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June 2019
Bach B Minor Mass
A comment under a YouTube video can speak more directly than an elegantly written program note. About Bach’s B minor Mass, one user has written: “Probably the best piece of music EVER written, and I’m not even exaggerating, I’m being serious.” Completed the year before Bach’s death, the Mass is one of the most inspiring pieces of music ever composed. As musicologist Alberto Basso has put it: “The Mass in B minor is the consecration of a whole life.” The…
Find out more »Trio Anima Mundi
Montsalvat is proud to present a series of concerts by the international award-winning ensemble, Trio Anima Mundi. Trio Anima Mundi presents their twelfth subscription series - Three's Company - in 2019. Trio Anima Mundi continues its "Piano Trio Archaeology" mission of presenting rarely-heard works from the piano trio repertoire as well as works of the canon such as Ravel and Haydn. This concert presents the work of two composers whose careers included being that of a "Kapellmeister". This concert will…
Find out more »Baroque Oboe
With its lucid, penetrating tone, the oboe captivates the ear and touches the heart. In this concert, oboe masterpieces from the Italian Baroque meet Melbourne composer Joe Chindamo’s double concerto for oboe and cor anglais, Sanctuary. The orchestra performs magnificent concerti grossi by Baroque luminaries Handel, Avison and Corelli. MCO welcomes back Australia’s greatest oboe star, Diana Doherty, who is the Principal Oboe of Sydney Symphony Orchestra. She is joined by Alexandre Oguey, principal cor anglais of Sydney Symphony for…
Find out more »Northern Lights: Sibelius & Schubert
Join the Preston Symphony Orchestra for a grand European tour, from the glitter of Vienna to the icy splendour of Finland. Conductor Robert Dora sets the pace with Berlioz’s Hungarian March, while flautists Penny Holmes and David Jones are joint soloists in Doppler’s Andante and Rondo for two flutes and strings. The climax of the afternoon is the extraordinary Symphony No 2 of Sibelius, the great Romantic composer of Finland.
Find out more »Take Me To The World – THECHO!R fundraiser for St Vincent’s Foundation
Celebrating their 10th Anniversary THECHO!R presents a spectacular fundraising concert of world music in support St Vincent's Hospital Foundation. Artistic Director & Conductor Dr Jonathon Welch Special Guest Singer & Conductor Claire Patti Collingwood Town Hall 140 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, 3067 Cabaret style seating (tables of 10) and refreshments available. Tickets $35 adult / $25 conc & U18/ THECHO!R offers an exciting, diverse range of performance opportunities, from pop, world music to new works.
Find out more »Heidelberg Symphony 2019 | Concert 2: Romance & Revolution
GOULD - "Star Spangled Banner" HUMMEL - "Grand Concerto in F Major" ELGAR - Romances for Bassoon & Orchestra MOZART - Symphony No.35 "Haffner" WILLIAMS - Symphonic Suite from Star Wars: The Force Awakens In June, HSO presents music to evoke the romantic and revolutionary in stories near and far. Hummel’s sweeping concerto is brought to life by the agile Jack Schiller, Principal Bassoon of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Mozart’s "Haffner", originally written as party music for Salzburg, crackles with energy…
Find out more »July 2019
Hush
"Hush now, baby. Don't say a word. Now it's time for the women's turn." - Don't Say a Word, Annika Socolofsky Rubiks present five contemporary works exploring the power of voice, breath and gesture. Australian composer Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh’s "The thin air between skins" explores shimmering, nuanced exchanges between performers, Annika Socolofsky’s feminist rager lullaby invokes the fragility and fury of the female voice, and Dmitri Tymoczko’s electroacoustic song cycle "Ghosts" remixes the words of poet Emily Dickinson to surreal…
Find out more »Fauré Requiem and works by Debussy, Ravel, Saint Saëns and Fauré
This concert combines Fauré's sublime Requiem, one of the best-loved of all choral works, with shorter secular pieces from the French repertoire. Debussy's sensitive settings of 15th century poems by Charles d'Orleans contrast with Ravel's exquisite Trois Chansons, where both the composer's own texts and music are full of archaic references. Fauré's witty Madrigal and a selection of Saint-Saëns' expressive songs complete the program. Rick Prakhoff conducts the Melbourne Bach Choir and Orchestra, with soloists Emilia Bertolini, soprano, and Jeremy…
Find out more »Fauré Requiem and works by Debussy, Ravel, Saint Saëns and Fauré
This concert combines Fauré's sublime Requiem, one of the best-loved of all choral works, with shorter secular pieces from the French repertoire. Debussy's sensitive settings of 15th century poems by Charles d'Orleans contrast with Ravel's exquisite Trois Chansons, where both the composer's own texts and music are full of archaic references. Fauré's witty Madrigal and a selection of Saint-Saëns' expressive songs complete the program. Rick Prakhoff conducts the Melbourne Bach Choir and Orchestra, with soloists Emilia Bertolini, soprano, and Jeremy…
Find out more »Yasmin Rowe
2019 Friends Of Music Series is thrilled to announce internationally-renowned concert pianist Yasmin Rowe as our next performer. PROGRAMME BACH 15 three part inventions MOZART Sonata in C Major K330 BRAHMS 2 Rhapsodies op 79 As an international concert pianist, Yasmin Rowe has won numerous prizes. She was first prize winner at the Moray International Piano Competition (UK) and the EPTA UK Piano Competition (UK), as well Seven Oaks Young Musician of the Year Competition (UK) and the Antena 2…
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