Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

Ensemble Liaison & Friends is a unique concert series presented by three internationally acclaimed musicians — David Griffiths (clarinet), Svetlana Bogosavljevic (cello) and Timothy Young (piano).

The ensemble is renowned for imaginative programming, setting the trend for brilliant collaborations with leading artists.

With its unbridled passion, Bohemian Bedřich Smetana’s rhapsodic piano trio is one of the most powerful works in the literature and a milestone of Romanticism. Gershwin’s famous Rhapsody in Blue continues to delight audiences with its inimitable crossover from the improvised world of jazz to the classical concert hall. The program also includes some fantastic ‘rags’ by John Novacek and Elena Kats-Chernin, and an exciting new commission by Australian composer Michael Dooley.

Program

Bedrich Smetana
Piano Trio Op.15 (arr. Ensemble Liaison)

Elena Kats-Chernin
Ballade
Zee Rag, Russian Rag

John Novacek
Four Rags for Two Jons

Michael Dooley
Epiphany (world premiere)

George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue

Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and Ensemble Liaison

Featured non-Australian music: Smetana, Novacek, Gershwin

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (03) 9699 3333

Featured Australian Works

	Ballade : for clarinet, cello and piano (2017) by Elena Kats-Chernin — performed by Ensemble Liaison
	Russian rag by Elena Kats-Chernin — performed by Ensemble Liaison
	Zee rag (solo piano) (1998) by Elena Kats-Chernin — performed by Ensemble Liaison

Featured artists

• Performer Ensemble Liaison