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Rameau – Boccherini – Massenet – Bruch

Fremantle Chamber Orchestra: Rameau – Boccherini – Massenet – Bruch

Fremantle Town Hall 8 William St, Fremantle, Western Australia
Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 is arguably the most beloved and beautiful violin concerto with breathtakingly heart-warming melodies. Incredibly gifted 15-year-old Audrey Jarvis is the soloist in this romantic masterpiece. FCO and the brilliant Paul Wright (Audrey’s teacher) have crafted a program to complement Bruch: Rameau’s Pygmalion Overture, Boccherini’s La…

Rotary Club of Woy Woy: Opera in the Arboretum

Pearl Beach Arboretum 71 Crystal Avenue, Pearl Beach, NSW, Australia
A sublime afternoon of music in a native forest setting at Pearl Beach. A world class line up of opera stars with bass-baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes, mezzo-soprano Sally-Anne Russell, tenor Andrew Goodwin and soprano Clarissa Spata. Special Guest artist is violinist Madeleine Easton.

Melbourne Recital Centre: Hoang Pham in Recital

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Beethoven wrote 32 piano sonatas and both the Pathétique and Moonlight remain his most popular of the series. Both of these sonatas were written around the turn of the 19th century and were revolutionary, offering a glimpse into the more emotional and dramatic Romantic period. Liszt's piano transcription of Wagner's…

Bowral Autumn Music Festival: This is Us: A Musical Reflection of Australia

St Jude's Church, Bowral 38 Bendooley St, Bowral, NSW, Australia
Acclaimed guitarists Slava and Leonard Grigoryan have created a suite of music inspired by objects personally selected from the National Museum of Australia’s vast collection, tracing Australia’s diverse and complex history. The evocative nature of each composition is heightened by the projection of a high-definition 3D video of each object.…

Bel a cappella: O Sing!

St Augustine's Catholic Church, Balmain Eaton St, Balmain, NSW, Australia
It’s in our nature to sing. We sing to God. We sing for joy. The birds sing, and the frogs sing. The wind sings in the forest. Lovers sing when their hearts ache, and when they are reunited. O Sing! takes up the theme of singing itself, in a diversity…
Editor's Choice Bach’s Orchestral Suites

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Bach’s Orchestral Suites

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
JS Bach’s four orchestral suites are rarely played together in a single concert, but Artistic Director Paul Dyer has curated just such a program, promising the grandest performance of the season. Each suite begins with a French overture in the style of Lully, followed by a variety of dances – among…

Snow Concert Hall: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra & Kristian Bezuidenhout

Snow Concert Hall 40 Monaro Cres, Red Hill ACT 2603, Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
For more than three decades, Germany’s Freiburg Baroque Orchestra have been one of the leading period ensembles in the world. Performing over 100 concerts a year they come to Canberra for the very first time, presenting Mozart’s most popular works. For more than three decades, Germany’s Freiburg Baroque Orchestra have…
Gesualdo Tenebrae

Luminescence Chamber Singers: Gesualdo Tenebrae

Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest (Wesley Music Centre) 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia
More than 400 years later, the music of Carlo Gesualdo still seems strikingly avant-garde. Composed for his own private use during his final years, and likely unheard during his lifetime, Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories are of unmatched intensity. This is music at the end of an epoch; at once steeped in…
Southbank Series

Orchestra Victoria: Lyric Refractions

Hanson Dyer Hall, University of Melbourne 33-43 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
These performances will take place at The University of Melbourne’s prestigious Hanson Dyer Hall, renowned for its superb acoustics. This series offers a rare opportunity to hear our orchestra members take centre-stage—a departure from their usual work partnering in ballet and opera. Featuring a dynamic mix of beloved core orchestral…

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: ASO at UKARIA

Ukaria Cultural Centre 119 Williams Rd, Mt Barker Summit, SA, Australia
Against a dusky bush backdrop, we bring to the unique and intimate stage of UKARIA three classics, starting with an elegant Mozart serenade for winds made famous in Peter Shaffer’s epic film Amadeus. Wagner is best known for his boisterous brass and grand operas, so you may feel surprised by the…
Seasons

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Seasons

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons evocatively depicts birdsong, violent thunderstorms, and crackling winter fires, with plenty of fireworks along the way. Led by James Ehnes, this evergreen showpiece for violin and orchestra is matched with works for string ensemble to explore the First Nations perspective on the passing of the year curated…
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Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: Four Last Songs

Federation Concert Hall Hobart, TAS, Australia
Fresh from her appearance with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra at the Melbourne Recital Centre on 26 March, Australian soprano Siobhan Stagg heads to the Apple Isle for Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs. Composed in 1948 with texts by Hermann Hesse and Joseph von Eichendorff, the songs are Strauss’s farewell to…

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