Percy Grainger Day
Featuring leading Grainger exponent Penelope Thwaites (United Kingdom)
Presented by the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and the Grainger Museum at the University of Melbourne in this 50th anniversary year (1882–1961).
Since her London debut at the Wigmore Hall in 1974, Penelope Thwaites has established an international reputation as a soloist, broadcaster and recording artist. She has performed concertos with leading orchestras throughout Europe, America and Australia.
Thirty years a champion of Grainger’s music, her many recordings—some 250 tracks—are unique in covering his solo piano, chamber and orchestral works. She has given many Grainger concerts, broadcasts and festivals and is the editor of the critically acclaimed The New Percy Grainger Companion (London: Boydell & Brewer, 2010). Penelope is a graduate of the University of Melbourne, returning for this special Grainger Day. Her participation is supported by a Macgeorge Visiting Speaker/Performer Award.
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Wednesday 19 October, 11.30am - 7.00pm
Join us at the Grainger Museum and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (Parkville) for an exciting program of events:
11.30; 12.00; 12.30; 1.00: Grainger’s music performed live in the Museum
1.30: Grainger concert in Melba Hall featuring Melbourne Conservatorium of Music students
2.30: Grainger masterclass given by Penelope Thwaites in Melba Hall
4.00: Demonstration of the Duo-Art—Grainger’s own reproducing piano—in the Museum
5.15: Lecture-recital by Penelope Thwaites, “Grainger explored” (Melba Hall), followed by refreshments in Tallis Wing
Please note the Museum’s extended opening hours: 11.30am–4.45pm
All events are free (no prior bookings) and open to the public
Grainger Museum &
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
The University of Melbourne
Gate 12, Royal Parade
Parkville VIC
For your diary: John Amis is giving an anniversary lecture for the Grainger Museum on 11 October at 6pm in the Leigh Scott room (1st floor, Baillieu Library). A British broadcaster, author and critic, John Amis was a panellist on the long-running and hugely popular BBC radio program, My Music. The title of his lecture is “Persevering with Percy,” and he will draw on his own historic interview with Percy Grainger. For further information contact grainger@unimelb.edu.au
Main image: Percy Grainger's Weber Duo-Art piano (ca 1932) on display at the Grainger Museum (photograph by Brian Allison)
GRAINGER MUSEUM
http://www.grainger.unimelb.edu.au
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