The White Hat Guide to Maurice Ravel

Trio Dali

The young and glamorous French trio are named after a Chinese marble, rather than the Spanish artist. With two of the great works from the piano trio repertoire, White Hat suspects this may turn out to be a memorable concert.

• Gordon Kerry Im Winde (2000)
• Maurice Ravel Piano Trio in A minor (1914) (one of White Hat's Top 100 Chamber Works)
• Franz Schubert Piano Trio no 2 in E flat major, op 100 (one of White Hat's Top 100 Chamber Works)

7.30pm, Saturday 19th May 2012, Harold Lobb Concert Hall, Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, Newcastle
7pm Mon 21st May & 2pm Sat 2 June 2012, City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney
7pm Tue  22nd May & 8pm Sat 26th May 2012, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
7pm, Thursday 24th May 2012, Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music, Canberra
7.30pm Tuesday 29th May 2012, Perth Concert Hall, Perth
7.30pm, Thursday 31st May 2012, Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide

Takács Quartet

Two of the finest string quartets of the 20th century performed by one of the world's most respected chamber groups. White Hat suggests that you attend both of the Takács Quartet concerts if you can. That way you can hear the pair pair of  Janáček quartets and the Ravel & Debussy Quartets (often regarded as a 'pair') both separated across tow nights - in our opinion the best way to hear them.

• Leoš Janáček String Quartet no 2, ‘Intimate Letters’ (1928) (one of White Hat's Top 100 Chamber Works)
• Benjamin Britten String Quartet no 3, op 94
• Gordon Kerry Variations for string quartet (2006)
• Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F major, op 34 (one of White Hat's Top 100 Chamber Works)

7.30pm, Thursday 21st June 2012, Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide
7pm, Tuesday 26th June 2012, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
7pm, Wednesday 27th June 2012, Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music, Canberra
7.30pm, Friday 29th June 2012, Harold Lobb Concert Hall, Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, Newcastle
7pm, Monday 2nd July 2012, City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney