Genevieve Lacey is a Recorder virtuoso and ARIA Award winner. The Latvian Radio Choir is one of Europe’s most in-demand chamber choirs. Together they form a unique collaboration.  

Latvian Radio Choir and Genevieve Lacey will be performing on Saturday the 7th of November at 7pm at the Melbourne Recital Centre, and Genevieve Lacey speaks with Annie Martin.

Tickets are available from the Music Viva website, musicaviva.com.au

Genevieve Lacey is a Recorder virtuoso and ARIA Award winner. The Latvian Radio Choir is one of Europe&rsquo;s most in-demand chamber choirs. Together they form a unique collaboration.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Latvian Radio Choir and Genevieve Lacey will be performing on Saturday the 7th of November at 7pm at the Melbourne Recital Centre, and Genevieve Lacey speaks with Annie Martin.
Tickets are available from the Music Viva website, <a href="https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/whats-on/current-productions/mva-latvian-radio-choir-genevieve-lacey">musicaviva.com.au</a>

Genevieve Lacey: Latvian Radio Choir & Genevieve Lacey (Musica Viva Australia)

Annie Martin speaks with James Shortland about James’s new album Emergence.  It's an expression of honesty, music and feeling, and was released recently at Melbourne’s JazzLab.  You can stream James’ single, THE BOY NEXT DOOR, on any major streaming platform.

Annie Martin speaks with James Shortland about James&rsquo;s new album Emergence.&nbsp; It's an expression of honesty, music and feeling, and was released recently at Melbourne&rsquo;s JazzLab.&nbsp; You can stream James&rsquo; single, THE BOY NEXT DOOR, on any major streaming platform.

James Shortland: "Emergence" album launch

BK Opera is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a bold choice: Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, one of the most ambitious and emotionally intense works in the operatic repertoire.  But BK Opera is known for doing things a little differently.  Kate Millett, founder and creative director of BK Opera, will be directing this anniversary production.  She speaks with Annie Martin.

Tickets are available through https://www.bkopera.com.au/ 

BK Opera is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a bold choice: Richard Wagner&rsquo;s Tristan und Isolde, one of the most ambitious and emotionally intense works in the operatic repertoire.&nbsp; But BK Opera is known for doing things a little differently.&nbsp; Kate Millett, founder and creative director of BK Opera, will be directing this anniversary production.&nbsp; She speaks with Annie Martin.
Tickets are available through <a href="https://www.bkopera.com.au/">https://www.bkopera.com.au/</a>&nbsp;

Kate Millett: BK Opera's Tristan und Isolde

Mischa Maisky is one of the world's greatest living cellists.  He’s admired for his emotional honesty, unmistakable intensity and scores of acclaimed recordings.

He’s collaborated with many of the greatest conductors and music collaborators of the past and present and is performing with his pianist daughter, Lily, at Hamer Hall on Friday, 6 November.  They’ve both played to enraptured audiences at New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Royal Festival Hall and countless leading concert halls across Europe, the Americas and Asia.

3MBS’s Doug Beecroft speaks with Mischa Maisky about his life and upcoming recital.

Tickets are available through Arts Centre Melbourne

Mischa Maisky is one of the world's greatest living cellists.&nbsp; He&rsquo;s admired for his emotional honesty, unmistakable intensity and scores of acclaimed recordings.
He&rsquo;s collaborated with many of the greatest conductors and music collaborators of the past and present and&nbsp;is performing with his pianist daughter, Lily, at Hamer Hall on Friday, 6 November.&nbsp; They&rsquo;ve both played to enraptured audiences at New York&rsquo;s Carnegie Hall, London&rsquo;s Royal Festival Hall and countless leading concert halls across Europe, the Americas and Asia.
3MBS&rsquo;s Doug Beecroft speaks with Mischa Maisky about his life and upcoming recital.
Tickets are available through <a href="https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/whats-on/2026/classical-music/mischa-maisky-in-recital">Arts Centre Melbourne</a>

Mischa Maisky in Recital:  Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall recital, Friday Nov 06.

Eugene Raggio and Livia Brash speak with Annie Martin about Der Freischütz, Carl Maria von Weber's opera, which is part of German Week.  Performed in German with English surtitles, it's on Friday the 23rd of October and Saturday the 24th of October at the Athenaeum Theatre in Collins Street. 

That was Eugene Raggio and Livia Brash speaking with Annie Martin. DER FREISCHÜTZ will be . You can see it on either Friday the 23rd of October or Saturday the 24th of October at the Athenaeum Theatre in Collins Street.  

Tickets are available through ticketmaster.com.au.

 

 

 

Eugene Raggio and Livia Brash speak with Annie Martin about Der Freisch&uuml;tz, Carl Maria von Weber's opera, which is part of German Week.&nbsp; Performed in German with English surtitles, it's on Friday the 23rd of October and Saturday the 24th of October at the Athenaeum Theatre in Collins Street.&nbsp;
That was Eugene Raggio and Livia Brash speaking with Annie Martin. DER FREISCH&Uuml;TZ will be . You can see it on either Friday the 23rd of October or Saturday the 24th of October at the Athenaeum Theatre in Collins Street.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Tickets are available through <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/der-freischutz-tickets/artist/973561">ticketmaster.com.au.</a>
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Eugene Raggio & Livia Brash: Der Freischütz - Co-opera

Internationally acclaimed Australian pianist, Sarah Grunstein trained at the Sydney Conservatorium and the Julliard School, and is returning to Melbourne to play Bach’s Goldberg Variations at the Recital Centre. Sarah Grunstein speaks with Sue Kaufmann ahead of her concert at MRC on Oct 21.

For tickets and more information, go to the Melbourne Recital Centre's website.

 

Internationally acclaimed Australian pianist, Sarah Grunstein trained at the Sydney Conservatorium and the Julliard School, and is returning to Melbourne to play Bach&rsquo;s Goldberg Variations at the Recital Centre. Sarah Grunstein speaks with Sue Kaufmann ahead of her concert at MRC on Oct 21.
For tickets and more information, go to the <a href="https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/whats-on/current-productions/sarah-grunstein">Melbourne Recital Centre</a>'s website.
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Sarah Grunstein: Bach Goldberg Variatons, Melbourne Recital Centre

Mitch Meyer speaks with Sue Kaufmann about the Australian premiere of  Karl Jenkins’ deeply moving Cantata Memoria, written to commemorate the victims – mostly children – who lost their lives in a landslide in the Welsh mining town of Aberfan 60 years ago.  

Melbourne Town Hall, Sunday the 25th of October at 6 o’clock.

For more information and tickets go to the Trybooking website and search for Cantata Memoria.    

Mitch Meyer speaks with Sue Kaufmann about the Australian premiere of&nbsp; Karl Jenkins&rsquo; deeply moving Cantata Memoria, written to commemorate the victims &ndash; mostly children &ndash; who lost their lives in a landslide in the Welsh mining town of Aberfan 60 years ago. &nbsp;
Melbourne Town Hall, Sunday the 25th of October at 6 o&rsquo;clock.
For more information and tickets go to the <a href="https://www.trybooking.com/au/event/1632651?eid=1632651">Trybooking </a>website and search for <a href="https://www.trybooking.com/au/event/1632651?eid=1632651">Cantata Memoria.</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Mitch Meyer: Cantata Memoria

Sue Kaufmann speaks with violinist Satu Vänskä about a concert with her new trio In the Live at Yours series. The Satu Vänskä Trio willbe performing trios by Haydn, Ravel and Shostakovich at the Toorak Synagogue in South Yarra on Thursday the 22nd of October.

For more information and tickets go to  liveatyours.com.au.

Sue Kaufmann speaks with violinist Satu V&auml;nsk&auml; about a concert with her new trio In the Live at Yours series. The Satu V&auml;nsk&auml; Trio will be performing trios by Haydn, Ravel and Shostakovich at the Toorak Synagogue in South Yarra on Thursday the 22nd of October.
For more information and tickets go to&nbsp; <a href="https://www.liveatyours.com.au/">liveatyours.com.au</a>.

Satu Vänskä: Live at Toorak Series - Satu Vänskä Trio, The Boundless Heart

Sue Kaufmann speaks with violinist Sarah Curro, who will be directing Orchestra Victoria’s next concert, called The Edge of Sleep.  The program includes short works by Grieg and Tchaikovsky which lead into Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony, and flows straight into calm and meditative music by Ella Macens and Eric Whitacre.

The Orchestra is performing at St Stephen's Anglican Church in Richmond on Saturday the 24th of October.

For more information and tickets type in Orchestra 21: The Edge of Sleep on the Trybooking website.

Sue Kaufmann speaks with violinist Sarah Curro, who will be directing Orchestra Victoria&rsquo;s next concert, called The Edge of Sleep.&nbsp; The program includes short works by Grieg and Tchaikovsky which lead into Shostakovich&rsquo;s Chamber Symphony, and flows straight into calm and meditative music by Ella Macens and Eric Whitacre.
The Orchestra is performing at St Stephen's Anglican Church in Richmond on Saturday the 24th of October.
For more information and tickets type in&nbsp;Orchestra 21: The Edge of Sleep on the <a href="https://www.trybooking.com/au/event/1635907">Trybooking</a> website.

Sarah Curro: Orchestra 21 - The Edge of Sleep

Chris Howlett speaks with Sue Kaufmann about the upcoming tour by the beloved British pianist, composer and writer, Sir Stephen Hough. They discuss the recital’s varied program - which includes Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata, and Sir Stephen’s own arrangement of songs from Mary Poppins – and Classical Music Australia’s ‘pay what you can’ arrangement. 

Performances:

Melbourne Recital Centre on Wednesday the 28th of October; and at The Capital in Bendigo on Thursday the 29th.

Chris Howlett speaks with Sue Kaufmann about the upcoming tour by the beloved British pianist, composer and writer, Sir Stephen Hough. They discuss the recital&rsquo;s varied program - which includes Beethoven&rsquo;s Waldstein Sonata, and Sir Stephen&rsquo;s own arrangement of songs from Mary Poppins &ndash; and Classical Music Australia&rsquo;s &lsquo;pay what you can&rsquo; arrangement.&nbsp;
Performances:
<a href="https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/whats-on/current-productions/stephen-hough-in-recital">Melbourne Recital Centre</a> on Wednesday the 28th of October; and at <a href="https://boxoffice.gotix.com.au/WEBPAGES/EntaWebShow/ShowDatesCombo.aspx">The Capital in Bendigo </a>on Thursday the 29th.

Chris Howlett: Sir Stephen Hough in recital

A selection of performances and interviews from 3MBS guests about the what, who and when of music and the arts in Melbourne.

A selection of performances and interviews from 3MBS guests about the what, who and when of music and the arts in Melbourne.

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