Guest Principal Clarinet - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

About this performance

“One day I hope to walk on that country and feel no restless spirit – just the strength of two thousand generations of lives lived and culture sustained.”

Southwest of Melbourne lies a battleground, haunted with the memory of war and loss. The scars of the Eumeralla Resistance War (1840 – 1863) lie heavily upon the country.

“I first walked on this battlefield in 2013. The voices of those lost were so loud that it woke something in me and my immediate response was music. A song. A Requiem. A War Requiem, named in honour of one of the most brutal resistance wars fought on this continent.”

Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace brings into focus a period of Australia’s history that is yet to be fully understood. Written and composed by acclaimed Yorta Yorta soprano, composer and Artistic Director of Short Black Opera, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, this requiem for peace, will be sung entirely in the ancient dialects of the Gunditjmara people.

“It is my hope that this requiem will help the spirits of those who fell to find a lasting peace and that we, their descendants, might find our way to deeper understanding of the legacy of these battles.”

"Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace will break the silence of so many decades and serve to amplify the importance of our nation’s shared history.” – Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO

Performance artwork by Gunditjmara artist Thomas Day.

Featuring

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Northey conductor
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO soprano (Yorta Yorta)
Linda Barcan mezzo-soprano
Jud Arthur baritone
The Consort of Melbourne
Dhungala Children's Choir
MSO Chorus
Warren Trevelyan-Jones chorus director

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Steve Reich’s genre-defining Music for 18 Musicians.

Excited to be part of a one time only performance of Steve Reich’s genre-defining Music for 18 Musicians on August 24 at the stoic Royal Exhibition Building.

ABOUT
Under the cathedral ceilings of the Royal Exhibition Building, Orchestra Victoria will perform composer Steve Reich’s towering musical work: Music for 18 Musicians. Composed between 1974-6, this breakthrough work spans percussion, string, clarinet, voice and piano, creating a hypnotic sonic palette that broke convention through its warmth and sonic beauty, and became genre defining for the minimalist movement.

Accompanying this performance is a large-scale commissioned video work by New Zealand-born multimedia artist Jesse Woolston whose work will challenge the experience of natural phenomena in a glorious, emotional response.”

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Presented by Orchestra Victoria

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In their final Chamber Music concert of 2023, The Shape of Things to Come, join the musicians of Orchestra Victoria as they explore legacy and influence in classical music. Opening with selections from W.A. Mozart’s final and most performed opera, The Magic Flute, beautifully arranged for wind ensemble by Carl André Göpfert, the final work of the concert, and the series, will see all the sections of the orchestra unite to perform Haydn’s penultimate Symphony No. 103 "Drum-roll", with guest conductor Joel Bass.

PROGRAM
Mozart arr. Arr. Göpfert: Excerpts from The Magic Flute
No.1 Overture
No.8 Pamina/Papageno Duet
No.15 Queen of Night Aria

Robert Sims
Australian Folk Song Suite

Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 in E♭ major “Drumroll”

BOOKINGS
$30-$35, plus booking fees

PROGRAM
Beethoven Gassenhauer Trio, Op. 11
Bruch 8 Pieces for clarinet, cello and piano, Op. 83 selections
Muczynksy Fantasy Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, Op. 26
Sutherland Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
De Falla Suite Populaire Espagnol

Clarinet - Justin Beere
Cello - Rohan de Kort
Piano - Darryl Coote

BOOKINGS
https://www.promrecitals.org.au/

Opening with Arcadia Winds playing Ravel and the engaging Animalia by Australian composer, Natalie Williams, the concert then segues to the different and exquisitely expressive sound world of Melbourne veena master, Hari Sivanesan, and his Indian classical trio. No chamber music party is complete without the masterpiece written by the 16-year-old Felix Mendelssohn and this marathon performance of his famous Octet by the formidable, combined forces of Flinders and Penny Quartets promises virtuosity and fireworks galore.

PROGRAM
Maurice Ravel – Sonatine
Natalie Williams – Animalia

Arcadia Winds: Lily Bryant flute, Rachel Bullen oboe, Justin Beere clarinet, Rachel Shaw horn, Matthew Kneale bassoon

BOOKINGS: https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/series/3mbs-marathon-2023/

The voices of LGBTQIA+ composers can be heard in music throughout history, yet this is often omitted from historical retellings, and so from our collective memories. Join the musicians of Orchestra Victoria as they celebrate queer luminaries of the past and contemporary voices lighting the way into the future.

This very special program features works by Deborah Cheetham AO, Aaron Copland, Caroline Shaw, Naima Fine Fine and Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky in a celebration of queer composers across time and place.

Deborah Cheetham
Gulaga

Aaron Copland
Quiet City

Caroline Shaw
Limestone and Felt

Naima Fine
Crystal Ruth Bell: We Keep Going

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for String Orchestra in C

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The voices of LGBTQIA+ composers can be heard in music throughout history, yet this is often omitted from historical retellings, and so from our collective memories. Join the musicians of Orchestra Victoria as they celebrate queer luminaries of the past and contemporary voices lighting the way into the future.

This very special program features works by Deborah Cheetham AO, Aaron Copland, Caroline Shaw, Naima Fine Fine and Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky in a celebration of queer composers across time and place.

Deborah Cheetham
Gulaga

Aaron Copland
Quiet City

Caroline Shaw
Limestone and Felt

Naima Fine
Crystal Ruth Bell: We Keep Going

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for String Orchestra in C

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An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots. (Aesop)

Josh de Graaf - Oboe
Paul Champion - Clarinets
Justin Beere - Bass clarinet
Tim Murray - Bassoon
Niels Bijl - Saxophones

Music for five reeds, including Mendelssohn's "Hebrides Overture", Bartok's "Romanian Dances" and Ton Ter Doest’s "Circusmuziek".

TICKETS $30
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Early composers often served as inspiration for the creators that followed them, guiding their pursuit for invention and individuality.

This uplifting program explores music of composers that sought musical fodder from the past as a constant source of newness for the present.

Drawing on the great minds of Mozart, Thelonios Monk, Shakespeare and Brahms the daring works of Arvo Pärt, Joe Twist, Thomas Adès and Ralph Vaughan-Williams come together for an evening of music making filled with melodic beauty, magical storytelling and bold reinvention.

Program
Carl Czerny Grande Sérénade Concertant, Op. 12
Arvo Pärt Mozart – Adagio 
Joe Twist Le Tombeau de Monk

-INTERVAL-

Thomas Ades Court Studies from 'The Tempest'
Ralph Vaughan-Williams Quintet in D Major for Clarinet, Horn & Piano

Performance is approximately 90 minutes in duration

Tickets
$55/$50
Under 25 $10
www.geelongchamber.org/concert-4

Early composers often served as inspiration for the creators that followed them, guiding their pursuit for invention and individuality.

This uplifting program explores music of composers that sought musical fodder from the past as a constant source of newness for the present.

Drawing on the great minds of Mozart, Thelonios Monk, Shakespeare and Brahms the daring works of Arvo Pärt, Joe Twist, Thomas Adès and Ralph Vaughan-Williams come together for an evening of music making filled with melodic beauty, magical storytelling and bold reinvention.

Program

Arvo Pärt Mozart – Adagio 
Joe Twist Le Tombeau de Monk
Thomas Ades Court Studies from 'The Tempest'
Ralph Vaughan-Williams Quintet in D Major for Clarinet, Horn & Piano

Tickets
$37/$30
www.melbournerecital.com.au/

Matt Laing draws us into the perplexing world of hypnagogia; the state between being awake and asleep. In this world premiere, Laing’s Night Terrors transports us into an imaginative dream-state, exploring the vivid darkness after we close our eyes. Bookended by Paul Juon’s charming yet rarely heard Trio-Miniaturen and the intoxicating Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114 by Johannes Brahms, this is a performance not to be missed.

Paul Juon Trio-Miniaturen for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Op.18/24

Matthew Laing Night Terrors (2020) *World Premiere*

Johannes Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op.114

Performance is approximately 1hr in duration.

Tickets $22
https://www.temporubato.com.au/tempo-concerts/twilight-melodies

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts Resilience Fund, its arts funding and advisory body.

Learn more about Matt Laing here: https://www.mattlaing.com/about

Program

Caerwen Martin Midnight loon (fl, cla, vln, vcl, pno)
Leah Curtis Clarity (fl+vc)
Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh Contemplations (fl, cla, vln, vcl, pno)

-INTERVAL-

Lili Boulanger Nocturne (vln+pno)
Chen Yi Night Thoughts (fl, vcl, pno)
James Lee III Night Visions of Kippur (fl, cla, vln, vcl, pno)

Tickets $22
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BOW, REED & HAMMER - Magnificent Mozart and twentieth-century brilliance

Yi Wang - violin

Justin Beere - clarinet

Darryl Coote - piano

• Mozart - Sonata for violin & piano in E minor KV 304 13 mins

• Saint-Säens - Clarinet Sonata Op 167 15 mins 

• Milhaud - Trio for clarinet, violin & piano Op 157b 11 mins

- I N T E R V AL -

• Ravel - Tzigane for violin & piano 10 mins

• Benjamin - Scherzino for piano solo 3 mins

• Khatchaturian - Trio for clarinet, violin & piano 16 mins

Total performance time 68 mins

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Sep 7, 6pm Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre

Wander off the beaten track with the Melbourne Chamber Players and encounter a treasure trove of extraordinary yet rarely enjoyed works. Discover the eclectic vitality of Matinu’s colourful Oboe Quartet, a world premiere by the captivating young Australian composer Matthew Laing and the exquisite sounds of Arensky’s Piano Trio in D minor. Reinvigorate your listening with these special encounters performed by exceptional musicians of Melbourne.

Bohuslav Martinu
Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Cello and Piano, H.315

Matthew Laing
New work

Anton Arensky
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op.32

Performance is approximately 1hr in duration.

Bookings 

Box Office — +61 (0)3 9699 3333

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April 27, 6pm Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre

Melbourne Chamber Players breathes new energy and vigour into the extraordinary sounds of the musicians’ wind instruments. Nestle in the warmth and beauty of Schumann’s magical Waldszenen (Forest Scenes). Rest by an iridescent lake, caressed by the cool shimmer of the moon’s silvery glow, as Nico Muhly’s Look for Me sways in the reeds. Louise Farrenc’s remarkable Sextet for piano and winds elevates with virtuosic and melodic grandeur in a compelling performance by some of Australia’s finest woodwind instrumentalists.

Robert Schumann
Waldszenen, Op.82

Nico Muhly
Look For Me

Farrenc Louise
Sextet for Piano and Winds, Op.40

Performance is approximately 1hr in duration 

Bookings 

Box Office — +61 (0)3 9699 3333

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Melbourne Chamber Players explores contemporary and 20th-century composers whose daring music is praised for capturing a national identity. A premiere of Nigel Sabin dazzles with distinctive Australianness, reflecting the idea his daring works ‘convert the enemies of contemporary music’. Phantasy by Imogen Holst swirls with lyricism amid its treasured English pastoral aesthetic, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Quintet reveals all the brilliance and playfulness of his colourful style.

• Primrose Potter Salon

Duration: 1 hour (no interval)

Tickets: Standard $39 ($29 Concession)

This concert is set in-the-round. Seating in the Salon is general admission.

Visit https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2019/sabin-holst-rimsky-korsakov for more information and bookings.

The Melbourne Chamber Players spend an afternoon with the masters of melody, illuminating the stunning sounds of Mozart, Schubert, Edwards and Finzi. Succumb to the sophistication of Mozart’s Oboe Quartet, the shimmering soul of Schubert’s unfinished String Trio and the pastoral beauty of Finzi’s Five Bagatelles for Clarinet and String Quartet.

Program

Wolfgang Mozart Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370/368

Franz Schubert String Trio D. 471

Ross Edwards Four Bagatelles

Gerald Finzi Five Bagatelles for Clarinet and String Quartet

Melbourne Chamber Players performs glorious music by three revolutionaries. From the brooding pastoral beauty of Bridge’s Phantasy Quartet to the shape-shifting sonic imagery of Motion by Nico Muhly and Prokofiev’s revolutionary Quintet originally composed for ballet, the ensemble brings colour and precision to the compelling musical landscapes crafted by these powerful compositional voices.

• Primrose Potter Salon

Duration: 1 hour (no interval)

Tickets: Standard $39 ($29 Concession)

This concert is set in-the-round. Seating in the Salon is general admission.

Visit https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2019/bridge-muhly-prokofiev/ for more information