Event Series Crystalline Voices

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Crystalline Voices

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Timo-Veikko Valve (Tipi to his friends) left Helsinki 17 years ago to become Principal Cello of Australian Chamber Orchestra. Since then he’s continuously travelled across Australia and the globe delighting audiences on his 400 year old cello. For this project we welcome him as our guest curator, director and soloist.…

Musica Viva Australia: The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Every year on Christmas Eve listeners around the world tune in to hear The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge celebrate the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in a glorious display of the British choral tradition. Now this unique and precious sound returns to Australia. The Choir will perform soaring…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Ears Wide Open – Max Richter

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
What relevance does a 250-year-old piece of music have for a modern post-minimalist composer? Join presenter Nicholas Bochner and conductor Carlo Antonioli to find out how Max Richter incorporated and drew inspiration from the best bits of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons to create a reinvigorated version of a masterpiece.
Event Series Pekka Kuusisto & Gabriel Kahane

Musica Viva Australia: Pekka Kuusisto & Gabriel Kahane

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Pekka Kuusisto is an acclaimed violinist. Gabriel Kahane is a composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist. Both classically trained, both comfortable inside and outside the box, they wander those sometimes strange, sometimes quirky, but always beautiful borderlands where creativity thrives. They come together in a new collaboration, commissioned for recording and performance…
Event Series Mostly Mozart

Melbourne Recital Centre: Mostly Mozart – Magnificent Minor

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Two exceptional violinists – ANAM Head of Strings Sophie Rowell and Polish violinist Jakub Jakowicz – direct ANAM musicians in two works of imperishable beauty. Johann Sebastian BACH Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043 Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K550 Sophie Rowell (ANAM Head…
Event Series Silence & Rapture

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Silence & Rapture

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Composing three centuries apart, Johann Sebastian Bach and Arvo Pärt’s timeless music speaks to the human soul. From rockstars and writers to artists and filmmakers, these composers are revered by music lovers across genres and generations. The last time the ACO performed their music together, it was a sell-out. Richard…
Event Series Blueprint

Flinders Quartet: Blueprint

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
“The more I play Beethoven, especially his symphonies and string quartets, the affinity as a teenager I felt for him as the unruly rebel in an old picture on my bedroom wall becomes an affinity with his uncompromising nature and the complete humanity of his composition. It’s always a special…
Event Series Silence & Rapture

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Silence & Rapture

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Composing three centuries apart, Johann Sebastian Bach and Arvo Pärt’s timeless music speaks to the human soul. From rockstars and writers to artists and filmmakers, these composers are revered by music lovers across genres and generations. The last time the ACO performed their music together, it was a sell-out. Richard…
Event Series Triple Treat

Selby & Friends: Triple Treat

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Beethoven once again features prominently in this incredibly diverse program featuring two of our favourite guest artists – Susie Park and Timo-Veikko Valve. The highlight of this program is a work that wowed audiences when programmed years ago – Beethoven’s virtuosic Triple Concerto in Reinecke’s stunning arrangement for piano trio.…
Event Series Triple Treat

Selby & Friends: Triple Treat

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Beethoven once again features prominently in this incredibly diverse program featuring two of our favourite guest artists – Susie Park and Timo-Veikko Valve. The highlight of this program is a work that wowed audiences when programmed years ago – Beethoven’s virtuosic Triple Concerto in Reinecke’s stunning arrangement for piano trio.…