2018 Concert Guide by Melbourne Recital Centre

2018 CONCERT GUIDE M E L B O U R N E R E C I TA L . C O M . A U

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WOMINJEKA, WELCOME

Welcome to your 2018 guide to concerts at Melbourne’s home of music, Melbourne Recital Centre. This is a place for everyone who loves music, whether you want an adventure, a moment of calm or simply to rock out. Contents & Welcome

From the Minister

About Melbourne Recital Centre

Signature Event

Music is a universal language and Melbourne Recital Centre has built a reputation for bringing local and international voices and talents to the stage that speak to us all.

Orchestral 06 Opera 15 Great Performers

Chamber Music

This impressive program of performances for 2018 reflects the important role our Recital Centre plays in Victoria’s creative life and in Melbourne’s reputation as a music leader.

Piano 26 J.S. Bach

Music Play

Festivals 32 Rock, Pop, Blues & Folk

Jazz 39 Artist-In-Residence 46 Learning & Access

Membership 48

Food & Beverage

Accessibility

Talking About Music

Connect With Music

Business Partners

Inspired Giving

How To Book

Index of Artists

The information in this brochure is correct at time of printing.

Melbourne is justly proud of its vibrant live music scene and the Centre is at the heart of this flourishing community of musicmakers and music-lovers. But vitally, the Melbourne Recital Centre’s influence spreads well beyond Southbank and in 2018 the Centre is increasing its musical footprint with an expanded program of regional concerts. From local favourites to international leaders, traversing the scale from classical to contemporary, this program is packed with experiences that will get you talking so I urge you to dive in and experience why Melbourne Recital Centre truly is the best place to hear.

Martin Foley Minister for Creative Industries

From the Chair Over the past nine years Melbourne Recital Centre has become an essential part of Melbourne’s musical life. In 2018 we look forward to welcoming over 200,000 music-lovers to the Centre’s sublime spaces to hear some of the world’s greatest artists, and to participate in our city’s vibrant music scene. So much goes into making an inspiring performance. Musicians have honed their skills for a lifetime, our behind-the-scenes team showcases them in the best possible light and sound, and the foyers and halls are made ready to welcome our guests. You play a vital part in this experience – your support, your engagement and

From the CEO Melbourne Recital Centre is a place for bold music-makers and passionate audiences, a place where you can experience a string quartet one night and a rock band the next. With two distinctive spaces finely tuned for music and the most diverse and dazzling selection of more than 500 events, the Centre is the best place to discover or rediscover music you love. You’ll encounter musicians from your neighbourhood, ensembles from across Australia and artists from around the globe in 2018. From the ACO to the MSO, we are delighted and honoured to host and partner with Australia’s most revered orchestras, ensembles, musicians and presenters. We celebrate our Local Heroes — 24 brilliant ensembles in 54 concerts in our most intimate room, the Salon (p.20). These are some of Melbourne’s most interesting musicians, a microcosm of the city’s diversity. This is not your traditional chamber music series though: this eclectic assortment of concerts will surprise and delight as classical music meets folk music from the Balkans and beyond. These performances are informal, accessibly-priced and are a delightful way to unwind at the end of the day. Our annual focus on the music of our time, the Metropolis New Music Festival, celebrates South Korean composer Unsuk Chin. In addition to retrospectives of her fascinating music, other concerts explore climate change, migration and the plight of Afghan women (p.32). What an incredible year ahead in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, beginning with our 2018 Signature Event in February: two evenings with Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI. This preeminent Catalan musician is renowned for his exquisite and thoughtprovoking performances, in this instance he collaborates with an ensemble from Mexico to explore the encounter between Renaissance Spain and Latin America. On the second evening,

your applause make the work of thousands of musicians possible each year. Thank you for the role you’ve already played in the Centre’s success. We need your help to sustain the diversity and intensity of our activities. Consider making a gift to Melbourne Recital Centre next time you purchase a ticket. Whether large or small, your donation makes a difference to the Centre’s work, our contribution to our state’s artistic vitality, and ultimately to the wellbeing of our community through the profound and transformative experience of live music. I look forward to welcoming you to the Centre soon.

Kathryn Fagg Chair, Melbourne Recital Centre

Savall gives us a tour of Baroque England, Spain and Italy (p.5). The Centre’s flagship international concert series, Great Performers (p.16) assembles stellar artists from around the world, including pianists Nelson Freire from Brazil and Melburnian Leslie Howard, American baritone Thomas Hampson and Australian tenor Stuart Skelton, and the astonishing accordion virtuoso Ksenija Sidorova from Latvia. The Centre is also a great place to experience pop, rock, jazz and electronic music with truly spectacular sound. Whether its post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor, the haunting voice of Moses Sumney or the mesmerising groove of The Necks (p.36). In the Salon, the cream of Australia’s jazz scene creates immersive oneoff experiences just for you (p.39). The Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition (p.25) returns in July providing a launching pad for the finest string quartets and piano trios in the world. In addition, many other concerts, competitions and master classes throughout the year will showcase the rich talents of our next generation of national, regional and local great performers. If you want to experience more, visit our online video portal, Live at Melbourne Recital Centre (live.melbournerecital.com.au), where you can relive the excitement of selected performances, or read more at Soundescapes (soundescapes.melbournerecital.com.au). I hope you enjoy browsing this guide and discover many occasions to connect with the inspiring music and musicians of Melbourne Recital Centre. We look forward to welcoming you in 2018.

Euan Murdoch CEO, Melbourne Recital Centre

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ABOUT MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE Melbourne Recital Centre is a venue of and for the 21st century: celebrating the past, welcoming the present and imagining the future, a place where artists and audiences are invited to engage, challenge and explore.

With a unique focus on music, the Centre presents and hosts hundreds of concerts each year, representing the pinnacle of the art form as practised by Australian and international performers in a dazzlingly diverse array of styles, from early music to post-rock. The Centre’s learning and access activities beyond the Centre provide opportunities for Victorians of all ages and backgrounds to experience outstanding performances. Since 2009 the Centre has been home to a vibrant community of Victorian and national chamber music ensembles, and is a venue for acclaimed companies such as the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Australian National Academy of Music (ANMA), Australian String Quartet, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne Festival, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Musica Viva. Music is central to all our lives. Visit us at Melbourne Recital Centre and experience one of the finest live music venues in the world, a place we can be proud to call our own — a Victorian venue with a global outlook.

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THE PERFORMANCE SPACES Melbourne Recital Centre comprises two strikingly beautiful spaces, carefully crafted to present the best music the world has to offer and bring musicians and music-lovers closer. Elisabeth Murdoch Hall is lined with striking plywood panels of Australian plantation Hoop Pine timber, designed to resemble the back of a beautiful instrument and provide greater acoustic intimacy across the 1000-seat auditorium. The platform acoustics enrich the strength, clarity and blending of instruments as well as the communication between ensemble players on stage. The superbly organic acoustics of the Hall extend to the Salon, a uniquely intimate 150-seat performance and event space. Melbourne composer Percy Grainger’s 1937 graphic score, Free Music No.2 is inscribed across the surface to inspire players and audiences alike. We acknowledge the people of the Kulin nation on whose land Melbourne Recital Centre stands — we pay our respects to Melbourne’s First People, to their ancestors past and present, and to our shared future.

SIGNATURE E VENT

JORDI SAVALL WITH HESPÈRION XXI & TEMBEMBE ENSAMBLE CONTINUO Jordi Savall, ‘a performer of genius’ (The New Yorker) is joined by an intimate ensemble drawn from Hespèrion XXI, including his long-time colleague harpist Andrew Lawrence-King, to travel across Europe, from Spain to England, from the Renaissance to the Baroque.

WEDNESDAY 21 FEBRUARY 7.30PM

The viola da gamba is the poet-prince of a flourishing and polyglot artistic world, prized for its human-like voice and ability to convey a rainbow of moods. It was at home at the court of Versailles as the pubs of London. Savall and Hespèrion XXI survey works from the height of the viol’s reign, by Diego Ortiz, Tobias Hume and especially Marin Marais and his mysterious teacher Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, the subject of the film Tous le matins du monde, for which Savall provided a soundtrack of peerless historical accuracy and beauty. Savall coaxes music that is seductive and melancholy, stately and spirited out of his magical instrument, making the past as immediate and fresh as the present.

THURSDAY 22 FEBRUARY 7.30PM

The first program, Folías Antiguas y Criollas: From the Ancient World to the New World, spans music from the late Renaissance to popular music that survives today. The second program, Folías y Romanescas: The Golden Age Of The Viol, features Savall and an intimate Hespèrion XXI ensemble in the exquisite ‘greatest hits’ of 16th and 17th-century Spanish, French and English music for the viola da gamba and continuo.

Folías Antiguas y Criollas: From the Ancient World to the New World Folías y Romanescas: The Golden Age of the Viol ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $75 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Supported by Yvonne von Hartel AM, Robert Peck AM, Rachel & Marten Peck of peckvonhartel architects

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AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra brings to life the rare sounds of Baroque and Classical masterpieces with the gorgeous sound of instruments from the period. To know the Brandenburg is to go back in time, but to view it through a modern lens. It is to revel in the music of the well-known and explore that of the less-known. To respect the instruments of the period while celebrating the artists of today and to sample the world’s virtuosos as you journey with the country’s biggest Baroque stars.

SAT URDAY 24 FEBRUARY 7PM & SUNDAY 25 FEBRUARY 5PM

SAT URDAY 4 AUG US T 7PM & SUNDAY 5 AUG US T 5PM

SAT URDAY 10 NOVEMBER 7PM & SUNDAY 11 NOVEMBER 5PM

Thomas Tallis’ England

Karakorum, A Musical Journey

Lixsania and the Labyrinth

Maximilian Riebl countertenor Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Brandenburg Choir English masterpieces by Byrd, Gibbons, Handel, Purcell, Tallis and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. SAT URDAY 12 MAY 7PM & SUNDAY 13 MAY 5PM

The Harpist – Xavier de Maistre Xavier De Maistre period harp Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Mozart Symphony No.20 in D, K.133 Boieldieu Harp Concerto in C, Op.82 C.P.E. Bach Symphony No.1 in D, Wq.183/1 Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte De Falla Spanish Danse from La Vida Breve Tarrega Recuerdos de la Alhambra Smetana Vltava (The Moldau) from Má vlast

La Camera Ensemble Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Brandenburg Choir An exotic pasticcio created by Bruno Bonhoure and Khaï-dong Luong featuring Mongolian melodies, Buddhist hymns, Sufi chants and more. SAT URDAY 15 SEP TEMBER 7PM & SUNDAY 16 SEP TEMBER 5PM

The Burning Violin, with Stefano Montanari Stefano Montanari guest director/Baroque violin Melissa Farrow Baroque flute Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Telemann Overture in F, TWV 55:F3 Vivaldi Violin Concerto in E Minor, RV 273 Locatelli Introduttioni Teatrali, Op. 4/1 Capriccio (3b) from Concerto in D, Op. 3/1 Introduttioni Teatrali, Op. 4/5 Gregori Concerti Grossi, Op.2, Nos.8, 4 & 2 Heinichen Flute Concerto in D, S 225 Pisendel Violin Concerto in G, JunP 1.4.c

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Lixsania Fernandez viola da gamba Shaun Lee-Chen Baroque violin Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Corelli, Scarlatti, Marais Folia pasticcio Locatelli Violin Concerto in D, ‘Il laberinto armonico’, Op.3/12 Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Violins & Viola da Gamba, RV 578 Graun Concerto for Viola da Gamba in G Vivaldi Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro, RV 169 Duchiffre Tango from Concerto for 2 Violas da Gamba SATURDAY 8 DECEMBER 5PM & 7.30PM

Noël! Noël! Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Brandenburg Choir ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $30 ON SALE 1 DECEMBER SE ASON PACK AGES FROM $166 ON SALE NOW Presented by Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

ORCHESTR AL PHOTO: MICK BRUZZESE

AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

The Australian Chamber Orchestra is renowned for inspired programming and unrivalled virtuosity, energy and individuality. Its unique programming spans six centuries, spanning popular masterworks, adventurous cross-artform projects and specially commissioned pieces. Their 2018 season embraces three concerts of celebrated classics featuring Richard Tognetti, the ACO ensemble of soloists and international guest pianist Steven Osborne.

FRIDAY 27 J ULY 7.30PM

MONDAY 10 SEP TEMBER 7.30PM

WEDNESDAY 5 DECEMBER 7.30PM

Osborne Tognetti Valve in Recital

Transforming Strauss & Mozart

Sonatas for Strings

Steven Osborne piano Richard Tognetti violin Timo-Veikko Valve cello Dvořák Piano Trio No.4 in E minor, ‘Dumky’ Brahms Piano Trio No.1 in B

Helena Rathbone & Aiko Goto violin Nicole Divall viola Timo-Veikko Valve & Melissa Barnard cello Maxime Bibeau double bass Dowland Lachrimæ Antiquæ Wagner (arr. Gürtler) Prelude to Tristan und Isolde Bach Ricercar a 6 from Musical Offering R. Strauss (arr. Leopold) Metamorphosen Mozart Grande Sestetto Concertante

Richard Tognetti director/violin Sculthorpe Sonata for Strings No.1 Debussy (arr. Tognetti) The Girl with the Flaxen Hair and The Interrupted Serenade from Preludes Book I Ravel (arr. Tognetti) Two Hebrew Melodies Elgar Serenade for Strings Walton Sonata for Strings ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $54 ON SALE 2 NOVEMBER SE ASON PACK AGES FROM $195 ON SALE NOW Presented by Australian Chamber Orchestra

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AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC (ANAM)

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SIMONE YOUNG/ANAM ORCHESTRA

José Luis Gomez. Simone Young. Douglas Boyd. Brett Dean. Four conductors, each a dynamic artist of the 21st century, lead the dazzling young musicians of the ANAM Orchestra in a quartet of major concert events.

José Luis Gomez’s program celebrates the music of American goliath Leonard Bernstein and his close colleagues Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber; Simone Young directs repertoire that spans over a century of German lineage, breaking with tradition to present Brahms Symphony No.3 in the second half; Douglas Boyd reveals the intriguing connections between Mozart’s three final symphonies: and former ANAM Artistic Director Brett Dean directs an all Australian program featuring the Melbourne premiere of music from his acclaimed opera Hamlet.

FRIDAY 27 APRIL 7.30PM

SUNDAY 19 AUG US T 5PM

FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 7.30PM

A Bernstein Celebration

Simone Young Conducts Brahms

Celebrating Brett Dean

José Luis Gomez conductor ANAM Orchestra Ginastera Variaciones Concertantes, Op.23 Bernstein Divertimento for Orchestra Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Barber Adagio for Strings Bernstein (arr. Harmon) Candide: overture & suite

Simone Young conductor ANAM Orchestra Wolfgang Rihm Ernster Gesang R. Strauss Metamorphosen Brahms Symphony No.3 in F, Op.90 FRIDAY 28 SEP TEMBER 7.30PM

Mozart 39, 40 & 41 Douglas Boyd conductor ANAM Orchestra Mozart Symphony No.39 in E-flat, K.543 Mozart Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550 Mozart Symphony No.41 in C, K.551 ‘Jupiter’

Lorina Gore soprano Brett Dean conductor ANAM Orchestra Meale Clouds now and then Brett Dean From Melodious Lay (A Hamlet Diffraction) Lisa Illean Land’s End Georges Lentz Jerusalem (after Blake) See page 11 for details of the Mostly Mozart program featuring the ANAM Orchestra in 2018. ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKETS $75 ON SALE 29 JANUARY SE ASON PACK AGES $220 ON SALE 8 NOVEMBER Presented by Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)

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RICHARD GILL AO

AUSTRALIAN ROMANTIC & CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA

Founded in Melbourne in 2012 and under the Artistic Direction of renowned musician and educator Richard Gill AO, the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra is a world-class orchestra of leading Australian musicians who are dedicated to the performance of Classical and Romantic orchestral and chamber music repertoire in historically informed style on period instruments. This inspiring and highly influential period of composition from the late 18th and 19th centuries demonstrates the depth and passion of the time and when placed in context the music comes to life.

THURSDAY 22 MARCH 7.30PM

MONDAY 21 MAY 7.30PM

WEDNESDAY 22 AUG US T 7.30PM

Pastoral Melodies – Idyllic & Tempestuous

Classical Melodies Timeless & Thrilling

Poetical Melodies Elegiac & Daring

Polyphonic Voices Richard Gill AO conductor Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture, Op.26 ‘Fingal’s Cave’ Brahms Five Songs, Op.104 Mozart Spaur Messe in C, K.258 ‘Piccolomini’ Beethoven Symphony in F, No.6, Op.68 ‘Pastoral’

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra Chamber Soloists Mozart Serenade in G, No.13 ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’, K.525 Von Winter Octet in E-flat for winds & strings Gambaro Wind Quartet in D Minor, No.2, Op.4 Beethoven String Quintet in C, Op.29 ‘Storm’

Rachael Beesley director Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra Mendelssohn String Symphony in B Minor, No.10 Grieg Elegiac Melodies, Op.34 Grieg From Holberg’s Time, Op.40 ‘Holberg Suite’ Van Bree Allegro in D Minor for four string quartets Puccini Crisantemi Dvořák Serenade in E for strings, Op.22 ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $75 SEASON PACKAGES FROM $202.50 Presented by Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra

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MELBOURNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Melbourne Chamber Orchestra (MCO) is the heart of chamber music in Australia’s chamber music capital. Bringing together Melbourne’s most exciting chamber musicians, the orchestra uniquely expresses the energy and depth of the city’s fine music-making. In 2018 the orchestra presents a seven-concert season in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, directed by William Hennessy, and the intimate Salon Sessions chamber music events.

SUNDAY 4 MARCH 2.30PM

SUNDAY 24 J UNE 2.30PM

SUNDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2.30PM

Romance

Mozart & The Classical Age

Konstantin Shamray piano Markiyan Melnychenko violin Michael Dahlenburg conductor William Hennessy director Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Verdi La Traviata: Act III Overture Schumann Piano Concerto Dvořák Romance for violin & orchestra Mendelssohn Symphony No.4, ‘Italian’

Anna Goldsworthy piano William Hennessy director Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Kraus Olympie: Overture Mozart (arr. William Hennessy) String Quartet No.7 Haydn Piano Concerto No 11 Mozart Piano Concerto No.6 & Symphony No.30

Bach Suites

SUNDAY 22 APRIL 2.30PM

SUNDAY 12 AUG US T 2.30PM

Schubert Octet

Vivaldi’s Violins

Musicians of Australian Octet Benjamin Martin Passepied Beethoven Quartet No.11, ‘Serioso’ Schubert Octet

Sophie Rowell violin William Hennessy director Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Geminiani Concerto Grosso Op.3, No.3: IV Allegro Vivaldi Concerto for four violins RV550, Violin Concerto in B-flat RV368, Concerto for two violins RV514 & Violin Concerto in D RV208, ‘Grosso Mogul’ Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No.3 Verdi Andantissimo

SUNDAY 20 MAY 2.30PM

French Arias Greta Bradman soprano William Hennessy director Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Chausson (arr. Keith Crellin) Poème Debussy (arr. Nicholas Buc) Clair de lune, Ariettes oubliées, La soirée dans Grenade & Children’s Corner (excerpts) Fauré (arr. Nicholas Buc) Dolly Suite Calvin Bowman Ophélie

SUNDAY 9 SEP TEMBER 2.30PM

España! Christoph Denoth guitar William Hennessy director Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Turina La oración del torero Albéniz Leyenda, Torre Bermeja & España: I, II, III, V, VI (arr. string orchestra) Malats Serenata (arr. guitar & string orchestra) Granados Danzas Españolas III, V, VI (arr. string orchestra) Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez

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MCO soloists Richard Mills conductor William Hennessy director Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Bach Orchestral Suite No.3, No.4 & Double Violin Concerto Richard Mills Concerto for two violins & strings ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $43 ON SALE 28 NOVEMBER SE ASON PACK AGES FROM $215 ON SALE NOW

MCO SALON SESSIONS Unforgettable close encounters with chamber music. T UESDAY 24 APRIL 6PM

Schubert Octet Musicians of Australian Octet Schubert Octet D803 T UESDAY 18 SEP TEMBER 6PM

Archduke Trio William Hennessy violin Li-Wei Qin cello Benjamin Martin piano Beethoven Piano Trio No.7, Op.97, ‘Archduke’ SALON TICKE TS $199 (INCLUDES SUB S TANTIAL CANAPÉS & PREMIUM WINES)

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MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Established in 1906, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is an arts leader and Australia’s oldest professional orchestra. Engaging over 2.5 million people each year, the MSO reaches a variety of audiences through live performances, recordings, TV and radio broadcasts and live streaming. As a truly global orchestra, the MSO collaborates with guest artists and arts organisations from across the world performing a variety of concerts delivering innovative and engaging programs to audiences of all ages. Their 2018 season includes the popular Ears Wide Open musical discovery program and The Recital Centre Series conducted and performed by members of the Orchestra.

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EARS WIDE OPEN

THURSDAY 28 J UNE 7.30PM

MONDAY 25 J UNE 6.30PM

Kolja Blacher

Dances of Galanta

Kolja Blacher violin/director Members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Haydn Symphony No.83, La Poule Bernstein Serenade Beethoven Romance No.1 & Symphony No.1

Richard Gill AO conductor/presenter Members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Kodály Dances of Galanta

THURSDAY 9 AUG US T 7.30PM

Dale Barltrop Dale Barltrop violin/director Members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.1 & No.3 Carl Vine Smith’s Alchemy Pēteris Vasks Vox Amoris THURSDAY 11 OC TOBER 7.30PM

Christopher Moore Christopher Moore violin/director Sophie Rowell violin Members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Brahms Serenade No.2 Iain Grandage new work (world premiere) Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for violin & viola

MONDAY 30 J ULY 6.30PM

Siegfried Idyll Richard Gill AO conductor/presenter Members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Wagner Siegfried Idyll MONDAY 22 OC TOBER 6.30PM

Debussy’s Faun Richard Gill AO conductor/presenter Members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS $29 SE ASON PACK AGES $78 Presented by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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ANAM ORCHESTRA

MOSTLY MOZART

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart created a string of operas, concertos, symphonies and sonatas that profoundly shaped classical music. A musician capable of playing multiple instruments, he composed hundreds of works marked by vivid emotion and sophisticated textures that are still widely enjoyed today. Melbourne Recital Centre and the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) present five delightful morning concerts that celebrate the genius of Mozart and his contemporaries. Featuring musicians from ANAM and special guests, enjoy an hour of wonderful music and the chance to catch up with friends over morning tea. THURSDAY 12 APRIL 11AM

FRIDAY 14 SEP TEMBER 11AM

Mozart & Mendelssohn

Operatic Mozart

Robin Wilson violin Howard Penny cello Timothy Young piano ANAM Musicians Mozart Sonata for 2 pianos in D, K.448 Mendelssohn String Octet in E-flat, Op.20

Philip Lambert narrator Nick Deutsch oboe David Thomas clarinet Lyndon Watts bassoon Marie-Luise Neunecker French horn ANAM Musicians Mozart (arr. Mozart) Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) K.384

THURSDAY 14 J UNE 11AM

Mozart’s Viola Lawrence Power violin/viola/director ANAM Orchestra Biber La Battalia John Woolrich Ulysses Awakes Mozart String Quintet No.1 in B-flat, K.174 FRIDAY 3 AUG US T 11AM

Mozart’s Oboe Dudu Carmel oboe/director ANAM Musicians Mozart Oboe Quintet, K.406 Mozart Divertimento No.11 in D, K.251

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T UESDAY 13 NOVEMBER 11AM

Symphonic Mozart Brett Dean viola/director ANAM Orchestra Mozart Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K.477 Brett Dean Between the spaces in the sky Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K.364 ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKETS $49 (INCLUDES MORNING TEA) SE ASON PACK AGE $183 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre & Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)

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MELBOURNE YOUTH ORCHESTRAS Since 1967, Melbourne Youth Orchestras (MYO) has been enriching young lives through the power of music. They continue to grow their reputation for excellence, inspiring young people to reach their potential, unleashing creativity and instilling a love of music which motivates life-long learning and participation.

CORPUS MEDICORUM Join Corpus Medicorum on its journeys through inner and outer space in 2018. Recently returned from its European Tour to Greece, Slovenia and Italy, the orchestra will take you inside the dream world of Gustav Mahler’s introspective and beautiful Fourth Symphony. Then Melbourne’s acclaimed ‘Doctors of Sound’ will rocket to all corners of the Solar System with Gustav Holst and his Planets suite complete with female choir.

SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2.30PM

SUNDAY 2 SEP TEMBER 2.30PM

Petrushka

Pines of Rome

Streeton Trio Steven Hillinger chief conductor Melbourne Youth Orchestra James Ledger Indian Pacific Beethoven Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano in C, Op.56 Stravinsky Petrushka (1947 version)

Michelle Wood cello Brett Kelly guest conductor Melbourne Youth Orchestra Janáček The Cunning Little Vixen: orchestral suite Elgar Concerto for Cello in E Minor, Op.85 Puccini Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo from Act III Respighi Pines of Rome

SUNDAY 1 J ULY 2.30PM

Symphonie Fantastique Steven Hillinger chief conductor Melbourne Youth Orchestra Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien, Op.45 Natalie Williams new work (world premiere) Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKETS $29 ON SALE 8 DECEMBER Presented by Melbourne Youth Orchestras

SUNDAY 15 J ULY 5PM

Inner Space

Keith Crellin OAM conductor Corpus Medicorum Mozart Bassoon Concerto, K.191 Mahler Symphony No.4 SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER 5PM

Outer Space

Keith Crellin OAM conductor Caroline Henbest viola Corpus Medicorum Elgar Pomp & Circumstance March No.4 Walton Viola Concerto Holst The Planets ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS $50 ($40 CONCESSION) Presented by The Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation

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TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA When it comes to Viennese Classicism, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra is in a class of its own. This intimate-sized orchestra brings its trademark vitality, nuance and finesse to Schubert’s aptly named ‘Great’ Symphony. And for Romantic lushness, acclaimed soprano Siobhan Stagg sings ravishing orchestral songs by Richard Strauss. THURSDAY 13 SEP TEMBER 7.30PM Johannes Fritzsch conductor Siobhan Stagg soprano Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Richard Mills Impromptu, after Schubert R. Strauss Orchestral Songs Schubert Symphony No.9 ‘Great’ ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $33 Presented by The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

HUSH 18 FEATURING ACO COLLECTIVE

Celebrated charity the Hush Foundation and founder Dr Catherine Crock AM commission some of this country’s finest musicians to create bespoke works encouraging environments of calm in children’s hospitals and beyond.

ACO Collective, the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s critically acclaimed ensemble which delivers the organisation’s regional touring and education programs Australia wide, will be directed by ACO’s Principal Violin Helena Rathbone in a special concert showcasing the artistry of six established and six emerging Australian composers who were commissioned by Hush to write music inspired by their time spent with young people with chronic illness and mental health challenges in children’s hospitals across the country.

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MONDAY 17 SEP TEMBER 7PM ACO Collective Featured composers include Matthew Hindson, Katia Beaugeais, Paul Stanhope, Natalie Nicolas, Stuart Greenbaum, Caerwen Martin, James Ledger, Olivia Davies, Elena KatsChernin, Rachel Bruerville, Maria Grenfell and Thomas Mission. ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKETS $50 ($40 CONCESSION) Presented by Hush Foundation

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MAD FOR LOVE One of the world’s greatest exponents of bel canto (beautiful singing), Sumi Jo, makes her eagerly anticipated return to Melbourne in a thrilling program entitled Mad For Love. She will be partnered by dashing Argentine born José Carbó, now one of Australia’s best loved baritones, and together with acclaimed pianist Guy Noble, they will ignite the stage with renditions of the most passionate repertoire from opera and operetta, as well as popular canzoni and tangos, and meltingly beautiful folk songs from Sumi Jo’s native Korea. Described by the legendary maestro Herbert von Karajan as having ‘a voice from above’, Sumi Jo is one of the most in demand singers on the international stage. Her astonishing vocal technique and purity of tone captivate audiences and she is renowned for her magnificent dress changes throughout a performance. This will be an unparalleled night of romance and glamour.

VIVICA GENAUX IN CONCERT WITH ERIN HELYARD

T UESDAY 17 J ULY 7.30PM Sumi Jo soprano José Carbó baritone Guy Noble piano Opera and operetta arias, popular canzoni, tangos, and folk songs from Korea. ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS $169 ($149 CONCES SION) ON SALE FEBRUARY 2018 Presented by Andrew McKinnon Presentations

Vivica Genaux is a four-time Grammynominated artist, described by The New York Times as ‘she does not sing songs as if they were autobiography, but presents them rather as art’. Vivica has appeared with some of the world’s most famous early music ensembles. Pinchgut Opera is honoured to bring this phenomenal talent to Melbourne in the brilliant acoustic of the Melbourne Recital Centre for one night only. FRIDAY 7 DECEMBER 7PM

Pinchgut Opera is delighted to bring Vivica Genaux to Melbourne in this extraordinary Melbourne-only concert event. Vivica will be joined by Pinchgut Opera’s Helpmann Award-winning Artistic Director Erin Helyard and 23 of Australia’s finest early music specialists for an evening that promises to be the very best of Baroque splendour with stunning melodic lines interspersed with Vivica’s most famous vocal pyrotechnics.

Vivica Genaux mezzo-soprano Erin Helyard conductor/harpsichord Australia’s best early music instrumentalists A program of Baroque opera including works by Handel, Hasse and Vivaldi. ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $92 Presented by Pinchgut Opera

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GREAT PERFORMERS CONCERT SERIES ‘Nelson Freire is acknowledged as one of the truly great pianists of our time, and on his visit to Australia last year he demonstrated all the qualities that we would expect from such eminence — brilliant virtuosity, poetic sensitivity and a real sense of having something to say through music.'

‘ As Melbourne Recital Centre enters its ninth year of music making, I continue to be encouraged and delighted by the response to this unique recital series. The opportunity to spend a few hours in the company of some of the world’s greatest artists in the extraordinary acoustics of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall is resonating with you the audiences, and creating musical moments to treasure. Our 2018 season is comprised of a stellar list of the world’s best, welcoming back some old friends, and introducing you to new artistry.’ MARSHALL MCGUIRE DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC PLANNING

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‘Measha makes her makes her Melbourne Recital Centre debut with well-loved vocal masterpieces and spirited new works. She’s equally at home in opera, pop and jazz, and has recently released an album of AfricanAmerican spirituals, songs that lie close to the musical roots of a child growing up in New Brunswick, Canada.’

Measha Brueggergosman soprano Ian Munro piano (Australia) Ravel Shéhérazade Montsalvatge Cinco canciones negras And songs by Bolcom, Cage and Poulenc.

Nelson Freire piano Mozart Ten Variations on a Theme by Glück, ‘Unser dummer Pöbel meint’, K.455 Schumann Fantasie in C, Op.17 Chopin Impromptu No.2 in F-sharp, Op.36 Chopin Ballade No.3 in A-flat, Op.47 Debussy Preludes Book II — selection Albeniz ‘Evocación’ from Iberia Albenia Navarra

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U.S. A .

‘Grammy-winning violinist James Ehnes is returning to Melbourne Recital Centre in a program exploring the solo works of J.S. Bach. Acclaimed for this dazzling technique and passionate, expressive playing, this is a musician with a singularly elegant musical voice. His solo Bach playing is simply sublime.’

‘We’re delighted to welcome acclaimed American baritone to Australia for the first time, making his debut here in recital in May. One of the great American singers of our time, he is acknowledged as a leading interpreter of Mahler, and also a champion of the American songbook. His recital covers that wide range of repertoire, giving us an insight into the musical soul of this outstanding singer.’

MONDAY 9 APRIL 7.30PM WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH 7.30PM

MONDAY 26 FEBRUARY 7.30PM

James Ehnes violin J.S. Bach Violin Partita No.3 in E, BWV1006 J.S. Bach Violin Sonata No.3 in C, BWV 1005 J.S. Bach Violin Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV1004

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THURSDAY 31 MAY 7.30PM

Thomas Hampson baritone Maciej Pikulski piano (Poland) A selection of songs by Mahler, Schubert, Duparc and from the great American songbook.

‘Melbourne-born pianist Leslie Howard celebrates his 70th birthday with a recital of the composer he has spent a life championing — Franz Liszt. We get the birthday presents though: Howard will treat us to Liszt’s paraphrases and transcriptions in a swirling, dazzling, energetic and colourful night at the opera.’

AU S T R A L I A

U.K .

‘Australian singers have always made their mark on the world, and Stuart Skelton now sits at the top of this list, frequently appearing at the great opera houses and concert halls of the world, acclaimed as one of the great heldentenors (‘heroic tenors’) of our time.’

‘Paul Lewis continues his exploration of the heart of the piano repertoire — in a pair of concerts focussing on the genius and ground-breaking musical brilliance of Haydn, Beethoven and Brahms.’

Leslie Howard piano Liszt at the Opera includes transcriptions of operatic works by Handel, Verdi, Mozart, Bellini, Gounod and more.

Paul Lewis piano THURSDAY 27 SEP TEMBER 7.30PM

FRIDAY 3 AUG US T 7.30PM

WEDNESDAY 13 J UNE 7.30PM

CHAMBER MUSIC

AU S T R A L I A / U.K .

Stuart Skelton tenor Richard Peirson piano (U.K.) Songs by Korngold, Turina, Grainger, Liszt, Wagner and Kaldalóns.

Beethoven Eleven Bagatelles, Op.119 Haydn Keyboard Sonata in E-flat, Hob.XVI:49 Haydn Keyboard Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI:32 Brahms Four Pieces for Piano, Op.119 MONDAY 1 OC TOBER 7.30PM

U.K .

‘The partnership of violinist Tasmin Little and pianist Piers Lane delivers an array of delights and riches, building on their years of playing together, and of a special musical bond. This concert brings together two distinctive and virtuosic musical voices in a program of masterpieces.’ T UESDAY 23 OC TOBER 7.30pm

Tasmin Little violin Piers Lane piano (Australia) Brahms Scherzo from F-A-E Sonata Schubert Sonatina in D, D.384 Szymanowaki Violin Sonata in D minor Elena Kats-Chernin Russian Rag Revisited Ravel Pièce en forme de Habanera Franck Violin Sonata in A

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‘I first heard Latvian accordion player Ksenija Sidorova in Townsville at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music — she dazzled audiences there with her spectacular virtuosity and thoroughly engaging stage presence. It’s often on the rarely heard instruments where we are surprised, challenged, delighted and moved, and in Ksenija’s hands this instrument becomes an orchestra.' T UESDAY 4 DECEMBER 7.30pm

Brahms Seven Fantasies, Op.116 Haydn Piano Sonata in C minor, Hob.XVI:20 Beethoven Seven Bagatelles, Op.33 Haydn Piano Sonata in E-flat, Op.92, Hob. XVI:52

TICKE TS FROM $62 SE ASON PACK AGES FROM $210 Join musicians and experts to delve deeper into the music and lives of the composers by attending a free pre-concert talk 45-minutes before each performance. Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Series Partner: Legal Friends of Melbourne Recital Centre Supported by The Langham Melbourne & the Great Performers Leadership Circle

Ksenija Sidorova accordion Compositions and transcriptions for accordion from Argentina to Russia by Piazzolla, Rachmaninoff, Schnittke, Moszkowski and others.

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SOUTHBANK SERIES

Melbourne Recital Centre’s Southbank Series brings talented artists from across Australia to Melbourne for audiences to enjoy in the best place to hear. Eight diverse ensembles enchant music-lovers with 19 intimate evening concerts. It’s the perfect introduction to classical music.

BENAUD TRIO

ENSEMBLE LIAISON

The Benaud Trio is one of Australia’s finest chamber ensembles. Formed in Melbourne in early 2005, pianist Amir Farid, violinist Lachlan Bramble and cellist Ewen Bramble have established themselves as formidable performers of the standard repertoire, works by Australian composers and music with a pop/jazz influence.

Ensemble Liaison & Friends is a unique concert series presented by three internationally acclaimed musicians — David Griffiths (clarinet), Svetlana Bogosavljevic (cello) and Timothy Young (piano). The ensemble is renowned for imaginative programming, setting the trend for brilliant collaborations with leading artists.

S AT U RDAY 28 J U LY 3PM & 6PM

SATURDAY 11 AUGUST 3PM & 6PM

MONDAY 28 MAY 7PM

MONDAY 5 NOVEMBER 7PM

Innocence Lost

Innocence Found

Bohemian Rhapsody in Blue

The Trout with Rare Sugar

MONDAY 27 AUGUST 7PM

Ensemble Liaison with Greta Bradman

GOLDNER STRING QUARTET

KIAZMA PIANO DUO

The Goldner String Quartet has widespread and long-standing recognition for excellence, as not only Australia’s pre-eminent string quartet, but as an ensemble of international significance, favourably compared with the best in the world. Launched in 1995, and still retaining all four founding members, the Goldner String Quartet’s stability of membership is enjoyed by very few ensembles.

KIAZMA Piano Duo brings together the talents and infectious musical chemistry of pianists Tomoe Kawabata and Aura Go. The pair met as students at the Australian National Academy of Music in 2007, coming together for numerous projects before officially launching as a duo in 2015. Equally at home in two-piano and four-hand repertoire from the Baroque to the present day, KIAZMA is passionate about sharing the unique combination of intimacy, intricacy and dynamism that each genre has to offer.

FRIDAY 23 M A RC H 7PM

T H U RSDAY 15 NOV EMB ER 7PM

Faith, Hope & Death

Remarkable Russians

FRIDAY 25 M AY 7PM

Serioso

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WEDNESDAY 9 M AY 6.30PM

WEDNESDAY 3 OCTOBER 6.30PM

In White & Black

Final Spark: Symphonic Dances

Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

LUDOVICO’S BAND

ORAVA QUARTET

Ludovico’s Band is one of Australia’s most dynamic Baroque bands acclaimed for its performances of music from the 16th to the 18th centuries. The combination of multiple plucked string instruments with soaring violins and a rich bowed bass creates a unique and exotic sound world.

The Orava Quartet has been hailed by Limelight magazine and more as ‘world class’ and ‘the most exciting young quartet on the block’. Earning a reputation and devoted following for their passionate and thrilling performances, the Quartet brings their unique sound and breathtaking intensity to the classics of the string quartet canon, making audiences fall in love with these works all over again.

T U ESDAY 20 M A RC H 6.30PM

T U ESDAY 21 AU G US T 6.30PM

The Voices of Women

Dido & Aeneas

T U ESDAY 29 M AY 6.30PM

T U ESDAY 13 M A RC H 7PM

T H U RSDAY 25 O C TOB ER 7PM

Romance & Revolution

Czech Fantasy

CHAMBER MUSIC

ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL /SALON TICKETS FROM $39 | SEASON PACK AGES FROM $66

William Lawes - the ‘Father of Musick’

PLEXUS

SERAPHIM TRIO

PLEXUS brings together the talents of three of Australia’s most vibrant and versatile musicians, violinist Monica Curro, clarinetist Philip Arkinstall and pianist Stefan Cassomenos, with the goal of commissioning and celebrating Australian and international composers. The ensemble is devoted to engaging an ever growing network of exceptional artists, facilitating their contribution to Australia’s rich and diverse cultural landscape.

Over the last two decades, Helen Ayres (violin), Anna Goldsworthy (piano) and Tim Nankervis (cello) have remained steadfastly committed to chamber music — from building the contemporary repertoire, to developing new audiences and teaching the next generation of performers. Inspiring others through intelligent programming and a deep knowledge and love of chamber music, Seraphim Trio never fails to delight audiences.

TUESDAY 19 JUNE 6PM

MONDAY 3 DECEMBER 6PM

T U ESDAY 29 M AY 6PM

MONDAY 29 O C TOB ER 6.30PM

PLEXUS: Parallel

PLEXUS: Perpendicular

Number Ones

Schuman Quintet with Andrew Haverson & Jacqui Cronin

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LOCAL HEROES 2018

Now in its seventh year, Melbourne Recital Centre’s Local Heroes series brings together Melbourne’s best artists in a year-long festival of chamber music. With tickets priced from just $39 and season packages from $66, Local Heroes is the easiest way to rediscover your love of chamber music or take delight in experiencing it for the first time. From strings to piano, early music to contemporary and art song to tango, there’s something for every musical taste with 45 concerts to choose from.

ACACIA QUARTET

ARCADIA WINDS

ENSEMBLE GOMBERT

Established in 2010, Acacia Quartet have won praise for their versatile and inventive programs coupling established repertoire with the unorthodox. With seven albums, three ARIA nominations and an APRA Art Music Award for Excellence to their name, they are passionate supporters of supporting young musicians, Australian composers and sharing their love of music with all audiences.

As one of Australia’s most exciting young chamber ensembles, Arcadia Winds is quickly becoming a fixture in the national classical music scene. Known for their energetic, joyful and spontaneous performances, their advocacy and love of wind instruments and in particular their strong commitment to supporting Australian music.

Notable for its pure intonation and historical approach to choral sound and style, Ensemble Gombert is Melbourne’s outstanding chamber choir specialising in a cappella performances of Franco-Flemish music of the High Renaissance.

MONDAY 16 APRIL 6PM

THURSDAY 9 AUGUST 6PM

TUESDAY 26 JUNE 6PM

4 + Viola!

MONDAY 28 MAY 6PM

Bach & Distler

Let Me Die Before I Wake

Bach & Brahms

TUESDAY 30 OCTOBER

MONDAY 5 NOVEMBER 6PM

The Wind from Down Under

Bach & Barber

La Malinconia

ACCADEMIA ARCADIA

CONTINUO COLLECTIVE

Featuring a trumpet, trombone and guitar, the distinct Ensemble Three takes influence from genres as diverse as jazz, popular, avant-garde and traditional ‘classical’. Described as ‘intriguingly beautiful’ (Cut Common) their accomplishments have included winning Melbourne Recital Centre’s Contemporary Masters Award and giving a world-premiere performance of Wally Gunn’s Pinwheel at the International Rostrum of Composers in Sicily (2017).

TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER 6PM

A Baroque chamber ensemble of high originality. Known simply as Aracadia, the ensemble was formed in 2001 by Jacqueline Ogeil to explore the trio sonata, cantata, early opera and grand liturgical music genres. Their annual performances in Woodend Winter Art Festival have been a popular feature showcasing original Baroque instruments and the works of Scarlatti, Haynd and Vivaldi. FRIDAY 25 MAY 6PM

Sense & Sensibility FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 6PM

Musical politics in the French Court: Italian infiltration!

ANJA & ZLATNA Anja & Zlatna is a vibrant ensemble which seeks to preserve the beauty of traditional melodies from the beautiful Balkans and beyond. SATURDAY 17 FEBRUARY 6PM

Balkan Jewels SATURDAY 17 NOVEMBER 6PM

Russian Caravan

The Collective delights in presenting rarely heard music on rare and beautiful instruments with a passion for exploring the role of plucked instruments in the improvisatory art of basso continuo and as accompaniment to other instruments. THURSDAY 31 MAY 6PM

‘Musique ravished me...’ the diary of Samuel Pepys TUESDAY 28 AUGUST 6PM

Biber’s Violin

DUO CHAMBER MELANGE Duo Chamber Melange is a wonderful partnership between Ivana Tomaskova (violin) and Tamara Smolyar (piano) whose versatile repertoire embraces classical and contemporary music as well as world premieres of renowned Australian, European and American composers. FRIDAY 27 APRIL 6.30PM

Czech Masters FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER 6.30PM

Italian Masters

ENSEMBLE THREE

MONDAY 19 FEBRUARY 6PM

Undercurrents MONDAY 23 JULY 6PM

Organica

EVERGREEN ENSEMBLE With a passion for early and modern repertoire and an ability to seamlessly cross the genres and performance styles of folk and art-music, Evergreen Ensemble is an up and coming ensemble with a unique musical language. Their line-up consists of Baroque violin and oboe mixed with bassoon, small pipes and cello. WEDNESDAY 7 MARCH 6PM

Autumn Airs: A Musical Tour through a Scottish Country Garden TUESDAY 9 OCTOBER 6PM

Snow in Summer

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FLINDERS QUARTET Melbourne’s own Flinders Quartet is instantly recognisable as one of Australia’s most loved chamber music ensembles giving dynamic performances of a full spectrum of repertoire with the Quartet’s gripping interpretations of the string quartet masterpieces described as having an ‘intense clarity’. WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 7PM

Wings of Song THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 7PM

Mendelssohn

HORSLEY & WILLIAMS DUO Combining the unique sounds of the recorder and uilleann pipes, Horsley and Williams Duo are a driving force in fusing the worlds of electro-acoustic music and the refined counterpoint of the 18th century within contemporary Australia. Their mix of instrumentation is rarely heard, but across the duo’s five solo recordings and countless performances, including engagements throughout Ireland, Japan, Belgium and the Netherlands and most regularly at home in Melbourne. TUESDAY 21 AUGUST 6PM

Georgian Grace

JOE CHINDAMO & ZOË BLACK Pianist, composer and arranger Joe Chindamo and leading Australian classical violinist Zoë Black form a unique musical partnership. They combine a number of musical styles into a new genre that defies definition but is rather the result of two artists creating a musical dialogue with a combined language.

LATITUDE 37 The members of Baroque trio Latitude 37 were drawn together by their passion for historically informed performance of 17th and 18th-century music. The special combination of Baroque violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord opens up a wealth of repertoire that is rarely explored by other Australian ensembles. TUESDAY 17 APRIL 6PM

WEDNESDAY 11 APRIL 6PM

Folias

Lullabies from Around the World

TUESDAY 24 JULY 6PM

WEDNESDAY 21 NOVEMBER 6PM

Tenth Anniversary Concert

The Goldberg Inventions

TUESDAY 23 OCTOBER 6PM

KRISTIAN CHONG & FRIENDS Pianist Kristian Chong is one of Australia’s most sought-after musicians performing as a soloist, chamber musician and concerto pianist. This series is an assembly of his enthusiastic friends performing together some of the great chamber duo sonatas, trios, quartets and quintets.

L’amour: Music & the Language of Love

MARKIYAN & OKSANA MELNYCHENKO

Nadia’s Influence

Ukranian-Australian, mother-son duo Markiyan and Oskana Melnychenko have a shared devotion to performing with the highest standard of musical artistry, giving recitals brimming with passionate joy for sharing great music. With performances given throughout Europe and North America, Markiyan has performed at the prestigious Lincoln Centre (New York) and Kennedy Centre (Washington), even in front of President Barack Obama in front of the U.S. Capitol. As well as playing together, both Markiyan and Oskana are Lecturers at Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, and highly trained professionals from local and international music schools.

MONDAY 2 JULY 6PM

MONDAY 7 MAY 6PM

MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 6PM

The North Atlantic

INVENTI ENSEMBLE Inventi Ensemble are masters of classical repertoire, re-inventors of past works, and performers of the new. This dynamic new chamber ensemble run by artistic directors Ben Opie (oboe) and Melissa Doecke (flute), collaborates with Australia’s finest soloists and chamber musicians. MONDAY 19 MARCH 6PM

English Contemporaries MONDAY 1 OCTOBER 6PM

Ancestry: Gluck to Gyger

WEDNESDAY 16 MAY 7PM

Tchaikovsky & Brahms with Li-Wei Qin MONDAY 27 AUGUST 6PM

A Shostakovich Celebration MONDAY 12 NOVEMBER 6PM

Brahms, Hindson & Bartók

Jazz & Blues FRIDAY 30 NOVEMBER 6PM

Postcards from Eastern Europe

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LOCAL HEROES 2018 MELBOURNE GUITAR QUARTET The Melbourne Guitar Quartet (MGQ) is dedicated to the development of new chamber music repertoire for the instrument. MGQ uses the guitar family of instruments (classical bass, baritone, standard, treble and octave guitars) producing a rich and broad timbral spectrum for guitar ensemble performance. TUESDAY 8 MAY 6PM

Dreams & Dances

SONGMAKERS AUSTRALIA

THE PARLOUR

Unique in the musical landscape of Australia, 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 in inspired programs that feature a dynamic interplay of song and chamber music.

Pulling the art song genre back into focus for modern audiences, The Parlour is an ensemble made up of singers with a mutual love of sung-storytelling and a passion for dynamic, hybrid performance. Exploring not just the sound of song but the personal stories that lay behind the lyrics, The Parlour and their guests shine a light on those figures often hidden in the shadows of a composer’s inner world.

WEDNESDAY 27 JUNE 6PM

Summer Nights WEDNESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 6PM

Nostalgia

TUESDAY 7 AUGUST 6PM

Remembering Debussy TUESDAY 2 OCTOBER 6PM

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PENNY QUARTET Formed at the Australian National Academy of Music in 2014, Penny Quartet are rapidly gaining a reputation as a fresh, interpretative voice to chamber music giving high profile recitals, festival showcases and master classes across the country. Their expertise spans pre-Baroque to today’s best composers, crossing over to the mainstream performing with Zola Jesus, Flight Facilities and Owl Eyes — taking in a mature sound that’s travelled throughout Australia, Europe, America and the U.K. MONDAY 12 FEBRUARY 6PM

Respire MONDAY 24 SEP TEMBER 6PM

Blossom

QUARTZ Quartz is a fresh and exciting ensemble on the Australian music scene. It unites four highly acclaimed Melbourne musicians; Kathryn Taylor and Philippa West (violin), Merewyn Bramble (viola) and Zoe Wallace (cello). These vibrant musicians give their programs an innovative edge and unique appeal by combining classic string quartet repertoire alongside lesser known works.

STILETTO SISTERS The Stiletto Sisters have been wooing audiences for the past 12 years with their seductive blend of Hungarian gypsy, tango and love songs from around the world. Hungarian trained violinist Hope Csutoros, piano accordionist Judy Gunson and double bassist Jo To perform with extraordinary emotional range and intensity with more than a touch of humour.

Reminiscence: Liszt & Love MONDAY 29 OCTOBER 6PM

She & He - My Life with Chopin

VARDOS

Midnight in Moscow

Vardos have been serenading audiences around the world since late last century, driven by wild violin, accordion and double bass, their gypsy-folk and Romany styled song is a rare treat in contemporary concert halls. Their travels have taken them throughout a swathe of Australian music festivals and internationally through New Zealand, New Caledonia, Switzerland, Hungary and the United States.

TUESDAY 4 SEP TEMBER 6PM

FRIDAY 29 JUNE 6PM

WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH 6PM

In the Green Forest

SYZYGY ENSEMBLE The award-winning contemporary music group Syzygy Ensemble have, in their short time together, made an impressive impact. They have quickly gained a reputation as one of Australia’s finest new music ensembles, lauded for their virtuoso precision, original programming and ability to connect viscerally with their audiences. THURSDAY 10 MAY 6PM

Pagan Dances TUESDAY 10 JULY 6PM

Claire de Lune WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 6PM

Antique Epigraphes

MONDAY 30 JULY 6PM

Modern Inventions TUESDAY 4 DECEMBER 6PM

The Nature of Daylight

TUESDAY 14 AUGUST 6PM

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From the Hungarian Plains to the Transylvanian Alps THURSDAY 15 NOVEMBER 6PM

Big Bread, Big Boots – music of the Hungarian Plains ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL / SALON TICKE TS FROM $39 | SE ASON PACK AGES FROM $66 Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Supported by the Local Heroes Leadership Circle

CHAMBER MUSIC

MUSICA VIVA COFFEE CONCERTS Inspiring performances, great company, tea, coffee and cake on five Tuesday mornings throughout the year. T UESDAY 27 MARCH 11AM

Karin Schaupp, guitar & Umberto Clerici, cello T UESDAY 19 J UNE 11AM

Ensemble Liaison T UESDAY 7 AUG US T 11AM

Latitude 37

MUSICA VIVA

T UESDAY 4 SEP TEMBER 11AM

Musica Viva is the largest presenter of chamber music in the world. Their story began in 1945 and they have evolved to embrace ensemble music of all styles and genres, presenting leading Australian and international artists to concert audiences across the country. Musica Viva’s 2018 International Concert Season brings the world’s best chamber music artists to the Centre including the return of international favourites and some Australian debuts. T UESDAY 27 FEBRUARY & SAT URDAY 3 MARCH 7PM

T UESDAY 24 & SAT URDAY 28 J ULY 7PM

Sabine Meyer, clarinet & Alliage Quintett

Joyce Yang, piano

SAT URDAY 14 & T UESDAY 24 APRIL 7PM

Avi Avital, mandolin & Giocoso String Quartet T UESDAY 22 & SAT URDAY 26 MAY 7PM

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Australian Brass Quintet T UESDAY 2 OC TOBER 11AM

Ioana Cristina Goicea, violin & Andrey Gugnin, piano ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS $53 ON SALE 8 NOVEMBER SE ASON PACK AGES $230 ON SALE NOW Presented by Musica Viva

T UESDAY 14 & SAT URDAY 25 AUG US T 7PM

Ray Chen, violin with Julien Quentin, piano

SAT URDAY 22 & T UESDAY 25 SEP TEMBER 7PM

Borodin Quartet SAT URDAY 3 & T UESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 7PM

ENSEMBLE LIAISON

Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $30 ON SALE 8 NOVEMBER SE ASON PACK AGES FROM $150 ON SALE NOW

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AUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTET

For over 30 years, the Australian String Quartet (ASQ) has created unforgettable string quartet performances for national and international audiences. Dedicated to musical excellence with a distinctly Australian character, their purpose is to create chemistry and amplify intimacy through experiences that connect people with string quartet music. Their distinct sound is enhanced by a matched set of 18th-century Guadagnini instruments handcrafted by the Italian master craftsman Giovanni Battista Guadagnini between 1743 and 1784.

FRIDAY 16 FEBRUARY 7PM

T UESDAY 2 OC TOBER 7PM

Glass Dean Mendelssohn

Schubert Ledger Shostakovich

Philip Glass String Quartet No.3, Mishima Brett Dean String Quartet No.1, Eclipse Mendelssohn String Quartet in D, Op.44, No.1 T UESDAY 3 J ULY 7PM

Beethoven Widmann Beethoven String Quartet in F, Op.135 Jörg Widmann String Quartet No.3, Hunt Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in D, Op.18, No.3

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Schubert String Quartet No.13 in A minor, Rosamunde James Ledger String Quartet No.2, Transmissions (world premiere) Shostakovich String Quartet No.10 in A-flat, Op.118 ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKETS $85 ON SALE 1 DECEMBER SE ASON PACK AGES $225 NOW ON SALE Presented by Australian String Quartet

The Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition is one of the world’s great chamber music launching pads. The Competition discovers and nurtures the next generation of ensembles, seeking out musicians who personify chamber music’s ability to engage the head and the heart with performances that thrill, delight and inspire. After a world-wide search and extensive auditions, led by Artistic Director Wilma Smith, 16 of the world’s finest young ensembles are invited to Melbourne to participate in an intense week of competitive heats which culminate in Grand Finals held in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall.

CHAMBER MUSIC

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION GRAND FINALS SUNDAY 8 J ULY Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition Grand Finals ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL PROGR AM AND TICKE T DE TAIL S TO BE RELE ASED IN 2018 Presented by Musica Viva in partnership with Australian National Academy of Music & Melbourne Recital Centre

MELBOURNE BEETHOVEN QUARTET CYCLE: CONCERTS 3 & 4 The Fidelio Quartet received a rapturous reception for their Beethoven Cycle Concerts 1 and 2 in 2017. In 2018 they offer performances of two more delightful Opus 18 quartets; the exhilarating ‘Harp’ Quartet and the incomparable Opus 131 and 127 Quartets. These concerts contain some of the greatest works of art created by mankind. The Fidelio Quartet is excited to bring these enriching feasts to Melbourne audiences. Many people are aware that Beethoven became deaf but did you know that he also suffered from Ulcerative Colitis? Crohn’s and Colitis is proudly supporting the Melbourne Beethoven Quartet Cycle to raise awareness of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s disease.

MONDAY 30 APRIL 7.30PM The Fidelio Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in C minor, Op.18, No.4 Beethoven String Quartet in E-flat, Op.74, ‘The Harp’ Beethoven String Quartet in E-flat, Op.127 SUNDAY 30 SEP TEMBER 5PM The Fidelio Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in D, Op.18, No.3 Beethoven String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op.131 SALON TICKE TS $60 SE ASON PACK AGE $108 Presented by Crohn’s & Colitis Australia and the Fidelio Quartet

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PIANO SERIES 2018 The pianoforte, more commonly called the piano, became, by the last quarter of the 18th century, a leading instrument of Western art music. A highly versatile instrument, it can sustain pitches in a lyrical fashion, creating all musical styles and moods, with enough volume to be heard through almost any musical ensemble. Almost every major Western composer from Mozart onward has played it, many as virtuosi, and the piano repertory — whether solo, chamber, or with orchestra — is at the heart of Western classical professional performance.

SAT URDAY 19 MAY 3PM & 6PM

SAT URDAY 16 J UNE

French Piano Music

Bach & Busoni

The 2018 Piano Series features five leading Australian exponents of the piano some of whom will return from abroad to perform great masterpieces of the piano repertoire across the year.

Stephen McIntyre piano Fauré Nocturne No.4 in E-flat, Op.36 Franck Prélude, Chorale et Fugue, Op. 21 Ravel Valses Nobles et Sentimentales Debussy Preludes Book II — selection Debussy L’Isle Joyeuse

Kristian Chong piano Bach Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903 Bach-Liszt Prelude & Fugue in A Minor, BWV543 Bach-Busoni Chaconne from Violin Partita No.2, BWV1004 Bach-Busoni Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, BWV564

T UESDAY 19 J UNE 6.30PM

THURSDAY 23 AUG US T 6PM

T UESDAY 4 SEP TEMBER 6.30PM

Goldberg Variations

The Lure of the East

The Wanderer

Sonya Lifschitz & Lisa Moore piano Bach Goldberg Variations Martin Bresnick Handwork John Adams Hallelujah Junction

Geoffrey Saba piano Professor Margaret Kartomi speaker Ruggles Evocations Debussy Preludes Book I — selection Krisna Setiawan Ladrang Basa Priyo Ravel Miroirs Debussy L’Isle Joyeuse

David Fung piano Louis Chiapetta new work (world premiere) Schubert Fantasie in C, D.760, ‘Wanderer’ Mozart Piano Sonata No.17 in B-flat, K.570 Rachmaninoff Preludes, Op.32 Ravel La Valse

ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL /SALON TICKE TS $39 | SE ASON PACK AGES FROM $105.30

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PIANO

THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE Written at the end of the 18th century, the opening of Beethoven’s ‘Pathétique’ Sonata continues to impress today for its dramatic power. Twenty years later, the ailing Schubert would complete his own Sonata in C minor. Only months away from his death, this work remains one of his crowning achievements. Johann Strauss’ famous Blue Danube Waltz provides the dashing conclusion to this Viennese-inspired program with pianist Hoang Pham. ‘A love of piano playing evident from the very first notes.’ The Advertiser SAT URDAY 17 MARCH 5PM Hoang Pham piano Beethoven Polonaise in C, Op.89 Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op.13 ‘Pathétique’ Beethoven Selections from Six Bagatelles, Op.126

Schubert Sonata in C minor, D958 Strauss/Schulz-Evler Concert Arabesques on ‘The Beautiful Blue Danube’ ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $39 Presented by Hoang Pham Productions

YU KOSUGE Yu Kosuge is a Sony Recording artist and personally mentored by András Schiff. She recently recorded and released the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas on the label, to critical acclaim. Yu is one of the world’s brightest next generation pianists and is taking the major concert halls of the world by storm. MONDAY 30 APRIL 7PM

DAVID HELFGOTT IN RECITAL David Helfgott is one of the world’s best loved pianists. The hero of the film Shine, in which his remarkable life was portrayed by Geoffrey Rush in an Oscar winning performance, will give a dazzling solo recital of popular romantic works. SAT URDAY 28 APRIL 7.30PM David Helfgott piano Chopin Ballade No.4 in F Minor, Op.52 Liszt Sonetto 104 del Petrarca Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 Liszt Dante Sonata Mussorgsky Pictures At An Exhibition

ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS $89 Presented by Andrew McKinnon Presentations

Yu Kosuge piano Scarlatti 2 Sonaten Haydn Sonate Hob. XVI-42 Beethoven Piano Sonata No.21, Op.53, ‘Waldstein’ Faure Barcarolles No.5, 10 & 11 Ravel Jeux d’eau Liszt Années de pèlerinage; ‘Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este’ Wagner/Liszt Isolde’s Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $39 Presented by Chris Howlett & Australian International Productions

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SPOTLIGHT SERIES An intimate series of Salon concerts offering new perspectives on classic and contemporary repertoire.

MONDAY 26 MARCH

MONDAY 9 APRIL

East Meets West

Gallipoli Songs

Yiyun Gu piano

Ayse Göknur Shanal & Ashley Hribar

T UESDAY 1 MAY

THURSDAY 24 MAY

T UESDAY 3 J ULY

Masque of Red Death

Current

In a Japanese Garden

Ensemble Sacamano YiYun Loei harp

Nexas Quartet

Ossicle Duo

THURSDAY 12 J ULY

THURSDAY 16 AUG US T

WEDNESDAY 31 OC TOBER

Dark Star

Natural Landscapes

Mademoiselle

The Married Flutes

Brown & Breen Piano Duo

Auncient Hermony

SALON 6PM TICKE TS $39 ($29 CONCES SION) Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Supported by The Robert Salzer Foundation Complete program details can be found at melbournerecital.com.au/spotlight

THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER

THURSDAY 29 NOVEMBER

A Sephardic Soiree

Liszt’s Italian Pilgrimage

Saray Iluminado

Tristan Lee piano

MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE – 2018 CONCERT GUIDE

THE GENIUS OF J.S. BACH The composer of some of the most famous works of the classical repertoire, Johann Sebastian Bach has influenced perhaps more composers than any other figure in music. Better known during his lifetime primarily as an outstanding organ player and technician, the youngest of eight children born to musical parents, Johann Sebastian was destined to become a great musician. His sacred music, organ and choral works, and other instrumental music had an enthusiasm and freedom that concealed immense rigor. Bach’s use of counterpoint was brilliant and innovative, and the immense complexities of his compositional style still amaze musicians today. Many consider him the greatest composer of all time. Celebrate the genius of J.S. Bach in a program featuring orchestral, instrumental, vocal music and more. A line-up of Australia’s finest Baroque musicians led by virtuoso violinist Rachael Beesley performs an intoxicating program of masterworks. It’s a Bach weekend with this celebration concert on Saturday 16 June and the Centre’s Bach Competition on Sunday 17 June. SAT URDAY 16 J UNE 7.30PM ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $45 | ON SALE DECEMBER 2017

MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE BACH COMPETITION 2018 Now in its ninth year, Melbourne Recital Centre’s Bach Competition is dedicated to young musicians passionate about J.S. Bach. Come and listen to an array of budding young performers battle it out on stage and enjoy an afternoon of the Baroque genius. Visit melbournerecital.com.au/news for information, competing guidelines and application details. SUNDAY J UNE 17 J UNE 3PM Victoria’s best young performers Works of J.S. Bach ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL FREE ( TICKE TS REQ UIRED - AVAIL ABLE FROM MARCH 2018)

GRACE WU, 2017 BACH COMPETITION WINNER

Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Supported by Richard Mills AM, Australian Bach Society, Newsboys Foundation & Vivienne Ritchie

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3MBS BACH MARATHON

MELBOURNE BACH CHOIR

The 3MBS Bach Marathon brings Australia’s finest classical musicians together to present an immersive all-day experience celebrating the works of the Bach family. Six concerts over 12 hours make the Bach Marathon Australia’s biggest single-day classical music event, featuring many of our greatest chamber and vocal musicians. Highlights include C.P.E. Bach’s St Matthew Passion performed by the Melbourne Bach Choir and Orchestra, and Australian Chamber Orchestra’s Timo-Veikko Valve performing the Cello Suite BWV 1012 on a five-string piccolo cello. The all-day event concludes with the masterful Goldberg Variations by eminent pianist and teacher Stephen McIntyre and past students Caroline Almonte, Kristian Chong, Stefan Cassomenos, Lachlan Tan and Peter de Jager.

The Melbourne Bach Choir (MBC) was founded in 2005 under Music Director Rick Prakhoff to perform J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion. Since then the choir’s repertoire has broadened, although the works of Bach remain at its core. The Melbourne Bach Choir has toured to China and Europe, and its Good Friday concerts have become an important fixture in Melbourne’s musical calendar. The MBC is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in choral performance, to supporting music education and is committed to donating to community, aid and charitable organisations.

FRIDAY 30 MARCH 2.30PM

SAT URDAY 8 SEP TEMBER 8PM

Brahms German Requiem & Szymanowski Stabat Mater

In Memoriam – Mozart Requiem

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op.45 Szymanowski Stabat Mater, Op.53 Lorina Gore soprano Belinda Paterson mezzo-soprano Warwick Fyfe baritone Rick Prakhoff conductor Melbourne Bach Choir & Orchestra

Mozart Requiem, K.626 Bach Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, Cantata BWV 12 Mozart Aria ‘Kommet her, ihr frechen Sünder’, K.146 Stravinsky In Memoriam Dylan Thomas Arvo Pärt Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten Jacqueline Porter soprano Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano Andrew Goodwin tenor Andrew Jones baritone Rick Prakhoff conductor Melbourne Bach Choir & Orchestra

SUNDAY 18 FEBRUARY 10AM, 12PM, 2.15PM, 4.15PM, 6.30PM & 8.15PM Australia’s finest classical musicians Works by the Bach family ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $20 Presented by 3MBS — Fine Music Melbourne

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ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $70 Presented by Melbourne Bach Choir

BIG & MINI CONCERTS, WORKSHOPS & FREE FOYER FUN A big little music festival for kids and families to discover music, play an instrument and make some noise. STAN & MABEL

Thursday 18 January 10.45am Go on an adventure through Paul Rissmann’s story about a music-loving dog and cat as they seek to join the greatest orchestra in the world. TICKETS $26

BURST INTO SONG Friday 19 January 10.45am

Burst into song with a 1000-voice choir led by Karen Kyriakou and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Pizzicato Effect Teachers. TICKETS $26

REGURGITATOR

Saturday 20 January 10.45am Get ready to rock with Brisbane’s quirky crew, Regurgitator with their punk record written especially for kids – dress up, be silly and enjoy this G-rated performance made especially for young people and their parents. TICKETS $26

SEA SOUNDS

Wednesday 17 January 9.30am, 10.30am & 11.30am A musical adventure in an underwater world full of bright playful objects, instruments and props. TICKETS $10

TEENY TINY STEVIES

Thursday 18 January 9.30am, 11.15am & 12.45pm Join Beth and Byll from Teeny Tiny Stevies and their cute, furry friends for a songful adventure through the ups and downs of being a kid. TICKETS $20

CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS Friday 19 January 9.30am, 11.15am & 12.45pm Make an instrument and join in the performance as Melbourne’s Inventi Ensemble explore the imaginative Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns. TICKETS $20

ROCK-A-BYE BABY

Saturday 20 January 9.30am, 11.15am & 12.45pm Expect crawling, dancing and making some noise as PBS FM brings their Rock-A-Bye Baby sessions live with Melbourne’s high-priestess of soul, Kylie Auldist. TICKETS $20

Plus, foyer activities including, Open Stage, face painting, photo booth and Songbirds. For a complete list of performances, workshops and free activities visit melbournerecital.com.au/musicplay

METROPOLIS NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018

Metropolis New Music Festival 2018 celebrates Unsuk Chin, one of the leading composers of her generation. Born in South Korea and now based in Berlin, she was awarded the Grawemeyer Award in 2004, the Arnold Schönberg Prize in 2005 and the Music Composition Prize of the Prince Pierre Foundation in 2010. Her output includes operas, chamber music, symphonic works, and she has received notable acclaim for major works including Alice in Wonderland. Melbourne Recital Centre, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Monash University present contemporary music in its finest form in the Metropolis New Music Festival. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presents two concerts at Robert Blackwood Hall as part of the 2018 festival. For complete details visit metropolisfestival.com.au

Celebrating Unsuk Chin This chamber music concert features three outstanding performers – Peter de Jager, Matthias Schack-Arnott and Aviva Endean – and focusses on Chin’s chamber output – three dynamic, theatrical and thoroughly engaging works, perfectly suited to the intimacy of the Salon. WEDNESDAY 18 APRIL 6PM Aviva Endean bass clarinet Matthias Schack-Arnott percussion Peter de Jager piano Unsuk Chin Alice in Wonderland — ‘Advice from a caterpillar’ Unsuk Chin Piano Etude No.1 — No.6 Unsuk Chin Allegro ma non troppo SALON TICKE TS $39 ($29 CONCES SION)

If the Gods came down to earth dressed as cowboys Metropolis New Music Festival 2018 opens with an energetic explosion of sound from some original and provocative composers and musicians. The acclaimed ELISION ensemble takes to the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall stage with a specially-curated program of new works. The Festival’s Composer-in-Focus Unsuk Chin wrote her Fantaisie mécanique for the Paris-based Ensemble Intercontemporain and is predicated on the union of two contradictory concepts: improvisation and predetermined structure. Michelle Lou is an award-winning bass player and composer and has forged a close relationship with this ensemble. Aaron Cassidy’s large-scale work was premiered in 2016 at the Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music where it dazzled with its unique bubbling, arcing sound world. And Liza Lim’s new work for ELISION is inspired by a residency in Brazil exploring the instruments and works of visionary composer, cellist, philosopher and instrument builder Walter Smetak. WEDNESDAY 18 APRIL 7.30PM Carl Rosman conductor ELISION Unsuk Chin Fantaisie mécanique Michelle Lou Burial

Liza Lim Ronda-the spinning world Aaron Cassidy The wreck of former boundaries

ELISABETH MURDOCH HALL TICKETS $50 ($40 CONCESSION)

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An immersive performance experience that asks the listener to consider what climate change sounds and feels like. Recently workshopped on a residency at the Banff Centre in Canada, the program features a collaboration with the Penny Quartet in a brand new work for soprano, strings and percussion and is framed by an ice installation that permeates the performance.

FESTIVAL

Music for Our Changing Climate

THURSDAY 19 APRIL 6PM Penny Quartet Ally Smither soprano (Canada) Luke Carbon clarinet Giovanni Vinci double bass Thea Rossen & Hamish Upton percussion

Thea Rossen Water and Ice Improvisation Thea Rossen Sounds of the Reef Peteris Vasks String Quartet No.2: first mvt, ‘Blossom’ Thea Rossen & Jares Yapp Song Cycle

SALON TICKETS $39 ($29 CONCESSION)

Waves and Lines Waves and Lines is a multimedia song cycle for soprano, electronics and chamber ensemble, adapted from Eliza Griswold’s book, I Am the Beggar of the World: Landays from Contemporary Afghanistan. The ultraconservative regime of the Taliban has meant that the lives of Afghan women are largely invisible to the outside world. Landays, poems comprising of a single rhyming couplet on subjects like love, grief, home and war, offer a surprising and vivid glimpse into this secret world. Adapted from Eliza Griswold’s book, I Am the Beggar of the World: Landays from Contemporary Afghanistan, Peacocke’s evocative work explores the passion, desperation and often humour of these women who are trapped in a seemingly veiled existence. FRIDAY 20 APRIL 6PM Rubiks Collective Jessica Hitchcock soprano Hugh Kluger double bass

Felicia King projections Gemma Peacocke Waves and Lines

SALON TICKETS $39 ($29 CONCESSION)

A Book of Migrations Taking the title and spirit of Rebecca Solnit’s 1998 book A Book of Migrations, Brisbane composer Liam Flenady’s new concert-length work is written specifically to showcase the impressive talents of multi-instrumentalist and composer Matthew Horsley. Ideas of cultural identity, division and alienation are drawn from Solnit’s tracing of the Irish diaspora into a metaphoric meditation. Flenady fashions a striking premiere that incorporates text from the Mediaeval Irish epic poem ‘Buile Shuibhne’ with uilleann pipes and electronics. FRIDAY 20 APRIL 8PM Matthew Horsley uillean pipes Liam Flenady electronics Liam Flenady A Book of Migrations SALON TICKETS $39

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YINGA-BUL YINGA-BUL – NAIDOC WEEK 4-7 JULY 2018

Melbourne Recital Centre proudly stands on the land of the Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, and we acknowledge the powerful storytelling of a thousand generations that precede us. Our biennial Yinga-bul (Singing to People) celebration is curated in 2018 by award-winning singer, songwriter and intrepid social historian Jessie Lloyd, who made such an impact with the Mission Songs Project two years ago. The full program will be revealed in early 2018.

RICHARD J FRANKLIN, YING-BUL 2016

GREAT ROMANTICS COMPETITION Now in its ninth year, this important national competition provides a platform for young musicians and ensembles passionate about Romantic repertoire, including such luminaries as Brahms, Liszt and Schumann. Open to soloists, duos or small ensembles, Australia’s talented young musicians will battle it out for the prestigious Elisabeth Murdoch Prize, which includes a combination of cash plus performance and recording opportunities. Competition repertoire must consist of work/s composed between 1810–1900 and not exceeding 20-minutes in total duration. Head to our website for entry information and competing guidelines. SUNDAY 23 SEP TEMBER 3PM ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL FREE ( TICKE TS REQ UIRED AVAIL ABLE FROM MARCH 2018) LISZT

MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE – 2018 CONCERT GUIDE

Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre Supported by Annamila Pty Ltd, Mrs Margaret Ross AM & Dr Ian Ross

FESTIVAL

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL JUNE 2018 Celebrating its 21st year in 2018, the Melbourne International Jazz Festival brings together the world’s modern masters and emerging legends for a 10-day celebration of jazz. The Festival takes place in some of the city’s most iconic spaces – from clubs and bars to recital halls and the very streets of the city itself. Each Festival program offers something for everyone, with headline performances, intimate club sessions, free events, family concerts, late night jam sessions and more. Featuring the world’s best talents from Australia and abroad the full 2018 program will be released in March 2018. Visit melbournejazz.com or subscribe to the Centre’s eNews for updates. PHOTO: KEVIN PETERSON

MELBOURNE FESTIVAL OCTOBER 2018

TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE, MELBOURNE FESTIVAL 2016

Melbourne Festival is one of Australia’s leading international arts festivals and has an outstanding reputation for presenting unique international and Australian events in the fields of dance, theatre, music, visual arts, multimedia, free and outdoor events over 17 days each October. Provoking and inspiring, Melbourne Festival seeks to connect art forms, people and ideas. At the heart of Melbourne’s culture of creativity, the Festival curates unique experiences that bring people together and break new ground in culture and the arts. We’re thrilled to welcome back Melbourne Festival to the Centre in 2018. The full 2018 program will be announced in late July. Visit festival.melbourne or subscribe to the Centre’s eNews for announcements.

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ROCK, POP, BLUES & FOLK

MOUNT EERIE WITH JULIE BYRNE Two of life’s great wanderers, Mount Eerie and Julie Byrne have a lot of time for each other. Phil Elverum, aka Mount Eerie is a prolific multi-instrumentalist and producer who’s worked across countless projects and bands; a writer, photographer, painter and poet. His latest release A Crow Looked at Me was lauded with Pitchfork’s ‘Best New Music’ rating and is a heart wrenching ode to the death of his wife – akin to the autobiographical releases by Sun Kil Moon, Sufjan Stevens and Nick Cave. In perfect accompaniment on a double bill, Julie Byrne’s blend of folk, new age and silence was first praised by Elverum when he saw her play — a deep appreciation mingled through moments of breathlessness. WEDNESDAY 24 JANUARY 7.30PM Mount Eerie (U.S.A.)

Julie Byrne (U.S.A.)

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U.S. A .

GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR Following their gripping and immersive performances in 2016 in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Godspeed You! Black Emperor returns showcasing their new album Luciferian Towers along with songs from their critically acclaimed back catalogue. The Montreal post-rockers have a reputation for delivering the most mesmerising shows, infusing orchestral dynamics with stunning ‘cinema-esque’ film loops and epic rock power, where composition and emotion fuse into a sound like no other. Their ability to ‘make resistance sound holy and love sound like a revolutionary act’ (NME) is contained in the band’s inimitable signposts and touchstones of sound: savage drones and oscillating overtones, inexorable crescendos and scorched earth transitions.

MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE – 2018 CONCERT GUIDE

MONDAY 22 JANUARY 7.30PM Godspeed You! Black Emperor (U.S.A.) ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $75 ON SALE 6 NOVEMBER

ROCK, POP, BLUES & FOLK

U.S. A .

MOSES SUMNEY With a voice both smooth and haunting, Moses Sumney’s rise has come through via a wave of word-of-mouth praise, hushed recordings and dynamic live performances. His music, particularly Amromanticism, his latest release, transforms the reinterpretations of old jazz gems, universal loneliness and otherworldly compositional backgrounds that sit beneath a narration of personal journey. He’s performed alongside David Byrne, Karen O, Sufjan Stevens and Solange, now the Ghana-raised, Californian troubadour brings his widened spectrum of ‘bedroom’ music to lift the ceiling off Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, expanding on a more elaborate production value and evocative sense of songwriting than previous performances.

THURSDAY 1 FEBRUARY 7.30PM Moses Sumney with trio (U.S.A.) ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS $59

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THE NECKS

COLIN HAY ‘FIERCE MERCY TOUR 2018’

The Necks are one of the great cult bands of Australia. Chris Abrahams (piano), Tony Buck (drums), and Lloyd Swanton (bass) conjure a chemistry together that defies description in orthodox terms. Featuring lengthy pieces which slowly unravel in the most mesmerising fashion and frequently underpinned by an insistent deep groove, the 18 albums by The Necks stand up to re-listening time and time again. 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. Melbourne Recital Centre is delighted to welcome back The Necks for their third live iteration in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall.

Colin Hay returns to Australia with his U.S. band — a veritable smorgasbord of international flavours. Featuring Cuban, San Miguel Perez on guitar and tres with fellow Cuban Yosmel Montejo on bass, Scheila Gonzalez on keyboard, flute and sax, Cecilia Noel on percussion and vocals and Jimmy Branly on drums. Colin’s latest album, Fierce Mercy, finds him at the top of his game. Alongside the thoughtful storytelling in his songs, Hay’s shows are peppered with hilarious anecdotes from his, often surreal, experiences in the world of rock music.

FRIDAY 9 FEBRUARY 7.30PM The Necks ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS $55 ON SALE 6 NOVEMBER

SAT URDAY 10 FEBRUARY 7.30PM Colin Hay vocals/guitar ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $85 Presented by Lazy Eye

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MALI

PERFUME GENIUS

TINARIWEN

Pop provocateur Perfume Genius has evolved into a formidable force of summoning songs that are deeply vulnerable and achingly confessional. His pop smarts and sonic innovation is a primal scream that empowers and enthralls. Stretching the outmost corners of the human psyche, his soft, tender balladry turns hauntingly dark. Often exploring subjects such as sexuality, homophobia and domestic abuse, singer/songwriter Mike Hadreas aka Perfume Genius, draws on influences from PJ Harvey and Liz Phair, combining poetic honesty with brutally contrasting sounds. Dubbed as ‘pure decadence’ (Pitchfork) Pefume Genius’ newest album No Shape is his most realised yet, a tender transcendental protest record of love and devotion.

The desert is resilient and strong, and the people are gentle giants among the sand, storms and sun. For Saharan blues band Tinariwen, the desert is their home, and their hypnotic and electrifying guitar rock reflects complex realities of their home base in North West Africa. Founded in the 1980s in Tureg camps in Libya and exposed to western music they deliver songs imbued with aching beauty and lonesome poetry. Their music was bootlegged and traded around the region, earning them a devout following and after travelling for ten years join these weary world soldiers as they make their way to Elisabeth Murdoch Hall for a night of achingly beautiful desert rock.

FRIDAY 9 MARCH 8PM

WEDNESDAY 14 MARCH 7.30PM

Perfume Genius (U.S.A.)

Tinariwen (Mali)

ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS $59 ON SALE 6 NOVEMBER

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JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ Swedish singer-songwriter and modern day heartbreaker José González brings his inspired indie folk renaissance to Melbourne Recital Centre across two huge evenings of solo performance. The fingerpicking balladeer first gained attention with his cover of the Knife’s ‘Heartbeats’ and sparse renditions of Joy Division and Massive Attack following the stylings of Elliott Smith and Nick Drake. He’s the master of meditative, pattering percussion and subtle vocal swells mingled with bossa nova flair that time over displays his song-craft and folk sensibilities as a leading artist of his craft. Where Veneer and In Our Nature, might have sounded sparse and barren in parts, José’s latest album Vestiges & Claws has an altogether new feeling to it, at once warmer and darker than before. This time he’s found inspiration in sprawling ‘70s Brazilian productions, American folk rock and West African desert blues. His raw and intimate voice has been leaving Australian audiences aching for more with each passing visit and now finally makes his debut appearance within the acoustically perfect surrounds of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall.

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MONDAY 2 & T UESDAY 3 APRIL 7.30PM José González vocals/guitar (Sweden) ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $65

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JAZZ Showcasing Australia’s diverse and vibrant jazz scene.

Brazil’s Modern Poets Melbourne band Panorama Brasil turns their focus to the great lyricists of Brazil. From the earliest days of samba, Brazil has produced lyricists capable of social insight, cutting wit and subtle beauty. From the protest songs of the dictatorship eras, to the intimacy of bossa nova, Panorama Brasil presents incredible songs from some of Brazil’s greatest modern poets including Chico Buarque, Fernando Brant, Vinicius de Moraes and Edu Lobo. WEDNESDAY 31 JANUARY 7PM Panorama Brasil Alda Rezende vocals

Three Shades of Blue featuring Kristin Berardi

Reflections

Three Shades Blue is a blues/roots band featuring Kristin Berardi (vocals), Dave McGuire (guitar) and Joel Gregory (double bass). The trio formed when they were students at the Queensland Conservatorium in early 2000. Over 10 years later they have reformed. Expect a celebration of song and friendship with music ranging from old school blues to sublime acoustic folk.

Genre-defying vocalist Tom Barton unveils a suite of adventurous new musical compositions exploring modern jazz, poetry, improvisation, live looping and electronics. Performed by a debut ensemble, the music reflects on the psychology and philosophy of life and loss. Featuring contemporary jazz improvisation, extended vocal techniques and live electronic looping and effects processing, Tom’s music is adventurous, philosophical and profound.

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FRIDAY 9 FEBRUARY 7PM

Three Shades Blue

Tom Barton vocals/live looping/effects Nathan Liow piano Martin Holoubek acoustic bass Justin Olsson drums/electronic percussion

A Tale of Love & Death

Variations on a Massacre

Django’s Legacy

Zulya and The Children of the Underground perform exquisite original music. Inspired by lead singer Zulya’s Tatar and Russian heritage and her interest in the fairy-tale world of storytelling and riddles, this is intriguing contemporary music with a twist. Poignant and beautiful, mysterious and macabre, Zulya’s smouldering vocals are superbly supported by accordion, clarinet, guitar, double bass and percussion — contemporary music with an intriguing twist.

Expatriate Matthew Sheens has made impressive progress after moving to New York just a few years ago, after winning an APRA/AMCOS Professional Development Award and Downbeat Student Award. This concert showcases his latest original works, Variations on a Massacre, based on a series of musical observations since living in the U.S.A. after the rise of Trump and the far right. The music involves extended form work with improvisations.

Ultrafox present an evening of swinging gypsy style jazz in the classic Hot Club of France tradition. With years of performing experience Ultrafox combines the muscular driving rhythm of the Manouche and lyricism of Hot Jazz to tender ballads, waltzes and their own compositions. Featuring Peter Baylor on guitar, Esther Henderson on violin and Julie O’Hara on vocals the band pays tribute to the music of the gypsy legend, Django Reinhardt and imbue it with their own personal stamp.

FRIDAY 16 FEBRUARY 7PM

THURSDAY 1 MARCH 7PM

Zulya and The Children of the Underground

Matthew Sheens piano Gian Slater vocals Sam Anning double bass Tim Firth drums

FRIDAY 2 MARCH 7PM Ultrafox

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Everything It Could Be Everything It Could Be is the result of the long-time collaboration between Kennedy Snow, Melbourne drummer and composer Sonja Horbelt, and acclaimed soul and jazz vocalist Nina Ferro – who has returned to Australia after a decade in London. This current body of songs sees the quintet project expand to encompass all the lush and beauty of more textural ballad arrangements featuring a string quartet, but also stretch out to encompass a broad range of styles from jazz to neo-soul and R&B.

Tony Gould & Ben Robertson Duo Pianist Tony Gould and Ben Robertson (double bass) are regarded as two of Australia’s greatest musicians, noted especially for their remarkable ability to improvise and create the most exquisite spontaneous creations. Tony and Ben improvise on the classical, jazz and traditional folk music and new works which they will premiere.

The Outsiders The Outsiders, written by Ross McHenry, brings together three leading musicians to perform an extended suite of new music that explores the idea of a collision between geography and cultural identity. The Outsiders is dynamic trio jazz from the perspective of three forward thinking musicians who although steeped in the jazz tradition are not bound by jazz influences alone. THURSDAY 29 MARCH 7PM

FRIDAY 9 MARCH 7PM Sonja Horbelt drums Nina Ferro vocals Kellie Santin saxophones Kim May electric bass Bob Sedergreen piano

FRIDAY 23 MARCH 7PM

Mixed Reckoning

Audrey Powne Quartet

Ricochet is a sound art group developed in 2013 out of the Melbourne free improvisation movement. Their music is constructed as a long form improvisation, most often directed and moulded by communal restrictions or concepts. Mixed Reckoning is an improvised piece in 12 short movements inspired by Japanese 'haiku.' Conceptually grounded in the seasons of Australia, the work also takes cues from Steve Reich and Korean philosophy.

Trumpeter/vocalist Audrey Powne performs with her quartet of the finest emerging young jazz musicians. Performing her original songs inspired by jazz standards and crooners, Powne breathes new life into this style for a new generation with lyrics exploring modern relationships and melodies which draw upon contemporary R&B and jazz traditions alike.

THURSDAY 12 APRIL 7PM

Audrey Powne Quartet

Tony Gould piano Ben Robertson double bass

FRIDAY 13 APRIL 7PM

Ricochet

Ross McHenry electric bass Myele Manzanza drums Matthew Sheens piano

The Art & Beauty of Deep Listening Deep listening is an Aboriginal concept that describes a deep contemplative process of listening to one another in reciprocal relationships. In the context of musical creation, it allows the musician to respond to his or her immediate environment and other artistic input without distraction. Join the talented and highly charismatic jazz pianist, Sedergreen, Michael Jordan (drums/ percussion) and Ron Murray (didgeridoo/ storytelling) as they draw from their surrounds and each other for a concert of jazz improvisation. SATURDAY 14 APRIL 7PM Deep Listening Trio

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The Alexander Nettelbeck Trio

Lullaby Project

Emma Pask

Since its inception in 2009, the Alexander Nettelbeck Trio has captivated audiences with their energetic and eclectic style of jazz. Here Today is the latest release and second album from the Melbourne-based ensemble of composer/pianist Alexander Nettelbeck, bassist Jonathon Zion and drummer Simone White. A melding of disciplines from avant-garde and classical to funk and jungle, the Trio and its music breathe with the unity of a single body, highlighting the inexplicable connection between human and sound, musician and expression.

Contemporary pianist/composer Nat Bartsch’s recent emergence as a solo artist has been met with much acclaim, blending both improvisation and lyrical post classical composition. Since becoming a mother in 2017, Bartsch has turned her hand to the composition of lullabies. Influenced by music and medicine and music therapy research, her lullaby project is intended for babies and young children as well as music loving parents.

‘The greatest gift to Australian jazz vocals in the last decade’ is how James Morrison, Australia’s most awarded jazzman, describes Emma Pask. Now the award-winning Australian vocalist is bringing her original voice and style to a performance of timeless swinging jazz standards, upbeat Latin rhythms, original material and tender ballads.

THURSDAY 26 APRIL 7PM

SAT URDAY 26 MAY 4PM & 7PM Emma Pask vocals

FRIDAY 18 MAY 11AM & 7PM Natalie Bartsch piano

Alexander Nettelbeck Trio

The Company of Pianos with Luke Howard Established by pianist/composer Andrea Keller in 2014, The Company of Pianos sees Keller and Australia’s most prominent and celebrated jazz pianists collaborate in this rare and exciting setting. Keller is joined by enthralling pianist and composer Luke Howard. Meeting for the first time in concert, the two present a selection of their original works reimagined in a two-piano setting.

Bach Project 2017 Australian Jazz Bell Award recipient Michelle Nicolle and her quartet of 20 years bring their celebrated approach to the meeting of two musical worlds – jazz and classical, with beautiful songs performed under the spell of the great composer J.S. Bach. SAT URDAY 23 J UNE 7PM Michelle Nicolle Quartet

THURSDAY 21 J UNE 7PM

Both Sides Now: The Music of Joni Mitchell The music of Joni Mitchell has long etched itself into the hearts of people world-wide. The Clancye Milne Octet have carefully selected a collection of her most loved compositions and re-imagined them for jazz octet. Enhancing the harmony and augmenting the instrumental colours, the group use Mitchell’s pieces, as a platform for connection, expression and improvisation. FRIDAY 13 J ULY 7PM

Andrea Keller & Luke Howard piano

Clancye Milne Octet

December Dance Suite Bob Sedergreen’s high regard and position in Australian music is unquestionable. His impact and influence in performance, composition and education for over half a century has secured his place as a national treasure. This concert celebrates Bob’s 60th year of music making. Written by Bob in the

1980s at a time when he was lecturing in Jazz at the VCA, the December Dance Suite moves through a wide spectrum of influences and instrumentations. FRIDAY 3 AUG US T 7PM Bob Sedergreen piano/cornet

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Hearing the Blood

Blonde

Trio Music: Reimagined

Featuring the very finest improvising musicians in Australia, pianist Barney McAll and his worthy constituents takes you on a journey of spirit music and lyricism. Barney has performed with a veritable who’s who of international jazz artists over the last 20 years living in New York City and has distilled his experience and vision into his newest recording Hearing the Blood.

Acclaimed Australian jazz vocalist Tamara Kuldin pays homage to those illustrious Blonde vocalists, visionaries and vixens of song, seamlessly traversing genres with her own sultry, warm and intoxicating arrangements. From sweethearts of the silver screen, blues sirens to pop songbirds, this is a stunning celebration of cult classics and contemporary favourites.

Trio ensemble Refraction melds the various colours of contemporary jazz composition and improvisation together into a compelling musical soundscape. Lead by drummer Chris Broomhead, Brenton Foster (piano) and Jordan Tarento (double bass), this special performance features compositions from their third release Reimagined in conjunction with the premiere of new pieces, both of which further their vision of the piano trio.

FRIDAY 24 AUG US T 7PM

SAT URDAY 25 AUG US T 7PM

Theo Carbo guitar Barney McAll piano Sam Anning bass Leigh Fisher drums Julien Wilson saxophone

Tamara Kuldin vocals

Beware The Weathermakers

Women in Jazz

Wayfinders is an all-acoustic, improvising ensemble that explores the nexus between improvised music and folk traditions; both sacred and secular. The latest project of drummer/composer Ronny Ferella, the trio shares many years playing music together. Wayfinders were the ancient Polynesian navigators who used the signs of nature to guide them on their sea journeys. It is this deep sense of touch and oneness with one’s environment that Wayfinders hope to communicate.

From the early evolution of jazz, women have overcome significant obstacles to help shape the sound of jazz with their songs. Jackie Bornstein brings her rich and emotive vocals to these compositions which are some of the most moving songs in the jazz repertoire. With her top band, Jackie will share the music and stories of female composers and lyricists including Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Bernice Petkere, Dorothy Fields and more. THURSDAY 25 OCTOBER 7PM

THURSDAY 27 SEP TEMBER 6PM Wayfinders

Creatures at the Crossroads

FRIDAY 14 SEP TEMBER 7PM Refraction

Andrea Keller with Sandy Evans A rare opportunity to experience the enthralling improvisations and compositions of two of Australia’s leading female jazz musicians. Since the late ’90s Sandy Evans and Andrea Keller have performed together intermittently in various collaborations. This, their first concert in an intimate duo setting, promises to be a highlight. THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 7PM Sandy Evans saxophone Andrea Keller piano

Jackie Bornstein voice Angela Davis saxophone Craig Fermanis guitar Tamara Murphy bass Danny Fischer drums Singer Gian Slater collaborated with the Silo String Quartet to present songs from her 2008 release Creatures at the Crossroads. Gian recorded the album with pianist Will Poskitt, who tragically passed away shortly after the recording. The album was inspired by the art song tradition and explores ideas of freedom and limitation, reflecting upon the struggle to find a balance between the

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necessities, responsibilities and passions in our lives. For this concert, Slater and Silo String celebrate the 10th anniversary of the album and honour the memory of a beloved friend and musician. FRIDAY 2 NOVEMBER 7PM Gian Slater vocals Silo String Quartet

AN EVENING WITH DEVA PREMAL & MITEN WITH MANOSE

Deva Premal and Miten with Manose offer a special evening of inspiring chants and music. Their chants offer something of a musical balm to calm the nerves and nourish the spirit. Deva and Miten began their journey into love, music and meditation in 1990 when they met at an Ashram in India while studying meditation. Since then they have committed themselves to a nomadic existence, intent on sharing a life carried on the wings of these powerful healing formulas, known to the world as Mantra. Deva and Miten have released a string of CDs since their first, The Essence, in 1998, which rocketed to the top of the Alternative music charts around the world. Their annual world tour, which includes around 25 countries annually, attracts thousands of devotees. SUNDAY 28 JANUARY 7.30PM Deva Premal vocals/keyboard Miten vocals/guitar Manose flute/voice/percussion ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS $55/$45 Presented by Chris Hooper Promotions

HOW TO LIVE BETTER LONGER (WITHOUT REALLY TRYING) An Evening of Sex, Drugs and Overeating with Dr Chris and Dr Xand van Tulleken. Over the course of the evening Chris and Xand will examine how it’s possible to get the most out of ourselves, addressing a question that has troubled the great thinkers of the ages through all of time: ‘what can I get away with?’ Their answers come from their own work as doctors and scientists at Oxford, Harvard and University College London — as well as the swamp forests of the Congo, Malaysian religious rituals, hallucinogens from the Amazon, naked swimming in the Arctic Ocean and work in refugee camps and war zones. The evening features slides, video clips, probably an unscripted argument between the brothers and at least one tastefully composed nude picture. Leave the kids at home. Dr Chris and Dr Xand van Tulleken are doctors, researchers, parents and TV presenters. They have won two BAFTAs for their popular children’s series, Operation Ouch. WEDNESDAY 31 JANUARY 7.30PM ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS $95/$79 Presented by Andrew Kay & Associates

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New Zealand’s first lady of stage and screen, Jennifer Ward-Lealand, pays tribute to the legendary actress and singer Marlene Dietrich, in Falling in Love Again.

FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN

This acclaimed show was devised in collaboration with musical director and pianist Grant Winterburn. Singing highlights from Miss Dietrich’s films, concerts and recordings, Jennifer features songs by Cole Porter, Edith Piaf, Frederic Hollander and Pete Seeger. Jennifer and Grant are joined by bass player Aaron Coddel. Beautifully lit by lighting designer Andrew Malmo, and featuring an exquisite recreation of one of Dietrich’s famous gowns, this production vividly captures the timeless style and glamour of an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age. WEDNESDAY 1 AUG US T 7.30PM Jennifer Ward-Lealand vocals Aaron Coddel bass Grant Winterburn piano ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS $75 ($65 CONCES SION) Presented by Andrew McKinnon Presentations

VCE SEASON OF EXCELLENCE 2018 The VCE Season of Excellence is a five-month arts festival showcasing outstanding senior secondary student work from Victorian schools. ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $16.50

Top Class Dance 2018

Top Class Music 2018

THURSDAY 1 MARCH 10.30AM & 2PM

T UESDAY 6 MARCH 10.30AM, 2PM & 6PM

Top Class Dance presents the beauty, energy and passion of dance. Enjoy a range of VET Dance styles and both VCE Dance Technique and Composition solos. Compered by Chief Assessors, the concerts provide examples of top performing students and insights into preparing for VCE performance examinations.

Top Class Music features incredible young students who received very high grades for their VCE performance examinations in 2017. Compered by Assessors and the VCAA’s Curriculum Manager for the Performing Arts, the concerts 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.

Presented by the Victorian Curriculum & Assessment Authority

Melbourne Recital Centre is delighted to provide a platform for schools to showcase their talented primary and secondary performing arts students in a sophisticated professional venue. School performance activities generally occur in August and September. Check the website and brochures closer to the time. The Centre also hosts events from world music concerts to stand-up comedy presented by Melbourne’s diverse communities. If your school or community group needs a superb venue for a performing arts event, please visit melbournerecital.com.au/present for more information. 44

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ST DAVID'S DAY CONCERT

Join the Victoria Welsh Choir’s celebration of the rich Welsh musical tradition with a sparkling array of guests from Wales. Hear the glorious tenor voices of Welsh super stars Rhys Meirion and Aled Wyn Davies of The Three Welsh Tenors fame, who will be singing solo and with the choir. Also on stage will be one of Wales’ most distinguished conductors, Ilid Anne Jones, who will share the conductor’s podium with the incomparable Faleiry Koczkar OAM, when the choir sings a traditional Welsh repertoire of beautiful four-part male harmony. A night of laughter and joy for all lovers of Wales’ musical heritage.

FRIDAY 2 MARCH 7.30PM Aled Wyn Davies tenor Rhys Meirion tenor Ilid Anne Jones conductor Faleiry Koczkar OAM conductor Victoria Welsh Choir ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $40 Presented by Victoria Welsh Choir

AUSTRALIAN GIRLS CHOIR IN CONCERT

You will be stunned by the exquisite singing, impressed by their dazzling dance steps and moved by the passionate performance of the Australian Girls Choir (AGC). Like no other choir you’ve seen before, these girls perform with vibrancy and energy which is how they have sung their way into the hearts of thousands of people worldwide. This enchanting performance will take you on a musical journey featuring varied and entertaining repertoire. SAT URDAY 18 AUG US T 5PM Australian Girls Choir ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS $50 Presented by Australian Girls Choir

CHRISTMAS WITH THE AUSTRALIAN BOYS CHOIR ‘Gloria in excelsis’ is the archetypal hymn of worship, and because it is believed to be the song of the angels announcing the birth of the Messiah, it is intrinsic to the celebration of Christmas. Vivaldi’s great setting forms the centrepiece of the Australian Boys Choir’s 2018 tribute to that wonderful festival. The boys may not always act like angels, but they certainly sing like them!

SUNDAY 16 DECEMBER 3PM The Australian Boys Choir The Vocal Consort Training choirs of the Australian Boys Choral Institute ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS FROM $50 Presented by Australian Boys Choral Institute

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ARTIST-INRESIDENCE

In 2018 we welcome internationally acclaimed recorder virtuoso and artistic director Genevieve Lacey as our Artist-in-Residence. She has not only reinvented the way we think about the recorder, but has also emerged as a cultural and creative leader in this country, with a deep engagement with indigenous musicians, with improvisation and site-specific works, as a commissioner of new works, and as a dynamic festival director. Genevieve communicates her passion with a quiet authority, drawing us deeply into her passionate soul. We look forward to having her with us in 2018 for a year of musical conversations. Our Writer in Residence program continues in 2018 with a new partnership with the Emerging Writers Festival. Throughout the year, three writers will create new pieces in response to works at Melbourne Recital Centre. Playful, provocative, poetic – these writers strive not simply to critique, but rather to take the work they see as a leaping-off point to give us a new interpretation or another layer of meaning.

GENEVIEVE LACEY

LEARNING & ACCESS From Music Play, our annual children’s music festival, to Music Always, our aged-care initiative; from regional touring to Share the Music, our ticket and transport subsidy; from workshops and master classes to competitions and lectures – Melbourne Recital Centre is proud to present a rich program of activities to engage the imaginations of all Victorians no matter how young or how old. Through the generous support of many donors, foundations and sponsors, we are able to support a wide range of activities free of charge, and invite all Victorians to share our joy in music making. For more information visit melbournerecital.com.au 46

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FOOD & BEVERAGE Foyer Bars Serving wine, beers and other beverages, plus light snacks and sandwiches, our Foyer Bars are the perfect place to relax before the show or during interval. The foyer bars are open for all Elisabeth Murdoch Hall events, as well as before selected events in the Salon.

Bar Blondie, situated next to Melbourne Recital Centre, offers an exciting menu inspired by Asian cuisine. Blondie provides an interesting mix of Australian and European wines, carefully selected craft beer, 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.

ACCESSIBILITY

Melbourne Recital Centre is committed to universal access. We offer a range of services and facilities to ensure our concerts and events are accessible for everyone.

Lifts, Escalators & Stairs

Tactile Tours

Lift access is available on the East side of the ground floor foyer from the Southbank Boulevard entrance and travels to all levels of the building. Escalator access is located in the centre of the ground floor foyer and travels to Level 1. The Grand Staircase is located on the West side of the ground floor foyer and is adjacent to the escalator. The Staircase leads to Level 1 for foyer access and seating in the stalls of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (Doors 1—3). From there, the staircase continues along the East side of the building to Level 2 for access to the foyer and seating in the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall Circle (Doors 4—6).

Accessible Toilets

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

Hearing Assistance

Visitors with a hearing impairment can use the Centre’s hearing loop. Switch your hearing aid to the ‘T’ position to access the service.

The Centre offers tactile tours for both private groups and school groups through our Learning & Access program.

Wheelchair and Mobility Access Seating for wheelchair and mobility aid users is available in both Elisabeth Murdoch Hall and the Salon.

Signage

For visitors with vision impairment, key service signs throughout the Centre are displayed in Braille.

Assistance Animals

The Centre welcomes all visitors with assistance animals (such as Guide Dogs) certified by a registered authority. If you are attending an event with an assistance animal, please contact our Ticketing Services team in advance of your visit by calling 03 9699 3333 during business hours or emailing boxoffice@melbournerecital.com.au

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Accessible car spaces are available throughout Southbank, including Arts Centre Melbourne and on Dodds Street opposite the Malthouse Theatre.

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The Centre accepts the Companion Card. To book a companion card ticket please visit the box office or call the Ticketing Services team during business hours on 03 9699 3333. If you have any questions about access at Melbourne Recital Centre, please call 03 9699 3333 during business hours or email boxoffice@melbournerecital.com.au

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TALKING ABOUT MUSIC Melbourne Recital Centre is a place of discovery and enrichment. Simply experiencing a live performance reveals new insights, details you might never have noticed and the chance to watch the performer or ensemble react to the music and each other. If you want to go deeper into what makes music work or the effect it has, Melbourne Recital Centre regularly presents informative and entertaining talks and master classes. THE NECKS IN CONVERSATION

Master Classes In 2018 we present a series of revelatory master classes that allow you to discover more about the music you love. 5 M A RCH

With Sabine Meyer (clarinet)* 10 A PRIL

With James Ehnes (violin)⁰ 30 M AY

The University of Melbourne is Melbourne Recital Centre’s Learning Partner, collaborating on research, teaching and learning and engagement activities. Consolidating existing collaborative events that feature Victorian College of the Arts/Melbourne Conservatorium of Music students and faculty like Music on the Mind and master classes, the partnership is establishing new directions in cultural impact research, innovative learning opportunities for students through internships, mentoring and co-teaching and making the most of the co-location of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music with the Centre at the Ian Potter Southbank Centre from 2019. These interactions are designed to open up a world of possibilities for young musicians and place music at the heart of Melbourne’s Arts Precinct at Southbank.

With Thomas Hampson (baritone)⁰

Let’s Talk Proms!

20 J UNE

FRIDAY 23 MARCH 11AM

With Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)+ 22 O C TOBER

With Tasmin Little (violin)⁰ 5 DECEMBER

With Ksenija Sidorova (accordion)⁰ * Presented with Musica Viva + Presented with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra ° Supported by The Langham Melbourne and Ensemble Giovane

Pre-Concert Talks Join musicians and musicologists for 30-minute illustrated talks before each Great Performers concerts and selected performances throughout the year. Your hosts will guide you through the music you’re about to hear, pointing out what to listen for and providing historical and social contexts for the works. The Centre’s resident companies such as Australian Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Musica Viva also schedule pre-concert talks.

Meet the stars of this year’s MSO Proms series, and take the chance to engage with them as they reflect on their careers, talk about their creative lives, and outline the programs you can hear during the week’s musical extravaganza that is ‘The Proms’! SALON | TICKE TS $10

MSO’s Ears Wide Open Conductor and educator Richard Gill with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra unpacks the classics in fascinating concert-lectures. Gill’s infectious enthusiasm and wisdom makes these voyages of discovery as delightful as they are enlightening. See page 11 for details. ELISABE TH MURDOCH HALL TICKE TS $29 SE ASON PACK AGES $78 Presented by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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Music on the Mind Music on the Mind investigates the power of music and its relation to social wellbeing, participation, learning and development as well as the role music plays in our contemporary communities. Presented in association with the Music, Mind & Well-being initiative at The University of Melbourne and supported by The Ian Potter Foundation.

Musical Explorations Explore the past, present and future of music and the techniques and ideas that shape it in a series of illustrated talks presented by experts and musicians performing live. Interactive and insightful, Melbourne Recital Centre’s Musical Explorations series is designed to spark a conversation.

In Conversation Engage with some of the world’s most innovative contemporary performers in a series of intimate conversations. Showcasing artists performing at the Centre, In Conversation is your chance to discover their creative drives and inspirations. In Conversation artists will be announced in early 2018. Subscribe to our eNews to stay informed. MUSIC ON THE MIND, MUSICAL E XPLOR ATIONS & IN CONVERSATION TICKE TS $10

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INDEX Acacia Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p20

Genevieve Lacey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p46

Panorama Brasil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p39

Accademia Aracadia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p20

Geoffrey Saba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p26

Paul Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p17

ACO Collective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p14

Gian Slater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p42

Penny Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p22 & p33

Alexander Nettelbeck Trio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p41

Giocoso String Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p23

Perfume Genius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p38

Alliage Quintett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p23

Godspeed You! Black Emperor . . . . . . . . . . . p36

Peter de Jager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p32

Andrea Keller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p41 & p42

Goldner String Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p18

Piers Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p17

Andrey Gugnin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p23

Hoang Pham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p27

PLEXUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p19

Anja & Zlatna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p20

Horsley & Williams Duo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p21

Quartz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p22

Arcadia Winds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p20

Inventi Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p21 & p31

Ray Chen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p23

Ashley Hribar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p28

Ioana Cristina Goicea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p23

Refraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p42

Audrey Powne Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p40

Jackie Bornstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p42

Regurgitator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p31

Auncient Hermony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p28

James Ehnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p16

Ricochet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p40

Australian Boys Choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p45

Jennifer Ward-Lealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p44

Rubiks Collective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p33

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra . . . . . p06

Joe Chindamo & Zoë Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p21

Sabine Meyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p23

Australian Brass Quintet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p23

Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI & Tembembe Ensamble Continuo . . . . . . . . . p05

Sandy Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p42

Australian Chamber Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . p07 Australian Girls Choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p45

José Carbó . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p15

Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p08 & p12

José González . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p38

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p09

Julie Byrne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p36

Australian String Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p24

Karin Schaupp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p23

Avi Avital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p23 Aviva Endean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p32 Ayse Göknur Shanal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p28 Benaud Trio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p18 Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio . . p23 Bob Sedergreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p41 Borodin Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p23 Brown & Breen Piano Duo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p28 Clancye Milne Octet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p41 Colin Hay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p37 Continuo Collective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p20 Corpus Medicorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p13 David Fung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p26 David Helfgott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p27

Joyce Yang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p23 Julien Quentin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p23 KIAZMA Piano Duo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p18 Kristian Chong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p21 & p26 Ksenija Sidorova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p17 Latitude 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p21 & p23 Leslie Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p17 Lisa Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p26 Ludovico’s Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p19 Luke Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p41 Markiyan & Oksana Melnychenko . . . . . . p21 Matthew Sheens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p39 Matthias Schack-Arnott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p32 Measha Brueggergosman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p16 Melb International Chamber Music Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P25

Deep Listening Trio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p40

Melbourne Bach Choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p30

Deva Premal & Miten with Manose . . . . . . p43

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . p10

Dr Chris & Xand van Tulleken . . . . . . . . . . . . p43

Melbourne Guitar Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p22

Duo Chamber Melange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p20

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra . . p11 & p32

ELISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p32

Melbourne Youth Orchestras . . . . . . . . . . . . . p13

Emma Pask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p41

Michelle Nicolle Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p41

Ensemble Gombert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p20

Moses Sumney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p37

Ensemble Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p18 & p23

Mount Eerie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p36

Ensemble Sacamano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p28

Natalie Bartsch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p41

Ensemble Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p20

Nelson Freire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p16

Erin Helyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p15

Nexas Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p28

Evergreen Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p20

Orava Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p19

Fidelio Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p25

Ossicle Duo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p28

Saray Iluminado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p28 Seraphim Trio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p19 Silo String Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p42 Songmakers Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p22 Sonya Lifschitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p26 Stephen McIntyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p26 Stiletto Sisters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p22 Stuart Skelton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p17 Sumi Jo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p15 Syzygy Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p22 Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . p23 Tamara Kuldin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p42 Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra . . . . . . . . . p14 Tasmin Little . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p17 Teeny Tiny Stevies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p31 The Married Flutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p28 The Necks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p37 The Parlour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p22 Thomas Hampson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p16 Three Shades Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p39 Tinariwen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p38 Tom Barton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p39 Tristan Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p28 Ultrafox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p39 Umberto Clerici . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p23 Vardos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p22 Victoria Welsh Choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p45 Vivica Genaux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p15 Wayfinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p42 Yiyun Gu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p28 Yu Kosuge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p27 Zulya and The Children of the Underground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p39

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