• Elder Conservatorium: Lunchtime Concert – French Guise

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Works by Jean-Baptiste Lully, Henri Desmarets, André Campra, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani and Barbara Strozzi capture a musical expression of the life and times of Julie d’Aubigny, the 17th-century French sword-fighting opera singer. Today’s concert also includes the premiere of She Who Sings Strange Songs – a new song cycle by…
    Beethoven’s Eighth

    Australian Haydn Ensemble: Beethoven’s Eighth

    Berry Uniting Church Hall 71-77 Albert St, Berry, NSW, Australia
    Ah, those summer nights in Eastern Europe, 1812. A week after Napoleon invades Russia, Ludwig van Beethoven almost certainly says “Yes, tonight Josephine” to the love of his life, the unhappily married and recently jilted but socially impossible match, Countess Jozefina Brunszvik. Three days later he pours forth - with…
    Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Simone Young recently conducted Mussorgsky’s opera Khovanshchina in Berlin, performances hailed as ‘…quite simply, outstanding in every way’ (Seen and Heard International). She brings that interpretive brilliance to Pictures at an Exhibition, with its heart-stopping contrasts, vivid stories and dramatic scenes that the Romantics are famous for. Close your eyes and be transported to The…

    FourthWall Arts: Daniel Kowalik, Karol Kowalik and Alex Raineri

    FourthWall Arts Suite 4, 540 Queen St, Brisbane City, QLD, Australia
    Daniel Kowalik, Karol Kowalik and Alex Raineri perform piano trios by Schubert and Mendelssohn at Brisbane's 'FourthWall Arts'. Ticket price includes complimentary wine.
    Editor's Choice The Barber of Seville

    Opera Australia: The Barber of Seville

    Regent Theatre 191 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Elijah Moshinsky’s delightful OA production of Rossini’s comedy has stayed the test of time. Now, it’s back in Melbourne with Orchestra Victoria conducted by Tahu Matheson. Shanul Sharma and John Longmuir divvy up the role of the hot-to-trot Count Almaviva who employs a series of disguises plus the wily barber…
    The Infinite Quality of Nature

    Ronan Apcar: The Infinite Quality of Nature

    Tempo Rubato 34 Breese St, Brunswick, VIC, Australia
    Long before and long after our time on Earth, nature follows its never-ending course. The plants never stop growing, the seasons never stop changing, and the universe and its planets are forever in motion. Nature operates on a scale of time so large and simultaneously so small, we can't fathom…
  • Editor's Choice Roméo et Juliette

    State Opera South Australia: Roméo et Juliette

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Gounod’s operatic take on Shakespeare’s tale gets a new staging in this co-production by SOSA, West Australian Opera and Irish National Opera. The French composer sticks pretty close to the play with a sparkling score that includes Juliette’s famous waltz song, Ah! Je veux vivre, four love duets and a…

    Arioso Chamber Ensemble: Conversations in Counterpoint

    Cooroy Memorial Hall 23 Maple Street, Cooroy, QLD, Australia
    This concert showcases a rich tapestry of music for violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord by Telemann, JS Bach and Buxtehude, where the viola da gamba takes an equal and expressive role in the musical dialogue. The concert also features Purcell’s sublime aria Music for a While, alongside Vivaldi’s radiant…
    20th Anniversary Concert

    Fremantle Chamber Orchestra: 20th Anniversary Concert

    Fremantle Town Hall 8 William St, Fremantle, WA, Australia
    Mozart’s Great G minor symphony No 40, his most popular, opens the concert. This is a truly grand work, one of Mozart’s last and 1 of only 2 in a minor key. Charles Rosen called it “a work of passion, violence, and grief.” Arvo Pärt’s Da Pacem Domine (Give Peace,…