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    • Tempo Rubato: Danaë Killian: Piano Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    Well-known for her boldly imaginative explorations of modern music, expressionist pianist Danaë Killian returns to the Orphean world and otherworld of her first love: the sublime classical music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

    Christ Church Cathedral: Icon: Visions of Eternity

    Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle 52 Church Street, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    Come immerse yourself in visions of eternity at ICON, a weekend of spiritual art, music, poetry and meditation on 14-15 June in the resonant space of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. 11am - 5pm Sat-Sun: Stunning icons by Serbian-Australian master icon painter Michael Galovic rim the sanctuary in divine gold, inviting…
    Beethoven & Brahms

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven & Brahms

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Brahms was fully aware that he lived in Beethoven’s shadow and how could he (or anyone) follow in the footsteps of a legend like Ludwig van Beethoven? One way is to write a concerto that’ll bring down the house – so that’s exactly what Brahms tried to do. It would…
    Editor's Choice Love’s Four Seasons

    The Song Company: Love’s Four Seasons

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Guest Director Eamonn Dougan, a regular with British companies like The Sixteen and I Fagiolini, leads the ensemble through a seasonal program exploring the rich panoply of the Italian madrigal alongside a selection of complementary works by composers today. Spring, for example, features Monteverdi’s radiant Sfogava con le stelle and Barbara Strozzi’s…
    Editor's Choice Donald Runnicles conducts Strauss & Beethoven

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Donald Runnicles conducts Strauss & Beethoven

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Cinematic in scale, this concert is built around Richard Strauss’s tone poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life) from 1898. Strauss wrote, “While it has no funeral march, it does have lots of horns, horns being quite the thing to express heroism,” so look forward to yet another tour de force from Samuel Jacobs…
    Haydn’s Creation

    Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Haydn’s Creation

    St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne 200 Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Experience Haydn’s breathtaking oratorio in the awe-inspiring setting of St Paul’s Cathedral. Led by Royal Melbourne Philharmonic's Chief Conductor Andrew Wailes, this powerful performance features a stellar cast of soloists and the combined forces of the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir, Melbourne University Choral Society, and Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra. Don’t…
    Editor's Choice The Fairy Queen

    Pinchgut Opera: The Fairy Queen

    Roslyn Packer Theatre 22 Hickson Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Pinchgut brings magic to Sydney’s Roslyn Packer stage for performances of Purcell’s spectacular semi-opera, The Fairy Queen. An adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, it was first performed in 1692 and was the 32-year-old composer’s most ambitious stage work to date, full of scenic transformations, fairies and frivolity. Purcell sets a…
    Hidden Curiosities

    Kammerklang: At First Light

    Church Street Studios, Camperdown 62-68 Church St,, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
    At First Light is curated and performed by Sydney violist James Wannan. Featuring emerging and established voices from Australians local and abroad, this one-hour solo concert showcases the expressive potential of the viola. James Wannan performs At First Light at Church Street Studios in Sydney featuring music by Pedro Alvarez,…
    Editor's Choice Love’s Four Seasons

    The Song Company: Love’s Four Seasons

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Guest Director Eamonn Dougan, a regular with British companies like The Sixteen and I Fagiolini, leads the ensemble through a seasonal program exploring the rich panoply of the Italian madrigal alongside a selection of complementary works by composers today. Spring, for example, features Monteverdi’s radiant Sfogava con le stelle and Barbara Strozzi’s…
    Haydn’s Creation

    Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Haydn’s Creation

    St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne 200 Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Experience Haydn’s breathtaking oratorio in the awe-inspiring setting of St Paul’s Cathedral. Led by Royal Melbourne Philharmonic's Chief Conductor Andrew Wailes, this powerful performance features a stellar cast of soloists and the combined forces of the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir, Melbourne University Choral Society, and Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra. Don’t…
    Hidden Curiosities

    Kammerklang: Out of the Shadows

    Church Street Studios, Camperdown 62-68 Church St,, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
    Out of the Shadows is curated and performed by Melbourne violist Phoebe Green. Featuring diverse musical voices from across Australia, this one-hour solo concert invites the audience in for deep listening and contemplation of the unknown, unseen, and unheard. Phoebe Green performs Out of the Shadows at Church Street Studios…
    A Reflection in Time

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: A Reflection in Time

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The twentieth century produced some of the most passionate and dramatic music ever written. MSO Principal Conductor Benjamin Northey joins forces with Australian violin wunderkind Christian Li to deliver this riveting program of symphonic powerhouses.

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