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 2026.

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.

Update: bookings extended until Monday December 8!!

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

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