Convergence Concert Series by Hamed Sadeghi

Hamed Sadeghi: Convergence Concert Series by Hamed Sadeghi

Paddington Uniting Church 395 Oxford Street, Paddington, NSW, Australia
Multi-award-winning tar player and composer, Hamed Sadeghi, presents the Convergence concert series. The series of three acts featuring renowned and emerging musicians will take place at the stage of the Paddington Uniting Church on 24, 30, and 31 October. Standing individually, all three acts make up a clearer image of…

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Rhythm and Rites

Albert Hall, Yarralumla 100 Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla, ACT, Australia
A ceremony of sound worlds sacred and surprising, celebrating the breadth and richness of percussion. The drum is among the oldest instruments on earth, used in sacred rites and celebrations, for war and for dancing. The percussion family has grown to encompass a countless array of instruments, a handful of which are on show in this glittering program…

Festival of Chamber Music: The Language of Trees

Christchurch, South Yarra Cnr Punt and Toorak Roads, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Mozart wrote only one piece of chamber music for the oboe and no player would miss an opportunity to perform it! Join Stephanie Dixon and The Fidelio Quartet on a journey through a garden of delights, with Lee Bradshaw’s wistful oboe quartet The Language of Trees and Mozart’s exquisite Oboe…
Australia Fair?

Flinders Quartet: Australia Fair?

Montsalvat 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham, VIC, Australia
“As we celebrate our 25th anniversary we are reflecting on our identity as an Australian chamber ensemble. In this program we have chosen three works in which the composers were likely pondering similar questions. It is a joy to return to the powerful and evocative work, Bungaree, which the quartet…
Sundays by the Lake

Ensemble Q: Piano Quintets

University of Queensland St Lucia, QLD, Australia
The series finishes with the universally loved Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major Op 44 and the exquisitely lyrical Piano Quintet No 1 in A minor Op 30 by French composer Louise Farrenc, which adds a new soundworld by replacing the 2nd violin with double bass
Conversations in Counterpoint

Arioso Chamber Ensemble: Conversations in Counterpoint

St Pauls' Anglican Church, East Brisbane 554 Vulture Street East, East Brisbane, QLD, Australia
This concert showcases a rich tapestry of music for violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord by Telemann, JS Bach and Buxtehude, where the viola da gamba takes an equal and expressive role in the musical dialogue. The concert also features Purcell’s sublime aria Music for a While, alongside Vivaldi’s radiant…
Voice, Rejoice!

Salut! Baroque: Voice, Rejoice!

Sydney Conservatorium of Music 1 Conservatorium Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
The versatility of the voice has fascinated composers through the ages, from its purest form to its most virtuosic. This concert presents music of extraordinary variety and exquisite beauty – from the rhythms and colours of Spanish song, the majesty of the German choral tradition, the refinement of French opera,…

Whistling Kite New Music: Rococonuts

Browns Mart 12 Smith Street, Darwin, NT, Australia
Rococonuts re-imagines the great repertoire of classical music as a distractible child genius might, complete with costumes, novelty instruments, and physical comedy that’s closer to a game of Twister than a chamber music concert.
Mountain

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Mountain

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
After more than a decade of producing films, the ACO premiered Mountain in 2017 as one of its boldest explorations of music and nature. Only three centuries ago, the idea scarcely existed that wild landscapes might hold any sort of attraction. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty. An upper world…
Mountain

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Mountain

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
After more than a decade of producing films, the ACO premiered Mountain in 2017 as one of its boldest explorations of music and nature. Only three centuries ago, the idea scarcely existed that wild landscapes might hold any sort of attraction. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty. An upper world…

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