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    • Pieter Wispelwey with Piers Lane

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Pieter Wispelwey with Piers Lane – Night I

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Pieter Wispelwey and Piers Lane excavate hidden codes embedded within Soviet-era masterworks, framed by Benjamin Britten's First Cello Suite. Wispelwey, celebrated for his fearless interpretations, reveals how Britten's seemingly straightforward variations contain their own quiet revolutions. From the rebellious wit and restrained elegance of Sergei Prokofiev's Cello Sonata, composed during…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Handel & Bach

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    It’s the 1700s and you’re sipping a glass of champagne. Beautiful music is playing through the open air, and you listen to the instruments while cruising gently down the river with your friends. It’s a scene fit for a king, which is exactly why George Frideric Handel composed Water Music.…

    Omega Ensemble: Sirens

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Dark myths and twisted fantasies Opening with a world premiere from UK composer Anna Clyne performed by guest soloist Nico Fleury (Principal Horn, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra), Sirens drifts into the shadowed edges of imagination, where fantasy and nature take unexpected and alluring mythical forms. Bringing together an eclectic super-group of…

    • DuskLit

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: DuskLit

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Known for her expressive depth and brilliant technique — as well as her warm presence on ABC’s The Piano — Andrea Lam brings Mozart’s beloved Piano Concerto No 21 to life with elegance and joy. Mendelssohn’s sun-drenched Italian Symphony also shines, along with the premiere of a moving new work by Miriama Young, created…
    DuskLit

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: DuskLit

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Known for her expressive depth and brilliant technique — as well as her warm presence on ABC’s The Piano — Andrea Lam brings Mozart’s beloved Piano Concerto No 21 to life with elegance and joy. Mendelssohn’s sun-drenched Italian Symphony also shines, along with the premiere of a moving new work by Miriama Young, created…
    Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Pekka Kuusisto returns to the ACO after nearly a decade to direct music from four prodigious talents. Kuusisto is an artist unbound by convention, who embodies an artistic freedom that is unexpected and thrilling. As a renowned virtuoso and boundary-crossing composer, he pushes the limits of performance into exciting new…
    Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Pekka Kuusisto returns to the ACO after nearly a decade to direct music from four prodigious talents. Kuusisto is an artist unbound by convention, who embodies an artistic freedom that is unexpected and thrilling. As a renowned virtuoso and boundary-crossing composer, he pushes the limits of performance into exciting new…
    Paul Lewis – Mozart+

    Musica Viva Australia: Paul Lewis – Mozart+

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Acclaimed British concert pianist Paul Lewis is celebrated for his interpretations of the great piano works of Beethoven and Schubert. He now turns his laser-like focus and insightful musicianship to Mozart. When Paul Lewis puts Mozart under the microscope he discovers within the details an expansive universe of wonders. Explore with…
    Twilight Dialogues

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Twilight Dialogues

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    We draw our Chamber Season to a close with a deeply expressive program. Clarinettist David Griffiths joins us for Ian Munro’s Songs from the Bush, evoking the unique rhythms and cadences of the Australian landscape. The series concludes with one of the crown jewels of the chamber repertoire — Brahms’ Clarinet…
    Editor's Choice Voyager

    Australian String Quartet: Voyager

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Garth Knox’s Satellites opens Voyager with a kaleidoscopic exploration of sound and texture that expands the sonic possibilities of the string quartet. Bartók’s arresting String Quartet No.4, a tour de force of rhythmic energy, then takes you to a playground of Hungarian folk influences and raw emotion. Beethoven’s monumental String Quartet in B-flat Major,…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Night Music

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    When you commission a new work, you want everyone to have the chance to hear it. That’s why the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is touring the world premiere of Joe Chindamo’s Flute Concerto. It will feature under the hands of Australia’s charismatic flutist Eliza Shephard. Whether you appreciate an artist’s theatrical…

    • First Things First

    Selby & Friends: First Things First

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    This concert was especially requested by guest artists, Timo-Veikko Valve and Andrew Haveron – both principal leaders in two of Australia’s finest large ensembles. S&F is thrilled to have them both back again, especially in this blockbuster program dedicated to the chamber music of the mighty Johannes Brahms. Incredibly soulful,…