• Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

    Newcastle City Hall Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    Schubert composed like an oil painter, drawing from a rich palette of melodic and harmonic colours. With a divine lyricism at its heart, his music is imbued with an intimacy and intensity that taps into the full range of human emotion. Richard Tognetti’s affinity for Schubert is evident in every…

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: The Sydney Symphony Fellows in Concert

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    This special one-off performance is curated by Sydney Symphony Principal musicians and Fellowship artistic leaders Harry Bennetts, David Elton and Matthew Wilkie. These richly textured works by Stravinsky, Hindemith, Françaix and exciting young Sydney composer Holly Harrison give every Fellow their moment in the spotlight, while also providing plenty of…

    Australian World Orchestra: Syndicates For Sound

    REVY - Doltone House
    The Australian World Orchestra invites you to a vibrant and fun evening of fundraising in support of world-class Australian musicians, new works, and life-changing music education.

    Australian National Academy of Music: Millennium Canticles

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    ANAM alumna Kaylie Melville, Artistic Director of Speak Percussion and Co-Artistic Director of Rubiks Collective, returns to direct ANAM’s percussionists in Missy Mazzoli’s Millennium Canticles — a post-apocalyptic song cycle that reimagines ritual in a fractured world. Written in 2022 for the Chicago ensemble Third Coast Percussion, the work blends ancient chant…

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM at the Convent – Millennium Canticles

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    ANAM alumna Kaylie Melville, Artistic Director of Speak Percussion and Co-Artistic Director of Rubiks Collective, returns to direct ANAM’s percussionists in Missy Mazzoli’s Millennium Canticles — a post-apocalyptic song cycle that reimagines ritual in a fractured world. Written in 2022 for the Chicago ensemble Third Coast Percussion, the work blends…
    Editor's Choice

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Italian Gala

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Under Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici, the QSO celebrates Italy with a rich program spanning opera, film and the concert hall. Classical accordion soloist James Crabb and Concertmaster Natsuko Yoshimoto join Clerici on cello for Vivaldi’s Triple Concerto, alongside Rossini’s The Barber of Seville Overture and two works by Verdi: Violetta’s aria from…
    Editor's Choice Alexander Gavrylyuk performs Rachmaninov

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Alexander Gavrylyuk Performs Rachmaninov

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Recently announced as General Music Director in Stuttgart, Nicholas Carter conducts an ocean-inspired program featuring Benjamin Britten’s Sea Interludes, Claude Debussy’s La Mer and the Australian premiere of Jeanne Demessieux’s Poème. Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk joins the SSO for Rachmaninov’s notoriously difficult Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, composed in 1934…
    Lennie’s Great Adventure

    Musgrove Opera: Lennie’s Great Adventure

    Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House – Bennelong Point Sydney Australia 14/2 Circular Quay E, Sydney NSW 2000, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Lennie Gwyther is an Australian hero. His journey from regional Victoria to the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is a story that’s worth telling. Hear this inspiring tale in a 50-minute children’s opera adaptation from Australian composer Lachlan Massey. In 1932, aged just nine years old, Lennie travelled on…

    Ensemble Q: Step Inside The Music: Concert 1

    Sandgate Town Hall Cliff and Seymour St, Sandgate, QLD, Australia
    Featuring music by Albinoni, Bach, Vivaldi, interwoven with new works and presented in orchestral seating format (you get to sit in the orchestra). Soloists include violinist Glenn Christensen, violist Roger Benedict (Sydney Symphony Orchestra former Principal Viola and generally famously incredible player) and bassoonist David Mitchell.

    Ensemble Q: Step Inside The Music: Concert 2

    Sandgate Town Hall Cliff and Seymour St, Sandgate, QLD, Australia
    Featuring music by Mozart, Vaughan Williams, Anne Cawrse, and emerging composers, presented in the round and absolutely spine tinglingly beautiful. Soloist for The Lark Ascending - Glenn Christensen, Associate Concertmaster QSO.

    Genesis Baroque: Take Six

    St John's Flinders
    Genesis Baroque presents two pillars of the string sextet repertoire, exploring the genre’s broad expressive palate; from lush and dramatic, exuberant and effervescent, to deeply intimate. Featuring Mozart’s beloved Sinfonia Concertante K.364, arranged for string sextet and published posthumously in 1808 as the Grande Sestetto Concertante, and Brahms’ grand, romantic…