Berta Brozgul, solo piano

Variations on a theme: works by Brahms, Mozart, Chopin & Scriabin

Woodend Winter Arts Festival on June 8 at 4pm

A spectacular program of the finest works for solo piano by Mozart, Chopin, Scriabin, and Brahms.

The moody chromaticism of Mozart’s A-minor Rondo provides a perfect segue into Chopin’s Ballade no. 4, “the most exalted, intense and sublimely powerful of all Chopin’s compositions” (John Ogden).

Scriabin’s post-romantic Sonata no. 4 is followed by the dazzling Variations and Fugue on a theme of Handel by Brahms, based on Handel’s Harpsichord Suite in B-flat major.

https://woodendwinterartsfestival.org.au/berta-brozgul/

Born in Cape Town, Berta migrated to Australia at the age of 12. She has received many prizes in Australia as well as overseas. 

She has performed across Australia as a soloist and collaborative artist, and has performed with several of Australia’s major orchestras including the Tasmanian and Queensland symphony orchestras. 

In 2023, she made her debut with the Melbourne Symphony orchestra, performing Bartok’s third piano concerto conducted by Benjamin Northey. She currently holds a position as Associate Faculty at the Australian National Academy of Music. 

Changing Wilds Ensemble

August 1, 2025

Melbourne Recital Centre - Primrose Potter Salon

A cross-disciplinary, cross-genre blend of introspective music.

Spanning the realms of Australian and Icelandic composition, Our Duty to Care is the third instalment in Robert McIntyre’s climate-change concert curations, following acclaimed performances in recent years.

In this Melbourne Recital Centre exclusive, the 2025 instalment covering themes relating to climate change, empathy, loss, hope, and more, Our Duty to Care features the music of renowned Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds alongside Australians Robert McIntyre, Laura Abraham, Anne Cawrse, and Melbourne Recital Centre’s 2024 Artist in Residence Nat Bartsch.

Featuring project ensemble Changing Wilds Ensemble, led by artistic director and composer Robert McIntyre, this curated performance in the Primrose Potter Salon blends wide-ranging genres to convey powerful messages. Centered around Robert McIntyre’s Our Duty to Care, with text by Savanna Wegman, this cross-disciplinary work for soprano voice and piano trio is based on Sharma v Minister for the Environment [2021] FCA 560. This groundbreaking environmental law case, which proved climate change to be legally real in the courts, has been the catalyst for further climate change litigation globally and even legislative action locally.

https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/whats-on/current-productions/our-duty-to-care

Hamish Gould (Countertenor)

'Have a look at Hamish’s YouTube channel, For the Love of Song. For the Love of Song makes videos of inspiring original songs composed by Kate Lawson Gould, as well as poems and Mellow Moments.