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The White Hat guide to Cheap & Free Classical Music Concerts in Melbourne
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Free Organ Recital
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Get away from the city bustle and enjoy a free organ recital in historic St Michael's Church. |
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1pm to 1.30pm, every Thursday |
St Michael's Church,
120 Collins Street, Melbourne
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Enquiries: (03) 9654 5120 |
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Sidney Myer Free Concerts: No.1 - Russian Rhapsody
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 White
Hat always looks forward to the Sidney Myer Free Concerts as one of the
highlights of the summer in Melbourne. They are made available free to the
people of Melbourne (and visitors) through the philanthropy of the late
Sidney Myer and performed in the
wonderful outdoor Music Bowl which he also contributed to the city.
The first concert in the season features intense Russian music opening with
Rachmaninov's brooding
Isle of the Dead and concluding with his brilliant
Symphonic
Dances
Performed by The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Simon Hewett (conductor)
and Antoinette Halloran (soprano)
This is a free concert and details of conditions of entry and what you are
able to bring with you is available
here.
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Sidney Myer Free Concerts: No.2 - Kalkadunga
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White Hat always looks forward to the Sidney Myer Free Concerts as one of the
highlights of the summer in Melbourne. They are made available free to the
people of Melbourne (and visitors) through the philanthropy of the late
Sidney Myer and performed in the
wonderful outdoor Music Bowl which he also contributed to the city.
Here is your opportunity tp lie on your back under the stars while the
orchestra conjures up the spirit of Mexico, Finland and Aboriginal Melbourne. Of
course when the first white men arrived in Melbourne they wouldn't have heard
the didgeridoo - at that
time it was unknown to Aboriginal people in southern and eastern Australia as it
was confined confined to the Pilbara area. Some time after white settlement, the
'didge' began to spread around Australia and was soon incorporated into the
various local Aboriginal cultures around the country. You are unlikely to hear
it better played than by that wonderful musician,
William Barton
Performed by The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Benjamin Northey
(conductor) and William Barton
(didgeridoo).
This is a free concert and details of conditions of entry and what you are
able to bring with you is available
here.
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Sidney Myer Free Concerts: No.3 - Rising Star
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White
Hat always looks forward to the Sidney Myer Free Concerts as one of the
highlights of the summer in Melbourne. They are made available free to the
people of Melbourne (and visitors) through the philanthropy of the late
Sidney Myer and performed in the
wonderful outdoor Music Bowl which he also contributed to the city.
The remarkable music scheme that started in Venezuela in 1975 known as
Venezuelan Sistema has given the world some wonderful and inspiring
classical music performances and musicians. Diego Matheuz is one of the the
latest musicians to emerge from this powerhouse, and at just 26, is bringing his
combination of Latin flair and technical mastery to the world’s leading
orchestras. This concert is your chance to experience one of today’s rising
musical personalities in a program of sumptuous, powerful classics. He is joined
in this concert by Australian pianist Ian Munro.
Performed by The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Diego Matheuz (conductor)
and Ian Munro (piano)
This is a free concert and details of conditions of entry and what you are
able to bring with you is available
here.
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Sidney Myer Free Concerts: No.4 - Four South American Seasons
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White Hat always looks forward to the Sidney Myer Free Concerts as one of the
highlights of the summer in Melbourne. They are made available free to the
people of Melbourne (and visitors) through the philanthropy of the late
Sidney Myer and performed in the
wonderful outdoor Music Bowl which he also contributed to the city.
The Venezuelan conductor Diego Matheuz, here brings a celebration of dance
music which is sure to have patrons on the grass itching to get up and dance
because are not the simple repetitive rhythms of a Summdayze or Big
Day Out, but the full complex classical rhythms of a full orchestra.
Astor Piazzolla's masterpiece,
Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, is the Latin equivalent of
Vivaldi’s
famous work, and for it Matheuz
will be joined by young Australian violinist, Kristian Winther. The concert
culminates in a blaze of rhythmic energy with Moncayo’s jubilant
Huapango.
- Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet: Suite No.2
- Marquez Danzon No.2
- Piazzolla
Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
- Moncayo Huapango
Performed by The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Diego Matheuz (conductor)
and Kristian Winther (violin).
This is a free concert and details of conditions of entry and what you are
able to bring with you is available
here.
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The Australian National Academy of Music hold many free concerts, and for those where ticket prices apply $5 student rush tickets are often available 15 minutes prior to the start of each concert. See more information at South Melbourne Town Hall. Other resources
The 3MBS Daily Arts Diary contains a limited selection of events, and will
often include some amateur events not found on these pages. It can be found at
http://www.3mbs.org.au/artsdiary.html
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