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Disclaimer: All performances and tours may be
subject to change or cancellation. Visit beleura.org.au
for latest details or phone 5975 2027.
Beleura House & Garden is an associated property with the National Trust
2022
PROGRAM
My Fair Ladies Exhibition Photo by Chris Groenhout
Welcome
John Tallis
What better way to start the year at Beleura than
with an exhibition of original costumes from
Melbourne’s show business past?
Sir George Tallis was Managing Director of
J.C. Williamson Ltd., the world’s largest theatre
company. In 1916 he purchased Beleura as a
family holiday home and celebrities from the Today Beleura is a state heritage-listed house
theatre world, including Dame Nellie Melba museum that contains an intriguing collection
and the Ballet Russe, often stayed at Beleura of artworks, ephemera and furnishings
enjoying the hospitality of the Tallis family in the belonging to John Tallis and the Tallis family.
interwar years. Beleura welcomes you to tour the House and
After his father’s death in 1948, composer John visit its beautiful gardens, enjoy our morning
Tallis spent his lifetime preserving Beleura and teas and lunches and select from a program of
left the House and gardens in perpetuity to music from Australia’s finest performers.
the people of Victoria for their enjoyment and Until 11 March we are showcasing the theatre
education. world with our My Fair Ladies exhibition. Pull
Originally Beleura was built for successful back the curtain and discover a past world full
merchant James Butchart in 1863 and in that of stories.
time was regarded as Victoria’s finest residence. Martin Green | General Manager
4 5
Visit
Beleura
Tours, Tea & Lunches
Take a tour of the House, its extensive gardens
and collections with our expert guides.
The House
Beleura is a striking Italianate classic villa Twilight Tours of the gardens during summer
designed by Joseph Reed in 1863. The original let you see them in the best light. Begin the
interiors show an intriguing personal collection evening with drinks and canapés on the
of artworks and household items just as John verandah before your tour.
Tallis left them in 1996.
Why not come for the whole day and see
The Gardens everything? Full day House & Garden Tours
Five hectares of surrounding gardens show at Beleura include guided tours of both the
influences by Edna Walling and architect gardens and the House as well as lunch in our
Desbrowe-Annear. They include classical Melba Room.
water features and pools, a Japanese Garden,
Entry to Beleura is by booking only. Morning
a Temple of Ceres, a Folly, a Summer House, a
Tea Tours, Afternoon Teas and Twilight Tours
Rose Garden and a Kitchen Garden.
from $35. Full Day from $45.
Tours
As part of a Morning Tea Tour choose to visit
the House or take a tour of Beleura’s gardens
after enjoying a Devonshire tea.
Bookings
Afternoon Tea Tours in warmer months www.beleura.org.au
introduce you to the garden at its peak.
03 5975 2027
6 7
Grigoryan
Brothers
This is Us
WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Acclaimed guitarists Slava and Leonard
Grigoryan have created a suite of music
inspired by objects personally selected from the
National Museum of Australia’s vast collection
tracing Australia’s diverse and complex history.
Eighteen individual musical compositions relate
the brothers’ response to, and feeling for, in the
Museum’s collection.
“We chose objects that try to represent some of
our First Nations’ history as well as colonisation,
migration, innovation and stories of love and
loss. We were deeply moved by all of them.”
Slava & Leonard Grigoryan
This Is Us is also a personal declaration from
Slava and Leonard: that this music, composed
during lockdown with each living in different
states, is a new direction for them.
Performance followed by Afternoon Tea
Concession $60
Full Price $65
Photo by Rohan Thompson 9
Michael Petruccelli, Georgia Melbourne Amplified Strings
Wilkinson & Jane Matheson Send Me Your Prayers
Love Song
FRIDAY 20 MAY
THURSDAY 17 FEBRUARY 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Xani Kolac: violin & voice
Michael Petruccelli: tenor Anita Quayle: cello
Georgia Wilkinson: soprano Andrea Keller: piano (guest)
Jane Matheson: piano
In August 2020, violinist Xani Kolac invited the
Enjoy a wonderful Valentine’s Opera program community to write their own prayers for loved
of song. Renowned for his “pure, glowing ones, for lost ones and for greater humanity.
tenor” and “great bel canto technique”, Michael People wrote hymns for sick loved ones, for
Petruccelli is an international operatic tenor. He people who had passed away, for humanity in
has performed many principal roles with leading general, for themselves and the ongoing quest
Australian opera companies. Georgia Wilkinson for the meaning of life. Using live looping and
is making a name for herself as one of the electronic effects, Melbourne Amplified Strings
country's most versatile sopranos, winning the will present a special program of these hymns
2019 Herald Sun Aria competition. Celebrated reimagined for combinations of amplified string
pianist Jane Matheson is the accompanist. duo and piano.
Valentine's Day Tea in the Palm Garden Includes preshow drinks and canapés
Concession $50 | Full Price $55 Concession $50 | Full Price $55
10 11
Lior
FRIDAY 10 JUNE
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Lior is one of Australia’s most treasured singer
songwriters renowned for his beautiful voice
and songs that radiate truth and sincerity.
He burst on to the Australian music scene
in 2005 with his debut album Autumn Flow
which has become one of the most successful
independent debut releases in Australian music
history.
Lior has since released a further six albums
and has toured extensively both in Australia and
internationally. He is a multi-ARIA award winner
as well as an APRA Screen Award winner for his
songwriting work for film and television.
In 2014 Lior collaborated with Nigel Westlake
on a symphonic song cycle for voice and
orchestra called Compassion. The work
consists of original orchestrations set to ancient
texts in both Hebrew and Arabic centred around
the wisdom of compassion. Lior and Nigel
Westlake toured Compassion with the major
state orchestras and won the ARIA for Best
Classical Album in 2014.
Includes preshow drinks & canapés
Concession $60
Full Price $65
12 Photo by Carlo Santone 13
Melba Opera Trust Mama Alto & Piera Dennerstein
Songs for Spring Cabaret
THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Artists to be announced Mama Alto: voice
Piera Dennerstein: voice
We are thrilled to welcome Melba Opera Trust
back to Beleura. Raise the curtain and explore the genre of
Cabaret with two of Melbourne’s finest artistes.
Melba Opera Trust brings together exceptional Mama Alto is a jazz singer, cabaret artiste
young artists, world-class professionals and gender transcendent diva. Fierce, femme
and visionary supporters to prepare a new and fabulous, she has been awarded the
generation of Australian artists for the 2019 Australian LGBTI Awards Music Artist of
international operatic stage. These exceptional the Year amongst many other awards. Piera
young artists are scholarship recipients of the Dennerstein is an operatic soprano who has
coveted Melba Program. performed grand opera with many opera
Hear its rising stars in a one-night-only companies in China, Italy and France as well
performance featuring favourites from opera, as performances locally in Finucane & Smith’s
operetta and song. shows.
Concert followed by Afternoon Tea Includes preshow drinks and canapés
Concession $45 | Full Price $50 Concession $50 | Full Price $55
14 15
Australian
National
Academy
of Music
Series
The Australian National Academy of Music
(ANAM) is dedicated to training the most
exceptional young musicians from Australia and
New Zealand. The long-standing relationship
with ANAM and Beleura has seen numerous
blockbuster programs designed around the
use of Beleura’s two magnificent Stuart & Sons
grand pianos in the Tallis Pavilion.
“I’m thrilled that ANAM will be returning to the
beautiful Beleura House and Garden in 2022.
This series is an important part of our calendar
year and it is always a thrill to perform in such
a stunning setting on the two magnificent
Stuart & Sons pianos. We can’t wait to share
ANAM Concert Dates some incredible music with our audiences
again!”
Thursday 7 April
Thursday 12 May Tim Young, Head of Piano, ANAM
Thursday 25 August
Thursday 22 September Concerts followed by Afternoon Tea
Thursday 10 November Concession $45 | Full Price $50
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Meet Our Classic Curator
Wilma
Smith
Wilma Smith has curated this year’s Classic
Music program at Beleura.
She is Second Violinist of the Flinders Quartet,
curator/violinist/violist of Wilma & Friends,
Musica Viva’s Artistic Director of Competitions,
a regular player with the Australian World
Orchestra and a committed teacher.
"I wanted to find a way to link great composers
of the past with local composers of our own
time. Amongst my own musical colleagues, I
thought of some clever performer/composers
whose dual careers mirror those of their
historically distant peers in a city such as
Vienna.
I wanted to feature the brilliant performers
in Melbourne who are also acclaimed
composers, so I’ve selected three of them, Ian
Munro, Benjamin Martin and Joe Chindamo
who are all well-known and established, and
three emerging female composers from
Melbourne.
That mix of the familiar and new gives these
four programs an appealing balance of styles
and introduces listeners to the wealth of
creativity on our doorstep."
Wilma Smith
Photo by Pia Johnson 19Joe Chindamo & Zoe Black Firebird Trio
THURSDAY 24 FEBRUARY THURSDAY 5 MAY
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Joe Chindamo: piano/composer Benjamin Martin: piano/composer
Zoe Black: violin Curt Thompson: violin
Josie Vains: cello
“Joe and Zoe’s program epitomises their one-of-
a-kind partnership. Highlighting Joe’s dual skills “A delightfully eclectic program mirrors the
as a pianist/composer, they will perform no less Firebird Trio’s own multi-faceted musical
than three of his original works. Woven between careers. Viennese Classical giants are mixed
those will be music by two of Vienna’s famous with a little taste of Webern, one of the
sons – a suite of small gems by Erich Korngold, composers collectively known as the Second
prolific composer of Hollywood movie scores Viennese School, and most excitingly, the trio
and masterpieces for the concert hall, and the presents a new work by their own pianist/
beloved Blue Danube by Johann Strauss.” composer, Benjamin Martin, before wrapping
up with his arrangement of Sonny Clapp’s 1927
Wilma Smith
song, Girl of my Dreams.”
Recital followed by Afternoon Tea
Wilma Smith
Concession $50 | Full Price $55
Recital followed by Afternoon Tea
Concession $50 | Full Price $55
20 21Ian Munro Flinders Quartet
THURSDAY 2 JUNE THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Ian Munro: piano/composer Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba: violin
Wilma Smith: violin
“Ian Munro fits right in with the Viennese
Helen Ireland: viola
masters he’s chosen to present in this musical
Zoe Knighton: cello
feast.
“No composer wrote more profoundly or radically
Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms are
for the string quartet than Beethoven, affecting
now known by us primarily as composers but
and influencing every composer since. Between
in their own lifetimes, they would naturally have
one of his earliest quartets, the sunny Op.1 No.1,
played their own and others’ music, some of
and one of his latest, the forever contemporary
them at court or in public.
Great Fugue Op.133, Flinders Quartet present
Winner of international awards as pianist and five miniatures commissioned by them from five
composer, Ian has followed in their footsteps young female composers whose challenging
and this program shows us his virtuosity in both brief was to write a two-minute response to the
spheres.” monumental Fugue of Beethoven’s.“
Wilma Smith Wilma Smith
Recital followed by Afternoon Tea Recital followed by Afternoon Tea
Concession $50 | Full Price $55 Concession $50 | Full Price $55
22 23Meet Our Jazz Curator
Andrea
Keller
Andrea Keller is a Melbourne-based pianist,
composer, and improviser. Lauded for her
dedication to the performance, creation, and
nurturing of contemporary jazz and improvised
music, her work celebrates the wealth and
diversity of creative Australian musicians.
Andrea is the Head of Jazz & Improvisation
at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music,
University of Melbourne.
“The artists that feature in Beleura's 2022
series are a celebration of the breadth and
quality of what lives within our Victorian
borders.
Each musician and ensemble bring with
them a rich history of stories intertwined with
their creative lives. These intimate concerts
offer insights into the music, the people, their
relationships with each other, and the things
that motivate them.
Through meditative calm, laughter and joy,
transportation to other worlds, and a deep
grounding in earth, I warmly invite you to
share in the unique universe of these musical
inventors.”
Andrea Keller
Photo by Hayley Miro Browne 25Luke Howard Trio The Sanctuary Emma Donovan & Paul Grabowsky
FRIDAY 25 MARCH FRIDAY 22 APRIL
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Luke Howard: piano Emma Donovan: voice
Jonathan Zion: bass Paul Grabowsky: piano
Daniel Farrugia: drums
“Emma Donovan is an acclaimed Indigenous
“The Luke Howard Trio’s minimalist aesthetic soul singer and songwriter best known for her
blends elements of improvised and popular work with rhythm combo The Putbacks and
music, with enthralling compositions by both The Black Arm Band project. Emma has toured
Howard and Zion. The trio regularly capture and recorded with Archie Roach and Ruby
audiences with arrangements that curl and twist Hunter, Spinifex Gum, Christine Anu, Yothu Yindi,
around the boundaries of a particular emotion. Jimmy Little and Paul Kelly among others. Paul
Though wordless, their compositions perform a Grabowsky's career is difficult to describe easily.
function unique to music as a medium – that of Paul is a pianist, composer, arranger, conductor
evoking without describing, bringing listeners to and one Australia’s most distinguished artists. His
a feeling which defies articulating.” musical journeys have resulted in collaborations
with musicians from many countries, not least
Andrea Keller
with the First Nations peoples of Australia, and
Includes preshow drinks and canapés those journeys continue...” Andrea Keller
Concession $50 | Full Price $55
Includes preshow drinks and canapés
Concession $60 | Full Price $65
26 27Bob & Steve Sedergreen Dasika, Keller & Svoboda Kiri
The Company of Pianos
FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER
THURSDAY 14 JULY 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Niran Dasika: trumpet/composition
Bob Sedergreen: piano Helen Svoboda: double bass/voice
Steve Sedergreen: piano Andrea Keller: piano
“Presenting stories of their musical lives, father “Multi award-winning trumpeter Niran Dasika’s
and son, Bob & Steve Sedergreen bring their new trio is a collaboration with acclaimed
stories together. pianist Andrea Keller and emerging bass
Performing original music blended with classic virtuoso Helen Svoboda. Dasika is known for his
well-known standards and jazz standards, their ethereal, expressive trumpet playing and deeply
infectious love of music and the Australian evocative compositions. The trio will perform
jazz community is sure to connect and warm Kiri: a suite of music composed by Niran Dasika
hearts.” inspired by the ‘nihonga’ style paintings of Kaii
Higashiyama which capture the beauty, drama
Andrea Keller and pathos of Japan’s natural landscapes and
Concert followed by Afternoon Tea seasonal change.”
Concession $50 | Full Price $55 Andrea Keller
Includes preshow drinks and canapés
Concession $50 | Full Price $55
28 29Meet Our New Music Curator
Richard
Vaudrey
An ANAM alumnus and teacher, Richard is a
trained classical cellist with a chamber music
background and a passion for new music and
has spent six years in New York on a variety of
projects.
"Almost every great instrumentalist I’ve come
across has spoken about their desire to imitate
the human voice or make their instrument
‘sing’.
The four Victorian born artists I’ve selected
for this year’s Beleura House and Garden
concerts, whilst all from completely different
genres ranging from folk pop, country,
alternative and musical theatre, all have a
strong relationship with song.
Expect an intimate concert experience of
brimming with instruments and songs, and you
know never know, you might just see myself
and the Beleura cello joining in for a song."
Richard Vaudrey
31Kyran Daniel Holly Hebe
FRIDAY 11 MARCH FRIDAY 1 JULY
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
“Since 2017, Kyran has occupied the roles of "From the Mornington Peninsula Holly Hebe is a
songwriter, producer and musical director, 19 year old producer/songwriter whose love for
collaborating with a cohort of Australian artists piano and poetry allows her to pen beautifully
including G Flip, Gretta Ray, Kingswood, and personal and enchanting stories through her
Shannen James. music.
Kyran’s diverse musical palette, superlative Her current solo project draws on indie-pop
musicianship and production prowess has seen influences with hints of dream and electro
him fast becoming one of Australia’s finest acoustic music to make for a truly unique and
musical talents and a go-to for artists and labels special sound that can be adored universally for
domestically and abroad, with an abundance of its creativity and cross-genre delights."
releases in 2021 including four works on Gretta
Richard Vaudrey
Ray’s ARIA nominated Begin To Look Around."
Includes preshow drinks and canapés
Richard Vaudrey
Concession $40 | Full Price $45
Includes preshow drinks and canapés
Concession $50 | Full Price $55
32 33Anna Cordell Vaudrey Songs of the cello with
Two Deep Breaths
FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
“Anna Cordell has always been a ‘maker’. From
her youngest years spent singing and writing “I am presenting a program of intimate songs
folk songs on her nylon string guitar, to the first for solo cello and voice, containing original and
stitches of her design work, and all the way traditional folk songs and melodies from Arthur
into motherhood, Cordell has a natural flair for Russell to Gabriel Fauré. This is a show that
creation. showcases my love for storytelling with a cello.
Taking inspiration from folk writers of the 60s Joined by Ashley Hribar at the piano from their
and 70s, from Joni Mitchell to Nick Drake and duo Two Deep Breaths, this will be an intimate
Sibylle Baier, as well as more contemporary experience of storytelling, beautiful melodies
counterparts like Midlake and Weyes Blood, and lots of cello."
Anna has created a collection of songs that stay Richard Vaudrey
true to her belief in the value and power of art.”
Includes preshow drinks and canapés
Richard Vaudrey Concession $50 | Full Price $55
Includes preshow drinks and canapés
Concession $40 | Full Price $45
34 35Bookings
& Getting
Here
Beleura is located approximately 54kms from
Melbourne CBD, in the beachside suburb of
Mornington.
Bookings Only
To visit Beleura for a tour or a concert you must
book first. Unfortunately you cannot arrive
without a booking. All visitors are transported by
courtesy bus from the Mornington Golf Club.
Concession
Courtesy Bus
Offered to holders of Senior Citizens and
Please note there is no onsite parking at
Pension Cards, members of the National Trust
Beleura. On the day or your pre-booked tour
and various other organisations.
visitors must park in the Visitors Carpark at the
Mornington Golf Club and you will be brought to To make a booking please visit our website
Beleura via courtesy bus. The transfer is a quick www.beleura.org.au or telephone our office on
trip of approximately three minutes. 03 5975 2027.
Disabled Access All details in this program are correct at the time
of printing but may be subject to change. Please
Wheelchair access to Beleura is limited. Please
visit our website for up-to-date information.
make us aware of any special needs in advance
so that we can offer appropriate assistance.
Payment
We accept Visa or MasterCard payments. All www.beleura.org.au
payments must be made in $AUD and are
required at the time of booking. 03 5975 2027
36 372022 Events
FEB 17 Michael Petrucelli & Georgia Wilkinson
FEB 24 Joe Chindamo & Zoe Black
MAR 11 Kyran Daniel
MAR 25 Luke Howard Trio
APR 7 ANAM
APR 22 Emma Donovan & Paul Grabowsky
MAY 5 Firebird Trio
MAY 12 ANAM
MAY 20 Melbourne Amplified Strings
JUN 2 Ian Munro
JUN 10 Lior
JUL 1 Holly Hebe
JUL 14 Bob & Steve Sedergreen
AUG 10 Grigoryan Brothers
AUG 25 ANAM
SEP 2 Anna Cordell
SEP 15 Melba Opera Trust
SEP 16 Mama Alto
SEP 22 ANAM
OCT 28 Vaudrey
NOV 3 Flinders Quartet
NOV 10 ANAM
NOV 11 Dasika, Keller & Svoboda
DEC Christmas Bonbons
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