• Courtenay Cleary, Connor D’Netto: Reminiscence

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    Violinist Courtenay Cleary performs works from her debut album "Reminiscence", joined by Connor D’Netto on synth/electronics. Featuring works by Stephen Chin, Connor D'Netto, Elena Kats-Chernin, Missy Mazzoli, Chris Perren, and Katherine Rawlings.

    Woodend Winter Arts Festival: 1001 Nights!

    St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart St, Woodend, VIC, Australia
    Step into a world of magic, adventure and mystery as Scheherazade begins her incredible tales from the 1001 Nights. Inventi Ensemble brings these famous stories to life with dazzling music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arranged especially for their six instruments. From brave heroes and clever princesses to sea voyages and secret treasures, each piece…

    Woodend Winter Arts Festival: Musical Offering

    St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart St, Woodend, VIC, Australia
    Musical Offering was the lasting outcome of a visit by Bach to the court of Frederick II of Prussia, subsequently known as Frederick the Great. During the visit the king gave Bach a theme and asked him to improvise upon it. Upon his return home, Bach decided to write a series…

    Apeiron Baroque: Afternoon Hours

    Wesley Uniting Church Forrest ACT 20 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT
    The Afternoon Hours evoke memories of calm, reflection, and nostalgia… a bridge between the active daytime and the quieter evening. On 7th of June, Apeiron is going to spend one (or tiny little bit more than one…) of these hours exploring music for Traverso (flute) and Baroque ensemble! Join us…

    Ensemble Q: Dances of Peril

    Mrs J Rabbits, Electric Ave 23 Logan Road, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
    Glenn Christensen and Doretta Balkizas are the newest violin superstar couple in Brisbane and we've invited them to join us for this special concert, featuring works by Prokofiev, Cohen, Mozart, Dean and Bach.

    Woodend Winter Arts Festival: UpLIFT

    St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart St, Woodend, VIC, Australia
    The program title is a play on the title of a work by American-Japanese composer and cellist Paul Wiancko (b.1983). Affinity Quartet premières Wiancko in Australia with LIFT, his 2016 string quartet. National Public Radio wrote, ‘If Haydn were alive to write a string quartet today, it may sound something like…

    Woodend Winter Arts Festival: Variations and Remembrance

    St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart St, Woodend, VIC, Australia
    Seraphim Trio commissioned nine Australian composers to each write a variation on a Schubert Waltz. For this concert, they have selected four variations: from the lyrical variation from Calvin Bowman, to a mini playful one by Elena Kats-Chernin, a jazzy number by Andrea Keller, and a return of Elena with…

    Musica Viva Australia: Partridge String Quartet

    The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
    Welcome back Musica Viva Australia FutureMakers, the Partridge String Quartet, when it performs an irresistible program featuring Debussy's eloquent String Quartet and the Australian premiere of Holly Harrison's small but powerful Fluro Electric.
    Editor's Choice Stravinsky’s The Firebird

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Stravinsky’s The Firebird

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Former Music & Artistic Director of the Warsaw Philharmonic Andrey Boreyko conducts a program of elemental drama and orchestral colour. Grounded in the traditions that shaped Stravinsky, Liadov’s Kikimora is followed (on 12 & 13 June) by Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, performed here by ECHO Klassik-winning cellist Maximilian Hornung in…

    Bach Akademie Australia: Collegium Musicum

    Mosman Art Gallery 1 Art Gallery Way, Mosman, NSW, Australia
    An atmosphere of musical and scientific enlightenment. In 1702 in Leipzig, Bach’s great friend and colleague Telemann recognised the need for an environment in which his students could perform in public and where musical and academic pursuits could be fostered. The Collegium Musicum was born. When Bach arrived in 1723,…
    Editor's Choice Stravinsky’s The Firebird

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Stravinsky’s The Firebird

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Former Music & Artistic Director of the Warsaw Philharmonic Andrey Boreyko conducts a program of elemental drama and orchestral colour. Grounded in the traditions that shaped Stravinsky, Liadov’s Kikimora is followed (on 12 & 13 June) by Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, performed here by ECHO Klassik-winning cellist Maximilian Hornung in…
    Bohemian Rhapsody

    Salut! Baroque: Bohemian Rhapsody

    Wesley Uniting Church Forrest 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
    “If the Bohemians had the advantages enjoyed by the Italians they would surpass them. They are perhaps the most musical race in all Europe”. Charles Burney (1773) The celebrations for the crowning of Charles VI as King of Bohemia in Prague in 1723 included an opera performance by 200 musicians…