Selby & Friends: First, By No Means Last!

Selby & Friends’ season opener for 2023 features three melody-rich, jazzy and powerful piano trios Bowral on the 18th March and Turramurra on the 19th.

The season kicks off with the wildly popular Café Music by the American composer Paul Schoenfield, the inspiration for which was a stint as a replacement pianist in a coffee house to help out a sick friend.

What better than to follow this brilliant,highly original work with two iconic ‘first’ piano trios from the Romantic repertoire – Mendelssohn’s first – a masterful work beloved by artists and audiences alike – and the incredible first trio by Brahms. Composed initially in his early 20s, Brahms returned some 40 years later to rewrite sections he felt he could improve. It is a true masterpiece.

We welcome back the stunning American cellist Clancy Newman and for the first time introduce the brilliant Alexandra Osborne to our S&F audience, recently returned home from the US where she still enjoys a highly active career with some of the finest orchestras and chamber ensembles.

Kathy Selby enthuses: “It's exciting to begin the year with two incredibly talented performers from the younger generations - Alexandra is an impressive and brilliant performer and Clancy is a charismatic and virtuosic performer and composer. This is a blockbuster season opener!”