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Tickets for the enHarmonie concert ‘Life and Love’ are selling online now

 

 

‘Life and Love’ - Music of Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms

 Program:

       Clara Schumann – Piano Trio and songs,

       Robert Schumann – Song Cycle Op 42 (“Women’s Life and Love”) and instrumental works

       Brahms – songs, and other instrumental works

 

Schumann and Brahms were two of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Clara was equally famous in her time, one of the great pianists of the age, in demand throughout Europe.  Robert and Clara shared a great love for each other, but their marriage faced the strongest of obstacles in Clara’s father. In the end, their love proved equal to the challenge, at least once Robert took his future father-in-law to court to force him to allow the marriage!

Robert and Clara were partners in life and in music – they composed together, Clara performed and edited many of Robert’s compositions, and the two of them befriended and supported the youthful Brahms, the Schumanns being among the first to recognise his extraordinary talent. Sometimes themes were shared among the three composers, expressed with subtle variations of emphasis and instrumentation.

Robert Schumann’s music reflected his life and personality, lyrical romantic themes giving way to far darker moods, a portent of his breakdown and tragic early death.

Brahms continued to support Clara, for a period effectively serving as head of a household which by then included eight children.  Clara remained a performer of the first rank, her concerts providing the family’s main source of income, but sadly, she did not compose again after Robert’s death.  Brahms and Clara continued to exchange letters throughout their long lives and Clara gave many public performances of his works. 

In this concert we will highlight the interplay between Robert, Clara, and Brahms, through the selection of music and readings from letters between them.

‘EnHarmonie’ began when Allan Hall and Tertia Hogan joined forces to play duo sonatas for Cello and Piano, with their first performance together in March 2010.  They developed their ensemble playing together through performances and masterclasses at the Advanced Winterschool at the 2010 Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville, Qld, where they were warmly received by audiences, and have since continued working in Brisbane with Spiros Rantos and Brachi Tilles as mentors. 

 

 

 

 

Tickets for Joe Chindamo & Zoe Black concert are selling online now

 

 

This exciting new collaboration between two celebrated Melbourne artists from different worlds promises to be tempestuous, passionate and romantic. The repertoire is drawn from eclectic and sometimes unlikely sources, from Mozart, Bach, Couperin, Chopin to Dolly Parton, skillfully arranged by pianist/composer Joe Chindamo, who adds his own compositions to the mix. 

The meeting of these two artists manages to combine many genres into a new, genre defying definition. We hear a violinist and a pianist, not a classical violinist and a jazz pianist, and the sum is music that expresses a directness of expression. 

Formally from Firebird Trio, Zoe Black is the perfect partner to Joe’s virtuosic pianistic elegance and unique compositional and arranging gifts. Together they create a unique sonic world without boundaries.

 

Joe Chindamo ranks amongst the world’s best jazz pianists and composers.  Joe is an artist who has done it all. He has performed and recorded with the best such as Billy Cobham, James Morrison, Don Borrows, Shirley Bassey, Anne Sophie von Otter, Ricky Lee Jones, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Yvonne Kenny and Olivia Newton John, and worked on over 60 film soundtracks.