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The second concert in the Robert Blackwood Hall Concert Series 2008 features three diverse works from Mozart and Beethoven.
Mozart’s Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, perfectly captures the lively, genial character of arguably his greatest opera.
From the heady passion of the Marriage we go to the sublime beauty of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Arguably the greatest concerto written for violin, this masterpiece will be performed by our special guest Michael Dauth.
Michael has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras in Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. His chamber music partners include Wenzel Fuchs, Pavel Gillilov, Phillip Moll, Karl Leister, Gerhard Oppitz, Leif Ove Andsnes, Cyprien Katsaris, Hiroku Nakamura, Vadim Sakarov, Geoffrey Tozer and Piers Lane, and he has appeared at all the major festivals including Salzburg, Lucerne, Berlin and Tokyo.
He has recorded the Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn violin concertos, the Beethoven Romances, works by Saint-Saëns, Massenet, Kreisler and Drdla, Schnittke’s Concerto Grosso (which received the Deutsche Grammophon prize in Japan), and the world premiere recording of Takemitsu’s Nostalgia, as well as the Mozart and Brahms Clarinet Quintets with his Japan-based Sunrise String Quartet and Wenzel Fuchs. His recordings with Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa include all-Johann Strauss release and most recently a recording of the Eight Seasons by Vivaldi/Piazzolla.
He is frequently a guest professor and a juror at international violin competitions and in 2003 he received the Centenary medal awarded by the Governor-General for service to Australian society and the advancement of music.
Lastly, the Monash Academy Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Crellin will perform Beethoven’s powerful Seventh Symphony. An exploration of drama through rhythm, this work was famously described by Wagner as “the apotheosis of the dance”.
Robert Blackwood Hall
Concert Series 2008
Monash Academy Orchestra
Artistic Director Jeffrey Crellin
Special Guest Michael Dauth
The Power and the Passion
Winter Concert
Venue: Robert Blackwood Concert Hall, Monash University Clayton, Enter Wellington Road
Date/Time:
3rd August at 3pm
Tickets: $38 Adult, $25 Concession, $20 Students
Bookings: 9905 1111
Further information: www.monash.edu.au/monart
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