Take Four: Eight Hands at Rippon Lea!
The Team's End-of-Year Celebration Recital

Tuesday December 9, 2025 - commencing at 6.30pm
Take Four: Eight Hands at Rippon Lea! - the Team's End-of-Year Celebration Recital

Celebrate the end of 2025 in the elegance of the Rippon Lea ballroom, at this gala multi-piano event. Experience all four Team partners - Robert Chamberlain, Darryl Coote, Rohan Murray and Kevin Suherman - performing in an exciting program of piano music for two, four and eight hands at two Schimmel grand pianos!

Enjoy canapé refreshments (included in ticket price), pre-recital bar drinks on the pool terrace (at cost) and meet committee members of the Friends of the Team of Pianists, in this festive occasion in a special heritage venue.

With generous sponsorship from Friends of the Team of Pianists (FOTOPS), current financial members of the Friends may purchase specially discounted tickets, while anyone else purchasing a full-price ticket will automatically receive 6 months’ complimentary membership of the Friends until July 2025.

Recital Programme:

• Rachmaninoff - Fantasy Suite Op 5 for 2 pianos
• Beethoven (arr. Liszt) - Scherzo from 9th symphony for 2 pianos
• Rossini (arr. Liszt) - William Tell Overture
• Liszt - Grand Galop Chromatique for 8 hands at 2 pianos
• INTERVAL
• Smetana - Sonata in one movement for 8 hands at 2 pianos
• Gounod - Waltz from Faust for 8 hands at 2 pianos
• Ravel - Bolero for 8 hands at 2 pianos
• Tchaikovsky - Waltz from Sleeping Beauty for 8 hands at 2 pianos

With the support of our valued sponsor Bernie's Music Land, this recital will feature a Schimmel K213 Konzert Series Grand piano and a Schimmel K219 grand!

Schedule for the evening:

• 6.30 - 6.45pm - guests arrive
• 6.45 - 7.15pm - Canapé service on the Pool Terrace or inside the Ballroom (depending on weather), with drinks at bar prices
• 7.30 - 8.10pm - Recital first half
• 8.10 - 8.30pm - Interval (drinks available at bar prices)
• 8.30 - 9.10pm - Recital second half
• 9.10 - 9.30pm - Bar service at the conclusion of the recital
• 9.30pm (approx) - End of the evening

192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick
Off-street parking in the grounds from 6.00pm

Please note: due to catering requirements bookings must close either on Saturday December 6 at 5.00pm or earlier if sold out. No ticket sales will be possible at the venue.

Do join us to celebrate the end of 2025 in the Rippon Lea Ballroom!

"...chamber music as it was intended..."