Captivating virtuoso soprano Merlyn Quaife, accompanied by Andrea Katz, will thrill concert-goers with her recital hosted by the Peninsula Music Society on September 9 at 7.30pm at the accessible Peninsula Community Theatre.

Merlyn, who received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours, has been described by The Age critic Clive O’Connell as having “a no-nonsense style and razor-sharp exactness … in observation of dynamics, care of phrasing, (and) textual clarity”.
A full house is expected for her repertoire, which will include Mozart, Alma Grande K578, select Schubert and Schumann lieder, the romantic Strauss with a crescendo into Roger Heagney and Christopher Willcock, and a finale of the Love Song Medley.

This will be a sparkling evening. Tickets are available online at pmsmusic.asn.au, from Farrell’s Bookshop in Mornington and Robinsons Bookshop in Frankston, or at the door an hour before the start of the concert at 91 Wilsons Rd, Mornington.