50th Anniversary Gala Concert

Join 3MBS Melbourne 103.5FM at Hawthorn Arts Centre for a free gala concert as the station celebrates 50 years of broadcasting.

Featuring a distinguished lineup of Melbourne musicians, many with whom the station has had a long-standing artistic relationship, this concert showcases a glittering program of opera, art song, piano and chamber music and features the premiere of a musical commission by Melbourne composer, Robert McIntyre, to mark the station’s Golden Jubilee.

Artists include soprano Kathryn Radcliffe, Flinders Quartet, The Parlour, violinist Kyla Matsuura-Miller and pianists Elyane Laussade, Georgina Lewis, Coady Green, Gintaute Gataveckaite and Tristan Lee.

A gala concert that will bring the whole community together to celebrate this milestone achievement in Victoria’s media history.

Admission is free, however bookings are essential.

Duration: 2 hours and 10 minutes including interval

This concert is generously supported by the City of Boroondara and Limelight

The Parlour
Karen van Spall, mezzo-soprano; Adam Miller, bass-baritone; Coady Green, piano
Franz Schubert –Erlkönig, D. 328
Franz Schubert – Die junge Nonne, D. 828  
Franz Liszt – Du bist wie eine Blume
Hector Berlioz - L’îlle inconnue from Les nuits d’été, Op. 7 

Kyla Matsuura-Miller, violin
Georgina Lewis, piano
Ralph Vaughan-Williams – The Lark Ascending 

Elyane Laussade, piano
Franz Liszt – Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat Major, S. 541
Giuseppe Verdi/Franz Liszt –Paraphrase de concert sur 'Rigoletto', S.434

Flinders Quartet
Elizabeth Sellars, violin; Wilma Smith, violin; Helen Ireland, viola; Zoe Knighton, cello
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO – Bungaree

Robert McIntyre, composer
Georgina Lewis, piano
Robert McIntyre – Time, a passage for solo piano (3MBS commission dedicated to the station’s 50th anniversary) 

Gintaute Gataveckaite and Tristan Lee, piano duo
Franz Schubert – Fantasie in F minor, D. 940

Kathryn Radcliffe, soprano
Coady Green, piano
Gaetano Donizetti – Regnava nel silenzio from Lucia di Lammermoor
Leonard Bernstein – Glitter and be Gay from Candide

Concert program subject to change

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Dates and Times

Saturday 22 March 2025
2pm

Tickets

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Location

Hawthorn Arts Centre

Level 1/360 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122

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