The Seasons
Saturday 2nd December, The Edge, Fed Square
The Seasons 2 featuring Stefanie Farrands
Melbourne String Ensemble in collaboration with acclaimed First Nations Composers presents a playful program of new works and old classics inspired by seasons from around the globe.
MSE is delighted to welcome back Stefanie Farrands, MSE alumni and Principal violist of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, to perform Aaron Wyatt's exciting new work for solo viola and string orchestra
The Seasons 2 forms part of The Seasons commission project which fosters connections to community, culture and our environment; exploring how we tell stories through music and how music can create narratives that influence how we see. Find out more about The Seasons project here.
Concert program
World Premiere performances of new works by Aaron Wyatt and Brenda Gifford alongside seasons inspired works from around the globe including Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Spring
Image credit (MSE Bush Shot): James Henry
Download the full program here
| LOCATION | DATE | TIME |
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The Edge, Fed Square |
Saturday 2nd December, 2023 |
7:00pm |
Supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants
Melbourne Recital Centre, 30th April 2022
The Seasons: MSE celebrates 35 years
Melbourne String Ensemble in collaboration with acclaimed First Nations Composers presents a playful program of new works and old classics full of contrasts and surprises.
Past and present players come together in The Seasons to celebrate the Melbourne String Ensemble’s 35th anniversary with a fitting program of well-loved classics by Vivaldi and Vaughan Williams and new commissioned works by William Barton, Chris Sainsbury and James Henry.
Alumni will be joining MSE on stage to perform Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. Please get in touch via the contact us page if you are an alumni and would like to join us.
The Seasons Concert forms part of an exciting new project that fosters connections to local communities, culture and our environment; exploring how we tell stories through music and how music can create narratives that influence how we see. Find out more about The Seasons project here.
Concert program
Our full program can be downloaded here
Antonio Vivaldi
Summer and Winter from The Four Seasons
Soloists: Jennen Ngiau-Keng and Rochelle Ughetti
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
World Premieres by:
William Barton
Christopher Sainsbury
James Henry
| LOCATION | DATE | TIME |
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Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre |
Saturday 30th April, 2022 |
7:30pm |
Supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants
Melbourne String Ensemble acknowledges the Wurundjeri, Woi-Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, upon whose Country we are based and recognises their continuing connections to community, culture and country. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.