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fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival

fortyfivedownstairs: Beethoven, Cherny and Liszt Piano Duets and Songs

fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Coady Green and Glenn Riddle unite for a rare and dazzling program of piano four-hand gems from Beethoven, his pupil Carl Czerny, and Czerny’s own legendary protégé Franz Liszt. This rich musical lineage is further illuminated by Fanny Mendelssohn’s rarely performed duets, offering a fresh perspective on 19th-century piano repertoire.…
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…
Stephen Hough performs Brahms

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Stephen Hough performs Brahms

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
In the hands of Sir Stephen Hough, ‘Brahms’ concertos have rarely sounded more brilliant, energetic and innovative’ (The Sunday Times). When you experience the stormy opening you’ll understand why this piece is considered one of the great piano concertos – but keep listening for the gorgeous slow movement, before it…
Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Fancy a good practical joke? Richard Strauss wrote Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Merry Pranks) about a German folk hero who loved getting up to no good. It’s always fun to hear musical comedy from a serious composer, and we’ll be cracking a smile with you in the Concert Hall. Erich…

Elder Conservatorium: Folklore

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
The Sydney-based Nexas Quartet is a trailblazing saxophone ensemble known for redefining the boundaries of chamber music. Comprising saxophonists Michael Duke, Andrew Smith, Nathan Henshaw, and Jay Byrnes, the quartet has garnered widespread recognition for their exceptional musicianship and unique artistic approach. United by the folkloric influences inherent in a…
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.

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