• Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Carnival

    75 Reid Street, Fitzroy North 75 Reid St, Fitzroy North, VIC, Australia
    Writing when he was a mere 16 years old, Mendelssohn noted that his newly composed Octet “must be played by all the instruments in symphonic orchestral style.” It beggars belief that someone so young could have written one of the grandest chamber music works. The Octet is epic in proportion,…

    Coffs Harbour Music Society: Flinders Quartet

    St John Paul College Theatre 421 Hogbin Drive, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia
    The outstanding Australian string quartet performs for the Coffs Harbour Music Society, presented in association with Musica Viva Australia. Their program includes Beethoven's String Quartet no 11, op 95 ‘Serioso’, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon's Bungaree, Mozart's Adagio & Fugue in C minor, K.546 and Dvorak's String Quartet no 14, op 105.…
    Manon

    The Australian Ballet: Manon

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s adaptation of Abbé Prévost’s 1731 novel, Manon is a tragic romance unlike any other in ballet. From the echelons of high society 18th-century Paris to the gritty streets of New Orleans, Manon tells a story of a young girl desperate to rise above her lowly origins, seduced…

    Darwin Symphony Orchestra: Palmerston Classics

    Palmerston Recreation Centre 11 The Blvd, Palmerston City, NT, Australia
    DSO brings the orchestra for a special evening of entertainment in Palmerston.   Featuring spectacular orchestral music from Beethoven’s famous Fifth Symphony, Khachaturian’s ballet music for Spartacus, and beloved film music by John Williams, this concert offers a special evening of entertainment.  An enjoyable experience for the whole family, or book…
    Editor's Choice Songs from the Uproar – The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

    Lyric Opera of Melbourne: Songs from the Uproar – The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

    fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Melbourne’s intrepid Lyric Opera presents the Australian premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar. Set to a libretto by Royce Vavrek, the chamber opera tells the story of Isabelle Eberhardt, a Swiss-Algerian explorer, writer and mystic. Born in 1877, Eberhardt travelled to North Africa where she lived an adventurous, defiant…

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Chamber Music Dining at Narkoojee

    Narkoojee Winery 220 Francis Road, Glengarry North, VIC, Australia
    Our annual visit to our wine partner, Narkoojee, has become a highlight for Melbourne and Gippsland audiences alike. Join us in Glengarry, around two hours east of Melbourne, for a convivial afternoon including a glass of Sparkling Harriet on arrival, gorgeous music and lunch with matched Narkoojee wines.  

    North Adelaide Baroque Hall: Golden Harp & Hoboy – Handel

    North Adelaide Baroque Hall 104 Tynte St, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Jane Downer, recorder & baroque oboe d'amore Lesley Lewis, harpsichord Music for recorder/baroque oboe and harpsichord Paul's Steeple Handel - "Hoboy" Sonata in G minor Op. 1 No. 6 Handel - "Rinaldo for a Flute" including "Lascia ch’io pianga" for harpsichord solo Geminiani & Barsanti - Scots Tunes
    Manon

    The Australian Ballet: Manon

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s adaptation of Abbé Prévost’s 1731 novel, Manon is a tragic romance unlike any other in ballet. From the echelons of high society 18th-century Paris to the gritty streets of New Orleans, Manon tells a story of a young girl desperate to rise above her lowly origins, seduced…
    Editor's Choice Water Music

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Water Music

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
    A meditation on the spiritual, cultural and environmental significance of water, this program pairs Handel’s Water Music with the world premiere of a new work by Arnhem Land ocean and waterway custodian Rrawun Maymuru and Nick Wales. Titled Nguy Gapu (Ocean Water) this is the first time the ABO is performing…

    Kew Philharmonic Chamber Choir: Kew Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Hawthorn Arts Centre Burwood Road, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
    Our concert is devoted to choral music written in celebration – of love, nature, monarchs and religious figures. The choir, led by Stephen Kerr, will be joined by soprano Amanda Hargreaves and a group of invited instrumentalists. Works performed will include: the English round Sumer is icumen in (written around 1260) and a set of…

    Melbourne Recital Centre: Bachonteur

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    For nearly four decades, Panamanian pianist and composer Danilo Pérez has led the charge as one of the most imaginative and influential musicians in contemporary jazz. The GRAMMY-winning maestro has collaborated with some of the most revered figures in jazz, including Dizzy Gillespie and Wynton Marsalis, notably joining the Wayne…

    Master Music Studio: Quang Hong Luu in Recital

    Master Music Studio Unit 6, 80 Wentworth Park Rd, Glebe, NSW, Australia
    Join acclaimed pianist Quang Hong Luu in a recital with water as its artistic thread. The program sails from the boundless oceans of Ravel, through Liszt's Venetian canals, to the profound depths of Schubert's final sonata. Vietnamese pianist Quang Hong Luu is a laureate of numerous prestigious international awards. These…