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St Stephens Anglican Church is hosting a series of intimate recitals with some of Australia's finest chamber musicians. The space removes the boundaries between musicians and audience, and provides a unique musical, emotional and spiritual experience for the audience.
St Stephen's Recital Series 2025 - Early Bird Subscription
Saturday 31 May 2025
Save with a season subscription! This ticket grants entry to all 5 concerts at a discounted price.
Concert 1 - Sat 31 May 2:30pm
CHANTS D'AUVERGNE
Sally-Anne Russell, mezzo-soprano, Anthony Halliday, piano and Andrew Boyle, clarinet, present a selection of Canteloube's enchanting Songs of the Auvergne.
Concert 2 - Sat 28 June 2:30pm
MOZART'S CLARINET QUINTET on period instruments
Savour the special sonorities of Mozart played on gut strings and basset clarinet with Craig Hill and the MBO Classical Quartet.
Concert 3 - Sat 16 August 2:30pm
ZOE KNIGHTON & AMIR FARID
Cello sonatas by Beethoven and Margaret Sutherland, plus a solo piano work by Gordon Kerry.
Concert 4 - Sat 13 September 2:30pm
VIVA VIOLA!
Wilma and Friends present a sensational program of string quintet works: Bruckner, Mozart and Nielsen.
Concert 5 - Sat 15 November 2:30pm
PASSION AND POWER
Wilma and Friends return with a stunning program of piano quintets: Webern, Beach and Medtner
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St Stephen's Recital Series, Concert 1: CHANTS D'AUVERGNE
Saturday 31 May 2025
Sally-Anne Russell, mezzo-soprano, Anthony Halliday, piano/organ and Andrew Boyle, clarinet, present a selection of Canteloube's enchanting Songs of the Auvergne.
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St Stephen's Recital Series, no 2: MOZART CLARINET QUINTET
Saturday 28 June 2025
Savour the special sonorities of Mozart played on gut strings and period clarinet with Craig Hill and the MBO Classical Quartet.
Also hear a charming Rondo for clarinet quintet, ingeniously completed by Craig Hill from fragments of Mozart.
Craig Hill, basset clarinet
Cameron Jamieson, violin
Meg Cohen, violin
Caroline Henbest, viola
Rosy Hunt, cello.
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St Stephen's Recital Series, no 3: ZOE KNIGHTON & AMIR FARID
Saturday 16 August 2025
Relish the contrast of old and new with Beethoven's A major Sonata for cello and piano, juxtaposed with Australian composers Margaret Sutherland in her beautiful cello sonata and a solo piano work by Gordon Kerry.
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St Stephen's Recital Series, no 4: VIVA VIOLA!
Saturday 13 September 2025
Wilma & Friends present a sensational program of string quintet works by Bruckner, Mozart and Nielson. The ravishing timbre of two violas brings a richness and complexity to the sound scape showcased beautifully in this program.
Viola was Mozart's favourite instrument to play so it's no wonder he wrote his brilliant string quintets featuring two violas. The D major one is full of the brightness and brilliance of that key and keeps everybody busy. It's flanked by two unfamiliar beauties for the same instrumentation, the short intermezzo by Bruckner, like Mahler, more known for his monumental symphonies, and the only string quintet by Denmark's most celebrated composer, Carl Nielson, only 23 when he wrote it. This fine work was never published in his lifetime, which may explain its relative neglect.
Peter Gjelsten, violin
Wilma Smith, violin
Yuri Zhislin, viola
Fiona Sargeant, viola
Matthias Balzat, cello
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St Stephen's Recital Series, no 5: PASSION & POWER
Saturday 15 November 2025
Wilma & Friends return to present three discoveries - unsung masterpieces!
This absolutely ravishing program is for the musical adventurers because at first glance it might look a little outside the comfort zone. But fear not, Viennese Anton Webern, American Amy Beach and Russian Nikolai Meitner have produced stunningly beautiful Romantic works. If you thought you knew Webern by his modernist 2nd Viennese School output this little gem will surprise and delight. Beach and Medtner's piano quintets are absolute winners, almost too much luxuriousness for one program but let's go for it!
Anton Webern - Langsamer Satz for String Quartet
Amy Beach - Piano Quintet in F# minor, Op. 67
Nikolai Medtner - Piano Quintet in C major, Op. posth.
Stefan Cassomenos, piano
Monica Curro, violin
Wilma Smith, violin
Angelina Kim, viola
Noah Lawrence, cello
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St Stephen's Recital Series 2025 - Concert 1
Saturday 11 January 2025
Y-Squared debut at St Stephen’s Anglican Church in January 2025, bringing with them the heroic Mendelssohn Cello sonata no. 2 and other great works.
Y-Squared has been the winning formula for Yelian He and Yasmin Rowe since 2008. The name (whimsically formed from the initial letters of both their names) represents not only dedication towards performing the greatest Cello & Piano repertoire both old and new, but also embodying a discipline to explore the depth of communication between two artists on stage.
They have given recitals in world class venues such as Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Bridgewater Concert Hall, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, and Shanghai Concert Hall.
Combining singular artistry and musicianship, they have achieved outstanding success on the world’s competition stages, notably 1st Prize in the 2009 Royal Over-Seas League String Competition in London and the Grand Prize and Audience Prize in the 2014 Australian Cello Awards Competition in Sydney.
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St Stephen's Recital Series 2024 - Concert 5 (CANCELLED)
Saturday 23 November 2024
Y-Squared debut at St Stephen’s Anglican Church in November, bringing with them the heroic Mendelssohn Cello sonata no. 2 and other great works.
Y-Squared has been the winning formula for Yelian He and Yasmin Rowe since 2008. The name (whimsically formed from the initial letters of both their names) represents not only dedication towards performing the greatest Cello & Piano repertoire both old and new, but also embodying a discipline to explore the depth of communication between two artists on stage.
They have given recitals in world class venues such as Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Bridgewater Concert Hall, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, and Shanghai Concert Hall.
Combining singular artistry and musicianship, they have achieved outstanding success on the world’s competition stages, notably 1st Prize in the 2009 Royal Over-Seas League String Competition in London and the Grand Prize and Audience Prize in the 2014 Australian Cello Awards Competition in Sydney.
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St Stephen's Recital Series - Early Bird Season Subscription
Saturday 16 March 2024
Save with a season subscription! This ticket grants entry to all 5 concerts at a discounted price.
Concert 1 - Sat 16 March 2:30pm
Fiore Chamber, 'The Music of Her Tears'
One of Australia's most promising newly formed vocal quartets performing English music from the 16th to the 20th century.
Concert 2 - Sat 13 April 2:30pm
'Bronzewing'
Katie Yap, (baroque viola and vocals) and Donald Nicolson (harpsichord and synths) performing works by Hildegard von Bingen, Corelli, Caccini, and a new original work.
Concert 3 - Sat 1 June 2:30pm
Wilma & Friends, 'New World Cool'
Featuring music for bassoon and string quartet by Gershwin, Marsalis and more.
Concert 4 - Sat 27 July 2:30pm
MBO Classical Quartet
Featuring music performed on original string instruments from the classical era.
Concert 5 - Sat 23 November 2:30pm
Y-Squared
Yelian He (cello) and Yasmin Rowe (piano) performing Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No. 2 and other great works from the cello sonata repertoire.
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St Stephen's Recital Series 2024 - Concert 4
Saturday 27 July 2024
MBO Classical Quartet.
Leading period instrument players from the Melbourne Baroque Orchestra present an irresistible program of classical string quartets by Mozart, Beethoven and Myslivečk.
Photo Adrian Porteous.
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St Stephen's Recital Series 2024 - Concert 3
Saturday 1 June 2024
Wilma & Friends present 'New World Cool'.
St Stephen's is proud to welcome back Wilma & Friends for a program of music featuring bassoon virtuoso Todd Gibson-Cornish and a specially-assembled stellar string quartet in a fascinating program from Elgar to jazz great Wynton Marsalis. A hauntingly beautiful quartet by Kiwi composer Victoria Kelly, an evocative quintet written specifically for Todd last year by another Kiwi, Anthony Ritchie, and Gershwin's lilting Lullaby complete an unmissable and rare concert experience.
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St Stephen's Recital Series 2024 - Concert 2
Saturday 13 April 2024
Katie Yap, baroque viola and vocals and Donald Nicolson, harpsichord and synths present 'Bronzewing'.
Bronzewing weaves old and new together in a spectacular, raucous combination. Katie and Donald are two of Australia's foremost period musicians and they catapult their ancient instruments into modern sound worlds. Exploring co-composition, they draw on diverse influences; from medieval and baroque greats Hildegard von Bingen and J.S. Bach, to 70s electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre.
"Truly exceptional... seamlessly transitioning from baroque improvisation to '80s synth pop and back again, with joyous flybys of experimental sound, head banging metal, and a baroque viola put through a wall of effects pedals."
- Miranda Hill, classikON.
Photo Albert Comper
For more information, head to www.bronzewingmusic.com.au
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St Stephen's Recital Series 2024 - Concert 1
Saturday 16 March 2024
Fiore Chamber presents 'The Music of Her Tears'.
Monika Harris, soprano, Alex Ritter, countertenor, Anish Nair, tenor and Lachlan McDonald, baritone bring us a new choral quartet, Fiore Chamber. Based in Melbourne, Australia, they bring a dynamic, polished, sparkling and cheeky approach to the choral repertoire, and have quickly established themselves as one of the most promising Australian vocal ensembles since their formation in 2022. For this concert they will be performing profound works by English composers, ranging from the 16th to the 20th century.
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Advent Organ Recital
Saturday 2 December 2023
St Stephens presents an Advent Organ Recital starring Jennifer Chou on organ, performing Advent and Christmas music spanning several centuries .
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St Stephen's Recital Series - Concert 4
Saturday 16 September 2023
Yasmin Rowe - Solo piano recital
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St Stephen's Recital Series - Concert 3
Saturday 26 August 2023
Argyle Trio:
Wilma Smith - violin
Laurence Matheson - piano
Matthias Balzat - cello
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St Stephen's Recital Series - Season Subscription
Saturday 25 March 2023
Save with a season subscription! This ticket grants entry to all 4 concerts at a discounted price.
Concert 1 - Sat 25 March 2:30PM
Wilma & Friends present 'Giants', a concert of profound string quintets by Mendelssohn and Brahms, and Arvo Pärt's string quartet.
Concert 2 - Sat 20 May 2:30PM
Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano), Phoebe Briggs (piano) and Robert Schubert (clarinet) present dramatic repertoire by Haydn, Britten, Handel, Mozart and O'Regan.
Concert 3 - Sat 15 July 2:30PM
Yasmin Rowe presents major solo piano works by Beethoven, Bach-Busoni, Debussy and Pärt.
Concert 4 - 26 August at 2:30PM
The Argyle Trio presents 'Dumky', an exciting program of Beethoven, Smetana and Dvorák.
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St Stephen's Recital Series - Concert 3 (CANCELLED)
Saturday 15 July 2023
Yasmin Rowe - piano
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St Stephen's Recital Series - Concert 2
Saturday 20 May 2023
Sally-Anne Russell - mezzo-soprano
Phoebe Briggs - piano
Robert Schubert - clarinet
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St Stephen's Recital Series - Concert 1
Saturday 25 March 2023
St Stephen's Anglican Church presents Wilma & Friends for the opening concert of their 2023 Recital Series.
'Giants' is a program of exquisite chamber music including Arvo Pärt's reverential string quartet, 'Psalom', and two string quintets by Mendelssohn and Brahms.
In Wilma's words, "these two quintets are every string player's dream to play. The richness and warmth of the two-viola quintet medium is fully exploited by both of these masters".
Performers Zoë Black, Wilma Smith, Christopher Moore, Caroline Henbest, and Timo-Veikka Valve are some of Australia's most sought-after chamber musicians, and this is a unique opportunity to hear them perform in an intimate setting.
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Images and Visions - Daniel Herscovitch
Saturday 29 October 2022
World Class pianist Daniel Herscovitch is performing at St Stephen’s this month, presenting a beautiful array of works from Messiaen, Chopin, Beethoven, and Debussy. Don't miss out!
Daniel Herscovitch studied with Alexander Sverjensky at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music then, with the generous support of a German Government DAAD scholarship, under Professor Rosl Schmid in Munich. While based in Germany he performed extensively on the continent and in England and toured Australia three times. He also appeared at several international festivals including the Berlin Festival, the Zagreb Biennale and the Saarbrücken Tage der Neuen Musik.
Since returning to Australia he has been active in solo and chamber music, and has appeared at the Adelaide Festival of the Arts, the Mostly Mozart Festival, the New Directions Festival and the Festivals of Melbourne and Sydney. More: https://www.sydney.edu.au/music/about/our-people/academic-staff/daniel-herscovitch.html
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Real and Right and True
Saturday 20 August 2022
Lotte Betts-Dean, UK based Australian mezzo soprano, praised by the Guardian for her “unmissable urgent musicality and irrepressible sense of drama, and Calvin Bowman, acclaimed Australian composer/organist/pianist, Yale doctoral graduate, Fulbright scholar, exclusive Decca/UMA artist, present “Real and Right and True”, an intimate recital celebrating the art song tradition of Australia and the UK.
Featured on the program will be 20th century and contemporary songs by Margaret Sutherland, Percy Grainger, Brett Dean, Calvin Bowman, Benjamin Britten, Gerald Finzi, Josephine Stephens and more.
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'Rock, Paper and Scissors' performs Mozart and Shostakovich
Saturday 23 July 2022
Mozart’s sunny, elegant and inventive trio in the happy key of G major is the perfect foil for Shostakovich’s dramatically persuasive masterpiece of atmosphere, character, driving rhythm and raw power.
Wilma Smith – violin
Yelian He – cello
Yasmin Rowe – piano
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The Pirates of Penzance - Singularity Choir
Saturday 28 May 2022
Singularity presents - The Pirates of Penzance
An Operetta by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Saturday 28th May 2022, 2pm
St Stephen's Anglican Church
360 Church St, Richmond, VIC, 3121
www.ststephensrichmond.com.au
All proceeds go to the Richmond Churches Food Centre.
Singularity is a 30 voice SATB choir who perform for charity. Singularity is associated with Coonara, Community House, Upper Ferntree Gully
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HAYDN - Seven Last Words of Christ
Thursday 7 April 2022
St Stephen's Richmond presents:
Seven Last Words of Christ by Franz Joseph Haydn - a sublime meditative experience performed on period instruments by string quartet.
Cameron Jamieson - Violin
Meg Cohen - Violin
Simon Oswell - Viola
Rosy Hunt - Cello
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Haydn the seven last words of christ
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