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Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Soar

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
The Lark Ascending holds a special place in the hearts of its listeners, with its iconic violin introduction that flutters like a bird carried on the breeze. Let the ASO’s Concertmaster Kate Suthers take you to the clouds above the English countryside with Vaughan Williams’ masterwork. Grieg’s warm-spirited Holberg Suite carries the lightness…
Editor's Choice Festival of Outback Opera

Opera Queensland: The Sundowner

Way Out West Sign, Winton At the Western end of Vindex Street, Winton, QLD, Australia
Once again, Opera Queensland goes on the road to some of the region’s finest outback towns combining opera with ochre sunsets and great pubs! There’s a gala ball for those who like to glam up and a gathering under the night skies during Dark Sky Serenade. Or you can enjoy the camaraderie…
Claire Chase – Sex Magic

Melbourne Recital Centre: Claire Chase – Sex Magic

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Described by The New York Times as ‘the North Star of her instrument’s ever-expanding universe,’ Brooklyn-based instrumentalist Claire Chase invites listeners to step into a unique sound world. Fiercely dedicated to creating new ecosystems for the music of our time, Chase has premiered hundreds of works by a new generation of artists.…
Stabat Mater – Music for Holy Week

Canticum Chamber Choir: Stabat Mater – Music for Holy Week

Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Paddington 369 Given Terrace, Paddington, QLD, Australia
Canticum Chamber Choir and Orchestra, with conductor Emily Cox AM, and soloists present the Australian premiere of a brand new choral work by Swedish composer Fredrik Sixten in our annual "Music for Holy Week" series. The Stabat Mater portrays Mary at the foot of the cross experiencing her son's crucifixion…
Metropolis Festival

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Composing Australia Night One

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Metropolis kicks off with Holly Harrison’s urban fanfare Hi-Viz in which the neon machine activity of roadworks is re-imagined through electronic dance music, bootscooting and disco! Look up from the city lights and both Ella Macens' lyrical The Space Between Stars and Fiona Hill’s yogic breath of a piece Śūnyatā take our attention to the…
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West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Devotion and Glory

Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, Australia
St George’s Cathedral Consort and conductor Joseph Nolan join WASO for the West Australian premiere of Mary Finsterer’s Stabat Mater. Featuring soprano Mia Robinson and pre-recorded narration by Mel Gibson, Finsterer’s award-winning setting of the 800-year-old prayer to Mary is preceded by three other prayers – Ave Maria, Sub tuum praesidium…
Up Close with the Concertmaster

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Up Close with the Concertmaster: Autumn

Queensland Symphony Orchestra Studio Cnr Grey and Russell Streets, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Designed to appreciate the intricacies of music through a smaller number of musicians, meaning every instrument can be heard individually. With music chosen and directed by QSO Concertmaster, Natsuko Yoshimoto, these soulful sessions in the QSO Studio offer an intimate experience bringing you closer to the music-making process.
Beethoven’s World

Australian National Academy of Music: Hero

The Good Shepherd Chapel 1 St Heliers St,, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
This concert invites you to step into Beethoven’s world of grand gestures, where music transcends mere entertainment to reveal deeper truths. Beethoven believed music could express the core of human experience, and this performance echoes that very idea. ANAM Musicians, led by Paavali Jumppanen, perform Beethoven's Three Equals for trombones, a compact yet…
Claire Chase – Sex Magic

Melbourne Recital Centre: Claire Chase – Sex Magic

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Described by The New York Times as ‘the North Star of her instrument’s ever-expanding universe,’ Brooklyn-based instrumentalist Claire Chase invites listeners to step into a unique sound world. Fiercely dedicated to creating new ecosystems for the music of our time, Chase has premiered hundreds of works by a new generation of artists.…

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs: Bach’s St Matthew Passion (Mendelssohn Version)

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hear the St Matthew Passion through ‘Romantic ears’ in a recreation of the concert that sparked the 19th-century Bach revival. The Chamber Singers and VOX are joined by the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra in an illuminating performance of Mendelssohn’s 1841 version, conducted by Elizabeth Scott, with Evangelist Andrew Goodwin and Teddy Tahu…
Editor's Choice Festival of Outback Opera

Opera Queensland: Singing In The Night

Camden Park Station Longreach, QLD, Australia
Once again, Opera Queensland goes on the road to some of the region’s finest outback towns combining opera with ochre sunsets and great pubs! There’s a gala ball for those who like to glam up and a gathering under the night skies during Dark Sky Serenade. Or you can enjoy the camaraderie…
Metropolis Festival

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Composing Australia Night Two

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Liza Lim’s Sappho/bioluminescence makes expressive bedfellows of a squid that camouflages itself by glowing like the night sky, Sappho’s poetry and luminous instruments. Peggy Polias’ Arachne references the Greek myth of a weaver woman turned into a spider and there are pages of her score where the music is literally represented by knotted strings.…

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