Adelaide Baroque: House Concert: Saxon Splendour

This is an opportunity to experience an Adelaide Baroque performance up close - a 1-hour concert in an intimate setting. This first concert features solo and chamber works of grand design by masters of the German baroque: music from the courts of Leipzig and Dresden and influences, by J.S.Bach, C.P.E.Bach,…
Fantasia

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Fantasia

Snow Concert Hall 40 Monaro Cres, Red Hill ACT 2603, Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Youthful brilliance and solemn beauty. At the heart of this program is a new violin concerto by one of Australia’s most respected composers, Richard Mills, who has conceived the work with MCO Artistic Director Sophie Rowell as the soloist. Described as an “oarsman, musician and scholar”, Frederick Septimus Kelly wrote…

Flinders Quartet: Serioso and Serene

Albert Hall, Yarralumla 100 Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla, ACT, Australia
Beethoven’s self-titled Serioso quartet, composed during the politically charged Napoleonic era, reflects his personal and political struggles with a sense of urgency and defiant shifts in tone, embodying a longing for freedom. In contrast, Dvořák’s 14th and final String Quartet radiates a broad, hopeful vision, capturing his deep love for…
Warren Chamber Music Festival

Warren Chamber Music Festival: Be Inspired

Nevertire 10 Narromine Street, Nevertire, NSW, Australia
Four course dining presented by chef Angie Armstong of Callubri Station is paired with award-winning Huntington Estate, Mudgee's premiere winery. This sensational treat for the taste buds is delivered alongside carefully curated chamber music that has been loved throughout the ages. Featuring the internationally acclaimed ensemble the New Zealand String…
Schubert Songs

Australian Haydn Ensemble: Schubert Songs

Albert Hall, Yarralumla 100 Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla, ACT, Australia
Much more than a lieder recital, this rare and beautiful concert features some of Schubert’s most darkly-hued songs, superbly delivered by David Greco’s mahogany bass-baritone, and intensified by rich and expressive string quartet accompaniments. David has carefully structured his selection according to key and timbre, and the esteemed Australian Haydn…
Fantasia

Melbourne Chamber Choir: Fantasia

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Youthful brilliance and solemn beauty. At the heart of this program is a new violin concerto by one of Australia’s most respected composers, Richard Mills, who has conceived the work with MCO Artistic Director Sophie Rowell as the soloist. Described as an “oarsman, musician and scholar”, Frederick Septimus Kelly wrote…
Fantasia

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Fantasia

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
At the heart of this program is a new violin concerto by one of Australia’s most respected composers, Richard Mills, who has conceived the work with MCO Artistic Director Sophie Rowell as the soloist. Described as an “oarsman, musician and scholar”, Frederick Septimus Kelly wrote his thought-provoking Elegy in memory…

Tempo Rubato: Phoenix Collective & Zen Zeng – Inner Worlds

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Fresh from their Sydney Opera House debut, Phoenix Collective Quartet joins forces with star pianist Zen Zeng to present a program exploring inner worlds mapped and shared through sound. The centrepiece of the program is Schumann’s epic piano quintet, composed with his beloved wife Clara in mind. Written at a…
VIULUT: Vänskä and Veltheim

Canberra International Music Festival: VIULUT: Vänskä and Veltheim

Embassy of Finland 12 Darwin Ave, Yarralumla, ACT, Australia
An up-close and personal encounter with two of our most beloved Finnish-Australian violinists. Satu and Erkki together present a series of works that reflect on their personal creative and cultural identities.  Satu Vänskä, born in Japan to Finnish parents, began violin at three. After moving to Finland at ten, she…
VIULUT: Vänskä and Veltheim

Canberra International Music Festival: VIULUT: Vänskä and Veltheim

Embassy of Finland 12 Darwin Ave, Yarralumla, ACT, Australia
An up-close and personal encounter with two of our most beloved Finnish-Australian violinists. Satu and Erkki together present a series of works that reflect on their personal creative and cultural identities.  Satu Vänskä, born in Japan to Finnish parents, began violin at three. After moving to Finland at ten, she…

Elder Conservatorium: The Touch of Dreams

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Three outstanding musicians come together to explore the unusual combination of clarinet, tenor and piano in a concert culminating with Louis Spohr’s Six German Songs, generally regarded as his finest contribution to the Lieder genre.

Canberra International Music Festival: Echoes of the Iron Curtain

High Court of Australia Parkes Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Principal Violin of the Australian Chamber Orchestra Satu Vänskä and modern piano maestro Konstantin Shamray unite for an exploration of the enchanting musical landscapes of Soviet Russia.

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