• 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…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Mass of Deliverance

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    The human voice is an instrument that connects us all. Hear it sing through two radiant pieces of music from England’s beloved choral composer John Rutter. His 1970s Gloria begins with a surprisingly high-energy fanfare, and his Hymn projects sacred traditions into our modern era. MSO Chorus and musicians will…
    Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, 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…

    Genesis Baroque: Take Six

    Wesley of Warragul 64 Victoria Street, Warragul, VIC, Australia
    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…
    Claire Edwardes

    Bowerbird Collective: Claire Edwardes

    Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
    Dubbed “the sorceress of percussion,” Claire Edwardes OAM has been a defining force in Australian new music for three decades. Since 2006 she has led Ensemble Offspring as Artistic Director, commissioning more than 80 new solo works and collaborating with leading composers worldwide. She maintains a busy solo career presenting…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Gran Partita

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Fall in love with one of the most lyrical families in the orchestra. Our woodwind players will soar through melodies from Strauss and Mozart, bringing you up close and personal to the sounds of these mellow and expressive instruments. MSO Principal Oboe Johannes Grosso and Principal Clarinet David Thomas will…

    Australian National Academy of Music: Recital: Angus Pace

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    As a musician’s instrumental proficiency develops, so too does their artistic taste and temperament. Each ANAM musician’s recital is a snapshot in time – simultaneously summarising their year of training and revealing glimpses of their future selves. What music excites them? What do they want to communicate? How does their…

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM Recital: Max Gregg

    Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
    As a musician’s instrumental proficiency develops, so too does their artistic taste and temperament. Each ANAM musician’s recital is a snapshot in time – simultaneously summarising their year of training and revealing glimpses of their future selves. What music excites them? What do they want to communicate? How does their…
    The Drover’s Wife

    Opera Australia: The Drover’s Wife

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Molly Johnson is a survivor. Heavily pregnant, she’s left alone to care for her children in a remote Snowy Mountains shanty. Between the snakes, bullocks and hostile travellers on her doorstep, she faces no shortage of threats. With her husband away droving sheep, she faces them alone. But when Yadaka,…

    Genesis Baroque: Take Six

    The Victorian Artists' Society
    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…
    Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, 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…

    Van Diemen’s Band: Jerry Wong

    Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Launceston 34 Cameron St, Launceston, TAS, Australia
    International pianist and Associate Professor of Music - Piano and Head of Keyboard at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Jerry Wong, brings his artistry, insight and expressive flair to a program of breathtaking piano repertoire. This Lunchbox features works of striking contrast and power, ranging from the intimate lyricism of…