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25.01.2022 Beethoven and Mozart... did they meet? Some say yes, when Beethoven visited his idol in Vienna, 1787. Beethoven was just 17. Mozart was 35, in poor health and in no mood for visitors. However upon hearing Beethoven play, Mozart said to his wife Watch out for that boy. One day he will give the world something to talk about." Well probably never know if that happened, but we do know both Beethoven and Mozart gave the world something to talk about! Luckily, you can enjoy both their music at our concert on Friday, 29 November Please invite your family and friends to help celebrate our last concert of the year More info in our Facebook event and our website

25.01.2022 We're enjoying a break between Mozart and Beethoven, with some spooky chocolate

24.01.2022 It's February, meaning the end of our summer break and the beginning of our 2020 concert season Mark your diaries for our first concert of the year on Friday, 20th March. It will feature this thoughtfully selected program spanning the Baroque, Romantic and Modern eras: * Mendelssohn ~ Hebrides Overture... * Bach ~ Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 * Samuel Barber ~ Adagio for Strings * Schubert ~ Symphony No. 3 Hope to see you there

24.01.2022 Sometimes we just need a cringe-worthy musical joke

24.01.2022 We can't verify the science behind this study, but let's take a moment to appreciate our percussionists (from today's The Age)

24.01.2022 Our final concert of 2019 will celebrate the timeless music of Mozart and Beethoven. We are lucky to welcome back Lee Abrahmsen - Soprano as guest soloist The backdrop to our poster is the Burgtheater in Vienna, where The Marriage of Figaro premiered (May 1786) and Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 had its first public performance (April 1808). Our concert venue isn't quite as opulent, but well worth the visit! See our website and Facebook event for info and tickets

22.01.2022 One of our musicians is enjoying the European summer (jealous...) and took this photo for us. Can you see why? He's not in Austria, but very close! On Lake Maggiore in Laveno, northern Italy, where they specialise in mozzarella

21.01.2022 What a wonderful evening of music - we ended the year on a positive note! Thank you to our musicians, volunteers, audience and our Musical Director, Joannes Special congratulations to Lee Abrahmsen for her beautiful Mozart arias. There was lots of praise for Lee - her richness and clarity of tone, emotional connection to the music and stage presence. Bravo, Lee! We very much enjoyed performing Beethoven's 4th symphony, which is often overshadowed by his 3rd and 5th. The last movement was a speedy way to end the concert! Thank you and well done to all

21.01.2022 Tonight we're rehearsing the tricky bits of Brahms and Mendelssohn (plenty to choose from). Time for a cup of tea!

21.01.2022 "I'm here for the audition" Best wishes for the new year to all our supporters

21.01.2022 It's always the quiet ones... a laugh for hump day https://www.facebook.com/FloridaOrchestra/videos/10155606875670619/

20.01.2022 Just over two weeks until our concert on 20 March! You'll be in for a treat - our Musical Director and conductor, Joannes Roose, will be putting down his baton to play one of two solo flutes in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.4 This will be a special performance Info and tickets in our Facebook event

20.01.2022 Were enjoying a break between Mozart and Beethoven, with some spooky chocolate

19.01.2022 It's a surprise... every time

19.01.2022 Happy Friday to our music friends

18.01.2022 Just over two weeks until our concert on 20 March! Youll be in for a treat - our Musical Director and conductor, Joannes Roose, will be putting down his baton to play one of two solo flutes in Bachs Brandenburg Concerto No.4 This will be a special performance Info and tickets in our Facebook event

18.01.2022 Dear friends ~ we hope you are keeping safe and well Due to current events we dont know when our next concert will be, but we look forward to performing and sharing our love of music with you soon. In the meantime, well keep doing our "iso" practice at home (a perfect opportunity for all those scales and technique work!) and resting to recharge the batteries. ... Take care and continue enjoying the music

18.01.2022 Not long until our concert this Friday! A highlight will be Mendelssohn's famous Violin Concerto in E minor - one of the world's most loved pieces for solo violin - performed by our special guest Anne-Marie Johnson Come along for an evening of beautiful music, and support the valuable work done by the Royal Children's Hospital Gatehouse Centre

17.01.2022 Hello friends Here is an inspirational video for you Some of you may remember that concert where pianist Maria João Pires learned the wrong Mozart piano concerto... You can just feel her despair, but it turned into an incredible moment for classical music https://youtu.be/rVO26URqC24

17.01.2022 Tonight were rehearsing the tricky bits of Brahms and Mendelssohn (plenty to choose from). Time for a cup of tea!

17.01.2022 We are very lucky to welcome back Lee Abrahmsen who will sing a selection of Mozart arias at our concert on Friday 29 November We are all particularly excited about Exsultate Jubilate! Lee is not only an extremely talented and memorable performer, she is also a valued friend of our orchestra. Looking forward to it, Lee!

16.01.2022 Available now - annual concert subscriptions! Save 20% on our ticket prices by becoming an annual subscriber of The Melbourne Sinfonia for 2020, covering all four concerts You will pay only $24 (adult) and $12 (student) per concert. Available here: https://www.trybooking.com/BICQI

16.01.2022 Its never too early to post an event! Were already looking forward to this program of Brahms and Mendelssohn, with special guest Anne-Marie Johnson performing Mendelssohns Violin Concerto in E Minor

16.01.2022 Dear friends, We hope youre all well. Just a quick update from us Due to the current environment we didnt perform our concert scheduled for this week, Friday 12th June. We have also cancelled our September concert.... Its too early to know whether our last concert of the year will go ahead on Friday, 27th November. We are of course subject to all the issues of social distancing, government guidelines and venue availability, covering both the concert evening and rehearsals. Stay tuned for updates For our annual ticket subscribers, well be in touch about arranging a refund for the June and September concerts. Thank you to those who are generously offering their ticket cost as a donation to the Royal Childrens Hospital. Take care, and we look forward to sharing music with you again soon

16.01.2022 This is a wonderful initiative for Melbourne musicians and music lovers

16.01.2022 Don't miss our concert on Friday, 6th September! A popular program of Brahms and Mendelssohn, in aid of the Royal Children's Hospital Tickets and info on our website: www.melbournesinfonia.org.au

14.01.2022 In light of the changing environment with Coronavirus and its associated guidelines and protocols, we have cancelled our concert scheduled for this Friday 20th March. This is a precautionary measure to help protect the health and wellbeing of our audience, musicians and volunteers, and because our concert venue is now closed for public events until at least mid-April. We will be issuing refunds to those who have already purchased tickets.... Thank you for your understanding; and please take care

13.01.2022 Not long until our concert this Friday! A highlight will be Mendelssohns famous Violin Concerto in E minor - one of the worlds most loved pieces for solo violin - performed by our special guest Anne-Marie Johnson Come along for an evening of beautiful music, and support the valuable work done by the Royal Childrens Hospital Gatehouse Centre

13.01.2022 It's never too early to post an event! We're already looking forward to this program of Brahms and Mendelssohn, with special guest Anne-Marie Johnson performing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor

12.01.2022 Playing the piano, and indeed any instrument, is not only enjoyable and rewarding, but a great workout for our brains! Wishing you all a musical weekend

12.01.2022 Dear friends, We hope you're all well. Just a quick update from us Due to the current environment we didn't perform our concert scheduled for this week, Friday 12th June. We have also cancelled our September concert.... It's too early to know whether our last concert of the year will go ahead on Friday, 27th November. We are of course subject to all the issues of social distancing, government guidelines and venue availability, covering both the concert evening and rehearsals. Stay tuned for updates For our annual ticket subscribers, we'll be in touch about arranging a refund for the June and September concerts. Thank you to those who are generously offering their ticket cost as a donation to the Royal Children's Hospital. Take care, and we look forward to sharing music with you again soon

12.01.2022 Many of you know that we are an Auxiliary of the Royal Childrens Hospital, supporting the Gatehouse Centre. This year the Hospital is celebrating 150 years! On Saturday some of our musicians and volunteers attended a celebratory garden party at Government House

11.01.2022 Just under two weeks until our concert of Beethoven and Mozart on Friday 29th at 8pm. We'd love to see you there! We think an evening of classical music is the perfect way to end the week Tickets are only $26/$13 (online discount), children free. Please come and support Melbourne's music community and help us raise funds for the Royal Children's Hospital

11.01.2022 Many of you know that we are an Auxiliary of the Royal Children's Hospital, supporting the Gatehouse Centre. This year the Hospital is celebrating 150 years! On Saturday some of our musicians and volunteers attended a celebratory garden party at Government House

10.01.2022 Our flautist, Mauro, has kindly researched the Burgtheater in Vienna, which features in our concert poster The old Burgtheater witnessed the premiere of many celebrated pieces of music including Mozart's opera Le Nozze di Figaro and the first public performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 - both of which we will perform this Friday 29th November at MLC in Kew. So sit back, grab a cup of tea or coffee, and enjoy. Thank you, Mauro The Burgtheater, the Austrian National Th...eatre on the Ringstraße in Vienna ranks as one of the most important theatres in the world. Its construction began in 1874 and was completed in 1888. At the time it was known as the Königlich Kaiserliches Hofburgtheater, but since 1919 it has been known as the Burgtheater. In 1945 it was largely destroyed in a bombing raid and further damaged by fire. After the war restoration of the building didn't commence until 1953 and was completed in 1955 just at the time when Austria regained its status as an independent and sovereign nation. However the Burgtheater owes its origins to the Empress Maria Theresa whose love of music and wish for a music stage next to the Hofburg Palace, authorised in 1741 the conversion of the banquet and festival hall in the Michaelerplatz (on the north eastern side of the palace) into a theatre. This new theatre "next to the Burg" was inaugurated in 1748 and was further extended in 1753. The son of the Empress, Emperor Josef II, continued this passion of music by proclaiming the building as the official court and national theatre in 1776 (the Hofburgtheater). The exterior of theatre was said to have had a barn like appearance but the wooden structure of the auditorium created a great atmosphere and the acoustics were said to be superb. One of the unique features of this complex enabled the royal family to enter the private viewing box directly from the imperial rooms. To make way for the extension of the St Michael's wing of the Hofburg Palace and to build a new theatre that would meet the demands of modern theatrical productions, the Burgtheater in the Michaelerplatz was demolished in 1888. The final performance was on October 12, 1888. Thereafter the productions were moved to the new Burgtheater in the Ringstraße. Before demolishing the old Burgtheater the city of Vienna commissioned Gustav Klimt and Franz Matsch to paint portraits of the beautiful theatre. Klimt's painting is quite detailed capturing the beauty of the auditorium as well as minute portraits of upper class individuals who spent a great deal of their time at the theatre

08.01.2022 It was wonderful to hear Lee Abrahmsen sing Mozart arias at our rehearsal last week. We had some good laughs amongst the serious concert preparation To quote Limelight Magazine, Lee has a "deliciously, full-bodied tone"; and The Age: "Abrahmsen is a revelation" You can enjoy Lee's beautiful voice at our concert this Friday, 8pm at MLC in Kew Purchase your online discount tickets here: https://www.trybooking.com/BFSFL

08.01.2022 We cant verify the science behind this study, but lets take a moment to appreciate our percussionists (from todays The Age)

08.01.2022 Introducing... Melbourne-born violinist Anne-Marie Johnson At our next concert on 6 September Anne-Marie will perform Mendelssohns Violin Concerto in E Minor Read more about Anne-Marie on our website: http://melbournesinfonia.org.au/soloists/

08.01.2022 The Melbourne Sinfonia wishes everyone a very Happy and Musical New Year Thank you all for making our 2019 concerts so enjoyable We can't end the year without a trip down memory lane, because 2019 was our 30th anniversary year! We began as the Collingwood Chamber Orchestra, founded by Kevin Morgan in 1989 with the support of the Collingwood council. The group first rehearsed at the Organ Factory Theatre in Collingwood and then at Princes Hill Primary School. The first reh...earsal comprised 9 string players and the group made its debut at Collingwood Senior Citizens Hall with 14 players. Later concerts were held in the Collingwood Town Hall. Our name changed to The Melbourne Sinfonia in late 1990 and concerts moved to Melba Hall at the University of Melbourne, where they remained until November 2011. With Melba Hall no longer available, our venue changed to MLC. Joannes Roose has been our Musical Director and Principal Conductor since 1998 Since 2004 we have been an Auxiliary of the Royal Childrens Hospital. Our unique position as a fundraiser for the RCH unites us, as we join in the spirit of enjoying music for a good cause. We currently support the RCH Gatehouse Centre which provides a crisis service and ongoing support for children and adolescents who have been sexually abused. Gatehouse helps these vulnerable young people develop resilience and other coping skills. We look forward to another year of music. Our 2020 concert dates are 20 March, 12 June, 4 September and 27 November

07.01.2022 A sign of the times... Stay safe and keep enjoying the music, even if it's not the concert hall variety

06.01.2022 Dont miss our concert on Friday, 6th September! A popular program of Brahms and Mendelssohn, in aid of the Royal Childrens Hospital Tickets and info on our website: www.melbournesinfonia.org.au

05.01.2022 This is beautiful! The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra shows how we can continue enjoying music together during these difficult times

05.01.2022 Its always the quiet ones... a laugh for hump day https://www.facebook.com/FloridaOrchestra/videos/10155606875670619/

04.01.2022 Its a surprise... every time

04.01.2022 Just under two weeks until our concert of Beethoven and Mozart on Friday 29th at 8pm. Wed love to see you there! We think an evening of classical music is the perfect way to end the week Tickets are only $26/$13 (online discount), children free. Please come and support Melbournes music community and help us raise funds for the Royal Childrens Hospital

03.01.2022 "Im here for the audition" Best wishes for the new year to all our supporters

03.01.2022 Dear friends ~ we hope you are keeping safe and well Due to current events we don't know when our next concert will be, but we look forward to performing and sharing our love of music with you soon. In the meantime, we'll keep doing our "iso" practice at home (a perfect opportunity for all those scales and technique work!) and resting to recharge the batteries. ... Take care and continue enjoying the music

03.01.2022 Congratulations to the RCH Auxiliaries for this wonderful donation - a result of many volunteering hours and efforts throughout the year We are pleased to be one of over 60 Auxiliaries of the RCH, currently supporting the Gatehouse Centre which provides crucial support to children and young people affected by sexual abuse

03.01.2022 Its February, meaning the end of our summer break and the beginning of our 2020 concert season Mark your diaries for our first concert of the year on Friday, 20th March. It will feature this thoughtfully selected program spanning the Baroque, Romantic and Modern eras: * Mendelssohn ~ Hebrides Overture... * Bach ~ Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 * Samuel Barber ~ Adagio for Strings * Schubert ~ Symphony No. 3 Hope to see you there

02.01.2022 In difficult times we need a laugh