• Elder Con Lunchtime Concerts

    Elder Conservatorium: Serenade

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    The charismatic and energic ensemble Arcadia Winds presents a delightful afternoon of chamber music for woodwind instruments. Much loved by players and listeners alike, Dvořák’s Serenade for Wind Instruments, Op. 44 (which frames the program) evokes an old-world atmosphere of castles and court musicians. Brahms held the work in particularly…
    Earth Emotions

    Bowerbird Collective: Earth Emotions

    Goolwa Centenary Hall 14 Cadell St, Goolwa, SA, Australia
    Earth Emotions combines a moving program of music with spoken word to reveal a path to reconnection with nature, instilling hope for a better future. Featuring incredible compositions performed by the Bowerbird Collective, with Simone Slattery on violin and Anthony Albrecht on cello, with narration by environmental philosopher, Professor Glenn Albrecht.…

    Australian National Academy of Music: A Journey Through Our Time with Ensemble Offspring

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    Ensemble Offspring joins ANAM musicians for a program curated by Artistic Director, Claire Edwardes OAM. A Journey Through Our Time brings together music written by composers from different corners of the world, many of whom have worked closely with the ensemble. From Nardi Simpson’s Wilga’s Last Dance, based on the…
    Windfire Music Festival

    Music at the Basilica: AXES Saxophone Quartet

    Basilica of St Mary of the Angels Yarra Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
    A program built around Maurice Ravel’s Tombeau de Couperin, this program explores how music has so often been composed as a direct reflection of the state of the world the composers found themselves in. From tragedy to reflection, music was often centered around a strong need to comment on society.

    The Leading Partnership Pty Ltd: Northern Lands

    The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
    Experience an extraordinary meeting of Nordic jazz and Australian musical innovation when acclaimed Norwegian pianist Jan Gunnar Hoff joins Sydney ensemble Elysian Fields for a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration inspired by the landscapes, traditions and musical cultures of Scandinavia and Australia. Northern Lights–Southern Cross is a partnership based on friendship and musical respect that spans 15,000 kilometres…

    Melbourne Baroque Orchestra: Lully and De Lalande at Versailles

    Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Williamstown Nelson Place, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia
    Directed by the much-acclaimed Michael Fulcher, MBO and PV will present two astonishingly beautiful and rarely heard motets created by Jean-Baptiste Lully and Michel-Richard De Lalande for the great occasions of court life at Versailles. The orchestra, bursting with the exquisite sonorities of winds, violas (six of them), gamba, and…

    Bundanon: Australian Guitar Quartet

    Boyd Education Centre, Bundanon 170 Riversdale Rd, Illaroo, NSW, Australia
    Experience classical guitar and contemporary flair from four of Australia’s leading guitarists: Leonard Grigoryan, Andrew Blanch, Slava Grigoryan and Vladimir Gorbach. Each renowned for their exemplary skill and genre-defying performances, this ensemble celebrates both tradition and innovation. The program encompasses sultry tangos by Argentinian classical architect of the form, Astor…
    Earth Emotions

    Bowerbird Collective: Earth Emotions

    Art Gallery of South Australia Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Earth Emotions combines a moving program of music with spoken word to reveal a path to reconnection with nature, instilling hope for a better future. Featuring incredible compositions performed by the Bowerbird Collective, with Simone Slattery on violin and Anthony Albrecht on cello, with narration by environmental philosopher, Professor Glenn Albrecht.…
    Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Pekka Kuusisto – Legends & Luminaries

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Pekka Kuusisto returns to the ACO after nearly a decade to direct music from four prodigious talents. Kuusisto is an artist unbound by convention, who embodies an artistic freedom that is unexpected and thrilling. As a renowned virtuoso and boundary-crossing composer, he pushes the limits of performance into exciting new…

    Melbourne Baroque Orchestra: Lully and De Lalande at Versailles

    Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park 210-218 Richardson St, Middle Park, VIC, Australia
    Directed by the much-acclaimed Michael Fulcher, MBO and PV will present two astonishingly beautiful and rarely heard motets created by Jean-Baptiste Lully and Michel-Richard De Lalande for the great occasions of court life at Versailles. The orchestra, bursting with the exquisite sonorities of winds, violas (six of them), gamba, and…
    Orix Duo: Beethoven and Rachmaninoff

    Orix Duo: Orix Duo: Beethoven and Rachmaninoff

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    Join the Orix Duo (cellist Yejin Choi and pianist Kevin Suherman) for an afternoon of great cello sonatas of the classical and romantic eras, with Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major and the beloved Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata, complemented by a fantasia by Harry Sdraulig on an Australian favourite.

    Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Archduke Trio

    Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia 30 Parkes Pl E, Parkes, ACT, Australia
    A monumental classic of the chamber music repertoire paired with a rare musical gem. What do you do when your aristocratic piano student has a sore finger and skips out on his weekly lesson? Write him a new piano trio to play, of course. Jessica Cottis offers one word for…