Stonnington Symphony are excited to welcome back guest conductor Simon Thew, Assistant Conductor at The Australian Ballet to conduct a program of music from three of the greats.

WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
MOZART Piano Concerto No.12, K.414
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.5, Op.64

Laurence Matheson piano
Simon Thew conductor
Stonnington Symphony Orchestra

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What better way to ring in Musica Viva Australia’s first year at The Edge than with two of Australia’s best and brightest young musicians? Violinist Grace Clifford and pianist Laurence Matheson will appear in concert together to present three works of great emotional power.

Opening with Mozart’s Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 21 in E Minor, this is sombre, almost severe music, composed during the time that Mozart’s beloved mother died. Grief is the underlying emotional current here, and the sonata culminates in a finale of halting phrases.

Schumann’s Violin Sonata No. 3 is an odd, fascinating work that contains extreme contrasts of mood – wild passion gives way to stillness, capped off by a finale of almost Bacchanalian intensity.

Closing out the program is Grieg’s Violin Sonata No.2. Composed while Grieg was on his honeymoon, it’s a work that revels in the pleasures of life and draws inspiration from Norwegian folk music. It’s almost beatific.

MOZART Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 21 in E Minor, K.304
SCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 3, WoO 27
GRIEG Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 13

Grace Clifford violin
Laurence Matheson piano

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Laurence joins Australian String Quartet violist Chris Cartlidge for an afternoon of duo favourites

VIEUXTEMPS Elegie
BOWEN Melody on C
BRIDGE Two Pieces
BRAHMS Viola Sonata No.2 in Eb
FAURE Elegie
BRIDGE Cradle Song
HINDEMITH Viola Sonata Op.11 No.4

Chris Cartlidge viola
Laurence Matheson piano

SCHUBERT Violin Sonata in A Major D.574
YSAYE Violin Sonata No.3 "Ballade"
SUTHERLAND Nocturne
RAVEL Tzigane

Edward Walton violin
Laurence Matheson piano

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Stonnington Symphony are excited to welcome back guest conductor Simon Thew, Assistant Conductor at The Australian Ballet to conduct a program of music from three of the greats.

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

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Georgia SCOTT A Hansom Cab in the Fog
Stuart GREENBAUM Some Place High Up
KHACHATURIAN Trio for violin, clarinet and piano
BRUCH Octet in Bb, Op. post

Musicians of Orchestra Victoria
Laurence Matheson piano

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.

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No.10 in G major Op.96
FAURE Violin Sonata No.1 in A major Op.13

Dale Barltrop violin
Laurence Matheson piano

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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.

SZYMANOWSKI Fountains of Arethusa
MOZART Sonata in Bb major K.454
BLOCH Nigun
STRAVINSKY Duo Concertante
PAGANINI Moses Fantasy

Suyeon Kang violin
Laurence Matheson piano

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Iván Fischer says that in every generation are born great musicians: Australian violinist Grace Clifford is just such a rarity. Now 22, and on the verge of a stellar international career, Grace is joined by talented young pianist Laurence Matheson in a recital of diamond-like beauty.

Program to include:
JANACEK Violin Sonata
DEBUSSY Violin Sonata in G minor, L 140

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Two brilliant Australian musicians share the stage for the first time in a compelling meeting of artistic minds. Classic sonatas by Schubert, Janáček and Debussy are freshly explored; virtuosity and sensitivity are on lavish display as these two instrumentalists delight in the opportunity to immerse themselves, and their listeners, in masterworks of the chamber repertoire.

SCHUBERT Violin Sonata in A minor, D 385
JANACEK Violin Sonata
DEBUSSY Violin Sonata in G minor, L 140

Grace Clifford violin
Laurence Matheson piano

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F. S. KELLY Study No.6
BRAHMS Intermezzo in A major Op.118 No.2
CHOPIN Fantasie Op.18
SCHUMANN Kinderszenen Op.15
SCHUBERT Sonata in Bb D.960

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Laurence joins long time friend and collaborator Grace Clifford, who is one of Australia’s most exciting and in-demand violinists, for a program featuring some of the greatest and most unique works in the piano-violin duo repertoire

SCHUBERT Violin Sonata in A minor, D 385
JANACEK Violin Sonata
DEBUSSY Violin Sonata in G minor, L 140
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No.9 in A major, Op.47 'Kreutzer'

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Enjoy an evening of musical mastery featuring separate performances by the Geneva 2018 Junior 1st prizewinners, 14-year-old Chloe Chua and 13-year-old Christian Li. The prizewinners will perform a variety of show-stopping repertoire, from Chausson and Faure to Ysaÿe and Heifetz.

GRIEG Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 45
FAURE Après un rêve
SARASATE Caprice Basque, Op. 24

Christian Li violin
Laurence Matheson piano

Also featuring performances by Chloe Chua (violin) with Lim Yan (piano)

Performance at https://youtu.be/P2SshKK-Wzc?t=1753

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Christian Li, the brilliant young Australian violinist who in 2020 became the youngest artist ever to be signed by Decca Classics, is joined by prominent Melbourne pianist and long-time collaborator Laurence Matheson. Together they present Grieg’s stormy C minor violin sonata and Sarasate’s dazzling showpiece ‘Caprice Basque’ while Laurence performs Chopin’s grand Fantasie Op. 49

GREIG Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor
CHOPIN Fantasie in F Minor Op. 49
FAURE Après un rêve
SARASATE Caprice Basque

Christian Li violin
Laurence Matheson piano

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A most joyous celebration of friendship and music, this concert combines the musical talents of pianist Laurence Matheson, cellist Blair Harris and violinist Dale Barltrop in a thrilling program of piano trios. Ravel’s Piano Trio is a tour de force of colour and soundscapes, one of the grandest and most symphonic examples of its genre. The exhilarating whirlwind of Matthew Hindson’s Rush combined with the irresistible wit and charm of Haydn make this a program of striking contrasts.

HAYDN Piano Trio in C Hob.XV:27
HINDSON Rush for piano trio
RAVEL Piano Trio

Dale Barltrop violin
Blair Harris cello
Laurence Matheson piano

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Arcadia Winds reunite with old friend and critically acclaimed Melbourne pianist Laurence Matheson for a blockbuster program of works for winds and keyboard. Each instrument shines separately in duos by Bach, Saint-Saëns, Poulenc and Schumann, before all coming together for Françaix’s spectacular sextet.

BACH Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in E Flat Major BWV 1031
SAINT-SAENS Sonata for Bassoon and Piano Op. 168
POULENC Sonata for Clarinet and Piano FP. 184
SCHUMANN Adagio and Allegro for Horn and Piano Op. 70
FRANCAIX L’heure du berger for Sextet

Arcadia Winds
Kiran Phatak flute
Emmanuel Cassimatis oboe
Lloyd van’t Hoff clarinet
Rachel Shaw horn
Matthew Kneale bassoon
Laurence Matheson piano/harpsichord

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