Ensemble Q: Black Angels & Red Death

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Black Angels & Red Death presents a captivating collection of works that explore themes of remembrance, conflict, fantasy, and deep introspection. Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin pays tribute to the elegance of Baroque music while mourning friends lost in World War I, reimagined here with Paul Dean’s arrangement that highlights…
Theremin & Beyond

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Bach to the Beach Boys and Beyond

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
The theremin is utterly unique. It’s a sound you’ve definitely heard, even if you’ve never heard of it. Following the success of our sold-out tour of A Clockwork Orange & Beyond comes this series showcasing the range and power of the world’s first electronic instrument. Richard Tognetti directs an eclectic…

Affinity Quartet: Take Four: Chamber Music For Everyone!

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Affinity Quartet brings their acclaimed chamber music series to Tempo Rubato, with special guest Aidan Filshie (MSO) joining the quartet for two lesser-known string quintets by Mozart and Brahms.
Fractured Fairy Tales

RAVA Productions: Fractured Fairy Tales

The Empire Theatres, Toowoomba 54-56 Neil Street, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Classic stories have tipped higgledy-piggledy and favourite characters are all in a twist. Two children, transported to fairyland, navigate its fractured stories, coming across Little Red, haggling with pigs and helping giants, a prince and princesses, pulling their stories back together before midnight. On the way, our heroes learn who…

Australian National Academy of Music: Mostly Mozart: Serenade

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Begin your morning by venturing to the sunny afternoon with a chamber arrangement of Debussy’s innovative Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune. With its famous opening melody, this impressionist masterpiece comes to life as ANAM Musicians join ANAM Faculty member and Principal Flute of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Alison Mitchell, for an exploration…
Fractured Fairy Tales

RAVA Productions: Fractured Fairy Tales

The Empire Theatres, Toowoomba 54-56 Neil Street, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Classic stories have tipped higgledy-piggledy and favourite characters are all in a twist. Two children, transported to fairyland, navigate its fractured stories, coming across Little Red, haggling with pigs and helping giants, a prince and princesses, pulling their stories back together before midnight. On the way, our heroes learn who…
Theremin & Beyond

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Bach to the Beach Boys and Beyond

Llewellyn Hall Building 100, William Herbert Pl, Canberra, ACT, Australia
The theremin is utterly unique. It’s a sound you’ve definitely heard, even if you’ve never heard of it. Following the success of our sold-out tour of A Clockwork Orange & Beyond comes this series showcasing the range and power of the world’s first electronic instrument. Richard Tognetti directs an eclectic…
Editor's Choice

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Stirring Strings in the City

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Concertmaster Andrew Haveron directs Grażyna Bacewicz’s Concerto for String Orchestra, written in 1948 and premiered at a General Assembly of the Polish Composers’ Union two years later. Hailed as “a modern Brandenburg Concerto” by critic Stefan Kisielewski, it drew praise from Lutosławski, who appreciated its “bitter” harmonies and considered it…
Avant Gardens – Double Symmetry

Ensemble Offspring: Avant Gardens – Double Symmetry

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
In this intimate salon concert, Véronique Serret and Blair Harris show how a violin and a cello can create the richness and power of a string quartet – synergy and symmetry in action. Their program of duets and solos is a microcosm of human emotion, playing on dramatic contrasts: light…

Elder Conservatorium: Worlds within Worlds

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
This captivating program celebrates the rich diversity of musical traditions and expressions from around the globe. From Malcolm Arnold’s vibrant Four Scottish Dances, evoking the lively spirit of the Scottish Highlands, to John Barnes Chance’s Variations on a Korean Folk Song, which brings ancient melodies to life, each piece tells…

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