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Genesis Baroque with Sara Macliver

Melbourne Recital Centre: Genesis Baroque with Sara Macliver

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
A heartfelt program of soul-nourishing compositions explores love in both human and divine forms. Following a sold-out Melbourne Recital Centre debut in 2024, Genesis Baroque return to the Primrose Potter Salon for a collaboration with one of Australia’s favourite sopranos, Sara Macliver. Believed to have been composed as a celebration…

Hayes Street Studio: Live at Hayes feat. violinist Emma McGrath and tenor Louis Hurley

Hayes Street Studio 11 Hayes Street, Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia
Hayes Street Studio presents a unique show featuring a diverse and electric program called:Live at Hayes! Come into Hayes to experience new things that include contemporary works including The Violinist by Puerto Rican-born composer Angélica Negrón, performed by Tasmanian Symphony orchestra concert master Emma McGrath, a trio by Italian film…
Featured This Mirror Has Three Faces

Selby & Friends: This Mirror Has Three Faces

The Chapel, Charles Sturt University 15 Blackall St, Barton, ACT
A breathtaking concert program which begins in stunning fashion with the second piano trio by important Soviet-born Austrian-American classical composer, conductor and concert pianist Lera Auerbach. One of today’s most sought-after and exciting creative voices, her performances and music are featured on the world’s leading stages – from Vienna’s Musikverein…
Featured Editor's Choice Rapture

Australian String Quartet: Rapture

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
ASQ lifts the lid on our deepest fears and desires, from the unrequited love expressed in Janáček’s Intimate Letters to Osvaldo Golijov’s juxtaposition of pain and beauty in Tenebrae and Beethoven’s triumph over adversity in Serioso. The program also includes the world premiere of Vanessa Perica’s No Feeling is Final, which…

Australian National Academy of Music: Dark Full Ride

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
"Take a wild ride on the highway of American percussion music, all the way from LA to New York City! Danny Elfman – famous for his many award winning scores for Hollywood (including Batman) – shines in a beautiful mallet quartet and Julia Wolfe  translates the pulse of down-town Manhattan into…
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…
An Evening of Fairy Tales

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: An Evening of Fairy Tales

Costa Hall, Geelong Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap St, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Since time immemorial, fairy tales have been a source of fantasy and wonder for the world’s greatest composers. Let your imagination run free as magical music from the worlds of ballet and opera conjure up princes, evil stepsisters and a fairy godmother.
Genesis Baroque with Sara Macliver

Melbourne Recital Centre: Genesis Baroque with Sara Macliver

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
A heartfelt program of soul-nourishing compositions explores love in both human and divine forms. Following a sold-out Melbourne Recital Centre debut in 2024, Genesis Baroque return to the Primrose Potter Salon for a collaboration with one of Australia’s favourite sopranos, Sara Macliver. Believed to have been composed as a celebration…
Palestrina 500

Australian Chamber Choir: Palestrina 500

Sterling Place Community Centre 14 Sterling St, Dunkeld, VIC, Australia
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was born between 3 February 1525 and 2 February 1526. This year we celebrate his 500th birthday. A prolific composer, Palestrina was the first Italian to successfully adopt the polyphonic style practiced by Flemish composers like Guillaume du Fay and Josquin des Prez (both of whom…
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…
Distant World

Omega Ensemble: Distant World

The Neilson, Pier 2/3 13A Hickson Road, Dawes Point, NSW, Australia
One of the most celebrated composers of the past century, Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel is a meditative and deeply moving masterwork, with each meticulously measured note inviting performer and listener to interpret its profound emotional depth. This delicate work leads a performance of reflection and emotional gravitas, including Latvian composer…

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs: Rossini in Paris

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
More famous than Beethoven, Rossini was a household name – his tunes on every lip. For one tune that’s still true: the ‘Lone Ranger’ theme that brings the William Tell overture to its thrilling end. William Tell, created for the Paris Opera, also marked the end of Rossini’s stage career. At the peak of…

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