Mosman Art Gallery: Pastoral Fantasies – A Baroque Journey through Italy and Germany

Mosman Art Gallery 1 Art Gallery Way, Mosman, NSW, Australia
Join us at the Mosman Art Gallery on June 8th at 3pm for "Pastoral Fantasies: A Baroque Journey through Italy and Germany", where we'll take you on a musical exploration of pastoral Italy and Germany in the Baroque era. This intimate concert will feature some of the finest works by…

Fremantle Chamber Orchestra: Ellie Malonzo plays Max Richter’s Vivaldi 4 Seasons Recomposed

PHC Synagogue 28 Freedman Road, Menora, WA, Australia
Fremantle Chamber Orchestra celebrating its 20th Anniversary performs the beautiful fusion of Vivaldi’s enduring Four Seasons and postmodernist minimalism by Max Richter featuring amazingly talented 15-year-old Ellie Malonzo. Mozart’s rarely played but beautiful Symphony 33 is uplifting with a sweet slow movement and a fiery finale. With the eminent Paul…

Woodend Winter Arts Festival: Variations on a theme: works by Brahms, Mozart, Chopin & Scriabin

St Ambrose Church 16 Templeton St,, Woodend, VIC
A spectacular program of the finest works for solo piano by Mozart, Chopin, Scriabin, and Brahms. The moody chromaticism of Mozart’s A-minor Rondo provides a perfect segue into Chopin’s Ballade no. 4, “the most exalted, intense and sublimely powerful of all Chopin’s compositions” (John Ogden). Scriabin’s post-romantic Sonata no. 4…

Hayes Street Studio: Rosie Gallagher and Lee Dionne in recital

Hayes Street Studio 11 Hayes Street, Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia
Hayes Street Studio presents a dynamic recital featuring flautist Rosie Gallagher and pianist Lee Dionne. The duo explores a diverse program of music spanning from Bach’s church’s in Leipzig to tall ships on the Atlantic, traveling around the world and through time, exploring the flute as an instrument with the…

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs: ChorusOz: A Sea Symphony

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
‘Behold, the sea itself!’ For his first symphony, Ralph Vaughan Williams took the poetry of Walt Whitman and transformed it into a magnificent musical creation for choir and orchestra, reaching out to us across the decades with all the optimism of the dawning 20th century. It’s the kind of music…
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…

Smith’s Alternative: Stella Anning and Michael J Brady

Smith's Alternative 76 Aliinga Street, Canberra, ACT
United during a transformative artist residency at Banff, Canada, in 2024, their shared experience of jazz guitarist turned singer/songwriter, inspired a series of original jazz/folk compositions that capture the spirit of collaboration and creativity. In between their solo release schedules - Stella & Michael will be co-headlining an interstate tour, sharing these…
Ode on St Cecilia’s Day

Ensemble Gombert: Ode on St Cecilia’s Day

St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart St, Woodend, VIC, Australia
In Purcell’s day, St Cecilia, patron saint of music, was celebrated in London with a new work commissioned annually. Perhaps the greatest of all these works is Purcell’s 1692 setting of poetry by Nicholas Brady commencing Hail! Bright Cecilia, and featuring the superb alto solo ’Tis Nature’s Voice, sung in the original performance…

Adelaide Horn Jam: Encore, My Good Sir

Scots Church Adelaide 237 North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Hear the Principal Horn of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Lin Jiang, in recital with Adelaide's Stringybark Quartet (Emma Perkins, Belinda Gehlert, Linda Garrett, and Gemma Phillips), Emma Gregan (horn), and Jamie Cock (piano) - performing works by Bach, Cherubini, Beethoven, and Melbourne-based composer Thaddeus Huang.

Woodend Winter Arts Festival: Cinderella

St Ambrose Church 16 Templeton St,, Woodend, VIC
Step into a magical realm where Prokofiev’s “Cinderella” dances with new life. Let Inventi Ensemble sweep you off your feet with their enchanting performance, weaving together the timeless tale with Sally Whitwell’s captivating composition. Like Cinderella’s transformation at the stroke of midnight, experience a symphonic metamorphosis that transports you through…
From Bach to Glass

Woodend Winter Arts Festival: From Bach to Glass

St Ambrose Church 16 Templeton St,, Woodend, VIC
Experience the mesmerising sound of eight cellos in perfect harmony at the Woodend Winter Arts Festival. The concert showcases the versatility of the cello ensemble, presenting music in sextet and octet formations. The program includes a diverse range of composers, from Baroque master J.S. Bach to contemporary minimalist Phillip Glass,…
From Bach to Glass

Woodend Winter Arts Festival: From Bach to Glass

St Ambrose Church 16 Templeton St,, Woodend, VIC
Experience the mesmerising sound of eight cellos in perfect harmony at the Woodend Winter Arts Festival. The concert showcases the versatility of the cello ensemble, presenting music in sextet and octet formations. The program includes a diverse range of composers, from Baroque master J.S. Bach to contemporary minimalist Phillip Glass,…

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