• 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…

    Musica Viva Australia: Reimagining Schubert

    The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
    Historically informed performance specialists Anna Fraser and Neal Peres Da Costa take us into the world of Schubert's last song cycle Schwanengesang and uncover the songs of contemporaneous German music publisher and Mozart scholar Johann Anton André.
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    Australian Musical Theatre Festival: Masterclass – Delia Hannah

    Albert Hall, Launceston 47 Tamar St, Launceston, TAS, Australia
    Boasting more than 40 events over five days, the Australian Musical Theatre Festival returns to Launceston. Carmel Dean’s Well Behaved Women, which shines a light on some of history’s trailblazing women, launches the festival, while the Opening Night Gala features a cast led by Jarrod Draper. The centrepiece is a…
    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,…
    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,…
    Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

    Wollongong Town Hall Crown St &, Kembla St,, Wollongong, 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…
    Editor's Choice Ovation

    Entertainment Consulting: Ovation

    Albany Entertainment Centre 2 Toll Pl,, Albany, WA, Australia
    Four of Australia’s finest voices unite for a concert celebrating musical theatre and opera. Marina Prior and Michael Cormick, whose 2024 tour earned a rave review in Limelight for their star quality and “masterclass in capturing the moment”, join forces with musical theatre powerhouse Silvie Paladino and acclaimed tenor David Hobson.…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Great Passions

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    If you’re the type of listener who likes to experience the full force of the orchestra, this concert is for you. Our stage will be packed with musicians from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performing alongside next-generation talent from the Australian National Academy of Music. Sitting in Hamer Hall, the colossal…

    Australian National Academy of Music: ANAM Recital: Elizabeth Dawson

    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…

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Morning Masterworks 2: Rachmaninov & Shostakovich

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    Start your Friday with a touch of classical brilliance with this Morning Masterworks concert. Two deeply personal Russian masterworks, worlds apart yet intimately connected. Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 is an enduring testament to lyrical beauty and heartfelt longing. In sharp contrast, Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony is an intense declaration of survival,…

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Dancing Shadows

    Simons Auditorium 1 Chaucer Street, HAMILTON, VIC, Australia
    In this dynamic concert, much-loved MCO core members take centre stage in a program three centuries in the making. Mozart’s Divertimento brims with youthful charm and elegance, while Andrew Ford’s Sad Jigs offers a poignant, whimsical take on dance forms through a contemporary Australian lens. The program culminates in Dvořák’s…