SUNDAY MATTUTINO
Our Sunday Mattutino series takes place on the third Sunday of every month at 11am.
Tickets are $25 each, and released a month before. It is a single sitting of performance, until about 12 midday. The series is curated by us and tickets include a glass of sherry, dry or sweet, after the concert. Or an orange juice. Plus something to nibble.
NEXT MATTUTINO:
SUNDAY 15TH MARCH 11AM-12PM
MICHAEL LESLIE: EXQUISITE JEWELS FROM LATE HARVESTS
Australian pianist Michael Leslie, who resides in Munich, remains at the peak of his artistic powers even at the advanced age of 82. In his playing, emotional authenticity is wedded to technical power and structural clarity, resulting in interpretations of a maturity and depth rarely found among contemporary piano virtuosi. Leslie views the inherent message of the composer’s music as a calling, a commitment, and the sole standard by which to measure his performances.
"When Michael Leslie sits down at the piano one is compelled by the magnetism of the playing. Leslie does not play to the gallery or to please the crowd. From under his fingers the music emerges warm, vivid, strong and alive. There's not a whiff of the museum, or the dignified blandness of the professional. On the contrary, the music is almost virulently alive and kicking. One senses that the work probably sounded rather different last time round, and will be different again next time."
Dr. Andrew Jacobs
His program features, in his words, “exquisite musical jewels from late harvests - rarely played and largely unknown. Presented here with love and reverence to both music and listeners.”
PROGRAM
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Six Bagatelles Opus 126
Frédéric CHOPIN From Three Posthumous Etudes:
No. 1 in f Minor
No. 2 in A Flat Major
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Sunday Mattutino was inspired by our friend Mark Millward, who was missing Sunday Morning Concerts at Wigmore Hall in London and generously offered to help support a similar series here. He is marketing manager, sourcer and pourer of sherry, and host extraordinaire for the series. We thank him.
PAST MATTUTINOS
SUNDAY 15TH FEBRUARY 2026
ISABEL HEDE, GEMMA KNEALE, GEORGINA LEWIS
Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio in G minor, alongside works by Stuart Greenbaum, David Lang and Gabriel Fauré
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SUNDAY 18TH JANUARY 2026
JOSHUA HAN - SONATA REIMAGINED
Sonatas by Beethoven, Chopin and Prokofiev, performed by the winner of the 2024 Australian National Piano Award.
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SUNDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2025
MOJO - MOLLY KADARAUCH AND JOSEPHINE VAINS, CELLO DUO
Cello duets from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, by Bach, Bartók, Boccherini, Beethoven, Boismortier, Barrière and Blacher.
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SUNDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2025
FIONA SARGEANT AND LEIGH HARROLD
Elegies by Britten and Stravinsky and a capriccio by Vieuxtemps for solo viola, followed by Hindemith's formidable Der Schwanendreher for viola and piano.
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SUNDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER 2025
ANDREA KELLER, PIANO
A selection of old and new original compositions and improvisations performed on piano by one of Australia’s most original and influential voices in improvised jazz and art music.
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SUNDAY 17TH AUGUST 2025
TRISTAN LEE, PIANO
Préludes by Claude Debussy and works by Franz Liszt, including his Deux Légendes.
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SUNDAY 20 JULY 2025
MELBOURNE GUITAR QUARTET
Australian and American works showcasing the vibrant guitar family, performed by Dan McKay, Sophie Marcheff, Benjamin Dix and Rose Gonzalez
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SUNDAY 15TH JUNE 2025
RIO XIANG AND CEDAR NEWMAN, PIANO AND VIOLIN
’Echoes of Us’ - Sonatas for Piano and Violin by Beethoven and Franck.
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SUNDAY 18TH MAY 2025
TIMOTHY YOUNG, PIANO
A program pairing two towering masterpieces of the piano repertoire: Chopin’s Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor and Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit. Though composed nearly a century apart, both works explore the darker edges of Romantic imagination.
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SUNDAY 16TH MARCH 2025
JOSEPHINE VAINS & STEWART KELLY: ‘A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL ARRANGEMENT’
A cello and piano recital showcasing the way composers quote / steal / borrow and pay homage to other composer's works, a paradigm that was common in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARY 2025
WILLIAM SCHMIDT, PIANO
A program of works inspired by art song, opera, and folk song, including William’s own pianistic arrangements and paraphrases alongside those of Liszt, Balakirev and Beryl Rubinstein.
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SUNDAY 19TH JANUARY 2025
ENSEMBLE 642, BAROQUE HARP + LUTE
A serene exploration of music for reflection and meditation. Timeless works by Bach, Buxtehude and Kapsperger in dialogue with contemporary compositions by Kate Moore, John Cage and Mamoru Fujieda. A program of contemplation and sonic renewal.
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SUNDAY 15TH DECEMBER 2024
LAURENCE MATHESON, PIANO
A celebration of Romantic piano music, featuring Chopin’s Fantaisie in F minor and a selection Grandes Valses Brillantes, an expressive Lied by Fanny Mendelssohn, Brahms’ beloved Intermezzo in A major, and Schumann’s Kinderszenen.
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SUNDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2024
SOPHIA KIRSANOVA, VIOLIN
A solo violin program showcasing the violin’s expressive voice and technical brilliance across the centuries. Works by Eugene Ysaÿe, Lera Auerbach and J. S. Bach.
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SUNDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2024
JENNY KHAFAGI, VIOLIN + VIOLA
A reflective program of solo works for both violin and viola, including pieces by J.S Bach, Max Reger, Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti and Lachlan Skipworth.
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SUNDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 2024
KATIA MESTROVIC, HARP
An uplifting morning of dance rhythms on the harp, from North Africa to Moorish Andalusia; Cuba, Río de la Plata and more.
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SUNDAY 18TH AUGUST 2024
JOSH HOOKE, PIANO
Solo piano music of Rachmaninoff, Mozart, Chopin and Beethoven.
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SUNDAY 21ST JULY 2024
DANIEL MCKAY, GUITAR
Solo classical guitar music of Paraguay’s Agustín Barrios, the legendary Brazilian master ‘Garoto’, and Mexico’s Manuel Ponce. Plus excerpts from Daniel’s recent album featuring music of Australia’s own Phillip Houghton, Nigel Westlake and Lilijana Matičevska.
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SUNDAY 16TH JUNE 2024
MODI DENG, PIANO
Music with light and the darkest of the dark – pieces that leave you wondering, with early Beethoven, Ligeti, Clara Schumann, Chopin, and Ravel’s La Valse.
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SUNDAY 16TH MAY 2024
ZOË BLACK, VIOLIN & JOE CHINDAMO, PIANO
Exhilarating and contemplative music for violin and piano, from Spain, France and Argentina. Including some of Joe’s own compositions, including a touching tribute to Zoë’s mum, who passed away 2 years ago.
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SUNDAY 21ST APRIL 2024
JOSEPHINE VAINS, CELLO & KEN MURRAY, GUITAR
Invigorating and whimsical music of Cuban guitar virtuoso Leo Brouwer and Australian composer Anne Cawrse. Alongside Welsh folk songs by Welsh composer Stephen Goss and some of Ken Murray’s own offerings.
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SUNDAY 17TH MARCH 2024
FLAVIO VILLANI, PIANO
Rachmaninoff’s Op. 23 Preludes presented in alternation with Villani’s own improvisations, mirroring some of the gestures and ideas of the brilliant Russian composer.
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SUNDAY 17TH FEBRUARY 2024
GINTAUTE GATAVECKAITE, PIANO
A pianistic sonata odyssey, with four of the most celebrated in the piano repertoire. Sonatas by Joseph Haydn, Domenico Scarlatti and Carl Vine.
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SUNDAY 21ST JANUARY 2024
EMMA SULLIVAN, DOUBLE BASS & STEWART KELLY, PIANO
Works for double bass and piano. Music of Amy Beach and Bach, Debussy's Syrinx and La plus que lente, excerpts from Xavier Foley's The Mountain Sketches and more.
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SUNDAY 17TH DECEMBER 2023
AFFINITY QUARTET
Josephine Chung & Nicholas Waters, violins | Ruby Shirres, viola | Mee Na Lojewski, cello
Bartok’s first string quartet and Haydn’s “Emperor” quartet.
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SUNDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 2023
ELIZA SHEPHARD, FLUTE & PETER DE JAGER, PIANO
Reimagined repertoire from 19th century composers whose music is deeply ingrained with story and song, including music of Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Chaminade and Mendelssohn.
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SUNDAY 15TH OCTOBER 2023
HANNAH LANE, BAROQUE HARP
Music for harp, composed for private spaces: from the the 16th-century Italian ‘musica secreta’ tradition, to the refinement of the ‘private music’ performed in the chambers of 17th-century English royalty.
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SUNDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2023
ROB HAO, PIANO
Piano works inspired by musical meditation and composers interested in the reworking of pre-existing material.
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SUNDAY 19TH AUGUST 2023
BERTA BROZGUL, PIANO
Piano music of Mozart, Scriabin and Schumann.
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SUNDAY 16TH JULY 2023
COADY GREEN, PIANO
Piano music of Haydn, Chopin, Linda Kouvaras, Jane Hammond and Brahms.
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SUNDAY 18TH JUNE 2023
JOSEPHINE VAINS & FRIENDS: ‘THE SWEET SACRED’
Music of J. S. Bach, Sophia Gubaidulina and Caerwen Martin for cello ensemble and cello solo