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Rare Sugar

Omega Ensemble: Rare Sugar

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Drawing inspiration from a childhood obsession listening to the improvisations of legendary clarinettist Benny Goodman, Nigel Westlake’s "Rare Sugar" unleashes the clarinet’s joyful quality, with whimsical character, surprising virtuosity and a delightful blend of classical and jazz influences. This foot-tapping season finale also includes Béla Bartók’s "Contrasts" for clarinet, violin…
Orpheus & Eurydice
Orpheus & Eurydice

Opera Australia: Orpheus & Eurydice

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Fall into an ecstatic dream…or is it a nightmare? Journey to the underworld and back. Gluck’s heartbreaking opera follows the grieving Orpheus into the jaws of Hades to rescue his beloved Eurydice. He must complete his quest without looking back, or lose Eurydice forever. Awe-inspiring acrobatics meet Gluck’s exquisite music…
Messiah

Pinchgut Opera: Messiah

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
This year, we celebrate the holiday season with one of the most beloved works of Baroque music, Handel’s Messiah. Renowned for its profound beauty and spiritual depth, Messiah isa deeply moving and transcendent experience. Since its premiere in Dublin in 1742, Messiah has become one of the most performed choral…
Orpheus & Eurydice
Orpheus & Eurydice

Opera Australia: Orpheus & Eurydice

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Fall into an ecstatic dream…or is it a nightmare? Journey to the underworld and back. Gluck’s heartbreaking opera follows the grieving Orpheus into the jaws of Hades to rescue his beloved Eurydice. He must complete his quest without looking back, or lose Eurydice forever. Awe-inspiring acrobatics meet Gluck’s exquisite music…
Orpheus & Eurydice
Orpheus & Eurydice

Opera Australia: Orpheus & Eurydice

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Fall into an ecstatic dream…or is it a nightmare? Journey to the underworld and back. Gluck’s heartbreaking opera follows the grieving Orpheus into the jaws of Hades to rescue his beloved Eurydice. He must complete his quest without looking back, or lose Eurydice forever. Awe-inspiring acrobatics meet Gluck’s exquisite music…

Tempo Rubato: Professor Good Trip

Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
Featuring existing works and a major new World Premiere, 'Professor Good Trip’ is a new collaborative project featuring pianist Alex Raineri with compositions and live electronics by Samantha Wolf. Wolf’s music has been extensively performed throughout Australia, Europe, UK, New Zealand, and the USA (where she is currently on the…
Nocturne

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Nocturne

Grainger Studio Adelaide, SA, Australia
Copland captures the stillness of night and the quiet resilience of the American spirit in his Rodeo: Corral Nocturne. Silvestrov’s Prayer for Ukraine is a poignant meditation on hope, and Caroline Shaw’s in manus tuas and Entr’acte introduce contemporary textures and hypnotic rhythms. A featherlight touch of piano in Silvestrov’s The Messenger – 1996 will lift you…
Orpheus & Eurydice
Orpheus & Eurydice

Opera Australia: Orpheus & Eurydice

Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Fall into an ecstatic dream…or is it a nightmare? Journey to the underworld and back. Gluck’s heartbreaking opera follows the grieving Orpheus into the jaws of Hades to rescue his beloved Eurydice. He must complete his quest without looking back, or lose Eurydice forever. Awe-inspiring acrobatics meet Gluck’s exquisite music…

The Deep North Festival: William Barton and Friends

Dunbar Park 59 Old Barranjoey Road, Avalon Beach, NSW, Australia
In the spectacular Deep North Festival Big Top Town Tent we welcome William Barton to perform his exceptional repertoire, supported by friends and festival collaborators, including Dreaming songstress Aunty Delmae Barton, violinist Veronique Serret and The Bowerbird Collective. William Barton is widely recognised as one of Australia’s leading Yidaki/Didgeridoo players.…
Nocturne

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Nocturne

Grainger Studio Adelaide, SA, Australia
Copland captures the stillness of night and the quiet resilience of the American spirit in his Rodeo: Corral Nocturne. Silvestrov’s Prayer for Ukraine is a poignant meditation on hope, and Caroline Shaw’s in manus tuas and Entr’acte introduce contemporary textures and hypnotic rhythms. A featherlight touch of piano in Silvestrov’s The Messenger – 1996 will lift you…

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