Single tickets on sale Monday 9 November 2026
The morning opens with a tune familiar to many: Mozart’s variations on the French folk song ‘Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman’ uses the melody that English speakers know as ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.’ Originally written for piano, the variations are reimagined here for ensemble, with the nursery favourite transformed into something full of sparkle.
A soothing mood runs through the Monday morning performance: the lullaby ‘Nana’ from Manuel de Falla’s Spanish folk-song settings, a tender aria from Mozart’s unfinished opera Zaide, and music by Melbourne-born composer Linda Phillips, who lived to 103 and whose songs were championed by Dame Joan Sutherland. Arvo Pärt’s Fratres, hypnotic and bell-like, adds an early moment of stillness.
Led by ANAM faculty violist Caroline Henbest and violinist Zoë Black, the morning ends with Mozart’s Symphony No.29. Written when he was just eighteen, it is a symphony of warmth, wit and youthful confidence, and a reminder that his genius arrived early.
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART arr. MANAC'H Ah! Vous Dirai-Je, Maman, K. 265
Arvo PÄRT arr. KRIGUL Fratres
Linda PHILLIPS Cradle Song
PHILLIPS Plum Tree
Manuel de FALLA 7 Canciones Populares Españolas: V. Nana
MOZART "Ruhe Sanft, Mein Holdes Lebe" from Zaide, K. 344
MOZART Symphony No. 29 In A Major, K. 201
Caroline Henbest (ANAM Resident Faculty, viola) director/viola
Zoë Black (ANAM Faculty, violin) director/violin
ANAM Orchestra
Approximate duration: 1 hour and 10 minutes with no interval.
Presented in partnership with Melbourne Recital Centre.