Melba Hall Free Lunch Hour Concert Series
The Melba Hall Free Lunch Hour Concert Series takes place every week during semester. This series of concerts features local and international artists, and Faculty staff, students and ensembles.
Semester 2
5 October - Julia Nafisi & Peter Hurley
“The unknown Kurt Weill”
Songs from Marie Galante and songs on texts by Walt Whitman.
- Walt Whitman: "Captain, my Captain", "Beat, Beat Drums", "Dirge for two Veretans", "Come up from the fields, Father"
- Songs from 'Marie Galante': "Les filles de Bordeaux", "J'attends un navire", "Le roi d'Aquitaine", "Le grand Lustucru"
- Youkali
- I'm a stranger here myself
(Program subject to small changes)
12 October - Chamber Orchestra in concert
Students from the School of Music (Parkville) perform works by Janáček, Handel and others
19 October - Convivio
Miriam Morris and Laura Vaughan, bass viols
John O’ Donnell, harpsichord
The Master, the Disciple and the Devil
A concert featuring solos, duos, and trios for bass viols and harpsichord of Monsieur de Sainte Colombe, Marin Marais and Antoine Forqueray
Sainte Colombe taught Marin Marais who was known as the ‘angel of the viol’. His protagonist, Antoine Forqueray, was dubbed the ‘devil’. The rich repertoire for bass viols and continuo highlights the blossoming of the bass viol in the French baroque period.
26 October - Chamber Music Final and prize presentation
School of Music – Parkville
These concerts take place on Mondays from 1:10 - 2:00pm
Free general admission
Melba Hall
Gate 12
University of Melbourne
Royal Parade
Parkville
Enquiries: 8344 7830 - music-concerts@unimelb.edu.au
Tram route #19 from Elizabeth St, Stop 11
All information is correct at the time of printing and may be subject to change.