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Jane Austin’s Music – Pemberley. Revisited

Melbourne Recital Centre: Jane Austin’s Music – Pemberley Revisited

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Step into the world of Jane Austen for Melbourne Recital Centre’s celebration of the beloved author’s 250th birthday. After an evocative presentation in 2024, the music of Jane Austen’s time is further explored in this delightfully enchanting musical event. Transporting listeners to the drawing rooms and picturesque surroundings of Pemberley,…

Graduate Singers: Songs of Parting

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Sir John Rutter's Requiem is a work of solace, contemplation, and intimacy, balancing moments of tension and high drama with lucent beauty and grace. Graduate Singers perform this modern masterpiece alongside music that explores the sorrow and the sweetness of partings and farewells. With works by Joseph Twist, Eleanor Daley,…
Editor's Choice Manon

The Australian Ballet: Manon

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s masterpiece makes a welcome return after more than a decade. Originally created for The Royal Ballet in 1974, it came to our shores 20 years later, thrilling audiences with its sumptuous retelling of Abbé Prévost’s 1731 novel. Prepare to be moved by Manon’s doomed love affair with…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Symphony in a Day

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Principal Conductor Benjamin Northey leads community musicians alongside musicians of the MSO in this special side-by-side performance. Applications to participate open 12 February 2025!
Winter Daydreams

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Winter Daydreams

Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, Australia
Tchaikovsky’s glorious First Symphony is an evocative ode to winter that captures the beauty and melancholy of the season. Saint-Saëns’ compact and mercurial Cello Concerto overflows with melodic inspiration, lyrical and passionate. Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s Chief Conductor, Umberto Clerici, returns to both conduct and make his WASO concerto debut.
Featured Editor's Choice The Strauss Gala

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: The Strauss Gala

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Celebrate the Waltz King’s 200th birthday as maestro Gábor Káli and the QSO perform some of his most popular works, from the Gypsy Baron Overture to The Blue Danube and the Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka – a musical depiction of gossip. Another highlight is the Emperor Waltz of 1889. Written when Emperor Franz Joseph I…

Voxalis Opera: Refracted

The Old Museum 480 Gregory Tce, Bowen Hills, QLD, Australia
Just as light refracts and disperses through a prism, revealing a spectrum of colors, the human soul is layered with emotions and experiences that make each of us unique. Explore the chromaticism of humankind in this one-night-only performance featuring Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder, reimagined for string quartet and voice, alongside Arvo Pärt’s…
fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival

fortyfivedownstairs: Beethoven Immortal Beloved

fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Musicologists often overlook the crucial role that women played in shaping the legacies of great composers, yet they were the keepers of letters, diaries, and the famous Salons that influenced the artistic world. Through the fascinating lens of Caroline Unger, a celebrated singer who premiered Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and worked…
Daniel Lozakovich performs Sibelius’ Violin Concerto

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Daniel Lozakovich performs Sibelius’ Violin Concerto

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
This concert is an incredible opportunity to experience this extraordinary artist performing a work that showcases every bit of his ability. As the violin enters above shimmering strings, Sibelius captures the icy beauty of his native Finland. There’s a sense of vastness and weightlessness that’s simply beautiful to experience. Lozakovich's…

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…
Featured Editor's Choice The Strauss Gala

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: The Strauss Gala

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Celebrate the Waltz King’s 200th birthday as maestro Gábor Káli and the QSO perform some of his most popular works, from the Gypsy Baron Overture to The Blue Danube and the Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka – a musical depiction of gossip. Another highlight is the Emperor Waltz of 1889. Written when Emperor Franz Joseph I…
The Ten Tenors

Mellen Events: The Ten Tenors

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
Australia’s favourite tenor ensemble The TEN Tenors return to Adelaide in May 2025 for their 30th Anniversary Tour. What started as a one-off performance in 1995 has become a live concert phenomenon. The TEN Tenors are known for their iconic performances; from the best in classical opera through to some…

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