet... not so much a trio as a revolutionary consortium redefining music.’ The Guardian INFORMATION Thu 12 February 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall ((Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) The Necks (AUS) Tickets $45 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

J Mascis In the quarter-century since J Mascis founded Dinosaur Jr., Mascis has created some of the era’s signature songs, albums and styles. As a skier, golfer, songwriter, skateboarder, record producer and musician, J has few peers. The laconically-based roar of his guitar, drums and vocals have driven a long string of bands; Deep Wound, Dinosaur Jr., Gobblehoof, Velvet Monkeys, the Fog, Witch, and Sweet Apple.

J's solo work on his latest album Tied to a Star is of incredible beauty, performed with a delicacy not always associated with his work.

‘Tied to a Star showcases the soft intricacy of a veteran craftsman who knows when to hang back and decide to pulverize another day.

Mascis has shown this sort of versatility before, but rarely with such straight-ahead beauty in his arsenal.’ National Public Radio (USA)

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INFORMATION Fri 13 February 8pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 20-mins incl. interval) J Mascis (USA)

With special guest Adalita Tickets $60 ($55 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

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Brooklyn’s The Antlers have created a quiet revolution in thought and sound with their harrowing and often haunting tales of love unmoored, human frailty and emotional evisceration. Melbourne welcomes back The Antlers as they release their fifth studio album Familiars, which has already met with critical acclaim. Familiars picks its way through a labyrinth of fear, doubt, love and loss against a backdrop of layered textural songs that are deeply atmospheric as they are anthemic.

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‘The Antlers magnify private sorrows to overwhelming scale, creating grand anthems.’

The New York Times INFORMATION Sat 14 February 8pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) The Antlers (USA) With special guests Lanks Tickets $50 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre SALON: SOLO

Christopher Jangwon-McKiggan Hailed as a pianist with ‘astounding technique startling poise and control’ (Kansas City Star) and ‘astonishing virtuosity and piano coloration’ (The Citizen), Christopher has won numerous awards during his career. He is the founding pianist with the Bangkok Piano Trio and Eon Piano Trio and is also a member of the De Camera Young Artists.

INFORMATION Thu 12 February 6pm Salon (One hour no interval) Christopher Jangwon-McKiggan piano Tickets $38 ($28 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

David Bridie The quiet achiever of Australian music, seven-time ARIA award-winning songwriter and composer, David Bridie, has enjoyed a distinguished career as one of Australia's most innovative musicians. With his repertoire as a recording artist, soundtrack composer, producer, lyricist, uniquely Australian songwriter and singer, as well as a specialist in the music of Melanesia, Bridie has certainly stamped his mark. The magical acoustic of the Salon is the perfect setting for this intimate evening with David, his piano and his distinctive soulful rasp. Let David draw you in with an insightful exploration of his film tracks, songs from Not Drowning Waving and My Friend the Chocolate Cake, as well as his acclaimed new albums, Wake (2013) and Take the Next Illusionary Exit (2014).

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Sat 14 February 7.30pm Salon (One hour & 50-mins incl. interval) David Bridie piano/vocals (AUS) Tickets $45 ($30 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

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Christian Tetzlaff The Naked Violin

‘A bold artist with an instinctive feeling for the wild side in music.’

The New York Times The Frankfurt-based violinist has technique and charisma in spades, but what sets him apart from other musicians is his ability to immerse himself entirely in the world of the composer whose music he is recreating.

Whether he is a valiant soloist battling a symphony orchestra, a chamber musician crafting intimate melodies among friends, or a recitalist, alone on stage, all his efforts are focused on finding an ideal sound. Not his ideal sound; the music’s.

Tetzlaff last appeared at Melbourne Recital Centre with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

Now he returns to give a solo recital: just him, his 1901 Stefan-Peter Greiner violin, and the music of Bach, Bartók and Ysaÿe.

When an industrious kapellmeister from Leipzig wrote a set of six sonatas and partitas for unaccompanied violin in the early 18th century, no-one took much notice. It was more than a century later that J.S. Bach’s solo violin works found a home at the heart of the virtuoso violin repertoire. The dense harmonic layering, complex fugue and quicksilver dance movements of Bach’s Sonata No.3 in C major have inspired many homages, including the first Sonata from Eugene Ysaÿe’s set of six, and the tough but dazzling solo sonata of Béla Bartók.

This is a precious opportunity to hear all three.

INFORMATION Sun 15 February 5pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour & 40-mins incl. interval) Free pre-concert talk 4.15pm YSAŸE Sonata in G minor for solo violin, Op.27, No.1 J.S. BACH Sonata No.3 in C for solo violin, BWV 1005 BARTÓK Sonata for solo violin, Sz.117 Christian Tetzlaff violin (GERMANY) Premium $105 A reserve $95 ($55 concession) B reserve $79 ($55 concession) C reserve $55 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Program partners The Langham Melbourne, ABC Classic FM & Montblanc

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Chris Jarrett meets Luca Ciarla ‘This daring Italian violinist (Luca Ciarla) and composer puts his instrument at the service of a sparkling repertoire blending jazz, classical music and European folklore ...another champion of the resined bow.’

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Internationally acclaimed composer and pianist Chris Jarrett meets up with worldwide busy improviser and magician of the violin Luca Ciarla for a unique duo along the borders of contemporary music and jazz. Luca Ciarla's sprite-like-playing and the quick-fingered expressivity of Chris Jarrett's improvisations collide; sometimes following parallel paths and other times going in different directions only to meet at a common goal.

This concert is a fascinating blend of the accessible and the challenging with a magnetic musical appeal.

‘(Chris Jarrett) feels at home in the world of spontaneity, plays outside of all categories, and surprises the listener with sound experiments which, in spite of all the freedom, follow an inner logic. Such unconventional, fresh-saucy and humorous music makes you hungry for more.’ Jazzpodium (Germany) INFORMATION Wed 18 February 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour & 50-mins incl. interval) Luca Ciarla violin (ITALY) Chris Jarret piano (USA) A reserve $50 ($45 concession) B reserve $40 ($35 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

VCE Top Class 2015: Dance & VET Dance Enjoy the beauty and passion of dance presented by top performing VCE Dance and VET Dance students from 2014. The Top Class Dance concerts present a range of VET dance styles with VCE dance technique and composition solos compèred by assessors on the day.

Tafelmusik House of Dreams Musica Viva brings the Baroque era to life with Tafelmusik’s House of Dreams, a stunning exploration of music, art and drama. Alison Mackay (creator of The Galileo Project) has woven together a magical journey that allows audiences to step into the world of Bach and Vivaldi by imaginatively ‘visiting’ five historic European houses. On the walls hang works

by Vermeer, Canaletto and Watteau; the airy rooms ring to the sounds of the finest composers and performers. In these concerts, the music is provided by the period instruments of the renowned Tafelmusik

Baroque Orchestra. Accompanied by images from London, Paris, Delft, Leipzig and Venice, House of Dreams draws us into the very buildings where the great composers and their patrons once walked, played, and listened, and includes detailed projections of now-famous paintings that these composers would have known when newly produced. Narrator Blair Williams is the tour guide, leading us through the hallways and salons, sharing stories of the people who lived, worked and dreamed in these remarkable homes.

INFORMATION Thu 19 February Program 1 - 10.30am (75-mins no interval) Program 2 - 2pm (75-mins no interval) Elisabeth Murdoch Hall VCE dance students Tickets $15 ($13 regional concession) Part of the VCE Season of Excellence 2015 presented by the Victorian Curriculum & Assessment Authority

INFORMATION Sat 21 & Tue 24 February 7pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (100-mins incl. interval) Program to include; HANDEL Music from Theodora & selections from Concerti Grossi Op.3 & Op.6 VIVALDI selections from the instrumental Concerti SWEELINCK Engelse Fortuyn PURCELL Fantasia in Three Parts Upon a Ground MARAIS Suite from Alcyone BACH selections from the chamber music, concerti & cantatas TELEMANN Overture from Wassermusik Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (CANADA) Premium $148 ($128 concession) A reserve $123 ($107 concession) B reserve $86 ($75 concession) C reserve $58 ($50 concession) Under 30s $30 (subject to availability) Presented by Musica Viva

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Renaissance on the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean of the 16th century was a rich multicultural society bursting with diversity and culture, a fertile territory for music that was spirited and passionate.

Traveling from Spanish shores to Southern Italian ports and passing through Greece to exotic Constantinople, La Compañia captures the sensual melodies and rhythms in a program spiced with melodic improvisations. From this vibrant and exuberant region we celebrate Renaissance life through song and dance.

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‘La Compañia's relaxed and improvisatory yet passionate and precise playing is a delight.’ Limelight

Sat 21 February 4pm & 6pm Salon (One hour no interval) La Compañia Danny Lucin director Daniel Thomson tenor Tickets $39 ($29 concession) Three concert package $96 ($72 concession) Four concert package $124 ($92 concession) Presented by La Compañia

From the New World Corpus Medicorum Join Corpus Medicorum on the first of its ‘Voyages into the Soul’ for 2015. Starting with a voyage into fantasy with Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel overture, a panoply of hummable tunes taking you deeper and deeper into the enchanted forest. The second voyage is into the composer’s mind: ‘I’d like to write a violin concerto next winter,’ wrote Mendelssohn, ‘one in E minor sticks in my head, the beginning of which will not leave me in peace.’ It took him six years of wrestling with that tune to bring it to fruition. And the final voyage is to a new world via the European perspective of Dvořák’s heritage.

INFORMATION Sun 22 February 5pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) HUMPERDINCK Overture from Hansel & Gretel MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor DVOŘÁK Symphony 9 'From the New World' Corpus Medicorum Keith Crellin OAM conductor Anne-Marie Johnson violin Tickets $60 ($50 concession) Presented by Corpus Medicorum

Remember Tomorrow The Australian String Quartet (ASQ) begins its 30th-anniversary year with an homage to the past and a view to the future. In 1985 the ASQ's first public concert opened, as this one does with Haydn's powerful ‘Emperor’ Quartet. Another landmark in 2015 is the centenary of the ANZAC landing in Gallipoli.

The Quartet marks the occasion with the world premiere of an evocative and moving work titled Gallipoli by one of Australia's best-known composers, Ross Edwards.

Shostakovich's third string quartet was the only work completed by the composer in 1946.

This five movement work is full of emotion and questioning – with passionate hopes for a better future as we move forward.

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INFORMATION Thu 26 February 7pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No.3 in F, Op.73 HAYDN String Quartet in C, Op.76, No.3, ‘Emperor’ ROSS Gallipoli (world premiere) Australian String Quartet Tickets $75 ($57 concession & U30s $30) Presented by Australian String Quartet

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St David’s Day Celtic Concert The Victoria Welsh Male Choir, under the leadership of its award-winning Musical Director, Faleiry Koczkar OAM, presents a program of Welsh and Celtic music, featuring beautiful four-part harmony and rousing male choral singing to make your heart soar.

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Faleiry’s guest on the podium will be popular Welsh conductor Geraint Roberts, who returns to Victoria for the St David’s Day celebrations. Also performing at this Celtic music feast will be the acclaimed Welsh folk group, Pendragon Dreaming.

Shakespeare wrote in his play Twelfth Night, ‘If music be the food of love, play on.’ Venetian Feast of Food & Music is the perfect occasion to indulge just that, with glorious music and fine food and wine coming together in a perfect Italian–inspired soirée.

Fri 27 February 6pm & Sat 28 February 12 noon Salon (Two hours & 30-mins) Stefano de Pieri chef Stefania Bellamio soprano Massimo Scattolin guitar Tickets $132 (includes three course-meal & matching wines) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre in celebration of Melbourne Food & Wine Festival

Sat 28 February 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) Victoria Welsh Male Choir Faleiry Koczkar OAM musical director Tickets $46 ($43 concession & $20 child) Presented by Victoria Welsh Male Choir

where his operas Don Giovanni and La clemenza di Tito were premiered. His homage to the city was the Prague Symphony, a masterpiece brimming with his most infectious and elegant orchestral writing.

Laureate of the 2013 International Telekom Beethoven Competition, pianist Stefan Cassomenos has received numerous international accolades for his sensitive and spirited performances. He joins MCO to perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.25, the majestic concerto penned alongside the Prague.

Throughout a three-course Venetian menu by award–winning chef Stefano de Pieri, with matched Mildura Brewery beer and Stefano’s own wine, you'll enjoy two performances by acclaimed Italian soprano Stefania Bellamio and guitarist Massimo Scattolin. Heady and bewitching Italian operatic arias by Gioacchino Rossini, Ermanno Wolf Ferrari, Reynaldo Hahn and Simone Mayr will delight the ear as much as a fine wine does the palate, whilst a selection of charming barcarole, as sung by traditional Venetian gondoliers, will evoke the exotic charm of Venice.

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Mozart in Prague Melbourne Chamber Orchestra performs two of Mozart’s finest works paired with breathtaking Czech adagios – sheer heaven.

Nowhere was Mozart’s music appreciated more in his own lifetime than the city of Prague,

Sun 1 March 2.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour & 40-mins incl. interval) DVOŘÁK Nocturne for string orchestra Op.40 MOZART Piano Concerto No.25 in C, K503 SUK Serenade for string orchestra: III Adagio MOZART Symphony No.38 in D, K504 Prague Melbourne Chamber Orchestra William Hennessy director Stefan Cassomenos piano Premium $119 ($109 concession) A reserve $99 ($89 concession) B reserve $79 ($69 concession) C reserve $59 ($49 concession) Under 40s $40 Tickets on sale 27 November Presented by Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

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Mozart/Sibelius

A deeply personal work on the importance of individual freedom, Beethoven’s incidental music to Goethe’s Egmont features a score that positively crackles with the play’s rich themes of love and heroic defiance. Written a few years after the ‘Eroica’ Symphony at a time when Napoleon was extending his domination over Europe, Egmont is a stirring tribute to courage in the face of adversity. Join Australia’s most charismatic musical personality, Richard Gill and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on an interactive journey through this immortal piece of music.

Flinders Quartet

2015 marks the 150th anniversary of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, whom some describe as ‘the last of the romantics.’ Flinders Quartet celebrates the life of this great composer, exploring two of his marvellously romantic string quartets; numbers 1 and 2. What better companion for Sibelius than the crystal clarity of Mozart and his String Quartet No.17 ‘The Hunt’, one of six quartets dedicated to Haydn that Mozart wrote in 1784.

Since 2000 Flinders Quartet has performed with some of the country’s best musicians, toured nationally and internationally, and commissioned numerous Australian works for string quartet. Fifteen years on, Flinders Quartet is thrilled to be continuing its journey

with a 2015 season that showcases their passion for playing the greatest music written for string quartet.

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INFORMATION Tue 3 March 6.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (90-mins no interval) BEETHOVEN Incidental music to Egmont Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Richard Gill conductor/host Tickets $25 ($20 concession) *Prices are subject to change without notice

Mon 2 March 7pm Salon (110-mins incl. interval) SIBELIUS String Quartet No.1 in E-flat, JS184 String Quartet No.2 in A minor, JS183 MOZART String Quartet No.17 in B-flat, K.458, ‘The Hunt’ Flinders Quartet Tickets $50 ($40 concession) Three concert package $128 ($102 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Flinders Quartet

Presented by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Richard Gill

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On Wenlock Edge Three of Australia's finest soloists join Melbourne-based pianist Daniel de Borah in a series of concerts that explore masterworks of the duo repertoire. The first concert in this series features tenor Andrew Goodwin.

Described by Limelight magazine as ‘one of the finest lieder singers performing on the festival circuit today’, Andrew brings his signature finesse and purity of voice to this selection of English songs inspired by poet A.E. Housman's reflections on mortality.

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INFORMATION Tue 3 March 6pm Salon (One hour no interval) VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ‘On Wenlock Edge’ DEAN new song cycle BUTTERWORTH ‘Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad' Andrew Goodwin tenor Daniel de Borah piano Tickets $38 ($28 concession) Three concert package $97 ($71 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Daniel de Borah

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Over five extraordinary summer weekends, the Melbourne Arts Precinct is turned on its head. Music, dance, circus, theatre and art burst into life and spill out onto the streets of Southbank.

This inventive program of events is a unique and creative collaboration of Melbourne’s leading arts organisations including Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne Recital Centre, Australian Centre for Contemporary Arts, Chunky Move, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Theatre Company, National Gallery of Victoria, The Australian Ballet and Victorian College of the Arts amongst many others. There’s something for everyone.

During the day, families can explore fun free and low cost events such as interactive theatre, puppetry, storytelling, giant art installations and hands-on workshops.

In the evenings, Southbank will come alive with exciting outdoor concerts, street-art, theatre and cinema until late.

Visit summersaltfestival.com.au for all the details and join in the party!

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WHAT'S ON Exxopolis Presented by SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival

Dates: 23 Jan – 1 Feb ACCA Forecourt, tickets $11

Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds Presented by SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival Get greasy in the psychedelic swamps of rock ’n’ roll with Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds. A founding member of The Gun Club and erstwhile guitarist for The Cramps and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, the legendary Kid Congo Powers has garage punk swagger in spades. He makes his first trip to Australia with long-term cohorts The Pink Monkey Birds for a night of raw, sonic ambrosia featuring a heady mix of fuzz guitars, New Orleans drum beats and bass lines dripping with soul.

Date: 23 Jan Testing Grounds, tickets $45

Lake Street Dive Presented by SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival How is it that something so unlikely can also be so infectious, so naturally exhilarating? Pulling in familiar elements and irreverently scrambling and recombining them, Lake Street Dive are at once jazz-schooled, DIY-motivated, and classically pop obsessed. Lake Street Dive have been performing for nearly a decade after meeting as fellow students at the New England Conservatory in Boston. The band was handpicked by Minneapolis trumpet/guitar player Mike Olson and named after an actual neighbourhood of seedy bars in his hometown. Don’t miss the band Rolling Stone called the best of 2014 this summer at SummerSalt.

Date: 21 Feb Testing Grounds, tickets $45

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Step inside a fantastical world of colour and light.

Exxopolis is a dazzling maze of winding paths and soaring domes, a monumental inflatable structure designed to generate a sense of wonder at the beauty of light and colour. Islamic architecture, Archimedean solids and Gothic cathedrals meld into an inspiring mix of design and engineering, creating a luminarium of nearly 1000 square metres.

Be transported into a colour-filled universe, an experience that is perfect for all ages.

Divenire

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Presented by SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival As twilight descends on Southbank, the formidable dancers of Melbourne Ballet Company take to the street to perform a triple bill of shape-shifting uplifting work.

Divenire Choreographed by Simon Hoy to music by Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi.

Heraclitus From Dream Choreographed by Tim Podesta. A duo based on the character Titania in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Infinite Space Choreographed by Simon Hoy, to Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A and Piano Concerto No.27.

Dates: 29 – 31 Jan Dodds St Stage, tickets $30

gentle is the power Presented by SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival Choreographed by Chunky Move Artistic Director Anouk van Dijk, gentle is the power is an exploration of contained power. Created specifically for, and with, dancers James Vu Anh Pham and Niharika Senapati, gentle is the power merges Van Dijk’s physically challenging movement language with Pham and Senapati’s refined virtuosity.

Chunky Move is also collaborating with The Australian Ballet to present the world premiere of Dance at Dusk , a joyous celebration of movement and film. More details at the website.

Photo credit: Fiona Cullen

Dates: 6 & 7 Feb Dodds St, free event

Sour Times Presented by SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival Created with Telstra Adventurers on this interactive experience will take an irreverent journey through the Southbank precinct, using a unique smartphone application with the newest location aware technology, which interacts with a street-art adorned path.

Participants will attempt to follow the misadventures of one of three different characters as they retrace their steps taken on an evening of misperceptions and mix-ups that they’d rather forget.

Digital traces of the characters’ previous night will combine with real world clues in a multi-sensory, multi-dimensional, multi-grouse trip through an augmented reality, both real and digital.

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Everybody Premiering as an outdoor installation

Dates: 13 – 15 Feb Dodds St, free event

Dining Room Tales Summer BBQ – Cherry Cherry/ Acrobat Presented by SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival You are invited to dinner.

In a SummerSalt special, A is for Atlas is breaking out the BBQ and bringing two of its much-loved Dining Room Tales out under the summer stars…

Tables of food have held the most wondrous stories of humankind: stories of celebration and conflict, of joy and tribulation, of colourful pasts, confounding presents, charismatic futures. Over dinner our stories pass through communion as plates around a table, carried on the heightened breath of a storyteller, and on the aromas of the table which so fire the tastebuds.

Dates: 6, 7, 13 & 14 Feb VCA Avenue, tickets $65

Gong Garden Presented by SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival’ Take an evocative journey through a garden of ancient and beautiful gongs and singing bowls.

Discover the sounds, sensations and philosophy of these fascinating instruments and join in improvised musical play with internationally acclaimed musician Michael Askill.

Gong Garden is an interactive, musical journey through an intimate and beautiful garden. Children and adults are invited to explore the winding garden paths and discover ancient gongs and singing bowls.

The gongs and singing bowls are objects d’art, artefacts, and instruments which invite discovery – touch, observe and play.

Dates: 5 – 8 Feb Dodds St, free event

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Australia’s radical large-scale puppet company, Snuff Puppets, have built the biggest human puppet in the world! Everybody is an interactive installation and roaming puppet performance that will surprise and delight unsuspecting audiences, liberating people from the ordinary and mundane. Onlookers will be encouraged to interact with, and even sit on the body while performers/puppeteers activate the huge living puppet at regular intervals, performing in and around it in a multitude of giant human body part and organ puppets.

Scotch + Soda

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Presented by SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival Some of Australia’s finest acrobats and music-makers butt heads to create Scotch + Soda , a whiskey-soaked evening of raucous dance and dexterous feats – where the band holds centre stage. Channelling the vibe of a rowdy whiskey joint, Scotch + Soda will rollick late into the evening (naturally).

Leading us into the realm of vaudeville with their grimy charm and breathtaking acrobatics are some of Australia’s most experienced and respected circus performers. Add the big brass gyp-hop/funk fusion styling’s of the Crusty Suitcase Band, led by renowned percussionist and composer Ben Walsh; and things are going to get spectacularly messy.

Dates: 11 – 15 Feb Dodds St Stage, tickets $30

Blak Cabaret Presented by Malthouse Theatre in association with SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival

Blak Cabaret is Malthouse Theatre’s star-studded gala to unleash Season 2015. Join us for a night of sparkling variety that assembles some of Australia’s finest Indigenous musicians, comedians and dancers under the stars. Flipping Australia’s history on its head, the unstoppable diva Constantina Bush blazes onto the stage as a forgotten queen from a distant land, taking no prisoners and claiming this terra nullius as her own. And she’s bringing with her blak royalty. Join Constantina and a host of Australia’s most celebrated radicals including Kutcha Edwards, Deline Briscoe, Nikki Ashby, Bart Willoughby and Emma Donovan for an uproarious and subversive party that lights up the night with music, comedy and dance.

Dates: 10 – 21 Feb Malthouse Theatre Courtyard, tickets from $30

Cybec Electric Presented by Melbourne Theatre Company in association with SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival Cybec Electric takes art to the streets with two soon to be announced special outdoor performances.

With scripts in hand, professional actors present new works-in-progress with the assistance of directors and dramaturgs. Cybec Electric celebrates theatre in its essence, great stories, excellent writing and brilliant acting all working to ignite the audience’s imagination. Simplicity is key – the combination of engaging stories and raw talent doesn’t need a table full of props or complicated staging, just an audience willing to contribute to the next generation of game changing Australian voices.

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Pixel Mountain Presented by SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival

Dates: 18 – 21 Feb Dodds St, tickets $30

Farnsworth's Republic for Dogs Presented by ACCA in association with SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival The impresario of shaggy art and purloined merchandise, Anastasia Klose, will turn ACCA's forecourt into a ‘pawcourt’ with her new project Farnsworth's Republic for Dogs : an off leash play environment for four legged folk and their human friends. ACCA will be a howling success of dog meets and greets as dogs have their day (morning and nights) in the sun. Access to Farnsworth's Republic for Dogs will be permitted for those holding a valid ‘pawsport’ (obtainable at the gate) special visas are available for human companions.

Luxury beds, fun runs, and all manner of entertainments will be available for the republic citizenry.

Dates: 16 – 21 Feb ACCA Forecourt, free event

Creature Features Presented by SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival This summer, four larger than life creatures will descend on Southbank! Visitors to SummerSalt will be wowed by a series of soaring inflatable art installations dramatically altering familiar city views.

Lit from within, these characters will reimagine the city in a playful new way during the day and even more spectacularly at night.

Be sure to check out Lady Leviathan at Hamer Hall, Bumble Bee at Melbourne Recital Centre, Puck the Baby Dino at Southbank Theatre and Shine at a secret location.

Designed by Felipe Reynolds and Ed Boyle, AIRENA Dates: 23 Jan – 21 Feb Various, free event

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Pixel Mountain is a feast of aerial dance, circus and cutting edge digital art. As highly skilled aerialists dance on the side of walls, real-time interactive projections respond to the dancers’ every move.

Pixel Mountain is a collaboration between artists from South Korea and the Australian theatre company, Stalker. Combining Stalker Theatre’s trademark physical theatre style with 3D image and audio technology, it poetically reflects on some of the issues that the artists have observed to be inherent in Korean modern day life.

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Sidney Myer Music Bowl Concerts Presented by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in association with SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival Melbourne Symphony Orchestra brings its free outdoor concerts to all this summer as part of the SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. These performances are the perfect soundtrack to summer in the city, bringing together timeless music and great artists against the backdrop of sunset at one of Melbourne’s most iconic outdoor venues.

Dates: 14, 18 & 21 Feb Sidney Myer Music Bowl, free event

Home Presented by Arts Centre Melbourne in association with SummerSalt Outdoor Arts Festival 7000 little houses. One big house. A free public arts program… all about YOU. Everyone has a story about what home means to them. What’s yours?

7000 little houses - distinctively decorated by communities from all over Melbourne and Victoria – will fill our streets, parks and favourite city spots for you to discover, move, share and follow on their unique journeys. See it all unfold online at home. artscentremelbourne.com.au and #homemelb.

Make this the summer of Home.

Designed by Darryl Cordell and presented as part of the Betty Amsden Participation Program Dates: 10 – 26 Jan Arts Centre Melbourne Lawn, free event

Want more theatre and music?

Check out Bold As Brass and As You Like It On five Friday evenings in January and February, One of Musica Viva’s most dynamic ensembles, Shrewd Brass, will shake up those end-of-work day blues and throw them into the Yarra as the musicians encourage passers-by to join them on a musical walking parade through the streets of Southbank.

Continue your stroll down to Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens for The Australian Shakespeare Company’s As You Like It . Set up your picnic, take in the breathtaking landscapes and enjoy the Shakespeare Hub: a pop-up bar offering treats – both naughty and nice!

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Festival Hub Located on Dodds St, the SummerSalt Festival Hub is a drinking and dining destination.

Get a taste of Melbourne’s finest summer inspired food and cool down with an ice cold beverage at the SummerSalt bar, all while the Festival buzzes with action around you.

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Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson is one of the UK’s most outstanding songwriters, and an astonishing guitar player whose versatility allows him to adapt his style as each song requires.

In this rare appearance, Richard will be presenting an intimate solo set as well as performing with his electric trio – Michael Jerome (drums) Taras Prodaniuk (bass/ vocals). Named by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the top 20 guitarists of all time, Richard Thompson is also one of the world’s most critically acclaimed and prolific songwriters. He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards for song writing on both sides of the Atlantic – from the Americanas in Nashville to Britain’s BBC Awards, and the prestigious Ivor Novellos.

‘The finest rock songwriter after Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix.’

Los Angeles Times

Having co-founded the ground breaking group Fairport Convention as a teenager in the 60s, Richard Thompson and his mates virtually invented British Folk Rock.

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A wide range of musicians have recorded Thompson’s music including Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, REM, Del McCoury, Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos, David Byrne, Don Henley, Blair Dunlop and many others.

Thompson’s genre defying mastery of both acoustic and electric guitar along with dizzying energy and onstage wit continue to earn Richard Thompson massive new fans and a place as one of the most distinctive virtuosos in folk rock history.

Wed 4 March 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 20-mins incl. interval) Richard Thompson voice/acoustic & electric guitar (UK) Taras Prodaniuk bass/vocals Michael Jerome drums A reserve $80 ($70 concession) B reserve $65 ($55 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre in association with Gaynor Crawford Presents

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Visions of Tomorrow What legacy are we leaving for future generations? What possible futures do we imagine being born from the present? The Consort of Melbourne explores visions of the future through the art of forward-thinking composers such as Hildegard von Bingen, Pérotin, Solage and Gesualdo. Revolutionary in their own time, hear how they foretold new directions for music and opened the door to sound worlds still being explored today.

Melbourne’s premier vocal ensemble The Consort of Melbourne champions both historic and contemporary chamber vocal repertoire.

INFORMATION Wed 4 March 6pm Salon (One hour no interval) HILDEGARD VON BINGEN ‘O rubor sanguinis’, ‘Favus distillans’ PÉROTIN ‘Sederunt Principes’ SOLAGE ‘Fumeux fume par fumée’ GESUALDO selections from the Sixth Book of Madrigals SCELSI ‘Angelus’ The Consort of Melbourne Tickets $38 ($28 concession) Three concert package $97 ($71 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & The Consort of Melbourne

The Consort of Melbourne

Melbourne Winds

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Global Roaming

Thu 5 March 6pm Salon (One hour no interval) LIGETI 6 Bagatelles for wind quintet RICCIO (arr. Imison) Sonata a 4 for piccolo, clarinet, cor anglais & bassoon FOERSTER Wind Quintet, Op.95 VIVALDI Concerto in G minor for flute, oboe & bassoon, RV103 MEDAGLIA Suite Belle Epoche in Sud-America for wind quintet Melbourne Winds Tickets $38 ($28 concession) Two concert package $65 ($48 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Melbourne Winds

Take a journey with Melbourne Winds through Italy, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Brazil with music for wind ensemble spanning three centuries. From the pure harmonies of 17th-century Giovanni Riccio to the Latinflavoured Julio Medaglia, this program offers a musical feast of styles from around the world and through different times.

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‘A musical feast of styles from around the world.’

Melbourne Winds comprises five outstanding performers who have been collaborating for many years as members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Together, their cohesive sound and breadth of experience brings a unique and rarely heard level of expression and style to their performances which delight and inspire audiences.

The Sixteen: The Queen of Heaven Five centuries of sacred choral music, including Allegri’s Miserere With 30-years of world-wide performance and recording, The Sixteen is recognised as one of the world's greatest vocal ensembles.

Its reputation for performing masterpieces from Renaissance to the 20th century is showcased in this concert, The Queen of Heaven, exploring the music of three composers unique in their devotion to the music of the Church. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was a Renaissance revolutionary, one of the greatest composers of liturgical music of all time and a towering figure in the history of art. Scottish composer James

MacMillan is a visionary creator of sacred music and a composer with whom The Sixteen has enjoyed a long and empathetic association. His choral setting of the Miserere is a modern masterpiece which forms a brilliant companion piece to the haunting sounds of Gregorio Allegri's iconic setting of the same text; a work instantly recognisable and beloved by anyone who is moved by the soaring purity of the voice. The Sixteen’s concerts are exquisite experiences, enhanced by the spectacular acoustics of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall.

‘It was all immaculately performed by the group's 18 members, their diction crystalclear, their intonation faultless.’

The Guardian INFORMATION Thu 5 March 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Works by Palestrina, MacMillan and Allegri.

The Sixteen (UK) Harry Christophers conductor (UK) Premium $105 A reserve $95 ($85 concession) B reserve $79 ($69 concession) C reserve $55 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

The Sixteen

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Handel: Heaven & Harmony Handel’s triumphant ‘Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’ heralds the arrival of two of the most exciting young international soloists.

Portuguese tenor Fernando Guimarães and Argentine soprano Mariana Flores join the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Brandenburg Choir for a heavenly concert series. To hear the masterful ‘Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day’ in its entirety is to experience Handel’s pure Baroque genius. Taken from a text by John Dryden, this ravishing showcase for voice, orchestra and choir celebrates music as the central force in the world.

INFORMATION Sat 7 March 7pm & Sun 8 March 5pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) HANDEL Sinfonia ‘Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’ from Solomon HWV 67 Cantata ‘Look down, harmonious Saint’ HWV 124 ‘Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day’ HWV 76 Duet ‘Tra amplessi innocenti’ from Cecilia, volgi un sguardo HWV 89 Mariana Flores soprano (ARGENTINA) Fernando Guimarães tenor (PORTUGAL) Brandenburg Choir Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Paul Dyer AO artistic director/conductor Premium $152 A reserve $130 B reserve $102 ($71 pensioner) C reserve $68 ($48 pensioner) Tickets on sale 1 December Presented by Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Fernando Guimarães

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Powerhouse Ten-years of marvellous music-making.

2015 marks the 10 year anniversary of the Benaud Trio. This year their concerts look backwards nostalgically to some favourite pieces but also enthusiastically into the future with new music from composers with whom the Trio feels a special connection.

Celebrations start with a concert of great power and distinction, Powerhouse; a fusion of two Benaud favourites. Dvořák’s ‘dark horse’ is a giant amongst lesser trios, its titanic design born equally from both struggle and inspiration.

To conclude, the Benauds have commissioned a special version of the 1998 smash hit Rush by Matthew Hindson, Australia’s classical techno-head. This moto perpetuo of infinite propulsion is guaranteed to thrill.

INFORMATION Saturday 7 March 3pm & 6pm Salon (One hour no interval) DVOŘÁK Piano Trio No.3 in F minor, Op.65 HINDSON Rush (version for piano trio) Benaud Trio Tickets $38 ($28 concession) Three concert package $97 ($71 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Benaud Trio

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The Benaud Trio

The world’s greatest Baroque orchestra

Les Arts Florissants & Le Jardin des Voix In An Italian Garden

A garland of delights from 18th-century Italian opera After more than a decade, legendary conductor and harpsichordist William Christie returns to Melbourne with the phenomenal Les Arts Florissants, the world's greatest Baroque orchestra, and Christie's selection of the world's mosttalented young singers. For 35 years, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie have been taking audiences on journeys of discovery into the past. Established to recreate the glorious sounds of Baroque opera on instruments of the period, Les Arts Florissants was a pioneer in the renaissance of early music – unearthing treasures that hadn't been heard for hundreds of years and presenting them in acclaimed performances and recordings to an enchanted audience. Under the leadership of William Christie, the orchestra has toured the world, created

a significant discography and collaborated with performers and theatre directors of distinction.

William Christie has become known as a remarkably prescient talent-spotter of the next generation of Baroque singers.

Le Jardin des Voix (The Garden of Voices) is his biennial academy for the world's brightest and best young singers, held over a two-week intensive course at Théâtre de Caen, followed by a concert tour.

Six laureates of the most recent program join Les Arts Florissant to present a semi-staged production of rare and well-loved Italian lyric treasures from the 17th and 18th centuries, including works by Cimarosa, Scarlatti, Handel, Vivaldi and others – an evening in an Italian garden.

INFORMATION Mon 9 & Tue 10 March 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours incl. interval) Les Arts Florissants (FRANCE) William Christie conductor Lucia Martin Caron soprano Lea Desandre mezzo-soprano Carlo Vistoli counter-tenor Nicholas Scott tenor Renato Dolcini baritone John Taylor Ward bass-baritone Premium $189 A reserve $159 ($149 concession) B reserve $105 ($95 concession) C reserve $70 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

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Postcards from Prague

Beethoven in Melbourne Part 1

A poet at the keyboard and a magician with her regular band, Andrea Keller’s work often takes its starting point from a classical source, more often than not triggered by a family story. Andrea has now set her sights on The Song Company family for a program that combines Janáček, the touchstone of all Czech music, with Martin Wesley-Smith. As they enter their fourth decade, Australia’s most innovative vocal ensemble, The Song Company continues to explore new territory and revisit the familiar. Let your imagination sing.

‘There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.’ Ludwig van Beethoven

INFORMATION Tue 10 March 6pm Salon (70-mins no interval) JANÁČEK Folksong settings & nursery rhymes BITTOVÁ selected songs WESLEY-SMITH selected songs KELLER New songs from Prague The Song Company Andrea Keller piano/guest director Tickets $59 ($54 concession) Two concert package $110 ($90 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & The Song Company

In 2015 Seraphim Trio shines the spotlight on Ludwig van Beethoven’s piano trios. Presented over several captivating programs, Seraphim Trio’s ‘Beethoven in Melbourne’ delves into the rhetoric and argument of classical chamber music as revealed by the most important composer of the period. As one of the most democratic of all composers, Beethoven’s reach extends well beyond the concert hall. These immersive concerts form part of a multi-faceted project in which Seraphim Trio will bring Beethoven into the very fabric of Melbourne with pop-up recitals, lectures, schools concerts, an interactive concert installation called ‘choose-your-own Beethoven’, and a collaboration with street artist Peter Drew.

INFORMATION Wed 11 March 7pm Salon Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in G, Op.1, No.2 Piano Trio in E-flat, Op.70, No.2 Piano Trio in B-flat, Op.97, ‘Archduke’ Tickets $50 ($40 concession) Two concert package $85 ($68 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Seraphim Trio

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Spirit of India – Meeta Pandit Hindustani vocal virtuoso, Meeta Pandit, has emerged as a shining star in the world of classical Indian music. Meeta is granddaughter and disciple of Padma Bhushan Pt Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit, the doyen of Northern Indian Classical music in the 20th century, and the daughter of legendary Pt Laxman Krishnarao Pandit.

Her melodious and robust voice coupled with intricate handling of ragas has won her critical acclaim, and a following of music lovers – the young and the old alike. Meeta’s rich and tremendously powerful voice stretches over an amazingly wide range of more than The rendering of the traditional but increasingly rare Tappa genre of classical song is one of the sublime offerings in her concerts. Eminent Hindustani star singer Meeta Pandit performs in the exquisite acoustics of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall in what will be a rich musical experience.

INFORMATION Wed 11 March 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & 30-mins incl. interval) Meeta Pandit singer (INDIA) Tickets $50 ($40 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Nataraj Cultural Centre

Meeta Pandit

In Dreams: David Lynch Revisited In a landmark tribute to the legendary filmmaker behind Twin Peaks and more, a stellar cast bring David Lynch’s hauntingly beautiful music to life.

Diving deep into the musical mind behind Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet and Eraserhead, In Dreams makes its Australian premiere after London’s critically acclaimed Barbican Centre debut. Submerging audiences in the legendary filmmaker's mystifying soundtracks and skewed pop songs, In Dreams features a stellar line-up of performers including Australia’s own Mick Harvey (ex-Bad Seeds), and Sophia Brous (Brous), New York City-based Cibo Matto, Irish-chanteuse Camille O’Sullivan with more to be announced.

Ever since the dream-like synths of Angelo Baladamenti drew millions to tune in and wonder 'who killed Laura Palmer?', the Lynchian shorthand has seeped into pop culture ephemera as the filmmaker's iconic versions of chart classics (Roy Orbison, David Bowie and Chris Isaak) and the sublime tones of Julee Cruise have

taken a life of their own. Oft-compared to the timeless partnerships between Leone and Morricone or Rota and Fellini, the ‘David Lynch has always painted disturbing beauty conjured by Lynch and pictures with sound’ The Guardian Badalamenti can now be heard in the works of Trent Reznor and David Fincher, INFORMATION whilst Lynch himself has delved further into his own sonic universe with two solo Mon 16 & Tue 17 March 7.30pm albums and the recent reissue of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Two hours & Eraserhead on New York label Sacred Bones.

10-mins incl. interval) The brainchild of musical director David David Coulter original concept, musical & Coulter (Tom Waits' Rain Dogs Revisited artistic direction, saw, percussions & other and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy Live), instruments immerse yourself into the mood and Mick Harvey atmosphere of Lynch’s universe, with Sophia Brous landmark instrumental tracks and Cibo Matto exciting new versions of songs from his Camille O’Sullivan films. From the industrial wasteland to the Premium $89 log cabin and into the realm of dreams, A reserve $79 ($72 concession) audiences take a sonic journey through B reserve $69 ($62 concession) his singular reality as his soundtracks are C reserve $59 brought to life in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall.

Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

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Sibelius 150 Trio

Sibelius 150 Trio

The Sibelius 150 Trio formed to celebrate the musical legacy of Finland's foremost national composer, Jean Sibelius, for the 150th anniversary of his birth in 2015. Although best known for his epic and spacious symphonic works, Sibelius also left behind a multifaceted body of music for chamber–sized forces.

Rarely heard today, these works reveal a darker, more intimate side to Sibelius' character.

In this program, the Sibelius 150 Trio explore works from throughout Sibelius' life, ranging from the early ‘Loviisa’ Trio, to the late Danses champêtres Op.106, which share many characteristics with the late symphonies.

INFORMATION Thu 12 March 6pm Salon (70-mins no interval) SIBELIUS Four Lyric Pieces for piano, Op.74 Danses champêtres for violin & piano, Op.106 Malinconia for cello & piano, Op.20 Piano Trio in C, ‘Loviisa’ Theme and Variations for solo cello Sibelius 150 Trio (FINLAND) Tickets $38 ($28 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

This program is supported by the Finnish Music Foundation

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PLEXUS: Post-Patriarchal London Klezmer Quartet

London Klezmer Quartet

PLEXUS

PLEXUS (Monica Curro, violin, Philip Arkinstall, clarinet & Stefan Cassomenos, piano) pay special tribute to International Women’s Day, shining the spotlight on the newest musical creations of five brilliant women. Hailing from Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, and Hobart, these five composers are representative of a crosssection of the powerhouse that is the world of female composition in Australia.This concert also pays tribute to the sacrifices made by pioneering ANZAC women, such as Army Nurse Rachel Pratt, during the turmoil of the First World War. Since launching in 2014, PLEXUS has commissioned over 70 composers, and in their first year gave world premieres of 22 new works. This year they continue to avidly support new music with a series of concerts featuring premiere performances of a total of 15 new works commissioned by them.

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INFORMATION Mon 16 March 6pm Salon (70-mins no interval) New works by Natalie Bartsch, Lisa Cheney, Sally Greenaway, Maria Grenfell and Sally Whitwell.

PLEXUS Tickets $38 ($28 concession) Three concert package $97 ($71 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Plexus

The London Klezmer Quartet returns with a concert of old and new traditional material guaranteed to move audiences from toetapping to tears and back again in moments.

The Quartet will rip through a musical journey of Jewish Eastern European songs and tunes via the Balkans, Turkey, the U.S. and London.

Following the release of their new album London Klezmer Quartet Calling in September 2014, the Quartet brings even more of their much-loved emotive and virtuosic sounds.

Join Ilana Cravitz (fiddle), Susi Evans (clarinet), Carol Isaacs (accordion) and Indra Buracewska (double bass) as they celebrate the highs and lows of life.

INFORMATION Sat 14 March 4pm & 8pm Salon (One hour no interval) London Klezmer Quartet Tickets $38 ($28 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

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Sutherland Trio

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AUSTRALIAN VOICES

Nigel Butterley With inspiration taken from poetry and biblical verse, composer and pianist Nigel Butterley is a unique voice in the Australian compositional world. At times meditative and searching, Butterley's works range from orchestral and chamber to choral songs and works for solo piano. In the first Australian Voices concert for 2015, Peggy Glanville-Hicks Fellowship winner Elliott Gyger leads the Australian National Academy of Music musicians in an exploration of some of Butterley's lesser performed repertoire.

INFORMATION Wed 18 March 6pm Salon (One hour no interval) Elliott Gyger curator ANAM Musicians Tickets $25 ($15 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)

One of Melbourne's finest chamber ensembles opens Musica Viva’s 2015 Coffee Concert season with a delectable program of musical treasures. Beethoven's ‘Cockatoo' Trio and an evocative selection from Piazzolla's Four Seasons make unexpected but delightful partners; while a Brahms-inspired work from Andrew Ford (host of ABC Radio National's Music Show) makes a natural connection with the glorious melodies of Brahms' Op.87.

INFORMATION Tue 17 March 11am (morning tea from 10am) Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (One hour no interval) BEETHOVEN Piano Trio No.11 in G, ‘Kakadu Variations’ FORD The Spirit of the Staircase BRAHMS Piano Trio No.2 in C, Op.87 PIAZZOLLA Otoño Porteño (Autumn) Sutherland Trio Tickets $47 (includes cake & refreshments) Presented by Musica Viva

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Melbour ne Gu ita

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Ten Years with MGQ The Melbourne Guitar Quartet (MGQ) is a guitar-based ensemble dedicated to the development of new chamber music repertoire for the instrument. In 2015 the Quartet commemorates their 10th anniversary and to celebrate their ground-breaking work, MGQ perform highly acclaimed arrangements of new music and 'established favourites' including a broad range of works from their three studio albums.

INFORMATION Thu 19 March 6pm Salon (One hour no interval) Melbourne Guitar Quartet Tickets $38 ($28 concession) Three concert package $97 ($71 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Melbourne Guitar Quartet

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Live Live Cinema Indian Dementia 13/Carnival of Souls Classical Instrumental Series Music has played a prominent role in India’s cultural heritage for centuries. InConcert Music presents instrumental music by Melbourne’s Indian musicians, Murali Kumar (violin), Sridhar Chari (flute) and the Iyer Brothers (veena artists), who will unfold the enchanting rhythms and melodies and present compositions from the 18th century and beyond. These musicians are top performers in their respective musical fields with decades of experience. They will be accompanied on traditional Indian percussion instruments (mridangam, ghatam and kanjira).

Dementia 13

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Carnival of Souls

Before your very eyes Live Live Cinema will thrill you with musicians performing the soundtrack, a brilliant cast of actors dramatising every-line and a Foley artist recreating those spine-tingling sounds. The Live Live Cinema crew takes the concept of live cinema seriously. Rather than simply having an ensemble perform a new score to a silent film, a sound film is shown and all audio is produced live. The result is an immersive audio/visual environment, an integrated conversation between cinema, theatre, music and sound design, and a unique and vibrant ‘live live’ cinematic experience.

Double the trouble and buy tickets to two classic 1960s horror flicks and a host of live performers saving $30 on single tickets.

Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13 is a cult-classic about an eccentric Irish family bickering over a vast inheritance while a mysterious axe murderer picks them off one

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by one. Herk Harvey's classic Carnival of Souls begins with the vivacious Mary improbably surviving a car wreck. She moves to a small town in Utah to begin a new job as a church organist, but then the nightmare begins...

The New Zealand Herald earnestly advises ‘get as close to the stage as you can, to watch the live performers, as well as the undead ones on screen. Exhilarating.’

INFORMATION Carnival of Souls Fri 20 March 8pm Dementia 13 Sat 21 March 8pm Tickets $45 ($35 concession) Double bill tickets $60 ($50 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre in assoc with Arts Projects Australia & Creative New Zealand’s Touring Australia Initiative

Sat 21 March 4pm – violin recital by Murali Kumar 6pm – bamboo flute recital by Sridhar Chari 8pm – veena duet by the Iyer Brothers Salon Sridhar Chari bamboo flute/percussion Murali Kumar violin Ramnath & Gopinath Iyer veena Venkat Ramakrishnan, Prashanth Ramachandran & Surya Raviganesh mridangam Krishna Nagasundaram & Ramana Muruga ghatam Ragavan Sarma & Pavan Gopinath kanjira Tickets $25 ($22 concession) Three concert package $40 Presented by InConcert Music

LOCAL HEROES 2015

Ciacona Baroque trio Latitude 37 has devoted this program to one of the most beloved Baroque musical forms, the chaconne. Despite its simplicity, the chaconne bass line was the source of inspiration for countless musicians all across Europe. Latitude 37 explores the melodic diversity and wide variety of colour in a program that ranges from tragic to buoyantly joyous, sending you home with a spring in your step.

VCE Top Class 2015: Music Performance & Music Investigation The Top Class Music concerts feature inspirational students who received exceptionally high grades for their VCE performance examinations in 2014.

Compèred by assessors, they present a range of instruments, interpretations and styles by soloists and groups. This is an opportunity to enjoy a wonderful concert series suitable for all ages. Part of the VCE Season of Excellence 2015.

INFORMATION Thu 26 March 10.30am, 2pm & 6pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (90-mins no interval; 90-mins no interval; Two hours & 45-mins incl. interval) Tickets $15 ($13 regional concession) Presented by the Victorian Curriculum & Assessment Authority

INFORMATION Tue 24 March 6pm Salon (One hour no interval) Chaconnes by Leclair, Morel, Buxtehude, Bertali, Capricornus and more.

Latitude 37 Tickets $38 ($28 concession) Three concert package $97 ($71 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Latitude 37

Latitude 37

LOCAL HEROES 2015

Cello Romance Unique in Australia’s musical landscape, Songmakers Australia brings together some of the country’s leading singers and instrumentalists in a diverse repertoire comprising some of the pinnacles of chamber music. They perform inspired programs that feature a dynamic interplay of song and chamber music. Cello Romance pairs the mellow tones of the cello and bass-baritone voice (Nicholas Dinopoulos) in a voyage through Europe, from Northern Russia to Southern Italy. They continue the exploration of Schumann through his chamber music with a performance of the famous Adagio and Allegro, heard here in the version for cello together with chamber music by Tchaikovsky and Fauré and songs by Ravel, Borodin and Verdi.

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Songmakers Australia

Thu 26 March 6pm Salon (70-mins no interval) Songs and instrumental works by Ravel, Schumann, Fauré, Bruch, Verdi and more.

Songmakers Australia Blair Harris cello Tickets $38 ($28 concession) Two concerts package $65 ($48 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Songmakers Australia

MOOD INDIGO

Joseph Tawadros Internationally acclaimed oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros appears in a rare opportunity to hear him 'up close and intimate'. Multiple ARIA award-winner, Tawadros' latest release, Permission to Evaporate has been hailed as ‘a masterpiece’ (5 stars) in The Australian and earned a 2014 Independent Music Award nomination.

Praised for his ‘legendary oud skills’ and composing all works he performs, Joseph's unique voice crosses boundaries of world, Middle-Eastern, jazz and classical genres.

INFORMATION Sat 28 March 4pm & 8pm Salon (75-mins no interval) Joseph Tawdros oud Tickets $45 ($30 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

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Joseph Tawadros

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SPOTLIGHT

Lullabies, Weddings & Funerals Ensemble Anja & Zlatna presents a program of beautiful melodic lines and complex rhythms from Eastern Europe and the Middle East in an exploration of the phenomena of birth, life and death. The ensemble's unique sound comes from the unusual blend of flute, bass, harpsichord and voices (plus a few other surprises).

INFORMATION

Truce

heightened by the war, but their music as art, expressing the experience of that time still unites them to this day.

Renowned pianist Caroline Almonte features in Quartz's performance of Bridge's Piano Quintet in this intense program where music expresses, demonstrates and responds to the strangeness of war as a human activity, and unites enemies in the common pursuit of beauty. Bridge, in England, and Hindemith, fighting for Germany at the Front in France, lived through the First World War and their lives were shaped by it. Their philosophies and musical aims were very different, the difference between their nationalities was

INFORMATION Tue 31 March 6pm Salon (One hour no interval) HINDEMITH String Quartet No.3 BRIDGE Piano Quintet Quartz string quartet Caroline Almonte piano Tickets $38 ($28 concession) Two concert package $65 ($48 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Quartz

Mon 30 March 6pm Salon (One hour no interval) Anja & Zlatna Tickets $38 ($28 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Supported by The Robert Salzer Foundation

Anja & Zlatna

Quartz

MOOD INDIGO

Keb’ Mo’ Three-time Grammy winner and visionary roots-music storyteller Keb’ Mo’ (born Kevin Moore) embarks on a new chapter in his career with the release of his new album BLUESAmericana. Since the release of his self-titled debut in 1994, the blues guitarist has been one of the most successful musicians in the genre. This 12th full-length album marks his 20th anniversary, but, more important, the disc is a signpost of artistic and personal growth.

‘I never set out to be a ‘blues guy’,’ he explains, ‘but the blues is very powerful and fuels what I do. The blues puts the ‘realness’ in it for me.’

Over the past two decades Keb' has cultivated a reputation as a modern master of American roots music through the understated excellence of his live and studio performances.

His songs have been recorded by B.B. King, Buddy Guy, the Dixie Chicks, Joe Crocker and Robert Palmer.

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‘He is a master at putting on a show that leaves you satisfied, happy, and excited for the next one.’ Portland Radio Project INFORMATION

Keb’ Mo’

Tue 31 March 7.30pm Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (90-mins no interval) Keb' Mo' guitar A reserve $80 ($75 concession) B reserve $70 ($65 concession) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

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