2013 Concert Diary


Ludovico’s Band: Peninsula Summer Music Festival

Who: Ludovico’s Band with Greta Bradman, Paul Bentley, Justin Burwood and Nick Dinopoulos
What: Monteverdi Masterpieces, including Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
When: Friday January 4 2013 7pm
Where: St James the Less Mt Eliza
Bookings and information: peninsulafestival.com.au


Dappled Cities – The Future is Baroque: Sydney Festivall

Who: Dappled Cities with baroque ensemble
What: Sydney’s Dappled Cities celebrate a decade of music with this one-off special event. The art rock band collaborates with Daniel Denholm and a unique cast of classical musicians to rearrange and re-imagine its songs in a baroque context.
When: 22 January
Where: Sydney Town Hall
Bookings and information


Ludovico’s Band: Peninsula Summer Music Festival

Who: Ludovico’s Band
What: A Dance through Europe – music for harp, theorbo and guitar
When: Saturday January 5, 2013, 2:30pm
Where: St John’s Anglican Church Flinders
Bookings and information: peninsulafestival.com.au


Once Upon a Time – The Famous Spiegeltent

Who: Riley Lee, shakuhachi and Marshall McGuire, harp
What: Once Upon a Time – music and storytelling
When: Wednesday February 13, 2013, 11am
Where: The Famous Spiegeltent Arts Centre Melbourne
Bookings and information: spiegel.artscentremelbourne.com.au/2013/once-upon-a-time-riley-lee


Marshall McGuire in recital @ Castlemaine State Festival

Who: Marshall McGuire, harp
What: Music down a mine – Tournier, Britten, Ross Edwards, Stuart Greenbaum and others….
When: Saturday March 16, 2013 at 1pm and 4pm
Where: Carman’s Tunnel Parkin’s Reef Road Maldon
Bookings and information: http://castlemainefestival.com.au/2013/marshall-mcguire/


Ludovico’s Band: Castlemaine State Festival

Who: Ludovico’s Band with Timothy Reynolds, tenor
What: Fairest Isle – the music of Dowland and Purcell
When: Sunday March 17, 2013, 6pm
Where: Castlemaine Anglican Hall 8 Mostyn Street Castlemaine
Bookings and information: http://castlemainefestival.com.au/2013/ludovicos-band/


Australian String Quartet: Dunkeld Festival of Music

Who: Australian String Quartet with Marshall McGuire
What: A weekend of chamber music in the stunning surrounds of the Southern Grampians.
When: April 14-16, 2013
Where: Dunkeld, Victoria
Bookings and information: http://www.asq.com.au/whats-on/detail/dunkeld-festival-of-music/dunkeld-festival-of-music


Ludovico’s Band: Monteverdi Masterpieces

Who: Ludovico’s Band with guest soloists [tbc]
What: Monteverdi Masterpieces – L’Orfeo Toccata & Prologo; Lamento della Ninfa, Il combattimento…; Si dolce e’l tormento; Zefiro torna
When: Tuesday May 7, 2013 6pm
Where: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Bookings and information: http://www.melbournerecital.com.au/localheroes/ludovicosband


Australian Voices – ANAM: The music of Gordon Kerry

Who: Students from the Australian National Academy of Music, curated by Marshall McGuire
What: Australian Voices series featuring the chamber music of Gordon Kerry.
When: Tuesday June 11, 2013
Where: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Bookings and information: anam.com.au


Music in the Court House

Who: Marshall McGuire and Genevieve Lacey
What: International recorder virtuoso Genevieve Lacey and renowned harpist Marshall McGuire enjoy a vibrant musical partnership. Together they explore music from Frescobaldi to Ford, Bach to Birtwistle in a program of exquisite music that spans ten centuries.
When: Sunday June 16 @ 2pm
Where: Kew Courthouse, Kew Junction 188 High Street Kew
Bookings and information


Benjamin Britten – a Birthday Hansel

Who: Robert Macfarlane, tenor and Marshall McGuire, harp
What: Music for tenor and harp by Benjamin Britten, celebrating his centenary.
A Birthday Hansel; Suite for harp; Eight Folksongs; Canticle V; Second lute song from Gloriana; Interlude from a Ceremony of Carols
When: Wednesday July 16, 2013, 6pm
Where: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Bookings and information: www.melbournerecital.com.au


Australian Festival of Chamber Music Townsville

Who: Marshall McGuire and many, many others
What: Entering its 23rd year in 2013, the AFCM has developed an international reputation for its distinguished artists and innovative programming across a range of chamber music styles.
When: 26 July – 3 August 2013
Where: Various venues, Townsville QLD
Bookings and information


Ludovico’s Band: Sheer Pluck

Who: Ludovico’s Band
What: Concertos for plucked instruments – music by Handel, Vivaldi, Castaldi and others
When: Tuesday August 13, 2013, 6pm
Where: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Bookings and information: http://www.melbournerecital.com.au/localheroes/ludovicosband


Ludovico’s Band: The North Star

Who: Ludovico’s Band
What: Music of Spain from the 17th century
When: Tuesday October 8, 2013, 6pm
Where: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Bookings and information: http://www.melbournerecital.com.au/localheroes/ludovicosband


Port Fairy Spring Music Festival

Who: Recital with Flinders Quartet; and A Ceremony of Carols with Trinity College Choir
What: Marshall joins his colleagues from Flinders Quartet and Trinity College Choir in Jolivet’s Chant de Linos, and Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols
When: Saturday 12 October @ 10am & 3:30pm
Where: Reardon Theatre/St John’s Church Port Fairy
Bookings and information: www.portfairyspringfest.com.au


Manins & Gould with Marshall McGuire

Who: Tony Gould, piano and Imogen Manins, cello
What: Marshall joins Tony Gould and Imogen Manins as part of their regular series at The Salon.
When: Friday 6 December @ 7pm
Where: The Salon Melbourne Recital Centre
Bookings and information: www.melbournerecital.com.au


Sunday Live

Who: Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne
What: Marshall joins the choir in a performance of Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols
When: Sunday 8 December @ 3pm
Where: Iwaki Auditorium ABC Centre Southbank Melbourne
Bookings and information: www.abc.net.au/classic/program/sundaylive/