Upcoming concert
Friday 1st May 2026 at 7.30pm
Venue: fortyfivedownstairs (45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne)
The Crossing Machine will perform as part of Coady Green’s Chamber Music Festival 2026
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Melbourne string quartet The Crossing Machine (violinists Marianne Rothschild and Matthew Rigby, violist Margaret Butcher and cellist Charlotte Jacke) will be joined by vocalist Jordan Z to perform The Juliet Letters, the genre-defying song cycle created by Elvis Costello in collaboration with The Brodsky Quartet. Originally released in 1993, The Juliet Letters is a sequence of letters written to Shakespeare’s Juliet, revealing a gallery of fractured lives, longing, regret, and dark wit. Since beginning this project in 2018, The Crossing Machine has been breathing new life into the work, approaching it with deep respect for the score while bringing a distinctly contemporary energy and emotional clarity.