Corpus Medicorum returns in 2025 with an extraordinary year of music entitled ‘Atmosphere’.
The Atmosphere envelops us, lets us breathe and keeps us alive. We are contained within its ethereal mass - we cannot physically feel it nor see it but it is vital to our very existence. Just like Music…. Music is the creative air we breathe. It keeps us warm and safe, and gives us room to live and express our humanity.
This year’s programmes are the embodiment of Atmosphere - Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Ravel, Wagner and more. In each work we find great musical expression which gives breath to our lives. We welcome the return of our chief conductor Fabian Russell and our very special guests Natsuko Yoshimoto, Stefan Cassomenos, Kristian Chong, Lee Abrahmsen & Warwick Fyfe.
Added to this are two special events - a tour to Portugal in September as guests of the Iberian Medical Orchestra for two performances of Mahler’s Symphony No.1 plus a Memorial Performance for ANZAC Day of Brahm’s A German Requiem in St Paul’s Cathedral.
We begin our Atmospheric Journey in 2025 with none other than György Ligeti’s ‘Atmosphère’ and finish the year with another Gala Concert - A Night at the Opera.
Music is just like the Atmosphere - we cannot live without it! Join your favourite musical medics for an unforgettable 2025.
Phillip Antippa OAM
Director
ATMOSPHERE #1
March 16, 2025
Melbourne Recital Centre
PROGRAMME:
LIGETI - Atmosphères
BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto No.5 “Emperor”
Soloist - Stefan Cassomenos
Conductor - Fabian Russell
Corpus Medicorum welcomes you to our opening concert for 2025 with none other than György Ligeti’s ‘Atmosphères’. This remarkable work sets the scene for the entire year of music to envelop your senses. Stefan Cassomenos plays Beethoven’s Emperor Piano Concerto and we conclude with Brahms’s First Symphony to complete our Brahms Symphonic cycle with our chief conductor Fabian Russell. Join us in our ethereal journey of musical discovery.
ATMOSPHERE #2
May 18, 2025
Melbourne Recital Centre
PROGRAMME:
GLINKA - Ruslan & Ludmilla Overture
SHOSTAKOVICH - Piano Concerto No.2
Soloist - Kristian Chong
Conductor - Fabian Russell
Concert 2 in our Atmosphere 2025 Series features giants of the Russian repertoire to make your spirits soar high into the sky. Glinka’s lightening-fast overture opens this programme and then we are joined by Kristian Chong for the Second Piano Concerto of Dimitri Shostakovich. Finally, Fabian Russell opens the heavens with a thunderous performance of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony.
ATMOSPHERE #3
AUGUST 03, 2025
Melbourne Recital Centre
PROGRAMME:
DEBUSSY - La Mer
CHAUSSON – Poème
Soloist - Natsuko Yoshimoto
RAVEL - Tzigane
Soloist - Natsuko Yoshimoto
RAVEL - La Valse
Conductor - Fabian Russell
This is truly music of the ethereal realm. A French programme featuring master violinist Natsuko Yoshimoto with Chausson’s Poeme and Ravel’s Tzigane is the central atmospheric theme. We begin with Debussy’s La Mer and conclude with Ravel’s La Valse. An extraordinary musical experience to breathe life into your world!
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA!
NOVEMBER 30, 2025
Melbourne Recital Centre
PROGRAMME:
WAGNER GALA - Including works from The Meistersingers, Lohengrin and Die Valkürie and more
Soloists - Lee Abrahmsen (soprano) & Warwick Fyfe (baritone)
Conductor - Fabian Russell
It’s time for another famous Corpus Medicorum Gala Concert – this time featuring the heavenly music of Richard Wagner. We welcome two very special guests – Lee Abrahmsen (soprano) and Warwick Fyfe (baritone) as we delight you with opera highlights including music from The Meistersingers, Lohengrin and more. Come dressed in your finest for our black tie event and join us for a drink after the show.