I am excited to be teaming up with one of Australia’s most dynamic upcoming young conductors, Raymond Yong.  Together with the Kooyong Chamber Players, we will be performing Mozart’s ‘little gem’, the Piano Concerto No.12 in A, K.414.

Date: Sunday 28th March, 2010

Time: 3pm

Venue: Armadale Uniting Church, cnr High St and Kooyong Rd, Armadale.

Admission: $20 adult, $15 seniors, $5 children and school students.  Tickets available at the door.

Enquiries:  Please call 03 9646 5582. 

“Farid’s rapidly developing mastery … distinguishes him for all the right reasons.”  Melbourne Age

Amir Farid is acknowledged as one of Australia’s most significant emerging pianists. Recently graduated with distinction from the Royal College of Music in London, he returns for his first appearance with MCO in the Melbourne Recital Centre.

Date: Sunday 24th October, 2010

Time: 2.30pm

Venue: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, Victoria.

Program:

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Divertimento in F, K.138
• Richard Mills - Essay for strings (2010)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano concerto No.14 in E flat, K.449
• Antonín Dvořák - Serenade for strings in E, Op.22

Bookings:

• Phone: For single concert tickets, please call the Melbourne Recital Centre box office on 03 9699 3333.  For subscription packages, please call the MCO office 03 9650 3365.
• Online: Please visit www.melbournerecital.com.au.  For MCO subscription packages, please visit www.mco.org.au.

For more information, please click here to be taken to the relevant page on the MCO website.

To mark the Schumann bicentenary in 2010, Johannes Fritzsch and the MSO join Australian soloists for two major works celebrating the orchestral genius of a composer who gloried in the depiction of feeling and passion. Li-Wei, praised by the New York Times for his “meltingly beautiful tone, flawless intonation and an ironclad technique,” returns to Melbourne to play the ravishingly beautiful Cello Concerto, while Melbourne’s own Amir Farid is soloist in the rarely-heard Introduction and Allegro Appassionato, written when Schumann was under the spell of Byron’s storm-tossed poetry. These pieces are framed by masterworks which, in turn, inspired, and were inspired by Schumann’s achievements: Mendelssohn’s magnificent concert overture and the sunset glow of Brahms’ Symphony No. 3.

Date: Monday 9th August, 2010

Time: 6.30pm

Venue: Melbourne Town Hall, Cnr Swanston and Collins St, Melbourne.

Program:

• MENDELSSOHN Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage
• SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129
• SCHUMANN Introduction and Allegro appassionato
• BRAHMS Symphony No.3 in F major, Op.90

For bookings and more information, please click here to go directly to the relevant page on the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra website, or go to www.mso.com.au.

To mark the Schumann bicentenary in 2010, Johannes Fritzsch and the MSO join Australian soloists for two major works celebrating the orchestral genius of a composer who gloried in the depiction of feeling and passion. Li-Wei, praised by the New York Times for his “meltingly beautiful tone, flawless intonation and an ironclad technique,” returns to Melbourne to play the ravishingly beautiful Cello Concerto, while Melbourne’s own Amir Farid is soloist in the rarely-heard Introduction and Allegro Appassionato, written when Schumann was under the spell of Byron’s storm-tossed poetry. These pieces are framed by masterworks which, in turn, inspired, and were inspired by Schumann’s achievements: Mendelssohn’s magnificent concert overture and the sunset glow of Brahms’ Symphony No. 3.

Date: Saturday 7th August, 2010

Time: 2pm

Venue: Melbourne Town Hall, Cnr Swanston and Collins St, Melbourne.

Program:

• MENDELSSOHN Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage
• SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129
• SCHUMANN Introduction and Allegro appassionato
• BRAHMS Symphony No.3 in F major, Op.90

For bookings and more information, please click here to go directly to the relevant page on the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra website, or go to www.mso.com.au.

Following a successful partnership in 2009, cellist Zoe Knighton (of the Flinders Quartet) and Amir Farid will be teaming up once more to present a program of Argentinian Tango-inspired music for cello and piano.

Date: Sunday 23rd May, 2010

Time: 2pm

Venue: Rosanna Uniting Church, Arden Crescent, Rosanna, Victoria (Melway Ref 20 B12)

Admission (single concert):

• Adult: $22
• Concession (Seniors cardholder or pensioner): $17
• Student 16 and over: $10
• Student: $5

Subscriptions available for 5 or more concerts of the series.  Please click here to visit the Arden Crescent Concert Series website.

Bookings:

• By telephone: Please call Sylvia Tupper on 03 9457 2595.
• Pay at door: credit card, cheque or cash.

For more information, please visit http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ardenccs   

Afternoon tea available!

TWENTY FINGERS - TWO PIANOS

For this concert as part of the Arden Crescent Concert Series 2010, I am honoured to be teaming up with the dynamic David McNicol. 

Date: Sunday 21st March, 2010

Time: 2pm

Venue: Rosanna Uniting Church, Arden Crescent, Rosanna, Victoria (Melway Ref 20 B12)

Admission (single concert):

• Adult: $22
• Concession (Seniors cardholder or pensioner): $17
• Student 16 and over: $10
• Student: $5

Subscriptions available for 5 or more concerts of the series.  Please click here to visit the Arden Crescent Concert Series website.

Bookings:

• By telephone: Please call Sylvia Tupper on 03 9457 2595.
• Pay at door: credit card, cheque or cash.

For more information, please visit http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ardenccs   

Afternoon tea available!

‘One glance at Schubert’s Trio and the troubles of our human existence disappear and all the world is fresh and bright again’ — Robert Schumann

The first performance of Schubert’s Op.99 Trio was at an informal gathering of his friends - diary accounts recall much drinking, dancing and high spirits! Paul Shoenfield’s 1987 hit ‘Café Music’ was written with exactly this sort of merriment in mind. Combining elements of Viennese, gypsy and Broadway styles, Paul Schoenfield’s witty take on high class dinner music is a rollicking rollercoaster of musical fun.

Date: Saturday 27th November, 2010

Time: 6pm

Venue: The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, Victoria.

Admission: $35 ($25 concession) -  Special four concert subscription package availlable for $120 ($85 concession).

Bookings and Enquiries:

• In person: Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, Victoria.
• Online: www.melbournerecital.com.au
• By phone: Call the Melbourne Recital Centre box office on 03 9699 3333.
• By mail: return the booking form (pdf)
• Subscriptions can be purchased in person , or by calling the Box Office (not available online).

Mozart and Brahms both used formal structures to focus their immense creative energies. The Benaud Trio compare and contrast masterpieces by these two like-minded composers. While Mozart writes melodies that are elegant, uncomplicated and beautiful beyond words, Brahms’ Trio is sonorous, turbulent then triumphant, with a majesty that few others can match.

Date: Monday 16th August, 2010

Time: 6pm

Venue: The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, Victoria.

Admission: $35 ($25 concession) -  Special four concert subscription package availlable for $120 ($85 concession).

Bookings and Enquiries:

• In person: Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, Victoria.
• Online: www.melbournerecital.com.au
• By phone: Call the Melbourne Recital Centre box office on 03 9699 3333.
• By mail: return the booking form (pdf)
• Subscriptions can be purchased in person , or by calling the Box Office (not available online).

‘Music is an incredibly powerful resource whose spiritual potential is due for a huge revival’ — Ross Edwards

My Homeland celebrates composers who have responded creatively to their country. Ross Edwards has a distinct musical voice, his music deeply rooted in Australian culture and the sounds of its natural environment. Similarly, Smetana was one of the great bohemian nationalists of the 19th century. His music drips with the spirit and beautiful melodies of Czech folk music. Smetana’s Piano Trio is laced with gypsy fire but also tinged with deep pathos.

Date: Monday 17th May, 2010

Time: 6pm

Venue: The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, Victoria.

Admission: $35 ($25 concession) -  Special four concert subscription package availlable for $120 ($85 concession).

Bookings and Enquiries:

• In person: Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, Victoria.
• Online: www.melbournerecital.com.au
• By phone: Call the Melbourne Recital Centre box office on 03 9699 3333.
• By mail: return the booking form (pdf)
• Subscriptions can be purchased in person , or by calling the Box Office (not available online).

Composer Nicholas Buc is establishing a formidable reputation across a wide range of musical genres composing everything from major choral commissions, music for TV and film and arrangements for Tina Arena. ‘Trailer Music’ has been commissioned by the Benaud Trio after a string of infamous pop covers for the group. The new composition embraces Nick’s epic film score style in a one movement ‘tour-de-force’ for piano trio and is guaranteed to thrill audiences. This concert will conclude with Beethoven’s Archduke Trio which is grandiose in design yet noble in spirit and is one of the true blockbusters of the trio repertoire.

Date: Saturday 6th February, 2010

Time: 6pm (program will be repeated at 8pm)

Venue: The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, Victoria.

Program:

• Nicholas Buc - Trailer Music (2009) - World Premiere
• Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Trio in Bb, Op.97 ‘Archduke’

Admission: $35 ($25 concession) -  Special four concert subscription package availlable for $120 ($85 concession).

Bookings and Enquiries:

• In person: Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, Victoria.
• Online: www.melbournerecital.com.au
• By phone: Call the Melbourne Recital Centre box office on 03 9699 3333.
• By mail: return the booking form (pdf)
• Subscriptions can be purchased in person , or by calling the Box Office (not available online).