Mavericks

This event has unfortunately been cancelled and will not proceed as scheduled.

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This program presents the work of three fascinating composers whose impact was both profound and long-lasting: Amy Beach, Maurice Ravel and Dame Ethel Smyth. Whilst they experienced the world at very much the same point in time, their view of the piano trio genre was vastly different. Discouraged by comments made about "women in music" in an American newspaper by Dvořák, Amy Beach wrote a strong rebuttal and when four years later in 1896, her own work was premiered by the Boston Symphony, she became known as the dean of American women composers and a national symbol of women’s creative power. Englishwoman Dame Ethel Smyth, somewhat marginalized for being a "woman" composer, was nonetheless a powerful force, encouraged by both Dvořák and Brahms and known to Clara Schumann. She was also a vigorous member of the suffragette movement. Often regarded as one of France’s greatest composers, Ravel also went against the establishment and chose his own path in composition, fusing modern elements with the baroque, classicism and jazz. Bringing together Andrew Haveron, Timo-Veikko Valve and Kathryn Selby, three of Australia’s powerhouse artists, this program represents a perfect synergy.
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• Program

  Amy Beach

  Piano Trio Op.150

  Maurice Ravel

  Piano Trio in A minor

  Dame Ethel Smyth

  Piano Trio in D minor

• Artists

  Andrew Haveron

  Violin

  Timo-Veikko Valve

  Cello

  Kathryn Selby

  Piano