Laurence joins Decca Artist Christian Li for a recital in celebration of the Keshet Eilon masterclasses.

Laurence has had the pleasure of mentoring Christian for nearly 4 years, during which he won the 2018 Junior Menuhin Violin Competition in Switzerland, embarked on a recital tour of Europe and performed with orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Geneva Chamber Orchestra, and the Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Australia. They always enjoy collaborating and working together and are excited to continue the partnership into the future. Christian plays on a rare 3/4-size violin made by Dom Nicolo Amati in 1733, on generous loan from Reuning & Son Violins, Boston & New York and a rare bow by Pierre Simon kindly on loan from Florian Leonhard Fine Violins, London.

Details TBC

W | http://mostlyopera.org/event/christian-li-recital/

BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn
MOZART Piano Concerto No.12, K.414
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.5, Op.64

Laurence Matheson piano
Simon Thew conductor
Stonnington Symphony Orchestra

W | http://www.stonningtonsymphony.org.au/performances/2020-season-ss2

Laurence joins MSO Concertmaster and ASQ 1st Violinist Dale Barltrop for a recital at the Lyrebird Music Society

Brisbane-born violinist, Dale Barltrop, is Concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and First Violinist of the Australian String Quartet. He previously served as Concertmaster of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in Canada and Principal Second Violin of the St Paul Chamber Orchestra in the United States, having performed with all of these orchestras as soloist and director.

Barltrop has also appeared as Concertmaster of the Australian World Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, guest director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, ACO2 and the Camerata of St John’s chamber orchestra in Brisbane. He has performed at numerous music festivals across North America, including Mainly Mozart, Festival Mozaic, Music in the Vineyards, Yellow Barn, Kneisel Hall, Tanglewood and the New York String Seminar.

He performs on a violin crafted by JB Guadagnini, Turin, 1784, on loan from the Ukaria Cultural Centre.

MOZART Violin Sonata in F major, K.377
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No.6 in A major, Op.30 No.1
PROKOFIEV Violin Sonata No.2 in D major, Op.94bis

Dale Barltrop violin
Laurence Matheson piano

W | http://lyrebirdmusicsociety.org.au/

Laurence joins Francesca Hiew, second violinist with the Australian String Quartet for a program of romantic violin favourites.

While studying with Laurence at ANAM, Francesca co-founded the Auric Quartet – who have since been selected as finalists for the Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition and Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition and performed at Perth International Arts Festival, Melbourne Festival, Four Winds Festival and Dunkeld Festival.

Francesca has performed as a soloist with the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria and as part of a solo quartet with Orchestra Victoria in the Australian Ballet’s production of Brett Dean’s “Fire Music”. After winning a full-time position in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 2014, Francesca joined the ASQ in 2016.

Francesca plays on a violin by JB Guadagnini, 1748-49 Piacenza, kindly on loan from the Ukaria Cultural Centre.

Program to include:
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No.3 in Eb, Op. 12

Join the MSO on the Queen’s Birthday holiday for a six-hour interactive online music marathon celebrating the intrinsic relationship between nature, sound and humanity.

The marathon will feature live and pre-filmed orchestral and ensemble performances of works by Beethoven, Vivaldi and Vaughan Williams as well as contemporary compositions, inspired by both nature and the nature of humanity. We also feature conversations with MSO musicians and special guests, deconstructing Beethoven works in the year of his 250th birthday and contextualising his works for today’s world.

Live streamed performance from Iwaki Auditorium at 6pm AEST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_47YDnenPIc

BEETHOVEN Quintet for piano and winds in Eb, Op.16

Michael Pisani oboe
Philip Arkinstall clarinet
Jack Schiller bassoon
Abbey Edlin horn
Laurence Matheson piano

W | https://www.mso.com.au/mso-live-music-marathon/

Dale Barltrop leads an all star cast of Melbourne’s leading musicians in one of chamber music’s most loved works

SCHUBERT ‘Trout’ Quintet in A major, D.667

Dale Barltrop violin
Christopher Cartlidge viola
Rachael Tobin cello
Stephen Newton double bass
Laurence Matheson piano

W | https://melbournedigitalconcerthall.com/michael-aquilina-chamber-music-festival-opening-concert-the-trout/

A concert that captures the curiosity of youth, with a sextet to echo its nostalgic charm and a world premiere by a young Australian composer.

Mládí, the title of Czech composer Leoš Janáček’s wind sextet translates to “Youth” – somewhat surprising considering Janáček was near 70 when it was written in 1924. The irrepressible composer had an extremely productive final decade. His opera for which is he most known, The Cunning Little Vixen was composed in the two years prior to Mládí, and a further opera, The Makropoulos Affair was composed the year after. Truly an original work of woodwind chamber music, Mládí is a melancholic consideration of the composer’s childhood – written with the wisdom and skill of an entire career’s compositional experience.

Before Beethoven composed the symphonies for which he is so adored today, a 27-year-old Ludwig tried his hand at a Quintet for the then, rather unusual combination of piano and winds. Only beginning to make his mark in Vienna as a composer, this Quintet was written in 1796 and was well received after its premiere, showing a slice of the genius Viennese society would come to know in the years ahead. Without the intense dramatic structure of his most famous works, the piece is delicate and nuanced.

This chamber recital also features a world premiere by the MSO’s 2020 Cybec Young Composer in Residence Jordan Moore, providing an opportunity to hear a brand new musical reflection of youth itself.

JANÁČEK Mládí for wind sextet
Jordan MOORE New Work – Cybec Young Composer in Residence, MSO Commission and World Premiere
BEETHOVEN Quintet for piano and winds

Andrew Macleod flute/piccolo
Thomas Hutchinson oboe
Philip Arkinstall clarinet
Jon Craven bass clarinet
Jack Schiller bassoon
Nicolas Fleury horn
Laurence Matheson piano

W | https://www.mso.com.au/whats-on/2020/chamber-2-janacek-beethoven-and-moore/

Laurence joins long-time collaborator and friend Lloyd van’t Hoff for an eclectic recital showcasing some of the pearls from vast range of clarinet repertoire, both old and new.

Lloyd is one of Australia’s most in-demand clarinettists, having won the 2015 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards and performed as soloist with many of Australia’s orchestras. He is a keen chamber musician and founding member of Arcadia Winds, as well as a Performing Artist for Buffet Crampon and a mainstay at festivals across the country.

SAINT-SAENS Clarinet Sonata Op.167
WEINBERG Clarinet Sonata Op.28
VERDI/BASSI Concert Fantasia on 'Rigoletto'
JEANJEAN Guisganderie

Lloyd van’t Hoff clarinet
Laurence Matheson piano

W | http://lyrebirdmusicsociety.org.au/

Beleura regular Laurence Matheson joins South Korean/Australian/German star violinist and long-time friend Suyeon Kang in a program celebrating Beethoven's 250th anniversary. His seminal and epic 'Kreutzer' sonata is paired with two wonderful Brahms sonatas it later inspired to showcase three of the great German masterpieces of the 19th century. There is no better guide on this journey than Kang, who after studying with Laurence at the ANAM Young Academy won the Young Performers Award at the age of just 16 and relocated to Germany to continue her studies. She subsequently won prizes in many of the world's top competitions enjoys a brilliant career in Europe as a soloist, chamber musician and concertmaster, working with some of the world's best musicians, as well as teaching at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule in Berlin.

BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.2 in A major, Op.100
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, Op.108
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No.9 in A major, Op.47 ‘Kreutzer’

Suyeon Kang violin
Laurence Matheson piano

W | https://www.beleura.org.au/
T | (03) 5975 2027

Exciting young Melbourne pianist Laurence Matheson is joined by Berlin-based violinist Suyeon Kang to explore elegant French masterpieces for violin and piano.

The two friends perform sonatas by Poulenc and Ravel, an early romantic masterwork by Ysaÿe, and transcriptions of beautiful vocal works by Fauré and Debussy.

After studying together with Laurence in the Young Academy program of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), Suyeon won the Symphony Australia Young Performer Award at the age of just 16 and relocated to Germany to continue her studies. She currently enjoys a brilliant career as a soloist, concertmaster and chamber musician, working with some of the world’s top musicians, and this is a rare opportunity to hear her in concert in Melbourne.

YSAYE Poème élégiaque, Op.12
RAVEL Sonata No.1 for Violin and Piano in A minor, M.12
POULENC Violin Sonata, FP119
DEBUSSY/Heifetz Beau Soir
FAURE/Birtel Après un Rêve, Op.7

Suyeon Kang violin
Laurence Matheson piano

W | https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2020/matheson-plus-one

After studying together with Laurence in the Young Academy program of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), Suyeon won the Symphony Australia Young Performer Award at the age of just 16 and relocated to Germany to continue her studies. She subsequently won the 2015 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, in addition to major prizes at many of the other top violin competitions.

She enjoys a brilliant career as a soloist, concertmaster and chamber musician, working with some of the world’s top musicians including Lukas Hagen, Clemens Hagen, Patricia Kopatschinskaja, Christian Tetzlaff and Stephen Isserlis. She is currently on faculty at the Hochschule fur Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin, a member and leader of Camerata Bern and a founding member of Trio Boccherini in addition to her busy touring schedule and play/direct commitments.

Suyeon plays on a 1652 Nicolo Amati violin kindly on loan by Fondation Boubo-Music, as well as on a custom-made violin (2019) by Julia Maria Pasch (Vienna).

BRAHMS Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, Op.78
SKIPWORTH Ode for violin and piano
BRAHMS Hungarian Dances WoO 1 (selections)
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No.9 in A major, Op.47 'Kreutzer'

Suyeon Kang violin
Laurence Matheson piano

W | http://copewilliams.com.au/recitals-at-romsey/

Young violinist Edward Walton, in association with pianist Laurence Matheson, will present a program of violin classics at St Silas Anglican Church, 99 Bridport Street, Albert Park, on Sunday 22 March at 11.30 am. Joining them will be special guest musicians Harry Ward (violin), Kyla Matsuura-Miller (violin), Katie Yap (viola) and James Morley (cello). The program will consist of works by Vivaldi (Summer from Four Seasons), Dvořák (Terzetto), Mozart and Beethoven Violin Sonatas, and Waxman's Carmen Fantasie. The recital is part of 13-year-old Edward's preparation for the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition. Light refreshments will follow the recital.

MOZART Violin Sonata in G major, K.301
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata in D major, Op.12 No.1 (I)
WAXMAN Carmen Fantasie
DVORAK Terzetto
VIVALDI The Four Seasons - Summer

Edward Walton violin
Laurence Matheson piano

W | https://3mbs.org.au/arts_noticeboard/violin-recital/

A ravishing concert by sensational rising cello star, Matthias Balzat, visiting from Dusseldorf, with Melbourne favourites Laurence Matheson, piano, and Wilma Smith, violin. The program includes Schubert's sublime “Arpeggione” Sonata and Schumann's deeply emotional Adagio and Allegro for cello and piano. Wilma then joins Matthias and Laurence for Arensky's beloved Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 32. Bar opens one hour prior to concert.

SCHUMANN Adagio and Allegro, Op.70
SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata D.821
ARENSKY Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.32

Matthias Balzat cello
Wilma Smith violin
Laurence Matheson piano

W | https://www.temporubato.com.au/whats-on/2020/2/9/matthias-balzat-and-wilma-smith

SCHUMANN Adagio and Allegro, Op.70
SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata D.821
ARENSKY Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.32

Matthias Balzat cello
Wilma Smith violin
Laurence Matheson piano

W | http://virtuositas.org.au/

Laurence joins London-based 2018 Young Performer’s Award-winner Emily Sun and British saxophonist Jonathan Radford in recital for the Royal Over-Seas League

Works by EYCHENNE, FRANCK, VITALI, DECRUCK and FROLOV

Emily Sun violin
Jonathan Radford saxophone
Laurence Matheson piano