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CLASSICAL CONCERTS
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Melbourne Chamber
Orchestra
Under
the artistic direction of William Hennessy, Melbourne
Chamber Orchestra (MCO) has established itself
as one of Australia’s finest musical assets. Founded
in 1995, with a membership drawn from the local
community of chamber and freelance musicians,
MCO’s lively, vibrant and energetic interpretations
of both core classical and new Australian works
have contributed greatly towards establishing
Melbourne as a centre of international musical
significance. MCO presents an annual series of
concerts in the world-renowned acoustic environment
of the Melbourne Recital Centre as well as undertaking
regular tours to regional areas. With a strong
commitment to nurturing careers and developing
of new talent, MCO also offers an annual music
education program in selected Victorian regional
centres. MCO’s repertoire focuses on baroque and
classical music from the 18th century supplemented
by appropriate works from the 19th and 20th century.
With a core of eighteen string players, MCO’s
membership is based on the younger generation
of artists who have based themselves in Melbourne
to further their careers as chamber and freelance
players.
Bach
Concerto for Piano & Orchestra in D minor ,BVW
1052 [18min],
Hill
String Symphony "The Allies" [1921] [30min],
Beethoven
Grosse Fuge Op.133 [17min],
BACH
Concerto for Two Violins & Orchestra BWV 1043
[17min]
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Grainger
Quartet
Natsuko
Yoshimoto – Violin Natsuko studied violin from
the age of 11 at the YehudiA Menuhin School under
Lord Menuhin and Wen Zhou Li. She received scholarships
at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia
and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester
and won the Gold Medal on the 1994 Shell/London
Symphony Orchestra.
James
Cuddeford – Violin Brisbane-born James attended
the Yehudi Menuhin School in England in his early
teens, later studying at the Royal Northern College
of Music in Manchester. His principal teachers
were Lord Menuhin, Wen Zhou Li and Gyorgy Kurtág.
James has won numerous awards for both performance
and composition including First Prize in the Charles
Hennen International Chamber Music Competition
in Holland.
Jeremy
Williams – Viola Jeremy graduated from the Guildhall
School of Music and Drama with distinction, where
he studied with David Takeno before becoming the
youngest violinist accepted by the London Symphony
Orchestra. He has performed under conductors such
as Abbado, Svetlanov, Previn and Celibidache and
performed regularly with the Academy of St Martin
in the Fields and London Sinfonietta
Peter
Rejto – Cello Peter has appeared as a soloist
in hundreds of performances throughout the USA
with the Los Angeles Piano Quartet of which he
was a founding member. He has appeared in concerti
with the Dallas and St. Louis Symphonies and toured
through Venezuela, Brazil and Hong Kong with the
Orquesta Filarmonica de Caracas and the California
Chamber Symphony. Grainger Quartet Filmed in HDCAM
[HD]
CONCERTS
AVAILABLE: 1. Ford - A Reel, A Fling and a Ghostly
Galliard WORLD PREMIERE 2. Shostakovich Quartet
No.7 in F sharp minor Op 108 3. Haydn Quartet
in B Flat major Opus 76 No.4 “Sunrise” 4. Turina
- The Toreador’s Prayer Opus 34 5.Mendelssohn
Quartet in D Major Op44 No.1
Molly
at the shore 5min
Mendelsohhn
29min
Beethoven
33min
Brahms 36min
Janacek 58min
Haydn
25min ANAM
Barber 20min
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Benaud
Trio
These
boys love cricket but they come on and they’re
absolutely transformed, the music just takes over…I
defy anybody to come into this hall this morning
and hear those boys playing that Shostakovich
and not become excited and moved and addicted
to chamber music for the rest of their lives.’
William Lyne (Artistic director of Wigmore Hall,
1966-2002) –ABC Classic FM 02/07/05 The Benaud
Trio rose to national prominence after winning
the prestigious Piano Trio prize at the 2005 Australian
Chamber Music Competition. The Benaud’s have been
playing together in various duo and trio combinations
over the last three years. The Trio members share
many common interests including a love for chamber
music, Chinese food and an eagerness to break
out the cricket bat at any opportunity. Between
them, the members of the Benaud Trio have accumulated
an impressive number of chamber music awards and
have studied with numerous prominent musicians
and ensembles including: the Takacs Quartet, the
Henschel Quartet, the Petersen Quartet, Mark Mogilevski,
Marco van Pagee and William Hennessy. Benaud Trio
Filmed in HDCAM [HD] All Broadcast & DVD Rights
are available
CONCERTS
AVAILABLE: ENCORE: Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to
Heaven” - 6min
1.Kenji
Bunch - Swing Shift: Music for the evening hours
(2002) [30min]
2.Beethoven
'Ghost' Trio (26min)
3.
Tchaikovsky Trio (48min)
4.
Antonin Dvorak - Piano Trio Op.90 ‘Dumky’ (36
minutes)
5.Franz
Schubert - Piano Trio No.1 in Bb D.898 [25min]
6.Ludwig
van Beethoven - Piano Trio in G, Op.1 No.2 [30min]
7.Ross
Edwards - Piano Trio (1999) 25min
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TAKACS
Recognized
as one of the world's premierestring quartets,
the Takács Quartet playswith a virtuosic technique,
intense immediacy and consistently burnished tone.
The Takács Quartet was formed in 1975 atthe Franz
Liszt Academy in Budapest byGabor Takács-Nagy,
Károly Schranz, GaborOrmai and András Fejér, while
all four werestudents. It first received internationalattention
in 1977, winning First Prize andthe Critics' Prize
at the International StringQuartet Competition
in Evian, France. TheQuartet has also won the
Gold Medal at the1978 Portsmouth and Bordeaux
Competitionsand First Prizes at the Budapest InternationalString
Quartet Competition in 1978 and theBratislava
Competition in 1981. The Quartetmade its North
American debut tour in 1982.Violinist Edward Dusinberre
joined theQuartet in 1993 and violist Roger Tapping
in1995. Of the original ensemble, violinist Károly
Schranz and cellist András Fejérremain. In 2001,
The Takács Quartet was awardedthe Order of Merit
of the Knight's Cross ofthe Republic of Hungary.Takacs
Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809)String Quartet in C major, op
76 no 3,‘Emperor’(1797)
Bela
BARTÓK (1881-1945)String Quartet no 3, Sz 85 (1927)
Carl
VINE (born 1954)String Quartet no 4 (2004)
Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)String Quartet no 2 in
Aminor, op 13(1827)
ENCORE:
Last movement DVORAK StringQuartet in F Major
Opus 96
Concert:
54min
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Tankstream
Quartet [now Australian String Quartet]
The
Tankstream Quartet comprising four ofAustralia’s
most brilliant and versatile youngmusicians –
Sophie Rowell and Anne Horton(violinists), Sally
Boud (violist), and RachelJohnston (cellist) –
holds the distinction ofhaving won more international
chambermusic competitions than any other ensemblein
Australian history. They won First Prize at the
2005 CremonaInternational String Quartet Competition.They
also won the 2001 Australian ChamberMusic Competition,
and then went on to winthe Gold Medal in the 2002
OsakaInternational Chamber Music Competition(Japan).
In 2004 they were the 2nd PrizeWinner in the Paolo
Borciani InternationalString Quartet Competition
in Italy and in2003 the Quartet won the 3rd Prize
and theAudience and Listeners’Choice Awards atthe
4th Melbourne International ChamberMusic Competition.Based
in Germany, theyare mentored by the Alban Berg
StringQuartet at the Cologne Hochschule.They were
also selected by the AustralianGovernment to perform
the official music at the Danish Royal Wedding
in May 2004. Formed in 2000 and originally mentored
by Alice Waten, they have also received guid-ance
from members of the Amadeus, Hagen and Smetana
Quartets.Since late 2006 they have become the
new Australian String Quartet.
CONCERTS
AVAILABLE:
1.
Vaughan Williams Fantasia 19min
2.
Mozart Horn Quintet 17min
3.Shostakovich
Piano Quintet 33min
4.
Mozart Dissonance Quartet 29min
5.
Bruckner String Quintet 44min
6.
Frankel 19min
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Johanna
Selleck
Selleck
is a composer, flautist and writer. She teaches
at Melbourne University and the Victorian College
of the Arts, works at the Centre for Studies in
Australian Music and is currently completing a
PhD in composition. She has composed a wide range
of chamber, orchestral and electronic works. Her
works have been performed by the Queensland, Tasmanian
and Melbourne Symphony orchestras. She performed
the solo part of her flute concerto Unspoken Dialogues
with the Melbourne Symphony in a recording at
the Iwaki Auditorium in 2003. Commissions have
included works for Ensemble Zauberflöte, Melbourne
Grammar, Melbourne University, the Cairnmillar
Institute, Melbourne Youth Music, Astra and the
Port Fairy Spring Festival. Her first opera, The
Quickening, received its premiere at the Port
Fairy Festival in October 1998 and was published
by the Centre for Studies in Australian Music
in 2001. Her piano quartet Looking Back was selected
for performance at Maltese Australian Culture
Week in Malta in January 2004. In 1990 Selleck
was awarded the Percy Grainger Prize for Composition
and in 2006 she was awarded First Prize in the
2006 Albert H. Maggs Composition Award.
Concert_43min
TurtleDreaming_31min
Becoming_25min
FortuneSmile_16min
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Southern
Cross Soloists
Established
in 1995 the Southern Cross Soloists quickly became
one of Australia’s most respected and successful
chamber ensembles, establishing an international
reputation for ground-breaking performance. The
group’s unique combination of oboe, clarinet,
bassoon, horn, piano and soprano allows a variety
of music in many genres to be performed. The group
features six of Australia’s leading musicians.
Director and clarinettist Paul Dean and bassoonist
Leesa Dean are former Principal players with the
Queensland Symphony Orchestra and now freelance
throughout Australia. Tania Frazer was formerly
the Principal Oboist of the Israel Symphony Orchestra,
moving to Australia to play with the Soloists.
Lyric soprano Margaret Schindler and horn player
Peter Luff are lecturers at Griffith University’s
Queensland Conservatorium whilst pianist Kevin
Power pursues a freelance career and is Chorus
Master of the Queensland Choir.
CONCERTS
AVAILABLE:
1.
Mozart Oboe Quartet 37min
2.
Mozart Divertimento No.4
3.
Mozart Magic Flute
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Merlyn
Quaife
A
performer of great versatility, the distinguished
soprano Merlyn Quaife has performed opera, oratorio,
Lieder, chamber music and contemporary music to
great acclaim throughout Australia and Europe.
She has also performed as soloist with the Singapore
Symphony and the Voronesz Philharmonic in Russia.
Merlyn has appeared with all the State Opera Companies
in roles ranging from the bel canto Lucia in Lucia
di Lammermoor to the minimalist Chiang Ch'ing
in Nixon in China. She has performed with all
the Symphony Australia orchestras, featured in
repertoire of every conceivable style from Handel
to Ligeti, as well as recorded a number of CDs
including Aria for John Edward Eyre by David Lumsdaine
which won her a Sounds Australia Award. The highlight
of 2004 was the SSO performances of Sibelius'
Luonnotar under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy
and 2006 sees her again performming with Ashkenazy
and the SSO in Rachmaninof's The Bells.
Recital_28min
Poulenc_36min
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Jouissance
Jouissance
was formed in 1993 to explore a dialogue between
Medieval and Byzantine chant, and contemporary
culture. The musicians share a fascination with
the mysticism, sensuality and rapture found in
the works of Hildegard of Bingen, Peter Abelard
and the Byzantine Rite. "Near Divine. Jouissance
is an ensemble which embodies a feeling... of
primal ecstasy." Sydney Morning Herald, 14/3/02
'........the night's instrumental beauties came
in the unpredictable passages: the breathy elliptical
Japanese flute work of Norman, Tsiavos' wide-ranging
bass support, and the assortment of gongs, metal
sheets and cymbals that Neville applied to the
texture: subtle ornamentation of the ensemble's
solid and daring structure.' Clive O'Connell The
Age June 2003 "The Australians charm with their
originality. ...the music disappears between the
two worlds of reality and unreality. The musicians
were able to perfectly convey the archaic ether,
their ectasy became a part of the audience." -
Toomas Kuter, Parnu Postimees, Estonia 13/8/99.
Translated by Taavi Piibemann. Jouissance
CONCERTS AVAILABLE:
1.
Trinity Concert:
'Spiritus
sanctus' Hildegard of Bingen 12thC, - 'Karitas
habundat' - 'Ote to Stavro' / " o Quando im Cruce'
Beneventan Chant 7thC - 20 minutes.
Item
2 ' Akathistos Fragments' 6thC excerpt from larger
work, approximate 17 mins Item 3 'Dolorum Solatium'
Peter Abelard 12thC - 20 mins
2.
ANAM Concert
Abelard_30min
Triptych_18min
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Tailem
Quartet
The
Tailem Quartet formed in 2002 as part of the University
of Melbourne’s chamber music program. Since then
they have twice been a finalist in the University’s
Chamber Music Competition and have performed at
a number of Faculty of Music events including
its Lunch Hour Concert Series and Gala Concert.
In 2004 the quartet performed at the Melbourne
International Brass Festival with American trombonist
Jim Pugh. In July 2005 the Tailem Quartet was
a finalist in the 3rd Australian Chamber Music
Competition where they performed to critical acclaim
in both final rounds. The quartet has been featured
on ABC Classic FM and 3MBS FM. They have received
coaching from William Hennessy, Wilma Smith, Keith
Crellin and Eckart Runge, cellist with the renowned
Artemis Quartet. The four players look forward
to furthering their passion for and commitment
to chamber music abroad in 2007. The Tailem Quartet
are: Rachel Homburg and James Steendam – violins,
Merewyn Bramble – viola and Sharon Draper – ’cello.
Tailem Filmed in HDCAM [HD] All Broadcast & DVD
Rights are available CONCERTS AVAILABLE: 1. At
the BMW EDGE 2005 [HD] Joseph Haydn - String Quartet
Op.76 No.2 ‘Fifths’ (20 minutes) Antonin Dvorak
- String Quartet Op.96 ‘American’ (26 minutes)
2. At the BMW EDGE 2006 [HD] Ludwig van Beethoven
- String Quartet Op.59 No.1 'Razumovsky'
Haydn_22min
Beethoven_42min
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New Audience Ensemble
- Andrian Pertout
Andrián
Pertout was born in Santiago, Chile, 17 October,
1963, and lived in Gorizia, Northern Italy for
several years before finally settling in Melbourne,
Australia in 1972. Over the years he has work
as a film composer [East Meets West (1984), Ibrahim
(1984), The Murray River Quest (1985), Hope Street
(1987) and The Australian Ballet (1990)]; performer,
producer, arranger and writer (numerous music
publications). Composition awards include the
Betty Amsden Award – 2005 3MBS FM National Composer
Awards, First Prize in the 2004 ISU Contemporary
Music Festival/Louisville Orchestra Composition
Competition (Indiana, USA), Judges' and Audience
Prize of the 2003 Oare String Orchestra Third
International ‘Music for Strings’ Composing Competition
(Faversham, UK), 2002 Michelle Morrow Memorial
Award for Composition, and the 2002 Zavod Jazz/Classical
Fusion Award. New Audience Ensemble-Pertout
1.
In C by Terry Riley 18min
2.
Renascence by Andrian Pertout
3.
Sunburnt Aftertones III by Katy Abbott
4.
Sonus Dulcis by Andrian Pertout
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Silo String Quartet
Silo
String Quartet was founded by Cellist and Composer
Caerwen Martin in 1998. Silo has performed regularly
at the Melbourne International Jazz Festivals
and Melbourne International Women in Jazz Festivals
since 1999 working with such artists as Fiona
Burnett, Belinda Moody, Antonio Tenace, David
Chisholm and Quinsin Nachoff (Canada) and was
the resident string quartet for the Federation
Music Week International Composers Forum. Silo
are currently recording a CD for the Federation
of Australian Composers that showcases the best
of Australia’s new string quartets. This year
Silo have recorded a CD for the Sydney Dance Company
entitled Origami, composed by David Chisholm.
Silo also feature on the live ABC CD Soaring at
Dawn for Jazz trio and String Quartet composed
by soprano saxophonist Fiona Burnett. Recent work
has included performing at Glen Eira Town Hall,
Billilla House, Stonington Manor, Melba Hall,
Bennetts Lane and Federation Square as well as
many recording and performance projects for composers
and popular artists including Dan Brodie, Millionaire
Souls, CC Martini, Philip Gelbach and Johanna
Selleck. Silo has broadcast live on ABC and Melbourne
radio stations and features on Caerwen Martin's
new soundtrack to the Australian feature film
'Lost and Found’ by David Blake. Silo Filmed in
HDCAM [HD]
Andado
-CM Paris-CM Still CM Stung,Stuck,Mistaken CM
A sad little tale -Kabulovsky Title - Phil McClead
--- Borodin No.2 Mozart Divertimento 1st Mut D
Major
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Piano
Fusion
Lana
Higson studied under Oleg Stepanov and Leah Horowitz.
In 1992 she was awarded the David Paul Landa Memorial
Scholarship for Pianists which enabled her to
continue her post graduate studies at the Moscow
State Conservatorium of Music at the invitation
of Professor Lev Vlassenko.The glamorous redhead
enjoyed a brilliant solo career appearing with
such eminent conductors as Vladimir Verbitsky,
Vernon Handley, John Georgiadis and John Curro.
She has given solo recitals in the USSR, America
and throughout Australia. Tahu Matheson studied
his Master of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium
of Music under Oleg Stepanov.At 20 years of age
Tahu made his first public performance at The
New Zealand International Festival of Arts performing
Rachmaninov’s Preludes Opus 23 and the world premier
of Ten Modern Concert Studies by New Zealand composer
Edwin Carr. Standing an imposing 6’ 7” tall and
with the same hand-span as Rachmaninov, this exceptionally
gifted musician has toured as soloist for Musica
Viva in Australia and Chamber Music New Zealand.
Nick Freer Filmed in HDCAM [HD] All Broadcast
& DVD Rights are available CONCERTS AVAILABLE
[2006]: 1. At the BMW EDGE “Avatar” [HD] 1 X 52min
or 2 X 26min 2. At the BMW EDGE “Solo” [HD] 1
X 26min Other Concerts CONCERTS AVAILABLE: 1.
Brahms Variation on a theme by Schumann 2. ANDREW
SHULZ - 12 Variations 3. RAVEL - Mother Goose
Suite PIANO KINDLY SUPPLIED BY Wayne Stuart -
Stuart & Sons. Filmed Live at the Bangalow Music
Festival
BrahmsPianoFusion_20min.wmv
MothergooseRavel_16min.wmv
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Bangalow
Festival Orchestra
Filmed
Live at the Bangalow Music Festival
Brahms 41min
Mendelssohn 29min
Martinu
16min
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Bangalow
- Aner Yoshimoto Tooby
Ba
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Balmain
Symphonia Orchestra
Balmain
Sinfonia is Orchestra-in-Residence at Macquarie
University, a Sydney-based non-professional symphony
orchestra, aiming to bring high quality orchestral
music to the community.
Grieg
Piano, Franck,
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