Past Events

Musica Borealis/Australis will take audiences on a celestial journey through time and place, exploring the baroque and traditional folk music of the Nordic countries. The north wind has blown our special guest violist Krishna Nagaraja (Italy/Finland) to this side of the globe, and together with The Muses’ Delight, will explore a colourful program combining well known and rarely heard baroque composers, as well as Krishna’s own arrangements of traditional folk music based on ancient styles. The Muses’ Delight and Krishna…

French horn player Stefan Dohr represents his instrument second to none: as an acclaimed soloist, chamber musician and Principal Horn of the Berlin Philharmonic he is an icon in the international landscape of wind instruments. Regardless of core repertoire for horn or contemporary compositions, his interpretations are widely considered as exemplary. As a soloist, Dohr has worked with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Bernhard Haitink, Christian Thielemann and Daniel Harding and has been invited by…

Acclaimed pianist Elyane Laussade plays Mozart Piano Concerto No.17 in G major, K.453, the first of three she will play with the Melbourne Musicians as part of her Mozart Project. The very beautiful concerto was written for Mozart's favourite pupil, Barbara Ployer, and the last movement is a set of perky variations on a tune he learnt from his pet starling . The concert includes one of Haydn's Paris symphonies, No.83 in G minor, "La Poule" and the premiere of…

Musica Borealis/Australis will take audiences on a celestial journey through time and place, exploring the baroque and traditional folk music of the Nordic countries. The north wind has blown our special guest violist Krishna Nagaraja (Italy/Finland) to this side of the globe, and together with The Muses’ Delight, will explore a colourful program combining well known and rarely heard baroque composers, as well as Krishna’s own arrangements of traditional folk music based on ancient styles. The Muses’ Delight and Krishna…

In this concert, we feature two works from the turn of the 20th century. Sibelius’s only concerto will be performed by violinist Ji Won Kim who received the ABC Young Performers Award in 2009, playing this very concerto. Ji Won has performed extensively in Australia, Asia and Europe and we welcome her back after fabulous concerts with us in 2013 and 2014. Enigma Variations established Elgar’s international reputation. It is a unique work where each variation reflects the character of…

Gloriana's first concert for 2019 - our 25th anniversary season - is a programme of musical riches for the Easter season. Palestrina’s majestic double-choir Stabat Mater and Tallis’ eloquent Lamentations are both classics. Allegri’s beloved Miserere, involving three groups of singers, finds a contemporary reflection in Catalan composer Bernat Vivancos’ setting of this powerful psalm. Brumel’s Missa et ecce terræ motus thrills with its welter of canonic detail. James Macmillan’s Tenebrae Responsories bring us right into the Passion of Christ…

NGV Friday Nights returns with late-night summer access to Escher X nendo | Between Two Worlds NGV International | 7 December 2018 – 5 April + 6 April 2019 | Admission fees apply NGV Friday Nights returns for summer with a music line-up fusing classical and contemporary influences, exclusive late-night access to Escher X nendo / Between Two Worlds, plus bars and dining. This summer’s headline electronic artists and DJs include songwriter and producer Andy Bull, Melbourne duo Confidence Man,…

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. Concert 1 juxtaposes one of the giants of the piano trio repertoire, Frenchman Ravel's epic work from 1914, with…