• Editor's Choice Interwoven

    Australian String Quartet: Interwoven

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    This program of vivid contrasts is anchored by Elizabeth Younan’s Interwoven, a recent work exploring connection and expression. Haydn’s String Quartet in A major – part of his revolutionary Sun series – brings wit and invention, while Prokofiev’s wartime Second Quartet in F major draws on Caucasian folk idioms. Clara Schumann’s Variations,…
    Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

    Wollongong Town Hall Crown St &, Kembla St,, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
    Schubert composed like an oil painter, drawing from a rich palette of melodic and harmonic colours. With a divine lyricism at its heart, his music is imbued with an intimacy and intensity that taps into the full range of human emotion. Richard Tognetti’s affinity for Schubert is evident in every…

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Morning Masterworks 2: Rachmaninov & Shostakovich

    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. Two deeply personal Russian masterworks, worlds apart yet intimately connected. Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 is an enduring testament to lyrical beauty and heartfelt longing. In sharp contrast, Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony is an intense declaration of survival,…

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM Recital: Miriam Niessl

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    As a musician’s instrumental proficiency develops, so too does their artistic taste and temperament. Each ANAM musician’s recital is a snapshot in time – simultaneously summarising their year of training and revealing glimpses of their future selves. What music excites them? What do they want to communicate? How does their…
    Concert: Viva Vivaldi

    Noosa Chorale: Concert: Viva Vivaldi

    The J Noosa 60 Noosa Dr, Noosa Heads, QLD, Australia
    Kim Kirkman conducts choir, orchestra and soloists performing Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gloria” and other choral works by the composer. Antonio Vivaldi, known as “The Red Priest” for his fiery shock of red hair, will come vividly to life in Noosa Chorale’s Viva Vivaldi concert this May. Renowned for his hundreds of…

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Dancing Shadows

    Simons Auditorium 1 Chaucer Street, HAMILTON, VIC, Australia
    In this dynamic concert, much-loved MCO core members take centre stage in a program three centuries in the making. Mozart’s Divertimento brims with youthful charm and elegance, while Andrew Ford’s Sad Jigs offers a poignant, whimsical take on dance forms through a contemporary Australian lens. The program culminates in Dvořák’s…
    Concert: Viva Vivaldi

    Noosa Chorale: Concert: Viva Vivaldi

    The J Noosa 60 Noosa Dr, Noosa Heads, QLD, Australia
    Kim Kirkman conducts choir, orchestra and soloists performing Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gloria” and other choral works by the composer. Antonio Vivaldi, known as “The Red Priest” for his fiery shock of red hair, will come vividly to life in Noosa Chorale’s Viva Vivaldi concert this May. Renowned for his hundreds of…
    Dancing Shadows

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Dancing Shadows

    Simons Auditorium 1 Chaucer Street, HAMILTON, VIC, Australia
    In this dynamic concert, much-loved MCO core members take centre stage in a program three centuries in the making. Mozart’s Divertimento brims with youthful charm and elegance, while Andrew Ford’s Sad Jigs offers a poignant, whimsical take on dance forms through a contemporary Australian lens. The program culminates in Dvořák’s…

    Brisbane Music Festival: Inhaltations

    FourthWall Arts Suite 4, 540 Queen St, Brisbane City, QLD, Australia
    Recorder virtuoso Alicia Crossley makes her Brisbane Music Festival debut with an all-Australian program of works for recorder and electronics. Lisa Cheney - Before You Mark Oliveiro - Calliphora Alice Chance - Inhaltations Robert Davidson - Melody for Alicia Anne Cawrse - Kairos Nat Bartsch - Stellaria

    Brisbane Music Festival: Grit

    FourthWall Arts Suite 4, 540 Queen St, Brisbane City, QLD, Australia
    Rebecca Lloyd-Jones and Alex Raineri share a captivating array of works for percussion and piano, including the World Premiere of a new work by Imogen Ferdinando. Betsy Jolas | Music for Joan (Australian Premiere) Imogen Ferdinando | New World (World Premiere) Theocharis Papatrechas | Grit (Australian Premiere) Hannah Barnes |…