Zachary Dunbar - 'Twilight'
Zachary Dunbar, piano
Built around the theme Twilight, this program explores music that reflects the subtle transition from light into ‘different light', a moment when reality loosens, forms soften, and edges dissolve. Spanning multiple musical eras, the selected works trace not only the interplay between darkness and light, but also the inward states twilight evokes: solitude, contemplation, traces of the past, and dreaming. Yet twilight is not solely hushed or elegiac. It can also suggest expectancy and renewal, as the fading of the past hints at the promise of new light.
PROGRAM
Thomas ADÈS Darknesse Visible (1992)
Jean-Phillipe RAMEAU
Allemande from Nouvelles Suites de Pièce de Clavecin (1728)
Le Rappel des Oiseaux from Pièces de Clavecin (1724)
Maurice RAVEL
Oiseaux Triste from Miroirs
Toccata from Le Tombeau de Couperin
Frédéric CHOPIN
Deux Nocturnes Op. 27
L. v. BEETHOVEN
Sonata una quasi fantasia in C-Sharp Minor, Opus 27, No. 2
Leoš JANÁČEK
On an Overgrown Path
Frédéric CHOPIN
Ballade in F Minor, Opus 52, No. 4
Zachary Dunbar is an Associate Professor of Theatre and Principal Fellow in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne. His career began as a concert pianist before expanding into theatre, writing, and performance research. He studied piano in the United States at Rollins College with Sylvia Reynolds and Thomas Brockman, participating in masterclasses with Rudolph Firkusny, Guido Agosti, Gary Graffman, and Claude Frank.
TICKETS $30 | $25
Online sales close at 7:30pm on the day of the concert. Tickets can be purchased at the door, dependent on availability. Tempo Rubato is a cashless venue.
Built around the theme Twilight, this program explores music that reflects the subtle transition from light into ‘different light', a moment when reality loosens, forms soften, and edges dissolve. Spanning multiple musical eras, the selected works trace not only the interplay between darkness and light, but also the inward states twilight evokes: solitude, contemplation, traces of the past, and dreaming. Yet twilight is not solely hushed or elegiac. It can also suggest expectancy and renewal, as the fading of the past hints at the promise of new light.
PROGRAM
Thomas ADÈS Darknesse Visible (1992)
Jean-Phillipe RAMEAU
Allemande from Nouvelles Suites de Pièce de Clavecin (1728)
Le Rappel des Oiseaux from Pièces de Clavecin (1724)
Maurice RAVEL
Oiseaux Triste from Miroirs
Toccata from Le Tombeau de Couperin
Frédéric CHOPIN
Deux Nocturnes Op. 27
L. v. BEETHOVEN
Sonata una quasi fantasia in C-Sharp Minor, Opus 27, No. 2
Leoš JANÁČEK
On an Overgrown Path
Frédéric CHOPIN
Ballade in F Minor, Opus 52, No. 4
Zachary Dunbar is an Associate Professor of Theatre and Principal Fellow in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne. His career began as a concert pianist before expanding into theatre, writing, and performance research. He studied piano in the United States at Rollins College with Sylvia Reynolds and Thomas Brockman, participating in masterclasses with Rudolph Firkusny, Guido Agosti, Gary Graffman, and Claude Frank.
TICKETS $30 | $25
Online sales close at 7:30pm on the day of the concert. Tickets can be purchased at the door, dependent on availability. Tempo Rubato is a cashless venue.
Friday 4 September 2026 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM (UTC+10)
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Tempo Rubato
34 Breese St, Brunswick VIC 3056
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