Fresh Fields - 2009 Concert Series
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Artistic Director - William Hennessy
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Your chance to experience superb Australian talent performing great music, of our time and from all time, and displaying the glorious acoustic qualities of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall in Melbourne Recital Centre.
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| Sunday, 29 March, 2.30 pm
| Guest Soloist - Peter Coleman-Wright, baritone
| "Beautifully moulded sound with a golden heroic edge."
| Coleman-Wright, who next year will perform at la Scala in Milan, will present some of the all-time favourite arias from Handel’s operas. MCO will present Grieg’s sumptuous Holberg Suite, Vivaldi and the world premiere of Bowman's arrangement of Sibelius’ Voce Intimae. This concert will be a sensory-saturated experience not to be missed.
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| Sunday, 26 April, 2.30 pm
| Guest Soloist - Ian Munro, piano
| "His career has taken him to 30 countries and seen him awarded multiple prizes."
| MCO revives the great tradition of composer/performers with Ian Munro both performing the classic Mozart piano concerto K414 and premiering his new composition for string orchestra. The composer/performer theme is complete with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #5, and the Serenade by Joseph Suk, distinguished Czech violinist. This concert will appeal to the heart .. and the head.
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| Sunday, 24 May, 2.30 pm
| Guest Soloist - Diana Doherty, oboe and oboe d'amore
| "Playing Bach ... is nourishment above and beyond need for heart and mind."
| Diana Doherty came to international prominence as the sylph-like figure who weaved magic into Ross Edwards’ oboe concerto. A long-time friend of MCO, Diana will perform a number of concertos from her about-to-be-released recording for ABC Classics, exclusively Bach. Interspersed with her performances, MCO will delight the senses with some of Handel’s most evocative works. One for the senses – be entranced.
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| Sunday, 30 August, 2.30 pm
| Conductor - Benjamin Northey, Principal Conductor
| Guest Soloists - Igor Machlak and Olga Kharatanova, pianos
| Rebecca Chan, violin and Stefanie Farrands, viola
| Mozart was composing when Australia was being discovered and settled. Two hundred years later, his influence is omnipresent and some of this country’s finest soloists led by leading next-generation conductor, Benjamin Northey, will show why. Featuring possibly the first double piano concerto in this venue, this is a concert to kick back, metaphorically put your feet up and let it flow.
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| Sunday, 4 October, 2.30 pm
| Guest director - Rachael Beesley
| 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.
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