Past Performance: 9th December 2024
“Introduction to Classical Music” was presented at the Riverside Theatre, Parramatta.
The Crossing Machine gave a delightful afternoon concert for children introducing the string quartet and the role of a composer.
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Past Performance: 16th November 2024
The De Bortoli Winery in Rutherglen was the venue for a spectacular evening of opera and musical theatre favourites, showcasing the amazing voices of Rada Tochalna and Doug Kelly.
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Past Performance: 26th October 2024
“Introduction to Classical Music” was presented at the Frankston Arts Centre on Saturday 26th October, 2024.
The Crossing Machine gave a delightful afternoon concert for children introducing the string quartet and the role of a composer.
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Past Performance: 19th October 2024
On 19th October, 2024, The Crossing Machine gave a concert of new string quartets at the Diamond Valley Uniting Church.
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Past Performance: 25th August 2023
The Crossing Machine presented a program of music by Australian composers at Tempo Rubato, Brunswick.
PROGRAM
Stuart GREENBAUM String Quartet No. 3
Linda KOUVARAS Piano Quartet
Linda KOUVARAS String Quartet
Andrián PERTOUT Piano Quintet
Michael BAKRNČEV String Quartet
Katherine RAWLINGS Takayna
Caerwen MARTIN String Quartet
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Past Performance: 26th July 2024
On 26th July, The Crossing Machine collaborated with Peruvian guitarist, Eduardo Ruiz in
Melodies Across Peru – a concert of classic Peruvian music.
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Past Performance: 17th February 2023
A concert at the De Bortoli Rutherglen Estate: The Crossing Machine performed at the beautiful De Bortoli Rutherglen Estate in an unforgettable evening of fine food, fine wine and fine music. We welcomed highly acclaimed soprano, Rada Tochalna and tenor, Asher Reichman.
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Past Performance: 2nd May 2021
On 2nd May, 2021, The Crossing Machine gave their first live concert since lockdown at Tempo Rubato, Brunswick!
The program:
Schubert – Rosamunde Quartet No. 13 in A minor
Stuart Greenbaum – Light From Distant Stars
Borodin String Quartet No. 2, 3rd movement
In 1993, Elvis Costello stunned critics and audiences alike with his gorgeous and ambitious album and song cycle, The Juliet Letters, recorded with The Brodsky Quartet. Against all predictions, the live-recorded classically leaning album, comprised of imaginary letters to Juliet Capulet climbed the charts worldwide.
Elvis Costello described The Juliet Letters as “a song sequence for string quartet and voice and it has a title. It’s a little bit different. It’s not a rock opera. It’s a new thing.”
“In The Juliet Letters, Elvis Costello has crafted a series of dramatic ballads in which passages written by male and female characters of varying ages and degrees of sanity tell stories of love, betrayal and death. Shakespeare’s most famous tragic heroine serves as a metaphor for the disillusionment they all experience in some way.”
Rolling Stone Magazine
The Juliet Letters in 2024
In December 2024, The Crossing Machine toured to NSW to present The Juliet Letters at the Riverside Theatre, Parramatta.
“After touring eight seasons of The Juliet Letters by Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet, The Crossing Machine are excited to come to Parramatta and present highlights from The Juliet Letters, with a strong reference to Parramatta in one of the songs, Fleetwood Mac, and the timeless beauty ‘Right Here Waiting For You’ by Richard Marx.”
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On 26th October, 2024, The Crossing Machine presented The Juliet Letters at The Frankston Arts Centre.
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On 28th September 2024, The Crossing Machine performed excerpts from The Juliet Letters in a live broadcast at 3MBS FM!
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On 23rd May 2024, The Crossing Machine presented The Juliet Letters at The Wesley Anne in Northcote.
The Juliet Letters in 2022
On 25th May 2022, The Crossing Machine presented The Juliet Letters along with some original compositions by Adam Starr as well as Rosie Luby at the Brunswick Ballroom.
The Juliet Letters in 2020
The Crossing Machine played The Juliet Letters on 15th & 16th February at the 2020 Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Three amazing musicians joined us:
Kat Stevens on violin (originally from Adelaide, now in Melbourne)
Jason Thomas on viola from Adelaide and a member of The Zephyr Quartet who have kindly lent him to us for 2 afternoons in February.
Janet Butler on cello from Melbourne who was a member of the Bournemouth Symphony.
The Juliet Letters in 2019
On 25 – 27th September 2019, The Crossing Machine played The Juliet Letters with Asher Reichman at the Melbourne Fringe Festival at The Melba, Sawtooth Studio, 35 Johnston Street Collingwood.
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In June 2019, The Crossing Machine were special guest artists at the Cloud9 Women’s Choir Winter Concert, “Music to Stir the Spirit and Soothe the Soul”.
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Following on from a successful 2018 season, The Crossing Machine and tenor Doug Kelly returned to The Butterfly Club, Melbourne, 29th April – 4th May 2019 for another highly successful season.
The Juliet Letters in 2018
The Crossing Machine along with Doug Kelly and Asher Reichman performed The Juliet Letters at their inaugural Butterfly Club season, 3rd – 8th September, 2018.
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The Crossing Machine’s Debut concert of The Juliet Letters in July 2018, featuring Asher Reichman was SOLD OUT!
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