Music in Melbourne

It's the last episode of Series 1 of the Young Performer Summer Series! Our final performers are cello-piano duo, JUO; that's cellist Joshua Dema and pianist Joyce Chahine.JUO is a collaboration between pianist Joyce Chahine and cellist Joshua Dema. The two met during their time at the University of Melbourne, and through strong artistic connection have joined forces to share their love of chamber music with a fresh and contemporary approach. Following the success of their 2018 debut recital at the Victorian Artist's Society, JUO continues to curate performances around Melbourne. Attending a JUO concert is an engaging experience, Josh and Joyce share personal insight into the music through their onstage banter, and love to mingle with the audience after the show.Programme:Kapustin: Elegy for Cello and Piano, Op. 96Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folk SongBeethoven: Adagio Sostenuto and Allegro from Cello Sonata No. 1 in F MajorPerformers: JUO (cellist Joshua Dema and pianist Joyce Chahine)Host: Jess Carrascalao HeardTechnical production: Joe Gofron, Sam Bignell, Keely ArmstrongPodcast production: Jess Carrascalao Heard3MBS warmly acknowledges the support of the young performer patrons, for making this broadcast possible.

We're back after lockdown with the Young Performer Summer Series! This week, we have a special pre-recorded performance by violinist Leanne McGowan, who came third on Season 2 of The Talent 2019. Leanne, with pianist Alex Raineri, performed a wonderful variety of works, from Mozart to Suk.Leanne McGowan is 19 years old and currently completing her Bachelor of Music at the Colburn Conservatory of Music with Professor Robert Lipsett. She has previously studied with Spiros Rantos, Yuri Djachenko and Dr Robin Wilson at the Australian National Academy of Music.Leanne has performed as a soloist with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Youth Symphony, the Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra, Preston Symphony Orchestra and South Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.In 2020 she was a finalist in the MRC Great Romantics Competition, performed as a soloist on the Melbourne Digital Concert Hall and was awarded the ANAM Directors’ Prize. She was winner of the QSO 2017 Young Instrumentalists Prize, and in 2019 a semi-finalist in the Gisborne International Music Competition where she was awarded the “Most Promising Player Award,” and a semi-finalist in the ANAM concerto competition. Leanne is also an Australian Chamber Orchestra Emerging Artist in 2020/21.Programme:Mozart: Adagio in E for Violin and Orchestra, K. 261Mozart: Rondo in C for Violin and Orchestra K. 373 R. Strauss: Mvt 2 and 3 from Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18Suk: Love song, Op. 7Zarzycki: Mazurka No.1 in G Major, Op. 26Performers: Multi-instrumentalist Ryan Lynch with pianist Elyane LaussadeHost: Jess Carrascalao HeardTechnical production: Joe Gofron, Sam Bignell, Lachlan McKenziePodcast production: Jess Carrascalao Heard3MBS warmly acknowledges the support of the young performer patrons, for making this broadcast possible.

On this episode of the Young Performer Summer Series, multi-instrumentalist Ryan Lynch with pianist Elyane Laussade perform an all-Australian programme of works for both alto and soprano saxophones.Ryan Lynch is a Melbourne based multi-instrumentalist and freelance musician working across Australia with a focus on contemporary classical styles and musical theatre. Ryan started his musical journey at the age of 10 unwavered by the likes of Mozart and Beethoven, it was Lisa Simpson who first ignited Ryan’s passion for the saxophone. Programme:Mvts 1 and 2 from "Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano" by Stuart Greenbaum"Phospheric Variations" by Paul Stanhope"Frosted Windows" by Elena Kats-Chernin"Re-Emerging" by Katia Beaugeais"Ulpirra" by Ross Edwards--Performers: Multi-instrumentalist Ryan Lynch with pianist Elyane LaussadeHost: Jess Carrascalao HeardTechnical production: Joe Gofron, Sam Bignell, Lachlan McKenziePodcast production: Jess Carrascalao Heard3MBS warmly acknowledges the support of the young performer patrons, for making this broadcast possible.

The Young Performer Summer Series continues on 3MBS with a performance by flautist Gabriella Alberti, with associate artist Leigh Harrold.Gabriella is a Melbourne-based flutist who recently graduated from the University of Melbourne with a First Class Honours. Gabriella cultivated her adoration for ensemble playing, partaking in the University of Melbourne Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras. A friend of 3MBS radio, Gabriella performed in Series 2 of the Talent in 2019. Programme:"Suite Pointillistique" by Sigfried Karg-Elert"Sonata for Flute and Piano" by Dorian Le Gallienne"Sonatine for Flute and Piano" by Henri Dutilleux--Performers: flautist Gabriella Alberti with pianist Leigh HarroldHost: Jess Carrascalao HeardTechnical Production: Greg Matheson, Sam Bignell and Ramez Hermez3MBS warmly acknowledges the support of the young performer patrons, for making this broadcast possible.

This week on the Young Performer Summer Series, soprano Emilia Bertolini with associate artists Amir Farid and Thomas D'Ath perform a programme of art song from all over Europe. We hear German lieder with works by Clara Schumann and Franz Schubert, to a song from Ireland with Balfe and a French song cycle by Debussy.Emilia Bertolini is a scholarship recipient of Melba Opera Trust. Recent performance highlights haveincluded singing with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in the Australian Conducting Academy,winning the Opera Scholars Australia Aria Competition, performing at the Melbourne Recital CentreSalon with ​Ensemble Ancien​ and singing Susanna ​(Le Nozze di Figaro)​ at the Lyric Opera Studio Weimar.Programme:"Liebst du um Schöheit", by Clara Schumann"Ich Stand im dunkeln Träumen", by Clara Schumann"Ariettes Oubliées", by Debussy"I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls", by Balfe"Der Hirt auf dem Felsen" ("The Shepherd on the Rock") by Schubert--Performers: Soprano Emilia Bertolini, with associate artists Amir Farid and Thomas D'AthHost: Jess Carrascalão HeardTechnical production: Joe Gofron, Sam Bignell, Michael IurovetskiPodcast producer: Jess Carrascalão Heard3MBS warmly acknowledges the support of the young performer patrons, for making this broadcast possible.

The Young Performer Summer Series is back, with a feast of brass from tenor trombonist Harrison Steele-Holmes. With three concerti and a sonata, Harrison, with associate artist Louisa Breen, explores the range of expression and tone colours that the trombone has to offer.Harrison is a passionate classical Tenor Trombone player aiming to play professionally in Symphony Orchestra’s. After completing year 12 in 2020, he plans to study at the Queensland Conservatorium. In 2020 he was appointed Principal Trombone of the AYO National Music Camp and Associate Principal of the Autumn and Winter Seasons.Programme:"Trombone Concerto", by GrondahlMvts 2 and 3 of "Trombone Concerto", by Ferdinand David"Trombone Concert", by Rimsky-Korsakov"Sonata for Solo Trombone", by Sulek--Performer: Tenor trombonist Harrison Steele-Holmes, with associate artist Louisa BreenHost: Jess Carrascalão HeardTechnical production: Greg Matheson, Sam Bignell and Ramez HermezPodcast producer: Jess Carrascalão Heard

Episode 2 of the Young Performer Summer Series features an exploration of song and Shakespeare over the ages, with soprano Rachael Joyce. From Henry Purcell in the 17th century, to Australia today with a setting by Alison Bauld, Rachael traverses four centuries of Shakespeare through song, and joins us for a chat about how the musical interpretation of his words have changed over time.Rachael has just finished her Honours year in Classical Voice at Monash University, after completing a Bachelor of Arts (French)/Music in 2019. In 2018, Rachael was recipient of the Hedy Holt & Roger Prochazka Memorial Award for a young female singer showing great potential at the National Liederfest, and in 2019 she was the winner of the Australian Music Prize at Monash University and The Talent on 3MBS. Rachael has a great love of travelling, having spent six months living in Paris participating in a university exchange at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, and completed a two-week intensive music in Prato, Italy. Programme:"Come Unto These Yellow Sands", by Henry Purcell"Full Fathom Five", by Henry Purcell"O Let Me Weep" from Fairy Queene, by Henry Purcell"Where the bee sucks", by Thomas Arne"An Sylvia", by Schubert"La Mort d'Ophelie", by Saint-Saëns"Willow, Willow, Willow", by Hubert Parry"Come Away, Death", by Roger Quilter"Fear No More the Heat O' the Sun", by Roger Quilter"A Sea Dirge", by Charles Ives"Cry, Cock-a-doodle doo", by Alison Bauld--Performer: Soprano Rachael JoyceHost: Jess Carrascalão HeardTechnical production: Joe Gofron, Sam BignellPodcast producer: Jess Carrascalão Heard3MBS warmly acknowledges the support of the young performer patrons, for making this broadcast possible.

Welcome to 3MBS's brand new Young Performer Summer Series.Hosted by Jess Carrascalão Heard, each episode of the series will feature a live-to-air performance and interview with from some of the finest emerging classical musicians in Melbourne.Episode 1 features pianist Po Goh with a sublime performance of Rachmaninov, Bach and Margaret Sutherland.Po has just finished his final year at the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, where he has had the privilege of studying under Aura Go, Len Vorster, Robert Chamberlain and Dr Kenji Fujimura. Recent achievements include coming first place in Season 1 of 3MBS’ 2019 series of The Talent, as well as performing Rachmaninoff’s second piano concerto with the Monash Academy Orchestra under the baton of Jessica Cottis. Outside of solo performance, Po is active in high schools as a piano teacher and accompanist, and is also involved in amateur and semi-professional theatre productions as keyboardist and music director. Programme:Two Chorale Preludes on Bach Chorales, by Margaret SutherlandPrelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1, by J.S. BachPiano Sonata No. 2 (1913), by Sergei Rachmaninoff--Performer: Pianist Po GohHost: Jess Carrascalão HeardTechnical production: Sam Bignell, Greg Matheson, Ramez HermezPodcast producer: Jess Carrascalão Heard3MBS warmly acknowledges the support of the young performer patrons, for making this broadcast possible.

The Orchestra Project founder and conductor, Fabian Russell, speaks with Tim and Madi about supporting young musicians. Howard Penny (cello) tells us all about the fine food, wine and music waiting for you at the Sanguine Estate Music Festival. And Saul Lewis (horn) and Jack Schiller (bassoon) talk about the Melbourne Ensemble's first concert season. Interviews from this podcast originally aired Saturday, 13 April 2019 on 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne. 103.5 FM, 3MBS Digital and online at 3mbs.org.au. Music in Melbourne is produced and presented by Madi Chwasta and Tim Hannah for 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne. Subscribe and rate this podcast today!

Madi Chwasta and Tim Hannah chat to the Partridge Quartet about their performance of Bartok's fourth string quartet and their upcoming Sound Bite at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM). Plus, Sarah Curro performs live in the Lady Marigold Southey Performance Studio and is joined by Shaun Keyt to chat about their upcoming project, "Volume 10", at The Toff. Special thanks to Joe Goffron, our sound engineer for this week's live to air performance. Interviews from this podcast originally aired Saturday, 6 April 2019 on 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne. 103.5 FM, 3MBS Digital and online at 3mbs.org.au. Music in Melbourne is produced and presented by Madi Chwasta and Tim Hannah for 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne. Subscribe and rate this podcast today!

Tim Hannah and Madi Chwasta chat to Natasha Lin (A.K.A Aksuna) ahead of the launch of her new album 'Love Child' on 13 April + Natasha performs "Chasm" and "Momentus" for us LIVE in the studio! We're also joined by Music Director of Melbourne Youth Orchestras, Brett Kelly, who tells us all about working with young musicians and how he's maintained his enthusiasm for music throughout his career. Interviews from this podcast originally aired Saturday, 30 March 2019 on 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne. 103.5 FM, 3MBS Digital and online at 3mbs.org.au. Music in Melbourne is produced and presented by Madi Chwasta and Tim Hannah for 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne. Subscribe and rate this podcast today!

Tim Hannah & Madi Chwasta chat with Kenji Fujimura, pianist from Trio Anima Mundi, about being "piano trio archaeologists". Also, a moving and intimate live performance from Evripides Evripidou (guitar) and Michael Johnson (harp) as they launch their new CD, "Breathe", and we welcome Syzygy Ensemble flutist, Laila Engle, and composer, Tom Henry to tell us about their upcoming concert and curatorial process. Interviews from this podcast originally aired Saturday, 23 March 2019 on 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne. 103.5 FM, 3MBS Digital and online at 3mbs.org.au. Music in Melbourne is produced and presented by Madi Chwasta and Tim Hannah for 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne. Subscribe and rate this podcast today!

Tim Hannah and Madi Chwasta chat to Jennifer Timmins, flute, about her upcoming 2018 3MBS The Talent Winner's Recital at Kew Court House, titled "Pencilled Wings" (Sunday 24 Feb). Also on this episode, Chris Pickering tells us all about New Stage, a new music concert series hosted at Some Velvet Morning in Clifton Hill. Interviews from this episode originally aired Saturday, 16 February 2019 on 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne. 103.5 FM, 3MBS Digital and online at 3mbs.org.au. Music in Melbourne is produced and presented by Tim Hannah & Madi Chwasta for 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne.

Kritsian Pithie interviews Brooklyn based composer Missy Mazzoli plus Andrew chats with accordionist and avant-garde composer William Elm about his upcoming EP and Melbourne pianist and music therapist Natasha Lynn chats about the Friends of Music series.

Co founders of ANON Nicole TJ and Thomas Lo chat with Andrew about their crowd funding campaign and launch party for 2018. And we also here from Meredith Beardmore and Lucy Price from the Muses' Delight about their performances for the Peninsula Academy showcase.

Sascha talks to recorder virtuoso Genevieve Lacey ahead of her performances with Melbourne Chamber Orchestra.

In the behind the scenes vantage of the conductor's studio at the AYO rehearsal venue, Sascha had the privilege to talk to collaborators Nigel Westlake and Lior about their piece, Compassion - a startling and beautiful work that has to be heard.

Sascha recorded a special bonus podcast with the violinist from the Sitkovetsky Trio - Alexander 'Sasha' Sitkovetsky. He talks about touring regional Australia, his advice for young musicians looking to start a chamber music ensemble, why he loves the Piano Trio, and who he wished wrote for this instrumentation! Images by Keith Saunders

Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani stopped into the 3MBS Fine Music studios to talk about his role in the Metropolis series with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Sascha and he talked about 'good and bad' music, whether there is such thing as an Australian sound, and why Mahan doesn't bother conducting. He was an absolute delight, and we were only sorry we didn't get to spend more time with him!

Sascha Kelly talks to Finnish pianist Paavali Jumppanen ahead of his Australian tour. They discuss Beethoven, the chemistry of chamber music and the challenges of live performance versus recording. For more information about Paavali, visit his website where he keeps a fascinating blog. http://www.paavalijumppanen.com/

Ahead of their first Melbourne performance, Sascha talks with Nathalie Joachim of Eighth Blackbird about their program, the value of music education and theatre in music performance.

In this extended interview, Sascha talks to Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto about ensemble playing with banjo, the jigsaw puzzle of programming, and finding the groove.