• Cocktail Hour with Brent Grapes

    Sydney Opera House: Cocktail Hour with Brent Grapes

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Brass instruments have been around for thousands of years, featuring in military, religious and courtly ceremonies, marching bands, orchestra, chamber music and so much more. That versatility is on full display in this program curated by Associate Principal Trumpet Brent Grapes, from Joan Tower’s undulating, pulsing Copperwave to Giovanni Gabrieli’s 16th century…
    Strings and Voices

    City of Boroondara: Homophonic! RESPECT and QiQi

    Hawthorn Arts Centre Burwood Road, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
    The Strings and Voices series ends with a bold and celebratory finale with Homophonic!’s RESPECT, a powerful collection of newly commissioned works inspired by the stories and lives of LGBTIQA+ elders performed by a chamber ensemble as you’ve never seen before. Led by Artistic Director Miranda Hill, Homophonic! has spent…

    The Anglican Parish of Parkside: Something Old, Something New

    St Oswald's Anglican Church 5 St Anns Pl,, Parkside, SA, Australia
    Discover how composers have drawn inspiration from the past. Benjamin Britten's exhilarating Lachrymae takes inspiration from John Dowland, while Shostakovich's powerful final work, the Viola Sonata Op. 147, contains echoes of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. The program also features Caroline Shaw's In manas tuas, inspired by Thomas Tallis, and Rebecca Clarke's…
    Bush, Borscht & Bonn

    Selby & Friends: Bush, Borscht & Bonn

    Turramurra Uniting Church 10 Turramurra Ave, Turramurra, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Listening to Beethoven’s own wonderful piano trio arrangement of his famous Septet, one gets a real sense of what it must have been like to desperately want to play something at home you had only heard played by many artists publicly. This tradition of changing the forces to accommodate everyday…
  • Van Diemen’s Band: THOMAS DUNFORD

    Hobart Town Hall 50 Macquarie St, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Dubbed “the Eric Clapton of the lute” (BBC Music Magazine), dynamic young French virtuoso Thomas Dunford is the leading lutenist of his generation. His stellar international career has seen him perform with many acclaimed ensembles, including Les Arts Florissants, The English Consort, La Serenissima and Les Siècles.
    Bush, Borscht & Bonn

    Selby & Friends: Bush, Borscht & Bonn

    National Gallery of Australia Parkes Place East, Parkes, ACT, Australia
    Listening to Beethoven’s own wonderful piano trio arrangement of his famous Septet, one gets a real sense of what it must have been like to desperately want to play something at home you had only heard played by many artists publicly. This tradition of changing the forces to accommodate everyday…
    Bush, Borscht & Bonn

    Selby & Friends: Bush, Borscht & Bonn

    National Gallery of Australia Parkes Place East, Parkes, ACT, Australia
    Listening to Beethoven’s own wonderful piano trio arrangement of his famous Septet, one gets a real sense of what it must have been like to desperately want to play something at home you had only heard played by many artists publicly. This tradition of changing the forces to accommodate everyday…

    Canberra Symphony Orchestra: French Accents

    Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia 30 Parkes Pl E, Parkes, ACT, Australia
    An ever-changing musical kaleidoscope suffused with joy and affection. You’ll hear Mozart and Poulenc at their self-declared best and all four composers are writing music for instruments they adored, playing to their strengths. Mozart’s Quintet was an experiment: a concerto for piano and winds that won him ‘extraordinary applause’ at…
    Bush, Borscht & Bonn

    Selby & Friends: Bush, Borscht & Bonn

    Concordia College Chapel 45 Cheltenham Street,\, Highgate, SA
    Listening to Beethoven’s own wonderful piano trio arrangement of his famous Septet, one gets a real sense of what it must have been like to desperately want to play something at home you had only heard played by many artists publicly. This tradition of changing the forces to accommodate everyday…