• Melbourne Recital Centre: Echoes of Vienna

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    A program reflecting the rich musical currents that flowed through the cultural crossroads of fin-de-siècle Vienna. The evening begins with Sergei Prokofiev’s spirited Overture on Hebrew Themes, written for Russian-Jewish musicians in New York and drawing on folk melodies whose roots stretch back to Eastern Europe. The program also features the…
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    Van Diemen’s Band: Bizarrerie

    Paranaple Arts Centre Market Square, 145 Rooke St,, Devonport, TAS, Australia
    Bizarrerie puts the spotlight on some of the rare and unusual instruments from the Band’s collection. Program highlights include Vivaldi's Concerto for Lute and Viola d'Amore in D minor, showcasing the haunting, bell-like tones of the six-stringed viola d'amore, while Fasch's Concerto for Gallichon gives this almost-forgotten instrument—a gut-strung hybrid that sits somewhere between a…
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    Van Diemen’s Band: Bizarrerie

    Ian Potter Recital Hall 19-27 Campbell St, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Bizarrerie puts the spotlight on some of the rare and unusual instruments from the Band’s collection. Program highlights include Vivaldi's Concerto for Lute and Viola d'Amore in D minor, showcasing the haunting, bell-like tones of the six-stringed viola d'amore, while Fasch's Concerto for Gallichon gives this almost-forgotten instrument—a gut-strung hybrid that sits somewhere between a…
    Bizarrerie

    Van Diemen’s Band: Bizarrerie

    Ian Potter Recital Hall 19-27 Campbell St, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Bizarrerie puts the spotlight on some of the rare and unusual instruments from the Band’s collection. Program highlights include Vivaldi's Concerto for Lute and Viola d'Amore in D minor, showcasing the haunting, bell-like tones of the six-stringed viola d'amore, while Fasch's Concerto for Gallichon gives this almost-forgotten instrument—a gut-strung hybrid that sits somewhere between a…
    Bizarrerie

    Van Diemen’s Band: Bizarrerie

    Ian Potter Recital Hall 19-27 Campbell St, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Bizarrerie puts the spotlight on some of the rare and unusual instruments from the Band’s collection. Program highlights include Vivaldi's Concerto for Lute and Viola d'Amore in D minor, showcasing the haunting, bell-like tones of the six-stringed viola d'amore, while Fasch's Concerto for Gallichon gives this almost-forgotten instrument—a gut-strung hybrid that sits somewhere between a…

    Sydney Mandolin Orchestra: Sydney Mandolin Orchestra – Musical Tapestries

    Parramatta Town Hall 182 Church St,, Parramatta, NSW
    The Sydney Mandolin Orchestra has enthralled audiences with its music for over 94 years. Musical Tapestries weaves together a rich blend of original mandolin music from around the world showcasing the orchestra's unique sound, versatility and musicianship. Set in the iconic Old Parramatta Town Hall this will be the orchestra's…

    The Oriana Chorale: Uprisings

    Anzac Memorial Chapel of St Paul Duntroon Cnr Robert Campbell Rd and Miles Road, Duntroon, ACT, Australia
    A choral concert from the Oriana Chorale. Vive la revolution! Whether it's via tumultuous upheaval or slow inexorability, music has played a part in culture-defining change. This concert explores the music of Shostakovich, Tallis, Shara Nova, Hugo Distler and Amanda Feery, as well as our 2026 composer-in-residence, Sebastian Allen, with…

    Sydney Mozart Society: Sydney Soloists

    The Concourse Concert Hall 409 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
    This is a rare treat: virtuoso principal musicians, most more often seen in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, perform works from the lyricism of Schubert’s song The Shepherd on the Rock and the luminosity of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, K581 to the drama of Dvořák's Piano Quintet, Opus 81. This ensemble’s concerts…

    Musica Viva Australia: Konstantin Shamray

    The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
    Pianist Konstantin Shamray burst onto the international music scene at the Sydney International Piano Competition in 2008 and has gone on to enjoy critical acclaim for performances around the world, so it is always a special treat to hear him in Sydney in recital. Expect to be wowed when he…

    Wagga Weekender Music Festival: RCM Free Stage

    Wagga Wagga Civic Precinct 243 Baylis St, 2650, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
    Between concerts on Saturday, check out the talent of local heroes Riverina Conservatorium of Music with a range of free performances from big bands to flutes to singing to strings. The full schedule will be released in early 2026.

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Morning Masterworks 1: Respighi, Higgins & Strauss

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Start your Friday with a touch of classical brilliance with this Morning Masterworks concert. Discover the dazzling possibilities of the trombone. British composer Gavin Higgins places the trombone centre stage with an imaginative concerto, inspired by a recently unearthed 16th-century manuscript brimming with fantastical imagery and celestial visions. From soaring…

    Ensemble Offspring: To Listen To Sing

    Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre Tarcutta Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
    To Listen To Sing features composers from the Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers program. Ngarra-Burria has built bridges for Indigenous musicians to step sideways into instrumental chamber composition over the past 9 years, altering the Australian landscape of art music composers and importantly giving a new voice to First Nations composers.…