Tempo Rubato: Resonate and Ring

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
A rare chance to hear some of the fascinating chamber works for baryton live, performed with their intended instrumentation. The magnificent baryton, similar to a bass viol but with an extra course of metal sympathetic strings, was an extraordinary instrument much favoured by Haydn's longtime employer, Prince Esterhazy. Haydn composed…

Tempo Rubato: Knighton, Melville & Piper – The Village Square

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Evocative, enchanting and above all, human, The The Village Square combines live music performance and storytelling. Set in an imagined town some years ago (as all good fairy tales are), The Village Square presents stories of love and loss, misfortune and mirth, the graceful and grotesque. The soundtrack quality of…

Tempo Rubato: In Stillness, We Dance

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Be moved by dances of devotion in this concert from Jenny Lu (piano) and James Littlewood (bass trombone). Their program, featuring works by Korngold, Kreisler and Joe Twist, is teeming with passion and yearning, and explores the sweet sorrow of star-crossed lovers in two musical interpretations of 'Romeo and Juliet'.…

Tempo Rubato: Rosemary Hodgson – Unmasked

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Unmasked is Rosemary Hodgson’s stunning new program of solo lute music from Jacobean England. The concert draws on three of the most significant manuscripts of the time, Jane Pickeringe, Margaret Board and ML lutebooks, all of which were owned and penned by 17th century women. They give a fascinating insight…

Tempo Rubato: Daniel Herscovitch – Brahms: Before and After

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
This program highlights one of Brahms's youthful masterpieces, together with a work by a composer who had a major influence on him, and then a work from a composer upon whom Brahms himself had a major influence.

Tempo Rubato: Işın Çakmakçıoğlu & Akemi Schubert

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Following their recent performance in Japan, violinist Işın Çakmakçıoğlu and pianist Akemi Schubert present Melbourne audiences an evening of dazzling sonatas by Bach, Beethoven and Prokofiev. The artists have been praised for their sensitivity and warmth, and appeared together in recitals, live to air broadcasts and various chamber music concerts.

Tempo Rubato: Imaginista Quartet with Chris Moore

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Bringing together four of this country's most sought-after chamber string players, Imaginista Quartet is an ensemble built upon a collective wealth of experience. They play on gut strings at A430. This concert features violist Chris Moore, who, after ten years as Principal Viola of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, now holds…

Flinders Quartet: 2025 Emerge Concert

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Flinders Quartet (FQ) is one of Australia’s most loved and respected chamber music ensembles, renowned for its dynamic performances and unwavering commitment to Australian music. Experience the future of Australian chamber music as FQ presents the 2025 Emerge concert - a celebration of composition rising stars, and upcoming musician talent.…

Tempo Rubato: Professor Good Trip

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Featuring existing works and a major new World Premiere, 'Professor Good Trip’ is a new collaborative project featuring pianist Alex Raineri with compositions and live electronics by Samantha Wolf. Wolf’s music has been extensively performed throughout Australia, Europe, UK, New Zealand, and the USA (where she is currently on the…