The dynamic Elandra Quartet and I will be teaming up once again for Schumann’s divine Piano Quintet in Eb.

Date: Sunday 26th September

Time: 3pm

Venue: St. Johns Southgate, 20 City Road, Southbank Victoria 3006

Admission: $25, $15 concession.  Available at the door.

Enquiries: Please phone 0414 244 810

In this Orchestra Victoria concert as part of the ‘Morning Melodies’ series at the Arts Centre, we will be presenting a program of Hollywood Classics, conducted by Melbourne’s very own Benjamin Northey.

One of these works will be the Rachmaninoff-inspired ‘Warsaw Concerto’ by Richard Addinsell, written as part of the soundtrack of the 40’s movie ‘Dangerous Moonlight’.  The makers of the film were hoping to hire Rachmaninoff himself to write the theme, but he turned it down, opening the opportunity for Addinsell to make his mark with this ever popular work.

Date: Wednesday 11th August 2010

Time: 2 performances - 11am and 1.30pm

Venue: State Theatre, The Arts Centre, St. Kilda Road, Melbourne. 

Admission: $16-$19

Bookings: Please click here to be taken directly to the bookings page at the Arts Centre website.

Enquiries: Please visit www.orchestravictoria.com.au.

This year I make my Piano Landmarks debut.  Piano Landmarks has earned its place on the Melbourne Arts Calendar as one of the significant musical events of the year.  This particular concert, entitled ‘Bach Reflections’ will feature Stefan Cassomenos, Anna Goldsworthy and myself, as we share in words and music our love of J.S Bach’s Preludes and Fugues.

Date: Saturday 21st August 2010

Time: 4.30pm

Venue: Australian National Academy of Music, 2010 Bank Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, 3205

Bookings and Enquiries: Please visit the Piano Landmarks website at www.pianolandmarks.com.au for all program and admission information. 

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.

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).