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 18TH AUGUST 2024 11AM
JOSH HOOKE, PIANO
Pianist Josh Hooke is known for his quiet, focused stage presence and powerful performances.
Originally from country Victoria, Josh recently completed a PhD in Music Performance at the University of Melbourne, under the guidance of Professors Ian Holtham and Paul Kildea. Previously, Josh was invited to undertake periods of intensive private study in Vienna with Paul Badura-Skoda, and was among his last students. He also studies regularly in London with Imogen Cooper.
In addition to performances throughout Australia, Josh performs regularly in Europe and the UK. Notable highlights include solo performances in London, Portugal, Austria, France, and The Netherlands. He has performed at various festivals and series, including as the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival, The International Holland Music Sessions, as a laureate of the International Piano Seminar of Óbidos (Portugal), as part of the Musica Viva Regional Touring Program, the Brunswick Music Festival and the Melba Hall Lunch Hour Series.
For our August Mattutino, Josh presents a solo program featuring works of Mozart, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and more.
If you would like to receive an email when we release each month’s details and tickets, please join our MML, Mattutino Mailing List, link below. This list is just for Mattutino. And you can opt out at any time, via the same link, that’s no drama.
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 21ST JULY
DANIEL MCKAY
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
MODI DENG
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
ZOË BLACK & JOE CHINDAMO
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
JOSEPHINE VAINS & KEN MURRAY
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
FLAVIO VILLANI
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
GINTAUTE GATAVECKAITE
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
EMMA SULLIVAN & STEWART KELLY
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
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
ELIZA SHEPHARD & PETER DE JAGER
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
HANNAH LANE
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
ROB HAO
Piano works inspired by musical meditation and composers interested in the reworking of pre-existing material.
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SUNDAY 19TH AUGUST
BERTA BROZGUL
Piano music of Mozart, Scriabin and Schumann.
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SUNDAY 16TH JULY
COADY GREEN
Piano music of Haydn, Chopin, Linda Kouvaras, Jane Hammond and Brahms.
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SUNDAY 18TH JUNE
JOSEPHINE VAINS & FRIENDS: ‘THE SWEET SACRED’
Music of J. S. Bach, Sophia Gubaidulina and Caerwen Martin for cello ensemble and cello solo