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WELCOME
Paul Lewis and Franz Schubert have become
fixtures of the series, and we welcome them for
the last concert in this cycle of late piano works.
Schubert’s three final sonatas are some of the
most profound works of the Romantic imagination.
This will be a very special recital.
Jordi Savall and Andrew Lawrence-King are among
the greatest early musicians of our time, responsible
for numerous recordings and performances which
give new life to nearly-forgotten masterpieces. We’re
delighted to introduce the gorgeous voices of the viola
da gamba and the Baroque harp to Great Performers.
Violinist Arabella Steinbacher has visited Australia
several times, giving dazzling performances with our
orchestras, but has yet to make her recital debut.
That will be remedied when she performs Brahms,
Bach and Franck in 2013.
Soprano Susan Bullock gave the first vocal
recital in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall in 2009.
We welcome her back, this time as a prelude to
her appearance as Brünnhilde in the Melbourne
Ring Cycle. Camilla Tilling, an angelically pure
soprano, makes her Australian debut with the
Schubert and Strauss songs that have won her
rave reviews.
Some spectacular pianists make their Recital
Centre debuts this season. Joyce Yang is a
musician of immense sensitivity, passion and
charm. Venezuelan virtuoso Sergio Tiempo is
constantly surprising, volatile and simply one
of the most exciting musicians around. The piano
duo of Katia and Marielle Labèque barely need
any introduction. Their engaging music-making
is justly renowned, especially in pieces with
a touch of jazz such as the wonderful West Side Story suite they’ll perform for you.
Finally, Murray Perahia, a great performer of
the highest calibre, makes his Melbourne debut.
This is a concert that I know music-lovers will not
want to miss. He is legendary for the depth of his
interpretations and limpid beauty of his tone,
which will be perfectly complemented by
Australia’s most beautiful and intimate hall.
I look forward to welcoming you to nine inspiring
performances at Melbourne’s home for music.
Mary Vallentine AO
CEO, Melbourne Recital Centre
IN 2013, THE GREAT PERFORMERS SERIES OFFERS NINE NIGHTS OF COLOUR, PASSION AND TRANSCENDENT SKILL. THIS IS THE MOST DIVERSE AND WIDE-RANGING SERIES YET: TAKING IN EVERYTHING FROM BAROQUE TO JAZZ, PERFORMED BY RISING STARS AND EMINENT MASTERS.
WELCOME
Paul Lewis and Franz Schubert have become
fixtures of the series, and we welcome them for
the last concert in this cycle of late piano works.
Schubert’s three final sonatas are some of the
most profound works of the Romantic imagination.
This will be a very special recital.
Jordi Savall and Andrew Lawrence-King are among
the greatest early musicians of our time, responsible
for numerous recordings and performances which
give new life to nearly-forgotten masterpieces. We’re
delighted to introduce the gorgeous voices of the viola
da gamba and the Baroque harp to Great Performers.
Violinist Arabella Steinbacher has visited Australia
several times, giving dazzling performances with our
orchestras, but has yet to make her recital debut.
That will be remedied when she performs Brahms,
Bach and Franck in 2013.
Soprano Susan Bullock gave the first vocal
recital in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall in 2009.
We welcome her back, this time as a prelude to
her appearance as Brünnhilde in the Melbourne
Ring Cycle. Camilla Tilling, an angelically pure
soprano, makes her Australian debut with the
Schubert and Strauss songs that have won her
rave reviews.
Some spectacular pianists make their Recital
Centre debuts this season. Joyce Yang is a
musician of immense sensitivity, passion and
charm. Venezuelan virtuoso Sergio Tiempo is
constantly surprising, volatile and simply one
of the most exciting musicians around. The piano
duo of Katia and Marielle Labèque barely need
any introduction. Their engaging music-making
is justly renowned, especially in pieces with
a touch of jazz such as the wonderful West Side Story suite they’ll perform for you.
Finally, Murray Perahia, a great performer of
the highest calibre, makes his Melbourne debut.
This is a concert that I know music-lovers will not
want to miss. He is legendary for the depth of his
interpretations and limpid beauty of his tone,
which will be perfectly complemented by
Australia’s most beautiful and intimate hall.
I look forward to welcoming you to nine inspiring
performances at Melbourne’s home for music.
Mary Vallentine AO
CEO, Melbourne Recital Centre
IN 2013, THE GREAT PERFORMERS SERIES OFFERS NINE NIGHTS OF COLOUR, PASSION AND TRANSCENDENT SKILL. THIS IS THE MOST DIVERSE AND WIDE-RANGING SERIES YET: TAKING IN EVERYTHING FROM BAROQUE TO JAZZ, PERFORMED BY RISING STARS AND EMINENT MASTERS.
“Paul Lewis’s exploration of Schubert’s late piano music and song cycles is one of the most compelling concert series of the moment.”
T H E G U A R D I A N , U K
P I A N O
“Paul Lewis’s exploration of Schubert’s late piano music and song cycles is one of the most compelling concert series of the moment.”
T H E G U A R D I A N , U K
P I A N O
WEDNESDAY 13 FEBRUARY 7:30PM
The Schubert Cycle: Journey’s End
SCHUBERT ~ Piano Sonata No.19 in C minor, D958 ~ Piano Sonata No.20 in A, D959 ~ Piano Sonata No.21 in B-flat, D960
Individual tickets available from Thursday 15 November 2012: $50 / $70 / $90 / $110*.
Purchase Season Tickets to save up to 30% on the regular price. *Transaction fees may apply.
Composed in the last spring, summer and autumn of the composer’s short life, the three masterpieces share a complex web of motifs and moods. Woven through the sonatas are hints and echoes of Schubert’s last songs, where youthful joy is clouded by loneliness and despair. In search of new ways to express the inexpressible and suddenly aware of his mortality, Schubert forged a powerful new voice, only to be silenced at his peak by his death at the age of 31.
These works call for a pianist of remarkable sensitivity and intelligence, one who eloquently allows Schubert’s music to tell its own story. Paul Lewis is the ideal exponent of Schubert’s piano works, and via his mentor Alfred Brendel, heir to a great tradition of profound and lyrical playing. This is serious music performed by a serious musician, but it is also full of life and humour, and finally, peace. Lewis has the technique and the insight to communicate Schubert’s ambiguously gorgeous last will and testament. “When Schubert wants to tell you something important,” Lewis says, “he will usually lower his voice rather than raise it – he draws you into the message.”
PAUL LEWIS CONCLUDES HIS THREE-YEAR JOURNEY THROUGH THE LATE PIANO WORKS OF FRANZ SCHUBERT WITH THE FINAL TRIPTYCH OF SUBLIME PIANO SONATAS.
PAUL LEWIS
Photo: © Josep Molina
CONCERT 1 Piano
WEDNESDAY 13 FEBRUARY 7:30PM
The Schubert Cycle: Journey’s End
SCHUBERT ~ Piano Sonata No.19 in C minor, D958 ~ Piano Sonata No.20 in A, D959 ~ Piano Sonata No.21 in B-flat, D960
Individual tickets available from Thursday 15 November 2012: $50 / $70 / $90 / $110*.
Purchase Season Tickets to save up to 30% on the regular price. *Transaction fees may apply.
Composed in the last spring, summer and autumn of the composer’s short life, the three masterpieces share a complex web of motifs and moods. Woven through the sonatas are hints and echoes of Schubert’s last songs, where youthful joy is clouded by loneliness and despair. In search of new ways to express the inexpressible and suddenly aware of his mortality, Schubert forged a powerful new voice, only to be silenced at his peak by his death at the age of 31.
These works call for a pianist of remarkable sensitivity and intelligence, one who eloquently allows Schubert’s music to tell its own story. Paul Lewis is the ideal exponent of Schubert’s piano works, and via his mentor Alfred Brendel, heir to a great tradition of profound and lyrical playing. This is serious music performed by a serious musician, but it is also full of life and humour, and finally, peace. Lewis has the technique and the insight to communicate Schubert’s ambiguously gorgeous last will and testament. “When Schubert wants to tell you something important,” Lewis says, “he will usually lower his voice rather than raise it – he draws you into the message.”
PAUL LEWIS CONCLUDES HIS THREE-YEAR JOURNEY THROUGH THE LATE PIANO WORKS OF FRANZ SCHUBERT WITH THE FINAL TRIPTYCH OF SUBLIME PIANO SONATAS.
PAUL LEWIS
Photo: © Josep Molina
CONCERT 1 Piano
“A great virtuoso, musician and poet.”
THE BOSTON GLOBE, US
“Early music has its purists and pedants, its scholars and heretics. Jordi Savall is one of its great souls.”
THE BOSTON GLOBE, US
J O R D I
S A V A L L
A N D R E W
L A W R E N C E - K I N G
V I O L A D A G A M B A H A R P
“A great virtuoso, musician and poet.”
THE BOSTON GLOBE, US
“Early music has its purists and pedants, its scholars and heretics. Jordi Savall is one of its great souls.”
THE BOSTON GLOBE, US
J O R D I
S A V A L L
A N D R E W
L A W R E N C E - K I N G
V I O L A D A G A M B A H A R P
With his blend of scholarship, imagination and
intuition, Savall has forged a legendary career
as the world’s leading exponent of the exquisitely
expressive viola da gamba and as leader of three
acclaimed ensembles – they’re more like families,
really – of virtuoso period musicians. As evinced
by numerous recordings and in performances the
world over, there is truly something miraculous
in Savall’s playing: a sense that no matter how
fragmentary or obscure its source, music simply,
movingly blooms at his touch.
This “performer of genius” (The New Yorker) is
joined by another: frequent concert partner,
harpist Andrew Lawrence-King, in a journey
across Europe, from Spain to England, from the
Renaissance to the Baroque.
The viola da gamba was the poet-prince of a
flourishing and polyglot artistic world, prized
for its human-like voice and ability to convey
a rainbow of moods, and as at home in the court
of Versailles as on the streets of London. Savall
and Lawrence-King survey the works from the
height of the viol’s reign, by Diego Ortiz, Jean-
Baptiste Lully and especially Marin Marais,
subject of the film Tous les matins du monde
(for which Savall provided a soundtrack of both
peerless beauty and historical accuracy). Jordi
Savall and Andrew Lawrence-King’s art transcends
the boundaries of genre and period. This is music
for everyone and every era.
THURSDAY 14 MARCH 7:30PM
With Frank McGuire, percussion.
LES GÔUTS RÉUNIS Pieces and improvisations from the golden age of the viola da gamba in Spain, France and England.
Individual tickets available from Thursday 15
November 2012: $50 / $70 / $90 / $110*.
Purchase Season Tickets to save up to 30%
on the regular price. *Transaction fees may apply.
JORDI SAVALL
ANDREW LAWRENCE-KING
JORDI SAVALL IS AN ADVENTURER IN TIME AND SPACE. FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES HE HAS DEVOTED HIMSELF TO RECREATING THE SOUND OF THE PAST, TAKING LISTENERS ON GRAND TOURS OF DISCOVERY INTO REMOTEST ANTIQUITY AND DISTANT LANDS.
CONCERT 2 Viola da Gamba (JS) and Harp (ALK)
Photo: © David Ignaszewski
With his blend of scholarship, imagination and
intuition, Savall has forged a legendary career
as the world’s leading exponent of the exquisitely
expressive viola da gamba and as leader of three
acclaimed ensembles – they’re more like families,
really – of virtuoso period musicians. As evinced
by numerous recordings and in performances the
world over, there is truly something miraculous
in Savall’s playing: a sense that no matter how
fragmentary or obscure its source, music simply,
movingly blooms at his touch.
This “performer of genius” (The New Yorker) is
joined by another: frequent concert partner,
harpist Andrew Lawrence-King, in a journey
across Europe, from Spain to England, from the
Renaissance to the Baroque.
The viola da gamba was the poet-prince of a
flourishing and polyglot artistic world, prized
for its human-like voice and ability to convey
a rainbow of moods, and as at home in the court
of Versailles as on the streets of London. Savall
and Lawrence-King survey the works from the
height of the viol’s reign, by Diego Ortiz, Jean-
Baptiste Lully and especially Marin Marais,
subject of the film Tous les matins du monde
(for which Savall provided a soundtrack of both
peerless beauty and historical accuracy). Jordi
Savall and Andrew Lawrence-King’s art transcends
the boundaries of genre and period. This is music
for everyone and every era.
THURSDAY 14 MARCH 7:30PM
With Frank McGuire, percussion.
LES GÔUTS RÉUNIS Pieces and improvisations from the golden age of the viola da gamba in Spain, France and England.
Individual tickets available from Thursday 15
November 2012: $50 / $70 / $90 / $110*.
Purchase Season Tickets to save up to 30%
on the regular price. *Transaction fees may apply.
JORDI SAVALL
ANDREW LAWRENCE-KING
JORDI SAVALL IS AN ADVENTURER IN TIME AND SPACE. FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES HE HAS DEVOTED HIMSELF TO RECREATING THE SOUND OF THE PAST, TAKING LISTENERS ON GRAND TOURS OF DISCOVERY INTO REMOTEST ANTIQUITY AND DISTANT LANDS.
CONCERT 2 Viola da Gamba (JS) and Harp (ALK)
Photo: © David Ignaszewski
J O Y C E Y A N G
“Unflinching technical command and panache.”
S Y D N E Y M O R N I N G H E R A L D
P I A N O
Photo: © Oh Seuk Hoon
J O Y C E Y A N G
“Unflinching technical command and panache.”
S Y D N E Y M O R N I N G H E R A L D
P I A N O
Photo: © Oh Seuk Hoon
FRIDAY 22 MARCH 7:30PM
BEETHOVEN ~ Piano Sonata No.18 in E-flat, Op.31, No.3
CHOPIN ~ Nocturne No.4 in F major, Op.15, No.1
~ Nocturne No.15 in F minor, Op.55, No.1
BARTÓK ~ Szabadban (Out of Doors)
RACHMANINOV arr. WILD
~ Dreams, Op.38 No.5
~ The Little Island, Op.14 No.2
~ Vocalise, Op.34 No.14
SCHUMANN ~ Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
Individual tickets available from Thursday 15 November 2012:
$50 / $70 / $90 / $110*. Purchase Season Tickets to save up to
30% on the regular price. *Transaction fees may apply.
The South Korean pianist was the youngest
entrant that year but dazzled the jurors with her
maturity and her astonishing technical command.
Now, at 25, Yang has established a globe-trotting
career as a concert artist, performing with the
LA Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
and the Sydney Symphony, electrifying audiences
with her “million-volt stage presence.”
While Yang has the fingers and nerves of steel
to take on the most challenging repertoire, it’s
her refined musical sensibility and free-wheeling
imagination that set her apart from the many other
young virtuosi on the circuit. Colour and emotion
take precedence over mere display in renditions of
familiar repertoire and intriguing rarities, polished,
as always, to a scintillating gleam.
WHEN JOYCE YANG WON SILVER AT THE 12TH VAN CLIBURN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION AT THE AGE OF 19, THE ARRIVAL OF A MAJOR NEW TALENT WAS ANNOUNCED TO THE WORLD.
Fantasies, passions and dreams – the night’s
music – are the theme of Yang’s recital. Chopin’s
nocturnes are the perfect music for dreaming,
naturally, but how does the tenderly humorous
Beethoven sonata fit in? With the questioning
shape of its opening – Liebst du mich? (Do you
love me?), the melody says – its nostalgic minuet
and joyously galloping finale, it seems to be
a courtship (and elopement?) in miniature.
Night-time is made for romance. At the heart
of Bela Bartók’s Out of Doors suite is an
impression of a summer evening in the
Hungarian countryside, alive with insects and
frogs. Schumann was the archetypal Romantic
figure, both dreamy and passionate, as depicted
in his eight fantasy-pieces where the two sides of
his personality – which he named Eusebius and
Florestan – strut, sigh, banter and bicker.
Encoded within is a love letter from Robert
to his future wife, Clara.
JOYCE YANG
CONCERT 3 Piano
FRIDAY 22 MARCH 7:30PM
BEETHOVEN ~ Piano Sonata No.18 in E-flat, Op.31, No.3
CHOPIN ~ Nocturne No.4 in F major, Op.15, No.1
~ Nocturne No.15 in F minor, Op.55, No.1
BARTÓK ~ Szabadban (Out of Doors)
RACHMANINOV arr. WILD
~ Dreams, Op.38 No.5
~ The Little Island, Op.14 No.2
~ Vocalise, Op.34 No.14
SCHUMANN ~ Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
Individual tickets available from Thursday 15 November 2012:
$50 / $70 / $90 / $110*. Purchase Season Tickets to save up to
30% on the regular price. *Transaction fees may apply.
The South Korean pianist was the youngest
entrant that year but dazzled the jurors with her
maturity and her astonishing technical command.
Now, at 25, Yang has established a globe-trotting
career as a concert artist, performing with the
LA Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
and the Sydney Symphony, electrifying audiences
with her “million-volt stage presence.”
While Yang has the fingers and nerves of steel
to take on the most challenging repertoire, it’s
her refined musical sensibility and free-wheeling
imagination that set her apart from the many other
young virtuosi on the circuit. Colour and emotion
take precedence over mere display in renditions of
familiar repertoire and intriguing rarities, polished,
as always, to a scintillating gleam.
WHEN JOYCE YANG WON SILVER AT THE 12TH VAN CLIBURN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION AT THE AGE OF 19, THE ARRIVAL OF A MAJOR NEW TALENT WAS ANNOUNCED TO THE WORLD.
Fantasies, passions and dreams – the night’s
music – are the theme of Yang’s recital. Chopin’s
nocturnes are the perfect music for dreaming,
naturally, but how does the tenderly humorous
Beethoven sonata fit in? With the questioning
shape of its opening – Liebst du mich? (Do you
love me?), the melody says – its nostalgic minuet
and joyously galloping finale, it seems to be
a courtship (and elopement?) in miniature.
Night-time is made for romance. At the heart
of Bela Bartók’s Out of Doors suite is an
impression of a summer evening in the
Hungarian countryside, alive with insects and
frogs. Schumann was the archetypal Romantic
figure, both dreamy and passionate, as depicted
in his eight fantasy-pieces where the two sides of
his personality – which he named Eusebius and
Florestan – strut, sigh, banter and bicker.
Encoded within is a love letter from Robert
to his future wife, Clara.
JOYCE YANG
CONCERT 3 Piano
“The delightful Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling reveals herself as an outstanding interpreter of Strauss’s songs. Tilling takes her place among
the leading Strauss sopranos of the day.”
T H E S U N D A Y T I M E S , U K
S O P R A N O
“The delightful Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling reveals herself as an outstanding interpreter of Strauss’s songs. Tilling takes her place among
the leading Strauss sopranos of the day.”
T H E S U N D A Y T I M E S , U K
S O P R A N O
Tilling is one of those sopranos who prioritise
purity of sound and phrasing over sheer power, not
that this has stopped her from treading the boards
in the biggest and most prestigious opera houses –
the Metropolitan, Covent Garden and Glyndebourne
– in repertoire ranging from Figaro to Rosenkavalier
and beyond. On record, she’s worked with early
music specialists, and in recital she’s performed
at Wigmore and Carnegie Hall among many others.
So add ‘versatile’ to that list.
Tilling has made a speciality of the late-
Romanticism of Richard Strauss, bringing a
disarming freshness and bloom to some of the most
voluptuous lieder in the catalogue. These songs find
Strauss in more reflective, serene and candid moods
than his operas. Strauss writes rapturously for the
female voice (he was married to a soprano),
setting a vocal line like a gem within the finely-
wrought accompaniment. Even more luscious are
the Seven Early Songs of Alban Berg, where voice
soars over a surreally beautiful harmonic
landscape. Berg and Strauss’s underrated Viennese
contemporary, Alexander von Zemlinsky, wrote
a handful of Waltz-Songs, lilting showcases for a
gorgeous voice. And no concert of German lieder
is complete without the work of the master
songwriter, Schubert – songs in which Tilling,
spontaneous and smiling, is “a joy to the ear”.
THURSDAY 16 MAY 7:30PM
Exclusive Australian Appearance. With Anthony Legge, piano.
Songs of SCHUBERT, R STRAUSS, ZEMLINSKY and BERG
Individual tickets available from Thursday 15 November 2012: $50 / $70 / $90 / $110*.
Purchase Season Tickets to save up to 30% on the regular price. *Transaction fees may apply.
CAMILLA TILLING
CAMILLA TILLING’S VOICE AND STAGE PRESENCE HAVE CRITICS USING SUPERLATIVES LIKE ‘RADIANT’, ‘SPELLBINDING’ AND ‘FLAWLESS’. IS IT ANY WONDER THEN THAT SHE’S OFTEN CALLED ON TO PLAY ANGELS AND PRINCESSES?
CONCERT 4 Soprano
Tilling is one of those sopranos who prioritise
purity of sound and phrasing over sheer power, not
that this has stopped her from treading the boards
in the biggest and most prestigious opera houses –
the Metropolitan, Covent Garden and Glyndebourne
– in repertoire ranging from Figaro to Rosenkavalier
and beyond. On record, she’s worked with early
music specialists, and in recital she’s performed
at Wigmore and Carnegie Hall among many others.
So add ‘versatile’ to that list.
Tilling has made a speciality of the late-
Romanticism of Richard Strauss, bringing a
disarming freshness and bloom to some of the most
voluptuous lieder in the catalogue. These songs find
Strauss in more reflective, serene and candid moods
than his operas. Strauss writes rapturously for the
female voice (he was married to a soprano),
setting a vocal line like a gem within the finely-
wrought accompaniment. Even more luscious are
the Seven Early Songs of Alban Berg, where voice
soars over a surreally beautiful harmonic
landscape. Berg and Strauss’s underrated Viennese
contemporary, Alexander von Zemlinsky, wrote
a handful of Waltz-Songs, lilting showcases for a
gorgeous voice. And no concert of German lieder
is complete without the work of the master
songwriter, Schubert – songs in which Tilling,
spontaneous and smiling, is “a joy to the ear”.
THURSDAY 16 MAY 7:30PM
Exclusive Australian Appearance. With Anthony Legge, piano.
Songs of SCHUBERT, R STRAUSS, ZEMLINSKY and BERG
Individual tickets available from Thursday 15 November 2012: $50 / $70 / $90 / $110*.
Purchase Season Tickets to save up to 30% on the regular price. *Transaction fees may apply.
CAMILLA TILLING
CAMILLA TILLING’S VOICE AND STAGE PRESENCE HAVE CRITICS USING SUPERLATIVES LIKE ‘RADIANT’, ‘SPELLBINDING’ AND ‘FLAWLESS’. IS IT ANY WONDER THEN THAT SHE’S OFTEN CALLED ON TO PLAY ANGELS AND PRINCESSES?
CONCERT 4 Soprano
A R A B E L L A
S T E I N B A C H E R
“Precision, captivating intensity and tone of gloriously golden fire.”
S Y D N E Y M O R N I N G H E R A L D
V I O L I N
A R A B E L L A
S T E I N B A C H E R
“Precision, captivating intensity and tone of gloriously golden fire.”
S Y D N E Y M O R N I N G H E R A L D
V I O L I N
Since making an unexpected debut in Paris aged
22 when she replaced an indisposed colleague, the
young German-Japanese virtuoso has developed
an international solo career, performing with
prestigious orchestras and landing an exclusive
recording contract.
Perhaps the key to Steinbacher’s expressivity
is her upbringing: the daughter of a singer and
a pianist for the Munich opera, she grew up
surrounded by song. Steinbacher says, “When I
perform, it is an opportunity for me to express what
I feel most deeply through great music. It is my goal
to do nothing superficially, but to share my authentic
feelings directly with the audience.”
Steinbacher’s program provides moments of
passion, suavity and reflection. Brahms’ second
violin sonata is a radiantly lyrical masterpiece,
nearly a self-portrait of the introverted and intense
composer. Brahms wrote that his hero JS Bach’s
Ciaccona contains “a whole world of the deepest
thoughts and most powerful feelings” in its single
line of music. It is a tour-de-force for solo violin,
and one of the towering achievements of humanity.
From the same year – 1886 – as Brahms’ sonata,
Franck’s is a creation of impeccable French elegance
and sober grace. It’s a vintage Dior gown of a sonata
– the perfect fit for Arabella Steinbacher.
ARABELLA STEINBACHER
ARABELLA STEINBACHER’S MUSICAL DEMEANOUR IS EQUAL PARTS SWEETNESS AND GRIT. STEINBACHER AND HER 1716 STRADIVARIUS HAVE A RANGE THAT TAKES IN “RAVISHINGLY PURE AND LOVELY” TO A
“THRILLING TOUCH OF STEEL”.
TUESDAY 18 JUNE 7:30PM
Exclusive Melbourne Debut Recital. Ms Steinbacher’s associate artist will be announced in early 2013.
BRAHMS ~ Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in A, Op.100 JS BACH ~ Partita for Solo Violin in D minor, BWV 1004: Ciaccona FRANCK ~ Sonata for Violin and Piano in A
Individual tickets available from Thursday 15 November 2012: $50 / $70 / $90 / $110*.
Purchase Season Tickets to save up to 30% on the regular price. *Transaction fees may apply.
CONCERT 5 Violin
Since making an unexpected debut in Paris aged
22 when she replaced an indisposed colleague, the
young German-Japanese virtuoso has developed
an international solo career, performing with
prestigious orchestras and landing an exclusive
recording contract.
Perhaps the key to Steinbacher’s expressivity
is her upbringing: the daughter of a singer and
a pianist for the Munich opera, she grew up
surrounded by song. Steinbacher says, “When I
perform, it is an opportunity for me to express what
I feel most deeply through great music. It is my goal
to do nothing superficially, but to share my authentic
feelings directly with the audience.”
Steinbacher’s program provides moments of
passion, suavity and reflection. Brahms’ second
violin sonata is a radiantly lyrical masterpiece,
nearly a self-portrait of the introverted and intense
composer. Brahms wrote that his hero JS Bach’s
Ciaccona contains “a whole world of the deepest
thoughts and most powerful feelings” in its single
line of music. It is a tour-de-force for solo violin,
and one of the towering achievements of humanity.
From the same year – 1886 – as Brahms’ sonata,
Franck’s is a creation of impeccable French elegance
and sober grace. It’s a vintage Dior gown of a sonata
– the perfect fit for Arabella Steinbacher.
ARABELLA STEINBACHER
ARABELLA STEINBACHER’S MUSICAL DEMEANOUR IS EQUAL PARTS SWEETNESS AND GRIT. STEINBACHER AND HER 1716 STRADIVARIUS HAVE A RANGE THAT TAKES IN “RAVISHINGLY PURE AND LOVELY” TO A
“THRILLING TOUCH OF STEEL”.
TUESDAY 18 JUNE 7:30PM
Exclusive Melbourne Debut Recital. Ms Steinbacher’s associate artist will be announced in early 2013.
BRAHMS ~ Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in A, Op.100 JS BACH ~ Partita for Solo Violin in D minor, BWV 1004: Ciaccona FRANCK ~ Sonata for Violin and Piano in A
Individual tickets available from Thursday 15 November 2012: $50 / $70 / $90 / $110*.
Purchase Season Tickets to save up to 30% on the regular price. *Transaction fees may apply.
CONCERT 5 Violin
S E R G I O T I E M P O
P I A N O
“May well be the most dazzling and spontaneous pianist of his generation.”
G R A M O P H O N E M A G A Z I N E , U K
Photo: © Sussie Ahlburg
S E R G I O T I E M P O
P I A N O
“May well be the most dazzling and spontaneous pianist of his generation.”
G R A M O P H O N E M A G A Z I N E , U K
Photo: © Sussie Ahlburg
The fearless pianist isn’t afraid of playing fast and
loose with venerable masterpieces, zapping them
back into life with his electrifying energy. He has
left audiences and orchestras around the world
buzzing with excitement.
It’s probably no surprise that the Venezuelan-born
Tiempo is the protégé of another iconoclastic
musician, Martha Argerich. His Great Performers
recital program is almost an homage to her red-hot
interpretations of those stalwarts of the repertoire,
Chopin, Ravel and Liszt. But here the comparisons
end: Tiempo is an original and finds his own way
though these masterpieces. Chopin’s B-minor
Sonata is a paradox: turbulent and theatrical,
yet intensely introverted. With its aria-like slow
movement, it’s more grand opera than chamber
music. The three pieces of Maurice Ravel’s
Gaspard de la nuit are studies in elegant devilry
and fiendish technical difficulty, especially the
last – Scarbo – where a goblin malevolently flits
across the keyboard and into your nightmares.
Liszt’s prayer-like Consolation No.3 should soothe
your nerves with one of the most ecstatically
soaring melodies the composer ever penned,
and a demonstration that Tiempo is capable of
rapt delicacy as well as the Latin fire of Ginastera’s
vivacious Argentinean Dances.
SERGIO TIEMPO
FIREBRAND VIRTUOSO SERGIO TIEMPO’S PERFORMANCES MAY NOT BE TO YOUR TASTE. BUT IF YOU WANT TO YOUR PRECONCEPTIONS TO BE CHALLENGED, TO HEAR FAMILIAR MUSIC MADE NEW, THEN TIEMPO’S THE MUSICIAN FOR YOU.
TUESDAY 25 JUNE 7:30PM
CHOPIN ~ selected Nocturnes ~ Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op.58 RAVEL ~ Gaspard de la nuit LISZT ~ Consolation No.3 GINASTERA ~ Three Argentinean Dances, Op.2
Individual tickets available from Thursday 15
November 2012: $50 / $70 / $90 / $110*.
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CONCERT 6 Piano
The fearless pianist isn’t afraid of playing fast and
loose with venerable masterpieces, zapping them
back into life with his electrifying energy. He has
left audiences and orchestras around the world
buzzing with excitement.
It’s probably no surprise that the Venezuelan-born
Tiempo is the protégé of another iconoclastic
musician, Martha Argerich. His Great Performers
recital program is almost an homage to her red-hot
interpretations of those stalwarts of the repertoire,
Chopin, Ravel and Liszt. But here the comparisons
end: Tiempo is an original and finds his own way
though these masterpieces. Chopin’s B-minor
Sonata is a paradox: turbulent and theatrical,
yet intensely introverted. With its aria-like slow
movement, it’s more grand opera than chamber
music. The three pieces of Maurice Ravel’s
Gaspard de la nuit are studies in elegant devilry
and fiendish technical difficulty, especially the
last – Scarbo – where a goblin malevolently flits
across the keyboard and into your nightmares.
Liszt’s prayer-like Consolation No.3 should soothe
your nerves with one of the most ecstatically
soaring melodies the composer ever penned,
and a demonstration that Tiempo is capable of
rapt delicacy as well as the Latin fire of Ginastera’s
vivacious Argentinean Dances.
SERGIO TIEMPO
FIREBRAND VIRTUOSO SERGIO TIEMPO’S PERFORMANCES MAY NOT BE TO YOUR TASTE. BUT IF YOU WANT TO YOUR PRECONCEPTIONS TO BE CHALLENGED, TO HEAR FAMILIAR MUSIC MADE NEW, THEN TIEMPO’S THE MUSICIAN FOR YOU.
TUESDAY 25 JUNE 7:30PM
CHOPIN ~ selected Nocturnes ~ Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op.58 RAVEL ~ Gaspard de la nuit LISZT ~ Consolation No.3 GINASTERA ~ Three Argentinean Dances, Op.2
Individual tickets available from Thursday 15
November 2012: $50 / $70 / $90 / $110*.
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CONCERT 6 Piano
“Soaringly, movingly direct.”
T H E G U A R D I A N
S O P R A N O
“Soaringly, movingly direct.”
T H E G U A R D I A N
S O P R A N O
THURSDAY 29 AUGUST 7:30PM
With Malcolm Martineau, Piano.
Songs of SCHUMANN, DEBUSSY, BRITTEN and others
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A few decades and plenty of hard work later,
the accidental opera star is in demand around
the world (The Met, La Scala, Covent Garden) for
the ultimate soprano roles: Elektra, Salome and
Isolde. In late 2013, Susan Bullock performs the
most challenging of all, the valkyrie Brünnhilde,
in Wagner’s Ring Cycle in Melbourne. In any case,
Bullock is no stranger to Australian stages:
smouldering as the murderous Katerina in
Shostokovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk for
Opera Australia and giving the first vocal recital
at Melbourne Recital Centre. Bullock’s “intelligence
and musicianship” set her apart: “she colours words,
she shapes phrases and never forgets the dramatic
sense of what she is uttering”. (The Telegraph, UK).
Renowned as much for her absorption into her
parts as for the turbo-charged power of her voice,
Susan Bullock’s combination of dramatic instinct
and vocal prowess make for gripping performances
at the opera and in recital. For Bullock, the two
art-forms overlap: “Each song is a mini-opera
in itself. I relish the challenge of that.”
Susan Bullock is joined by associate artist
Malcolm Martineau, a pianist whose dazzling
skill and almost supernatural sensitivity have
made him the partner of choice for A-list singers.
SUSAN BULLOCK
SUSAN BULLOCK IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT DRAMATIC SOPRANOS BUT SHE ALMOST PURSUED A CAREER AS A PIANIST. NEEDING A SECOND STUDY AT THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC SHE CHOSE VOICE.
CONCERT 7 Soprano
Photo: © Anne-Marie Le Blé
THURSDAY 29 AUGUST 7:30PM
With Malcolm Martineau, Piano.
Songs of SCHUMANN, DEBUSSY, BRITTEN and others
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Purchase Season Tickets to save up to 30% on the regular price. *Transaction fees may apply.
A few decades and plenty of hard work later,
the accidental opera star is in demand around
the world (The Met, La Scala, Covent Garden) for
the ultimate soprano roles: Elektra, Salome and
Isolde. In late 2013, Susan Bullock performs the
most challenging of all, the valkyrie Brünnhilde,
in Wagner’s Ring Cycle in Melbourne. In any case,
Bullock is no stranger to Australian stages:
smouldering as the murderous Katerina in
Shostokovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk for
Opera Australia and giving the first vocal recital
at Melbourne Recital Centre. Bullock’s “intelligence
and musicianship” set her apart: “she colours words,
she shapes phrases and never forgets the dramatic
sense of what she is uttering”. (The Telegraph, UK).
Renowned as much for her absorption into her
parts as for the turbo-charged power of her voice,
Susan Bullock’s combination of dramatic instinct
and vocal prowess make for gripping performances
at the opera and in recital. For Bullock, the two
art-forms overlap: “Each song is a mini-opera
in itself. I relish the challenge of that.”
Susan Bullock is joined by associate artist
Malcolm Martineau, a pianist whose dazzling
skill and almost supernatural sensitivity have
made him the partner of choice for A-list singers.
SUSAN BULLOCK
SUSAN BULLOCK IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT DRAMATIC SOPRANOS BUT SHE ALMOST PURSUED A CAREER AS A PIANIST. NEEDING A SECOND STUDY AT THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC SHE CHOSE VOICE.
CONCERT 7 Soprano
Photo: © Anne-Marie Le Blé
K A T I A A N D M A R I E L L E
L A B È Q U E
“Versatile, musically volatile.”
V A R I E T Y , U S
P I A N O D U O
K A T I A A N D M A R I E L L E
L A B È Q U E
“Versatile, musically volatile.”
V A R I E T Y , U S
P I A N O D U O
PIANO DUO MUSIC, WHETHER SPECTACULARLY GRAND OR SWEETLY DOMESTIC, ALWAYS HAS A UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE THAT COMES FROM THE CAMARADERIE OF THE TWO MUSICIANS. FOR THE SISTERS LABÈQUE, WHO HAVE BEEN PLAYING THIS WAY FOR MOST OF THEIR LIVES, THAT BOND IS ESPECIALLY POWERFUL.
Katia and Marielle Labèque are two of the most
charismatic, versatile and inquisitive musicians
working today. In a string of hit recordings and
international engagements, they’ve collaborated
with a who’s-who of famous composers, conductors
and orchestras playing music from the baroque to
the 21st Century. Their performances are displays
of perfect unity, of course, but the sisters have very
different personalities: the more extroverted Katia
often plays the showier treble part, while grounded
Marielle offers vital support. It’s an ideal partnership.
The Labèques caught the music world’s attention
with their recording of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and it’s the jazz-inflected music of the next
generation which forms the centrepiece of this
recital. Leonard Bernstein’s unforgettable West Side Story gets the Labèque touch in an extended suite
of dances and songs from the musical complete with
Latin percussion. Bernstein’s soaring melodies and
red-hot rhythms make West Side Story one of the
most beloved works of 20th Century theatre, now
translated with the composer’s endorsement by
Irwin Kostal, the musical’s original orchestrator,
into dazzling virtuoso vehicle especially for
the Labèques.
In the first half of the program, Claude Debussy’s
haunting piano duo is music etched in black and
white. Composed in the midst of the First World
War, En blanc et noir is Debussy at his most
abstract and incisive. There’s no impressionistic
mist here. Instead, Debussy was inspired by the
chiaroscuro of Goya and Velazquez, though
relieved by bursts of tenderness and humour.
Debussy’s colleague Maurice Ravel paints a
very different picture of Spain – sundrenched
and sensuous – in his Rapsodie espagnole.
The piano duet version was a sketch along the
way to the more familiar orchestral fantasy,
but as you’ll hear, the Labèques easily match
an orchestra for colour and brilliance.
SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER 7:30PM
With Raphael Segunier and Gonzalo Grau, percussion.
DEBUSSY ~ En blanc et noir RAVEL ~ Rapsodie espagnole BERNSTEIN arr. KOSTAL ~ West Side Story
Individual tickets available from Thursday 15
November 2012: $50 / $70 / $90 / $110*.
Purchase Season Tickets to save up to 30% on
the regular price. *Transaction fees may apply.
KATIA AND MARIELLE LABÈQUE
CONCERT 8 Piano Duo
PIANO DUO MUSIC, WHETHER SPECTACULARLY GRAND OR SWEETLY DOMESTIC, ALWAYS HAS A UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE THAT COMES FROM THE CAMARADERIE OF THE TWO MUSICIANS. FOR THE SISTERS LABÈQUE, WHO HAVE BEEN PLAYING THIS WAY FOR MOST OF THEIR LIVES, THAT BOND IS ESPECIALLY POWERFUL.
Katia and Marielle Labèque are two of the most
charismatic, versatile and inquisitive musicians
working today. In a string of hit recordings and
international engagements, they’ve collaborated
with a who’s-who of famous composers, conductors
and orchestras playing music from the baroque to
the 21st Century. Their performances are displays
of perfect unity, of course, but the sisters have very
different personalities: the more extroverted Katia
often plays the showier treble part, while grounded
Marielle offers vital support. It’s an ideal partnership.
The Labèques caught the music world’s attention
with their recording of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and it’s the jazz-inflected music of the next
generation which forms the centrepiece of this
recital. Leonard Bernstein’s unforgettable West Side Story gets the Labèque touch in an extended suite
of dances and songs from the musical complete with
Latin percussion. Bernstein’s soaring melodies and
red-hot rhythms make West Side Story one of the
most beloved works of 20th Century theatre, now
translated with the composer’s endorsement by
Irwin Kostal, the musical’s original orchestrator,
into dazzling virtuoso vehicle especially for
the Labèques.
In the first half of the program, Claude Debussy’s
haunting piano duo is music etched in black and
white. Composed in the midst of the First World
War, En blanc et noir is Debussy at his most
abstract and incisive. There’s no impressionistic
mist here. Instead, Debussy was inspired by the
chiaroscuro of Goya and Velazquez, though
relieved by bursts of tenderness and humour.
Debussy’s colleague Maurice Ravel paints a
very different picture of Spain – sundrenched
and sensuous – in his Rapsodie espagnole.
The piano duet version was a sketch along the
way to the more familiar orchestral fantasy,
but as you’ll hear, the Labèques easily match
an orchestra for colour and brilliance.
SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER 7:30PM
With Raphael Segunier and Gonzalo Grau, percussion.
DEBUSSY ~ En blanc et noir RAVEL ~ Rapsodie espagnole BERNSTEIN arr. KOSTAL ~ West Side Story
Individual tickets available from Thursday 15
November 2012: $50 / $70 / $90 / $110*.
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the regular price. *Transaction fees may apply.
KATIA AND MARIELLE LABÈQUE
CONCERT 8 Piano Duo
“Elegance, fluency, modesty, clarity.”
T H E I N D E P E N D E N T , U K
P I A N O
“Elegance, fluency, modesty, clarity.”
T H E I N D E P E N D E N T , U K
P I A N O
In a Great Performers series not short on stellar
talent, Murray Perahia is perhaps the most august
and experienced master, though he’s retained his
boyish curiosity and passion. Never content to
repeat himself or take interpretative shortcuts,
Perahia leads revelatory journeys through core
repertoire, discovering new things to say at every
recital. First and foremost he’s a story-teller, wholly
committed to finding and then dramatising the
narratives embedded in the music. As one writer
put it, Perahia “has always had an inclination
towards translucency, for making himself the
finest possible veil through which to show you the
composers.” Fastidious preparation and analysis
underlie all of his decisions, but the result on the
concert stage is unstudied – a communion
between you and the music.
This transparency and discretion is the hallmark
of his playing, making him one of the most
sought-after artists of his generation and making
his recordings of his beloved Bach, Beethoven,
Schubert and Chopin definitive, award-winning
documents of self-effacing genius.
Perahia has said, “Playing is more important than
speaking to me.” To speak – or play – with such
simplicity demands the most profound artistry.
MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 7:30PM
Melbourne Debut.
Mr Perahia will confirm his repertoire in early 2013.
Individual tickets available from Thursday 15
November 2012: $60 / $90 / $110 / $150*.
Purchase Season Tickets to save up to 30% on
the regular price. *Transaction fees may apply.
MURRAY PERAHIA
MURRAY PERAHIA IS THE DEFINITIVE VIRTUOSO MUSICIAN. SINCE HIS DEBUT IN THE 1970s, PERAHIA HAS WON THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF AUDIENCES, CRITICS AND FELLOW MUSICIANS WITH THE COMBINATION OF INTELLIGENCE, POETRY AND PHENOMENAL TECHNIQUE HE PRESSES INTO THE SERVICE OF THE MUSIC.
CONCERT 9 Piano
Photo: © Felix Broede
In a Great Performers series not short on stellar
talent, Murray Perahia is perhaps the most august
and experienced master, though he’s retained his
boyish curiosity and passion. Never content to
repeat himself or take interpretative shortcuts,
Perahia leads revelatory journeys through core
repertoire, discovering new things to say at every
recital. First and foremost he’s a story-teller, wholly
committed to finding and then dramatising the
narratives embedded in the music. As one writer
put it, Perahia “has always had an inclination
towards translucency, for making himself the
finest possible veil through which to show you the
composers.” Fastidious preparation and analysis
underlie all of his decisions, but the result on the
concert stage is unstudied – a communion
between you and the music.
This transparency and discretion is the hallmark
of his playing, making him one of the most
sought-after artists of his generation and making
his recordings of his beloved Bach, Beethoven,
Schubert and Chopin definitive, award-winning
documents of self-effacing genius.
Perahia has said, “Playing is more important than
speaking to me.” To speak – or play – with such
simplicity demands the most profound artistry.
MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 7:30PM
Melbourne Debut.
Mr Perahia will confirm his repertoire in early 2013.
Individual tickets available from Thursday 15
November 2012: $60 / $90 / $110 / $150*.
Purchase Season Tickets to save up to 30% on
the regular price. *Transaction fees may apply.
MURRAY PERAHIA
MURRAY PERAHIA IS THE DEFINITIVE VIRTUOSO MUSICIAN. SINCE HIS DEBUT IN THE 1970s, PERAHIA HAS WON THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF AUDIENCES, CRITICS AND FELLOW MUSICIANS WITH THE COMBINATION OF INTELLIGENCE, POETRY AND PHENOMENAL TECHNIQUE HE PRESSES INTO THE SERVICE OF THE MUSIC.
CONCERT 9 Piano
Photo: © Felix Broede
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Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC, DBE
The Great Performers thrill us with their artistry and transcendent performances. Our donors ensure a lasting benefit. Their support directly impacts the range of artistic and education initiatives the Centre can undertake and the extent of our reach into the broader community. We invite you to consider making a gift to Melbourne Recital Centre so that we can offer profound and engaging experiences with great music to everyone.
Kathryn Fagg, ChairPeter BartlettTommas BonvinoStephen CarpenterDes ClarkJoe CorponiMargaret Farren-PriceJohn HiggsJulie Kantor
The Kantor FamilyThe Calvert-Jones FamilyLyn Williams AMHelen Macpherson Smith TrustRobert Salzer FoundationThe Hugh Williamson Foundation
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JOIN OUR OTHER GRE AT PERFORMERS
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P R O G R A M P A R T N E R S
OUR PARTNERS
WHAT MAKES THE CENTRE SPECIAL?
Musicians will tell you that performing in the spaces at Melbourne Recital Centre is an incredible experience
and audiences will agree. Our two halls were designed to be the best place to hear music, providing a clarity and
intimacy that you’ve never experienced before. We’ve been voted the best venue for chamber music in
Australia, taking our place among the very finest in the world.
All information contained in this brochure is to the best of our knowledge and belief correct at the time of publication.
For further information on Melbourne Recital Centre’s Business Partnership and Donor Programs, please contact Sandra Robertson, Director of Development, by phone: (03) 9207 2641 or by email: [email protected]
Melbourne Recital Centre Cnr Southbank Bvd & Sturt St
Southbank Vic Australia
Telephone: 03 9699 3333 Box Office opening hours: Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm.
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Purchase a package by 14 November 2012 and be
entered into the draw to win a mens or ladies Koppel
519 watch from Georg Jensen valued at up to $1,475.
Henning Koppel’s clean and understated design is
instantly recognisable for its numberless dial and
Swiss-made quality.
The ultra-precise quartz movement inside the elegant
round case of the 41-millimetre Koppel Dual Time,
offers a secondary time zone via a fourth separately
adjusted central hand. This gives the wearer the
opportunity to see the time at the end destination
and adjust the fourth hand to your home time –
or vice versa.
The Henning Koppel dual time is perfect for the
modern man or woman, and represents Danish
watch design at its very best.
GREAT PERFORMERS PACKAGES
IN 2013, YOU CAN SAVE ON TICKETS AND HAVE THE FLEXIBILIT Y OF A CHOOSE-YOUR-OWN SEASON TICKET PACKAGE. PURCHASE ALL NINE CONCERTS TO ENJOY THE GREATEST SAVING AND ADDITIONAL BENEFITS, OR PURCHASE A SIX-CONCERT OR FOUR-CONCERT PACKAGE TO PERSONALISE YOUR EXPERIENCE.
1. Best available, subject to availability; 2. Only valid for four- and six-packs; 3. Georg Jensen Koppel 519 Watch Draw Terms and Conditions: Purchase a Melbourne Recital Centre season package by 14 November 2012 to be entered into the draw to win a mens or ladies Koppel 519 watch in the colour of your choice from Georg Jensen valued at up to $1,475. The draw will be conducted on Fri 16 November at the Melbourne Recital Centre Marketing Department offices, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank, VIC 3006. Winner will be notified on Mon 19 November by phone/email and posted on melbournerecital.com.au. 4. Free Melbourne Recital Annual Membership offer valid until 14 November 2012. Limit of one Annual Membership per household. Your Membership pack will be fulfilled separately to your Season Tickets. Membership is not exchangeable, transferable or redeemable for cash. If you are already a Member, an additional year will be added to your existing Membership.
GREAT BENEFITS
The more you purchase the more you save:
30% or more on the regular ticket price.
Save 10% on additional tickets for
Great Performers concerts.
One complimentary ticket per year for you
to introduce a friend to Great Performers.
Valid for concerts until 25 June, 2013.1
Access to the Great Performers lounge.
Sit in the same seats for all your concerts –
the best seats in the house.
Full-pack purchasers can renew their
seats year after year.
Plans changed? Exchange your tickets
for another Great Performers recital.
We’ll waive the exchange fee.2
Subscribe by 14 November 2012 and
receive a free Melbourne Recital Centre
Annual Membership, to unlock further
benefits and discounts. 4
Priority access to other Great Performers
and select Melbourne Recital Centre events.
Join us for free pre-concert talks
45 minutes before each performance.
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T W
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EAST WINGS
LEVEL TWO: CIRCLE
LEVEL ONE: STALLS
STAGEPREMIUM
A RESERVE
B RESERVE
C RESERVE
SEATING KEY:
STALLS SEATING
ONLY AVAILABLE
AT THIS TIME
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