From Dowland to Death Cab for Cutie, this programme explores the nature of love; from its moments of yearning and anguish, to the utter bliss of a “sweet, inarticulate hour”.

Travelling through over 400 years of music, the programme travels through folk song, early baroque song, opera and indie rock. By the concert’s conclusion, we are drawn collectively into a moment of peaceful contentment through the works of Arvo Pärt and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Through the use of carefully crafted musical segues, the programme presents itself as one unified work with a beating emotional undercurrent throughout.

Tickets available here: Cristina Russo & Adam Cook – (melbournerecital.com.au)

Pianist: Adam Cook
Soprano: Cristina Russo