Editor's Choice Event Series Blackheath Chamber Music Festival 2024

Blackheath Chamber Music Festival: A Few of Our Favourite Things

Phillips Hall, Blackheath Blackheath
Now in its fourth year, the Blackheath Chamber Music Festival returns with a rich program including Ensemble Offspring and Eliza Shephard’s world premiere performance of a newly commissioned quartet by Harry Sdraulig; the NSW premiere of Elena Kats-Chernin’s For Theodora by Orava Quartet; harpist Louise Johnson’s journey through the history of music;…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Hidden Thoughts I

Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank
MSO percussionist Rob Cossom curates the first of the 2024 MSO Chamber series concerts with an all-Australian program. Katy Abbott’s series of works Hidden Thoughts is presented throughout 2024. Each work includes text sourced from the public, elevating the perceived ‘ordinary and mundane’ into powerful and meaningful statements of grace and kindness.…

Team of Pianists: The Hollywood Connection at Como House & Garden

Como House & Garden Corner Williams Rd & Lechlade Ave, South Yarra
Join Vivien Hamilton - mezzo-soprano, Josephine Vains - cello, Robert Chamberlain - piano, for a Hollywood-inspired recital in the elegant yet intimate Ballroom at Como House and Garden, still furnished with family heirlooms from the Armytage family, who lived there for nearly a century. Enjoy fabulous works for various combinations of voice, cello and piano by…
Editor's Choice Event Series Blackheath Chamber Music Festival 2024

Blackheath Chamber Music Festival: Symphony Sept

Phillips Hall, Blackheath Blackheath
Now in its fourth year, the Blackheath Chamber Music Festival returns with a rich program including Ensemble Offspring and Eliza Shephard’s world premiere performance of a newly commissioned quartet by Harry Sdraulig; the NSW premiere of Elena Kats-Chernin’s For Theodora by Orava Quartet; harpist Louise Johnson’s journey through the history of music;…

UKARIA: Momentum Ensemble with Christoph Altstaedt and Rachelle Durkin

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit
Momentum Ensemble is a group of dynamic orchestral performers powered by the Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO). Dedicated to bringing new interpretations and unconventional works to venues that transcend the boundaries of the traditional concert hall, the program acts as a revolutionary training platform for talented young musicians at the cusp…
Event Series Light + Shade

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Light + Shade

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank
Music enriches our lives with its incredible array of moods, textures and timbres. Sophie Rowell has curated this program of vivid colours and strong contrasts, to showcase the versatility of Melbourne Chamber Orchestra. The vigour of CPE Bach rubs shoulders with the intimate Romanticism of Ukrainian composer Ivan Silvestrov; the…
Event Series Arioso Ten

Arioso Chamber Ensemble: Arioso Ten

Cooroy Memorial Hall 23 Maple Street, Cooroy
Step into the enchanting world of Baroque music as Arioso Chamber Ensemble commemorates a decade of musical brilliance with their 10th anniversary concert series: Arioso Ten. Judit Molnár (soprano) will perform a selection of beautiful works including the cantata “Rotte L’Aspre Catene” by Italian composer Antonio Caldara, Vivaldi’s “Mentre Dormi”,…

Music in the Regions: Acacia Quartet and International Guests

Tocumwal War Memorial Hall 50-54 Deniliquin St,, Tocumwal
Australia’s finest string ensemble, Acacia Quartet, paired with phenomenal international guests, Emile Cantor and Laurentiu Sbarcea, form an incomparable string sextet touring the Riverina and South-West NSW this April. Performing two of the most beautiful and well-loved string sextets, Dvorak’s Op. 48 and Brahms’ Op. 36, this tour also includes the world…

Apeiron Baroque: Shipwrecked!

Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest (Wesley Music Centre) 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest
Is Love a Shipwreck? For our first concert in our 2024 chamber series, we are kicking off with an all-Canberra cast of players! Countertenor Tobias Cole will be joined by a small band of strings (and harpsichord!) to present stormy vocal works by Baroque composers Ariosti, Vivaldi, Handel, and Hasse.…

Team of Pianists: The Hollywood Connection at Como House & Garden

Como House & Garden Corner Williams Rd & Lechlade Ave, South Yarra
Join Vivien Hamilton - mezzo-soprano, Josephine Vains - cello, Robert Chamberlain - piano, for a Hollywood-inspired recital in the elegant yet intimate Ballroom at Como House and Garden, still furnished with family heirlooms from the Armytage family, who lived there for nearly a century. Enjoy fabulous works for various combinations of voice, cello and piano by…

Music at the Basilica: Agatha in Vivaldi’s Venice

Basilica of St Mary of the Angels Yarra Street, Geelong
Agatha, born without the fingers of her left hand, was abandoned to the Venetian orphanage known as the Ospedale della Pietà, where Vivaldi was working to establish an incomparable music education program. In 2022 the ACC premiered Agatha’s Cantata, newly completed after three centuries of silence. In 2024, they will…
Editor's Choice Event Series Blackheath Chamber Music Festival 2024

Blackheath Chamber Music Festival: Goldner String Quartet and Orava Quartet

Phillips Hall, Blackheath Blackheath
Now in its fourth year, the Blackheath Chamber Music Festival returns with a rich program including Ensemble Offspring and Eliza Shephard’s world premiere performance of a newly commissioned quartet by Harry Sdraulig; the NSW premiere of Elena Kats-Chernin’s For Theodora by Orava Quartet; harpist Louise Johnson’s journey through the history of music;…

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