fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival 2024
12 March, 2024 - 24 March, 2024
fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival 2024
12 – 24 March 2024
After a hugely successful inaugural festival in March 2023, renowned pianist Coady Green presents the 2024 fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival. With a typically diverse, colourful, and unique group of concerts, this festival features numerous world and Australian premieres. Some regular sell-out shows are returning – One Piano Eight Hands, Lyric Opera presents Australia Art Song, Divisi Chamber Singers, and internationally acclaimed pianist Michael Leslie. All are bound to sell out as they did last year.
The festival also welcomes renowned Australian actors Helen Morse and Paul English back to the fortyfivedownstairs theatre, with Helen narrating a special sneak preview of Linda Kouvaras’ new work based on Gwen Harwood’s poetry, and Paul English reciting the rarely-heard Strauss adaptation of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s epic poem Enoch Arden.
And we welcome some of Melbourne and Australia’s most celebrated musicians: Antoinette Halloran, Justin Kenealy, Brent Miller, Laila Engle, Campbell Banks, Louise Devenish, Judith Dodsworth, Karen van Spall, Tiriki Onus, Merlyn Quaife, Andrea Katz, Christina Wilson, Tristan Lee, Gintaute Gataveckaite, Georgina Lewis, Michael Petruccelli, James Rushford, and more. There are concerts for everyone in this kaleidoscopic festival.
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Saturday 16 March, ALL DAY: The Fermentary Presents Wild Drinks, Beautiful Broomsticks
Sunday 17 March, 2pm: Songmakers Australia presents A Crown of Dreams: Berg and Wagner
Wednesday March 20, 7:30pm: Lyric Opera presents Australian Art Song
Sunday March 24, 2pm: Tenor Michael Petruccelli presents Tosti and Rubinstein