Viola Viola - Butterflies and Birds

About Viola Viola - Butterflies and Birds

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been postponed from Sunday 15 May April to Saturday 11 June 2022. If you already have your ticket, no further action is required as your tickets will still be valid for this new date. We look forward to seeing you in June!

A contemplative concert experience that journeys from the Baroque to the present day, the East to the West, and the North to the South. Opening with Handel’s glorious Sarabande and moving through music from Korea, Melbourne, America and the British Isles before finishing with a selection of Bartok’s amazing folk songs and dances.

Handel – Sarabande for two violas
Frank Bridge – Lament for two violas
William V Murray – Butterflies: Suites for two violas
Francesc Caccini - Te lucis ante terminum
Isang Yun – Contemplation
Beatrice Price – Sketches in Sepia
Bela Bartok – Selected Violin Duos

Unforgettable music performed by two of Melbourne’s best violists. Wenhong Luo is Professor of Viola at Melbourne University and William Vyvyan Murray is a prize winning violist who works throughout the world.

St Georges Hall, Corner of Hobson and Learmonth Street, Sunday 15/05/2022 at 4pm. Tickets $30.

*Plus booking fee