NATURAL LANDSCAPES Thursday 16 August 6pm, Salon PRESENTED BY Melbourne Recital Centre and Brown & Breen Piano Duo ARTISTS Bonnie Brown piano Louisa Breen piano PROGRAM ROSS EDWARDS (b. 1943) A Flight of Sunbirds: Nine Bagatelles for Piano Duet I Energico II Andantino III Allegro raggiante IV Poco lento V Allegretto VI Allegro VII Andante VIII Andante con moto IX Vivace Sea Star Fantasy for piano solo I Distant and dreamy II Sprightly CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Lindaraja for piano duet SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943) Symphonic Dances, Op.45, for piano duet II Andante con moto (Tempo di Valse) 'Twilight' MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Ma mère l’Oye, ‘Mother Goose’ for piano duet I Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant. Lent II Petit Poucet. Très modéré III Laideronnette, Impératrice des pagodes. Mouvement de marche IV Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête. Mouvement de valse modéré V Le jardin féerique. Lent et grave >>

NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) – arr. G. Anderson The Tale of Tsar Saltan for piano duet Flight of the Bumblebee (Act III) ABOUT THE ARTISTS Described as 'two superlative musicians' (The Australian), Bonnie Brown and Louisa Breen formed Brown & Breen Piano Duo in 2011. It has become one of Australia's most prominent piano duos. Dedicated to championing the Australian musical voice both locally and internationally, its recent international tours include France, North America and Australia, in venues such as the Sydney Opera House, Australian Embassies in Paris and Washington D.C. (by the Ambassadors’ invitations), Symphony Space on Broadway, New York, Steinert Hall, Boston, the Cité International des Arts, Paris, and many venues in regional France and Australia. Their innovative, thrilling programs span musical history and mix new commissions from Australia's most sought-after, revered and exciting composers with hidden gems of the piano duo repertoire and popular classics. Their first disc, Songs Of Home, was released to enthusiastic reviews in 2016 and is frequently played on North American, ABC national and local Australian radio. brownandbreen.com facebook.com/brownandbreen Supported by the Robert Salzer Foundation

Melbourne Recital Centre acknowledges the people of the Kulin Nation on whose land this concert is being presented. PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT PARTNER