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2013: Jun
MAY
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For their first concert of the year, Sirius Chamber Ensemble showcases three composers known to have worked in the former Soviet Union. Despite heavy censorship and fear of deportation, composers during this tumultuous period produced some of the most profound music of the twentieth century. The program is - Piano Trio No.2 by Dmitri Shostakovich, Flute Sonata Op.94 by Sergei Prokofiev and the Nonet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, french horn, violin, viola, cello and bass by Bohuslav Martinu.
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Time: Saturday 25 May 7.30pm
Cost: $15- $35
Venue: St Philip’s Church, York Street
Information: www.classikon.com
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Poetry and music have forever blended in harmony with one another. Susie Bishop's evocative voice meets Emily-Rose's expressive pianism in an exploration of Russian poetry through the music of Rachmaninoff, French poetry through Ravel, English poetry through Copland and folk verse through De Falla. There will also be a premiere of a work based on Nabokov poetry by Australian composer Cliff Kerr. Theatrical translations will make the night all the more enjoyable from actress Eliska Sarka.
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Time: 7pm Saturday 25 May
Cost: $35/$30/$95 (2 adults + 2 children)
Venue: The Independent Theatre, 269 miller St North Sydney.
Information: www.theindependent.org.au/whats-on or 1300 302 604
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JUNE
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Opening its 2013 subscription series with trademark flare and virtuosity, Flinders Quartet proudly welcomes the winner of the 2012 Sydney International Piano Competition ‘Flinders Quartet Prize’, Ukrainian pianist Dmitry Onishchenko, as their guest.
Hand‐picked by the quartet to tour with them in 2013, Dimitry also won the 'Australian Music Prize' and the prize for 'Best Performance of a Debussy work' at the Sydney International Piano Competition in 2012. Together they will perform the Piano Quintet in G minor by Shostakovich alongside an Australian work by Ian Munro, Divertissement sur le nom d’Erik Satie -‐ a delightful, whimsical piano quintet. The string quartet will also perform Ravel’s String Quartet in F major.
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Time: Tuesday 4 June 7.00pm
Cost: Full $55/Concession $50
Venue: Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House
Information: 9250 7777 http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com
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