Summer Music Crookwell: a theme of love, for Valentine's Day

Name: Summer Music Crookwell: a theme of love, for Valentine's Day
Start: 2026-02-10T18:30:00+11:00
End: 2026-02-10T18:30:00+11:00
Location: Crookwell & District Art Gallery

About

A twilight concert in Crookwell by Robert Harris, viola, and Dr Robert Manley, piano.

Summer Music offers Crookwell and district music lovers a sunset and twilight concert of music on the theme of love, as a prelude to Valentine's Day. You'll enjoy popular and familiar music in Classical and contrasting styles: great composers J S Bach, Beethoven (borrowing from Mozart's Magic Flute) and Brahms; Romances by Amy Beach and the Russian Shostakovich; amorous 'party pieces' by Elgar, Faure and Martini; themes from stage and screen - maybe Bacharach, Bernstein, the Beatles, some movie magic Morricone?

Browse the Art Gallery collection from 6-ish before you share with best friends this hour-plus no-interval concert, relaxedly and conversationally presented in the intimate comfort of Crookwell District Art Gallery, with violist Robert Harris and pianist Dr Robert Manley.
"Enthralled - a truly excellent presentation" and "masterful performance" say the fans.

Tickets at $35 and $30 and can be bought via this page. Pre bookings are advised. Cash only tickets may be available at the door but best to check by contacting the organiser.

Robert Harris has a distinguished reputation as one of Australia’s leading violists. A world-travelled recitalist, chamber musician and Principal Violist, with concerts in over 30 countries, Robert's career has included major roles in ensembles and orchestras across Australia, in New Zealand, Asia, Europe and North America, from the Classical icons of Carnegie and Wigmore Halls to tours for some of the greats - Luciano Pavarotti, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Barbra Streisand, Stevie Wonder and more.

Dr Robert Manley, a collaborative pianist at the New England Conservatorium of Music, trained at the Australian National Academy of Music and the University of Queensland, where he completed his Ph D examining creativity and classical music practice in regional settings. Robert's work spans chamber music, art song, improvisation, educational workshops and regional arts practice, collaborating with instrumentalists, singers and ensembles throughout Australia and New Zealand.