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    • Featured The Living Tradition

    Selby & Friends: The Living Tradition

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The 20th Season of Selby & Friends in its current format opens with a return of two special guests who wowed audiences two years ago – Alexandra Osborne and Clancy Newman. This dynamic duo joins Kathy for a concert comprising two works that pay tribute to an earlier popular tune…
    Featured The Living Tradition

    Selby & Friends: The Living Tradition

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The 20th Season of Selby & Friends in its current format opens with a return of two special guests who wowed audiences two years ago – Alexandra Osborne and Clancy Newman. This dynamic duo joins Kathy for a concert comprising two works that pay tribute to an earlier popular tune…

    • Doric String Quartet & Lloyd Van’t Hoff

    Musica Viva Australia: Doric String Quartet & Lloyd Van’t Hoff

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as ‘simply one of the best chamber music compositions of our time’ (Guardian). Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of its own, this major work for string quartet and basset clarinet was premiered in 2021 and has become…
    Italian Serenatas

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Italian Serenatas

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Step into the world of high style and high emotion as Italian baritone Renato Dolcini returns to the Brandenburg stage for a  journey through the heart of Baroque Italy. In this concert, music and drama converge as we travel through Naples, Rome, Venice, and Florence. Each city reveals a different…

    • Leila Josefowicz & John Novacek

    Musica Viva Australia: Leila Josefowicz & John Novacek

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Prepare to be kissed by a fairy, haunted by a dream and transformed by music when Canadian virtuoso violinist Leila Josefowicz and fellow-Canadian pianist John Novacek bring their fantastical tales and captivating sounds to tour Australia. Josefowicz and Novacek have been playing together since they were eight, and their enduring partnership…
    Under the Canopy

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Under the Canopy

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Experience the incredible James Crabb in a program that showcases the possibilities of the classical accordion. Renowned for his electrifying stage presence and interpretive depth, Crabb brings his unique flair to works by leading composers. From the ornate beauty of Rameau and the bold invention of CPE Bach, to Gubitsch’s…
    Under the Canopy

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Under the Canopy

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Experience the incredible James Crabb in a program that showcases the possibilities of the classical accordion. Renowned for his electrifying stage presence and interpretive depth, Crabb brings his unique flair to works by leading composers. From the ornate beauty of Rameau and the bold invention of CPE Bach, to Gubitsch’s…
    Featured From Romance to Reckoning

    Selby & Friends: From Romance to Reckoning

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    This concert opens with an extraordinary Suite by eight accomplished Australian composers from every state and territory. Entitled Fire Dances and commissioned by the ABC, it follows the distinctive voices from across the country to create a narrative arc that journeys through the trajectory of a bushfire, from the haze…
    Featured From Romance to Reckoning

    Selby & Friends: From Romance to Reckoning

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    This concert opens with an extraordinary Suite by eight accomplished Australian composers from every state and territory. Entitled Fire Dances and commissioned by the ABC, it follows the distinctive voices from across the country to create a narrative arc that journeys through the trajectory of a bushfire, from the haze…

    Ensemble Q: Ensemble Q with Ed le Brocq

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    From Mozart to Leunig - a journey through words, whimsy and the power of music. Ensemble Q Australia and ABC Classic’s Ed le Brocq bring words and music together in a program spanning Beethoven and Mozart to new works by Anne Cawrse and Calvin Bowman. Sonam & the Silence and…

    • Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford

    Musica Viva Australia: Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    In the intricate weave of sounds that make up a baroque ensemble, the lute is central. It’s fitting, then, that French-American lutenist Thomas Dunford is at the centre of some of the most exciting early music making of the moment. A regular collaborator with everyone from Les Arts Florissants to…
    Vivaldi’s Legacy

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Vivaldi’s Legacy

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    In this intimate and poetic program, acclaimed Paris-based violinist Augusta McKay Lodge makes her Australian debut as soloist and Guest Director, shining a light on one of Baroque music’s most fascinating and overlooked figures — Anna Maria della Pietà. A virtuoso who lived and performed at the Venetian orphanage where…