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The Joan: NSW Police Band: From Stage to Screen

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
With multi-award-winning vocalist Belinda Parsons, the NSW Police Band will take you on a journey through the music of Gershwin, Cole Porter, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bernstein and Broadway with this repertoire of favourites. This talented and versatile group of 33 musicians, conducted by John Saunders, will present an irresistible program of…
Brahms – The Symphonies

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Brahms – The Symphonies: Concert 3

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 rare.…

Sydney Mozart Society: Seraphim Trio

The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
Seraphim Trio is as much a lifelong friendship as a chamber ensemble.  This shows in an unusually longstanding collaboration; its current membership dates from 1998 and has regularly performed for the Society. In our 75th year, Seraphim Trio will delight us with Mozart’s E-major masterpiece, the only trios written by…
Beethoven’s World

Australian National Academy of Music: Favourite Musicians

The Good Shepherd Chapel 1 St Heliers St,, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
A series of four concerts each presenting a particular aspect of Beethoven’s life and character. In this concert we hear music written for players Beethoven particularly admired, including the charming Horn Sonata composed for Giovanni Punto, and the gorgeously lyrical Violin Sonata in G Major, composed for Pierre Rode. Both these works…

Master Piano Institute: Viola Sonatas of the 19th Century: Somerset Peede and Stefan Christie

Master Music Studio Unit 6, 80 Wentworth Park Rd, Glebe, NSW, Australia
Join violist Somerset Peede and pianist Stefan Christie for an evening devoted to rarely performed 19th century works for viola and piano. This recital features two substantial sonatas by Philipp Scharwenka and Henri Vieuxtemps, composers whose contributions to the viola repertoire deserve wider recognition. Philipp Scharwenka's Viola Sonata (1899) showcases…
Hidden Curiosities

Kammerklang: From the Deep

The Motley Bauhaus 118 Elgin St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
From the Deep is curated and performed by Melbourne double bassist Miranda Hill. Featuring aquatic adventures, the rich legacy and impact of her teachers, and the depth of the double bass (pun intended), this one-hour solo instrumental cabaret promises intimate connection, hilarious anecdotes, and incredible local music. Miranda Hill performs…
Grieg’s Piano Concerto

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Grieg’s Piano Concerto

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Every note in Grieg’s Piano Concerto is a delight, from the iconic opening to the gorgeous lyricism of the slow movement. Electrifying pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk brings stunning virtuosity to this performance of a perennial audience favourite. Highly sought-after conductor Elim Chan makes her MSO debut leading this program that also…

Australian National Academy of Music: Yoram Levy & David Elton

The Good Shepherd Chapel 1 St Heliers St,, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
Yoram Levy, ANAM’s Head of Brass and Trumpet, brings decades of global experience to this program. Joined by fellow trumpet Faculty David Elton they will lead our brass and percussion  in a wonderful program from the Baroque to current styles.
Concert: Karl Jenkins ‘The Armed Man’ – A Mass for Peace

Noosa Chorale: Karl Jenkins ‘The Armed Man’ – A Mass for Peace

The J Noosa 60 Noosa Dr, Noosa Heads, QLD, Australia
Kim Kirkman conducts choir and orchestra performing the Mass for Peace and other works. Noosa Chorale and orchestra, under the baton of conductor Kim Kirkman, present a concert performance filled with hopes for peace in our time. "The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace" by Karl Jenkins, one of the…

Duo Aki: before/now/after

Mission to Seafarers, Docklands 717 Flinders St, Docklands VIC, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Fresh from their international debut at the Osaka World Expo, Duo Aki presents before/now/after in an exclusive evening concert at the Mission to the Seafarers. Traversing the two artists' experiences living in Japan, the program empowers the voices of emerging and established Australian female composers alongside expressions of Japanese folk…
The Class of ‘85

Bach Akademie Australia: The Class of ‘85

St James Church, Sydney 173 King St, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Following their critically acclaimed debut national tour, Bach Akademie Australia presents The Class of ’85, a celebration of three titans of the Baroque featuring two of Australia’s finest home-grown artists, mezzo-soprano Hannah Fraser and soprano Susannah Lawergren. In a special performance at St James’ Church King Street (May 30th), Australia’s…
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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