Concerts and Events at Langley

Enjoy unforgettable experiences in timeless spaces

Combining the unique character of Langley Estate with the owners’ 25-year international experience as touring solo musicians, Langley is also a magnificent performing arts venue. Concert rooms, including the historic 1873 Lauriston Chapel, give the ‘Langley Magic’ to a wide variety of cultural events throughout the year.

2021 marked the formal beginning of a new era at Langley, when the Lauriston Chapel was launched as a concert venue. Since then, the yearly seasons at Langley continue to feature artists from around the world, with greatly varied programs, all suited to the intimate ambience of the historic Lauriston Chapel. The popular ‘meet the performers’ post-concert refreshments in the Langley Hall mansion have now become a tradition!

From classical chamber music concerts, jazz evenings, solo song recitals, piano recitals and choral concerts to art exhibitions, open gardens and special events such as champagne, or food and wine, tastings, Langley will have something for you to enjoy as an audience member or participate in as a connoisseur!

Please contact Simone for further details about forthcoming concerts. We look forward to welcoming you soon!

Next Concerts

Sunday 19 May 2024

3 pm – 4 pm

Lauriston Chapel at Langley Estate

Patrick Savage Premieres

Patrick Savage – Violin

Konrad Olszewski – PIANO

Celebrating the release of his album: The Golden Age of Hollywood: Concert Works for Violin and Piano, internationally-acclaimed and Bendigo-born violinist Patrick Savage will be joined by the brilliant Melbourne-based concert pianist Konrad Olszewski for a very special selection of long-forgotten concert works by iconic film composers.

This concert features stunningly beautiful, dazzlingly virtuosic concert pieces by some of the greatest film composers from the Golden Age of Hollywood – that heady period from the 1920s to the 1950s when the ‘Big Five’ film studios ruled the cinema world, movie stars were at the height of their glamour, and some of the greatest films of all time were shot.

Incredibly, despite the international fame of the composers, most of this recital program will consist of Australian premiere performances and world premieres. In the first half of the 20th century, the American classical music world did not welcome ‘serious’ music by film composers, so many musical gems were lost to obscurity for generations.

This program includes one extra-special piece that has no record of performance anywhere in the world: ‘Pastoral (Twilight)’ – a long-forgotten early work by one of the greatest, most influential film composers of all time, Bernard Herrmann. Herrmann was the genius who scored Psycho, Vertigo and Citizen Kane.

Another first will be a brand-new arrangement by Patrick of Camille Saint-Saens’ score to the 1908 film L’Assassinat du Duc de Guise. This incredibly rarely-heard film music lends itself perfectly to a violin and piano version, and this arrangement will also receive its very first public performance at Langley Estate!

Join us as both Patrick and Konrad return to Langley for a glorious afternoon of the finest music making - including two world premieres!

Refreshments will be served following the performance in the Langley Hall mansion.

Tickets available at
www.trybooking.com/CPKNV

Adults $40 / Concession $35 / U18 Free

Bookings are essential to gain entry.
Doors open at 2.30 pm.

Please note: limited car parking for 23 cars is available onsite on a first-come, first-served basis;
please enter through the main car driveway gates at 484 Napier Street.
Otherwise, there is ample on-street free parking at the rear of the Estate in Dundas Street.

Full Program FOR
Patrick Savage Premieres

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Score from the film L’Assassinat du Duc de Guise
* World Premiere performance of arrangement for Violin and Piano

Franz Waxman (1906-1967)
Good Morning - Four Scenes of Childhood

Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981)
Hexapoda: Five Studies in Jitteroptera
i. Gut-Bucket Gus (No. 1) 
ii. Till Dawn Sunday (No. 5)

Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975)
Pastoral (Twilight)
* World Premiere performance

Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995)
Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song

Mondays 20 & 27 May 2024

7 pm – 8 pm

Lauriston Chapel at Langley Estate

Discover Your Voice

with Merlyn Quaife AM

Ever wanted to sing, but been afraid or burnt by a past experience?

Here’s an opportunity, in a small group, to discover your voice and the joy of singing!

Catering for all ages, but particularly for seniors.

In the beautiful surroundings of Langley Estate’s Lauriston Chapel, come and work with Merlyn Quaife AM on two consecutive Mondays in May.  

Tickets available at
www.trybooking.com/CRINK

Cost: $60 for the two sessions.

Bookings are essential to gain entry.

Please bring your own water bottle!

Please note for car parking:
Car parking for 23 cars is available onsite
on a first-come, first-served basis;
please enter through the main car driveway gates
at 484 Napier Street.
Otherwise, there is ample on-street free parking
at the rear of the Estate in Dundas Street.

Saturday 1 June 2024

3 pm – 4 pm

Lauriston Chapel at Langley Estate

Voyage à Paris

Songmakers Australia

Merlyn Quaife AM – Soprano

Christina Wilson – Mezzo-soprano

Andrea Katz – Piano

Join us in the historic 1873 Lauriston Chapel at Langley as Australia’s leading vocal chamber ensemble, Songmakers Australia, presents a wonderful collection of French songs, duets and piano music, inspired by life, love and death during ‘La Belle Époche’ in Paris (1880-1925). 

The ensemble pays homage to Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) and Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947), two of the greatest song composers of the time, whose timeless musical significance is now unassailable.

We look forward to seeing you back at Langley for this thrilling program!

Refreshments will be served following the performance in the Langley Hall mansion.

Tickets available at
www.trybooking.com/CPESA

Adults $40 / Concession $35 / U18 Free

Bookings are essential to gain entry.
Doors open at 2.30 pm.

Please note: limited car parking for 23 cars is available onsite on a first-come, first-served basis;
please enter through the main car driveway gates at 484 Napier Street.
Otherwise, there is ample on-street free parking at the rear of the Estate in Dundas Street.

Full Program FOR
Voyage à Paris

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): Voyage à Paris

– 1880 La bonne vie –

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): Puisqu’ici bàs toute âme – En sourdine – Mandoline
Pauline Viardot (1821-1910): La Jota

– La Belle Époche –

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Clair de lune
Eric Satie (¡866-1925): La Diva de l’Empire
Léo Delibes (1836-1891): Les filles de Cadix

– 1914-1918 La Grande Guerre –

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): La fille aux cheveux de lin
Claude Duboscq (1897-1938): La mort des pauvres
Henri Duparc (1848-1933): Au pays ou se fait la guerre
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): Les berceaux
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Noël des enfants qui n‘ont plus de maison

– Paix –

Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947): L’heure exquise – A Chloris
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): Tarantelle

Sunday 16 June 2024

3 pm – 4 pm

Lauriston Chapel at Langley Estate

Vive la Flute

Masahide Kurita – Flute

Adam Przewlocki – Piano

Japanese-born, Australia-based flautist Masahide Kurita won first prize in the prestigious All Japan Student Music Competition in Tokyo in 1992, and studied at both the renowned Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London. He has taken lessons and master classes with Sir James Galway in Japan, the United States and Switzerland.

Masahide’s meeting and subsequent lessons with Sir James Galway have been fundamental in shaping his artistic tone development, outstanding technical virtuosity and ultimately realizing the immense potential of his sensitive and profound musicality. 

Masahide regularly gives recitals in Australia, Europe, New Zealand, the USA and Japan to sell-out audiences in major concert halls and other performance venues. He has performed to critical and popular acclaim as a soloist with orchestras in Japan. He cultivates and performs an extensive repertoire covering many of the seminal works composed for his instrument from the Baroque to the present day. His highly polished technique and rich tone, depth and clarity of musical expression, as well as his delicately nuanced attention to detail, give his music-making a rare honesty, beauty and flavour unlike other flautists. Currently, he is an artistic director of the Opus 30 Castlemaine Chamber Music Series. 

‘Kurita’s flute sound was impressive, captivating and quite awe-inspiring. His solo melodic themes were pure gold, strongly expressive and comforting’ – Classic Melbourne

The brilliant Australian pianist and musical director Adam Przewlocki joins Masahide in a stunning afternoon of masterpieces for flute and piano.

We look forward to seeing you back at Langley for this thrilling program!

Refreshments will be served following the performance in the Langley Hall mansion.

Tickets available at
www.trybooking.com/CPKOA

Adults $40 / Concession $35 / U18 Free

Bookings are essential to gain entry.
Doors open at 2.30 pm.

Please note: limited car parking for 23 cars is available onsite on a first-come, first-served basis;
please enter through the main car driveway gates at 484 Napier Street.
Otherwise, there is ample on-street free parking at the rear of the Estate in Dundas Street.

Full Program FOR
Vive la Flute

Claude Debussy
Syrinx for flute solo (1913)

Takatsugu Muramatsu
Earth for flute and piano

Pietro Morlacchi
The Swiss Shepherd 

Michael Nyman
The heart asks for pleasure first
The mood that passes through you

Philip Glass
Glassworks #1 
Metamorphosis One 

Antonín Dvořák, arranged by Masahide Kurita
Sonatine in G-Major, Op. 100 for violin and piano  

Saturday 6 July 2024

3 pm – 4 pm

Lauriston Chapel at Langley Estate

Famous French Masterworks for Piano

International Award Winning
Concert Pianist

Yasmin Rowe

Yasmin Rowe, international award-winning British concert pianist, performs some legendary French piano music on the new Yamaha C7X Grand Piano.

Yasmin won both the EPTA UK and Moray International Piano Competitions in 2008 and the Antena 2 radio station competition in Portugal in 2015. She has appeared internationally at numerous concert halls including the Wigmore Hall in London, the Melbourne Recital Centre, Shanghai Concert Hall and The Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, China.

Yasmin’s debut recording was the BBC Music Magazine Editor’s Choice attracting rave reviews guaranteeing audiences would ‘enjoy the pure beauty of these masterpieces under her inspired fingers.’

Yasmin returns to Langley for this beautiful concert, perfectly suited to the intimate ambience of the historic 1873 Lauriston Chapel, and features some of the most famous and beautiful French masterworks for piano.

We look forward to seeing you back at Langley for this glorious program!

Refreshments will be served following the performance in the Langley Hall mansion.

Tickets available at
www.trybooking.com/CPKRM

Adults $40 / Concession $35 / U18 Free

Bookings are essential to gain entry.
Doors open at 2.30 pm.

Please note: limited car parking for 23 cars is available onsite on a first-come, first-served basis;
please enter through the main car driveway gates at 484 Napier Street.
Otherwise, there is ample on-street free parking at the rear of the Estate in Dundas Street.

Full Program FOR
Famous French Masterworks for Piano
Saturday 6 JULY

François Couperin (1668-1733)
Les Barricades mystérieuses

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Pavane pour une infante défunte 

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) 
Estampes – Prints
i. Pagodes – Pagodas
ii. La soirée dans Grenade – Evening in Granada
iii. Jardins sous la pluie – Gardens in the Rain

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Pour le piano
i. Prélude
ii. Sarabande
iii. Toccata

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
L'isle joyeuse – The Joyful Island

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Golliwog's Cakewalk from ‘Children's Corner’

Sunday 14 July 2024

3 pm – 4 pm

Lauriston Chapel at Langley Estate

Bastille Day Spectacular!

Songmakers Australia

Merlyn Quaife AM – Soprano

Nicholas Dinopoulos – Bass-Baritone

Andrea Katz – Piano

Join us in the historic 1873 Lauriston Chapel at Langley as Australia’s leading vocal chamber ensemble, Songmakers Australia, presents a wonderful collection of French songs, duets and piano music.

The year is 1863 and Emperor Napoleon III has decreed that all paintings rejected by the Salon’s judges can be exhibited in a nearby room “wishing to let the public judge the legitimacy of the artists’ complaints”. Thus was born the first Salon des Refusés and the seed of Impressionism was planted.

Using five famous paintings as focal points, this program explores French poetry and music inspired by them through songs by Debussy, Fauré, Duparc and duets by Chausson.

Looking to future generations of painters and composers, we pay tribute to Poulenc with a performance of his monumental song cycle Le Travail du peintre.

Unique in the musical landscape of Australia, Songmakers Australia brings together some of the country’s leading singers and instrumentalists in a diverse repertoire comprising some of the pinnacles of all chamber music.

Under the artistic patronage of Graham Johnson, founding director of the acclaimed London-based Songmakers Almanac, pianist Andrea Katz teams with soprano Merlyn Quaife AM, mezzo-soprano Christina Wilson, tenor Brenton Spiteri and bass-baritone Nicholas Dinopoulos in inspired programs that feature a dynamic interplay of song and chamber music.

We look forward to seeing you back at Langley for this thrilling program!

Refreshments will be served following the performance in the Langley Hall mansion.

Tickets available at
www.trybooking.com/CPKRV

Adults $40 / Concession $35 / U18 Free

Bookings are essential to gain entry.
Doors open at 2.30 pm.

Please note: limited car parking for 23 cars is available onsite on a first-come, first-served basis;
please enter through the main car driveway gates at 484 Napier Street.
Otherwise, there is ample on-street free parking at the rear of the Estate in Dundas Street.

Full Program FOR THE
BASTILLE DAY SPECTACULAR

Olympia by Édouard Manet:
Debussy - Le Balcon

Hommage à Delacroix by Henri Fantin-Latour:
Duparc - La vie intérieure
Fauré - Les roses d'Ispahan
Poulenc - Paul Klee
Duparc - L'invitation au voyage

Mademoiselle V. en costume d’Espada by Claude Monet:
Debussy - La sérénade interrompue
Duparc - Le manoir de Rosemonde
Poulenc - Pablo Picasso / Joan Miró
Chausson - La nuit

La dame blanche by James Whistler:
Debussy - La fille aux cheveux de lin
Poulenc - Marc Chagall / Jacques Villon
Debussy - La chevelure

Le déjeuner sur l'herbe by Claude Monet:
Fauré - Mandoline
Poulenc - Juan Gris / Georges Braque
Fauré - Clair de lune
Chausson - Réveil

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