Editor's Choice Baroque Unleashed

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Baroque Unleashed

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Promising an “adrenaline-charged ride”, this program features thrilling new takes on Baroque hits and hidden gems by the ABO’s period musicians. Concertmaster Shaun Lee-Chen delivers a fiery reading of Locatelli, Robert Nairn tackles Vivaldi’s Cello Concerto on violone, Baroque oboist Adam Masters interprets Albinoni and Artistic Director Paul Dyer bends…

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Lang Lang and the Sydney Symphony

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Saint-Saëns’ Second Piano Concerto will stir and excite you at every turn. Lang Lang has chosen this piece for a reason: it’s an exhilarating journey from melancholy and moving to light and playful, from its dramatic opening to its wildly passionate finale. It's captivating to the final note. Before Lang Lang…

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Ethereal

75 Reid Street, Fitzroy North 75 Reid St, Fitzroy North, VIC, Australia
Making his debut with the MCO, world-renowned flautist Josh Batty is a dynamic performer who weaves magic through his musicianship. Josh joins a quartet of MCO musicians for Mozart’s sparkling Flute Quartet and an arrangement of Prokofiev’s captivating Flute Sonata. Sitting between these sublime works, one of Beethoven’s great String…
Life on Land’s Edge

Bowerbird Collective: Life on Land’s Edge

Swansea Town Hall 12 Franklin St, Swansea, TAS, Australia
Life on Land's Edge is a magnificent concert tribute to migratory birds by the Bowerbird Collective. From the creators of Where Song Began (***** Limelight Magazine) & Songs of Disappearance (#2 on the ARIA Charts), this performance will take you on an epic journey alongside migratory birds as they connect…
Editor's Choice The Royal Organist

Pilgrim Uniting Church: James O’Donnell

Pilgrim Uniting Church, Adelaide 12 Flinders Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
British organist James O'Donnell returns to Australia for a tour that begins at Adelaide’s Pilgrim Uniting Church as part of the International Organist Series. He then joins the Queensland Symphony Orchestra for Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony and Joseph Jongen’s Symphonie concertante, before making his organ debut at the Sydney Opera House…
La Fête de la Musique

Arafura Music Collective: La Fête de la Musique

Browns Mart 12 Smith Street, Darwin, NT, Australia
An evening of French elegance with internationally renowned harpist Marshall McGuire at Browns Mart. Join Arafura Music Collective in collaboration with Alliance Française de Darwin for a celebration of French music. Step into a world of shimmering harmonies and graceful melodies as we celebrate La Fête de la Musique with…

Bowerbird Collective: Life on Land’s Edge

Portland Memorial Hall 39 Cecilia St, St Helens, TAS, Australia
Life on Land's Edge is a magnificent concert tribute to migratory birds by the Bowerbird Collective. From the creators of Where Song Began (***** Limelight Magazine) & Songs of Disappearance (#2 on the ARIA Charts), this performance will take you on an epic journey alongside migratory birds as they connect…
Northern Lights

Musica Viva Australia: Northern Lights

Regal Theatre 474 Hay St, Subiaco, WA, Australia
Fearless Norwegian violin virtuoso Johan Dalene makes his Australian debut with much-loved pianist Jennifer Marten-Smith, playing Ravel, Grieg, Rautavaara and a new commission from dynamic young composer Jack Frerer. Swedish-Norwegian violinist Johan Dalene grabbed the world’s attention when he won the prestigious Carl Nielsen International Competition in 2019, and he…

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Mozart’s Piano

Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
The pinnacle of refinement: dine in three delights of the classical era. Mozart adored composing piano concertos, and his Piano Concerto No.27 is his final work of this form. Having written 26 others before it, the maturity and artistry of this concerto is, unsurprisingly, astounding. Australian pianist Daniel de Borah…
Classical Music Club

Hermit Arts: Classical Music Club

Leederville Town Hall 84 Cambridge St, West Leederville, WA
A morning concert series featuring local classical musicians perform a beautiful one hour long recital. Each performance features famous classical tunes that are well known and easy to listen to. Classical Music Club concerts are at the Leederville Town Hall from 10-11am on the third Friday of each month in…

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Ravel & Debussy

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Turina fell in love with the Impressionists, and his music combines the sophistication of Paris with the folk melodies and rhythms of his native Spain, as you can hear in this piece evocatively titled La Oración del Torero (The Bullfighter’s Prayer). Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro was commissioned by a harp manufacturer…
Mozart’s Salzburg and Linz

Australian Haydn Ensemble: Mozart’s Salzburg and Linz

Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia 30 Parkes Pl E, Parkes, ACT, Australia
The ensemble’s dear friend Erin Helyard returns to lead this beautiful all-Mozart program. As composer and performer, Wolfgang was shaped by two Austrian cities: his birthplace, Salzburg, with which he had a love-hate relationship, and his chosen home of Vienna. Between the two, the picturesque town (now city) of Linz…

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