• The TEN Tenors

    Mellen Events: The TEN Tenors

    QPAC - Concert Hall
    Experience holiday magic with The TEN Tenors in A Not So Silent Night – the ultimate family Christmas show! Delight in a joyous blend of beloved traditional carols and fresh contemporary favourites, plus The TEN Tenors’ signature high-energy medleys and show-stopping harmonies. Heartwarming, thrilling, and irresistibly festive, this is the complete family Christmas experience from arguably…

    Orchestra Victoria: Meet @ the Market 2026: Session 3

    Meat Market - Blackwood Box
    We’ll hear Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen, written at the end of the Second World War for 23 solo strings. The piece feels like a single, flowing breath, at once tender, haunting, and heartbreakingly human. Its plangent emotion vibrates in the intimate proximity of the Meat Market. We’ll also explore These Worlds…
    Editor's Choice Noël! Noël

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Noël! Noël

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    ABO’s beloved Christmas concert returns, brimming with festive joy, angelic voices and a denser continuo section – that means more theorbos plus Baroque and Classical guitars galore! Paul Dyer conducts a program of timeless carols, rare festive works and contemporary classics, bringing together the Brandenburg Choir, Argentinian mezzo-soprano María Eugenia…
    Editor's Choice Noël! Noël

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Noël! Noël

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    ABO’s beloved Christmas concert returns, brimming with festive joy, angelic voices and a denser continuo section – that means more theorbos plus Baroque and Classical guitars galore! Paul Dyer conducts a program of timeless carols, rare festive works and contemporary classics, bringing together the Brandenburg Choir, Argentinian mezzo-soprano María Eugenia…
    Noël! Noël!

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Noël! Noël!

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Step into the wonder of the season with Noël! Noël!, the Brandenburg’s cherished annual tradition, reimagined each year with our signature flair. More than just a Christmas concert, Noël! Noël! is where centuries-old carols and festive gems meet bold new interpretations. Led by Paul Dyer and performed by the radiant…
    Handel’s Messiah [MSO]

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Handel’s Messiah

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Join the MSO and an all-Australian cast for Handel’s Messiah – a Christmas tradition and must-hear for many concertgoers. Sir James MacMillan leads a deeply-considered performance of a work that has been a staple of our concert season throughout our 120-year history. Our starring soprano Mia Chenea Robinson is an…
    Noël! Noël!

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Noël! Noël!

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Step into the wonder of the season with Noël! Noël!, the Brandenburg’s cherished annual tradition, reimagined each year with our signature flair. More than just a Christmas concert, Noël! Noël! is where centuries-old carols and festive gems meet bold new interpretations. Led by Paul Dyer and performed by the radiant…

    Darwin Symphony Orchestra: Songs of the Season

    AANT Centre Darwin, NT, Australia
    Celebrate the magic of the Northern Territory’s seasons with DSO’s joyful end-of-year concert. From the frogs of Kakadu to the summer rains of Darwin, this program captures the sounds of renewal, wonder, and festivity. Hear the calls of Frog Voices/Frog Songs and the world premiere of Netanela Mizrahi’s I, Rain,…

    Orchestra Victoria: Worlds Within – Southbank Series 3

    Hanson Dyer Hall, University of Melbourne 33-43 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
    Richard Strauss’s late masterpiece Metamorphosen stands among the most moving works of the 20th century: a lament for a world destroyed by war, written for 23 solo strings whose lines weave together in an outpouring of grief and beauty. In striking counterpoint, American composer Missy Mazzoli’s These Worlds in Us…

    Penrith Symphony Orchestra: Messiah

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    A Christmas tradition returns with Handel’s much-loved Messiah. Featuring the famous Hallelujah Chorus, it is a work equal parts rousing, contemplative and beautiful. Famed for his operas in the Italian style, Handel turned to the oratorio as fashion and audience taste shifted. Messiah is his best-known work in the genre,…