28th September – 4th October at the Melbourne Recital Centre !

Tinalley String Quartet

2nd October 2009, 6pm, at the Melbourne Recital Centre, Salon.

Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre

ARTISTS

Tinalley String Quartet

PROGRAM

MEALE –  String Quartet No 2
BRAHMS –  String Quartet No 2 in A minor, Op 51

Tinalley String Quartet has rapidly achieved recognition as one of the most exciting young quartets performing on the world chamber music stage. Tinalley was awarded First Prize at the prestigious 9th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2007 and the Grand Prize at the 2005 Australian Chamber Music Competition, now known as the Asia Pacific Music Competition. The Quartet’s 2009/2010 season will include a return tour of Europe, with debut appearances in Paris, Vienna, Salzburg, Budapest and the Berlin Konzerthaus, as well as a return appearance at the Concertgebouw as part of the International Chamber Music Series. The Quartet has been broadcast by ABC Classic FM and 3MBS FM in Australia while around the world their live recordings have been heard on CBC Canada, SRW2 and HR2 Kultur, Germany, and Public National Radio, The Netherlands. In the previous two years, Tinalley String Quartet have performed across Australia, Europe, America and Canada, with season highlights including New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver, Hamburg, Nurnberg, Berlin, Luxembourg and Amsterdam.

1 hour 15 mins concert duration (no interval)

Prices:  $30 ($20 concession)

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Le voci della sensualita – Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

4th October 2009, 2.30pm, at the Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall.

ARTISTS

Rachael Beesley, Guest director

PROGRAM

Brescianello (1690 – 1758) –  Symphony for String Orchestra in D major, Op.1 No.1
Durante (1684 – 1758) –  Concerto in G minor for two violins, viola and BC, No.2
Corelli (1684 – 1755) –  Concerto Grosso in Bb major, Op.6 No.11
Vivaldi (1678 – 1713) –  Concerto for 2 cellos and string orchestra in G minor, RV 531
Vivaldi –  Concerto in A major from “L’estro Armonico”, Op.3 No.5
Corelli –  Concerto Grosso in D major, Op.6 No.4
Durante –  Concerto for violin and orchestra in A major No.8 “La Pazzia”
Brescianello –  Chaconne for two violins, two violas and BC in A major

After 15 years specialising in historically-informed performance in Europe, Rachael Beesley comes home. Australian violinist, Rachael Beesley, an internationally-renowned specialist in early music, has created and will lead, a concert of rare and winsome beauty. Corelli, Vivaldi and lesser-known Durante and Brescianello will transport us to renaissant serenity.

Performance Dates

Prices: $20 – $89

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