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Brahms – The Symphonies

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Brahms – The Symphonies: Concert 1

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
In 2025, the ASO’s annual immersive concert series celebrates the four symphonies of Johannes Brahms conducted by Chief Conductor, Mark Wigglesworth. Full of drama, romance, poetry, and passion, these works are a pinnacle of western civilisation and the chance to hear them all together is as special as it is…
Featured Editor's Choice Rapture

Australian String Quartet: Rapture

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
ASQ lifts the lid on our deepest fears and desires, from the unrequited love expressed in Janáček’s Intimate Letters to Osvaldo Golijov’s juxtaposition of pain and beauty in Tenebrae and Beethoven’s triumph over adversity in Serioso. The program also includes the world premiere of Vanessa Perica’s No Feeling is Final, which…
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Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Stirring Strings in the City

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Concertmaster Andrew Haveron directs Grażyna Bacewicz’s Concerto for String Orchestra, written in 1948 and premiered at a General Assembly of the Polish Composers’ Union two years later. Hailed as “a modern Brandenburg Concerto” by critic Stefan Kisielewski, it drew praise from Lutosławski, who appreciated its “bitter” harmonies and considered it…

Opera Australia: Opera Australia at St James’ Church

St James Church, Sydney 173 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Experience one of the greatest choral works ever written in a concert performance at Sydney’s historic St James’ Church. Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem is a transformative, meditative musical experience. Completed in 1947 and drawing on the traditional Gregorian Mass for the Dead, Duruflé’s Requiem will make your heart soar. From the…

Elder Conservatorium: Worlds within Worlds

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
This captivating program celebrates the rich diversity of musical traditions and expressions from around the globe. From Malcolm Arnold’s vibrant Four Scottish Dances, evoking the lively spirit of the Scottish Highlands, to John Barnes Chance’s Variations on a Korean Folk Song, which brings ancient melodies to life, each piece tells…

Four Winds: Hamed Sadeghi with Sohrab Kolahdooz

Four Winds Barragga Bay, NSW, Australia
Fresh from an international tour, Hamed Sadeghi will be joined by Sohrab Kolahdooz, an accomplished percussionist and music educator. Kolahdooz has worked internationally, collaborating with musicians and enriching music education programs across the globe. Together, Sadeghi and Kolahdooz create a powerful musical partnership, fusing intricate tar melodies with masterful percussion…
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Tempo Rubato: Katia Mestrovic & Peter de Jager – Harp Piano

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Peter de Jager and Katia Mestrovic present a fiery program for piano and harp. The Harp Concerto Op. 25 (1956) by Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera, is heavily influenced by native folk dance rhythms, with the frequent use of two against three. It uses both instruments percussively. 'Ciclo Plateresco' Op. 100…
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River City Voices: Vivaldi’s Gloria and Vieira’s Stabat Mater

St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta 1 Marist Pl, Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Vivaldi’s Gloria was written around 1715 for the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, and it is paired here with José Carlos Amaral Vieira’s Stabat Mater. A student of Messiaen, the award-winning Brazilian composer originally wrote the work in 1988 with just a piano accompaniment. The following year, he reworked it…
Jams for Juniors: Mozart’s Symphony No.40

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Jams for Juniors: Mozart’s Symphony No.40

Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Jams for Juniors is the perfect way to introduce babies and toddlers to the magic of music! Children aged 0-5 and their adults can explore, play and join in at these popular 30-minute musical workshops. Pull up a cushion and explore the music of Mozart's Symphony No.40, led by presenter…
Jams for Juniors: Mozart’s Symphony No.40

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Jams for Juniors: Mozart’s Symphony No.40

Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Jams for Juniors is the perfect way to introduce babies and toddlers to the magic of music! Children aged 0-5 and their adults can explore, play and join in at these popular 30-minute musical workshops. Pull up a cushion and explore the music of Mozart's Symphony No.40, led by presenter…
Jams for Juniors: Mozart’s Symphony No.40

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Jams for Juniors: Mozart’s Symphony No.40

Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Jams for Juniors is the perfect way to introduce babies and toddlers to the magic of music! Children aged 0-5 and their adults can explore, play and join in at these popular 30-minute musical workshops. Pull up a cushion and explore the music of Mozart's Symphony No.40, led by presenter…
Jams for Juniors: Mozart’s Symphony No.40

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Jams for Juniors: Mozart’s Symphony No.40

Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Jams for Juniors is the perfect way to introduce babies and toddlers to the magic of music! Children aged 0-5 and their adults can explore, play and join in at these popular 30-minute musical workshops. Pull up a cushion and explore the music of Mozart's Symphony No.40, led by presenter…

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