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Editor's Choice To The Silent Earth, I Flow

Dark Mofo: To The Silent Earth, I Flow

Odeon Theatre, Hobart 167 Liverpool Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Robert Ames, Co-Artistic Director and conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra, curates this symphony of abstract waterscapes, prefaced by the final stanza of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower: “And if the world has ceased to hear you, / say to the silent earth: I flow. /…
Beethoven & Brahms

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven & Brahms

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Brahms was fully aware that he lived in Beethoven’s shadow and how could he (or anyone) follow in the footsteps of a legend like Ludwig van Beethoven? One way is to write a concerto that’ll bring down the house – so that’s exactly what Brahms tried to do. It would…
Editor's Choice Donald Runnicles conducts Strauss & Beethoven

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Donald Runnicles conducts Strauss & Beethoven

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Cinematic in scale, this concert is built around Richard Strauss’s tone poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life) from 1898. Strauss wrote, “While it has no funeral march, it does have lots of horns, horns being quite the thing to express heroism,” so look forward to yet another tour de force from Samuel Jacobs…
The Music of John Williams

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: The Music of John Williams

Riverside Theatre, Perth 21 Mounts Bay Rd, Perth, WA, Australia
From aliens and superheroes to ancient artefacts and prehistoric giants, go on a journey through time and space with WASO and conductor Nicholas Buc as they perform the epic film music of John Williams. Hosted by popular podcasters from Art of the Score, Dan Golding and Andrew Pogson, buckle up…
A Reflection in Time

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: A Reflection in Time

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
The twentieth century produced some of the most passionate and dramatic music ever written. MSO Principal Conductor Benjamin Northey joins forces with Australian violin wunderkind Christian Li to deliver this riveting program of symphonic powerhouses.
Beethoven & Brahms

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven & Brahms

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Brahms was fully aware that he lived in Beethoven’s shadow and how could he (or anyone) follow in the footsteps of a legend like Ludwig van Beethoven? One way is to write a concerto that’ll bring down the house – so that’s exactly what Brahms tried to do. It would…

The Harbour Agency: Damien Leith Ireland Orchestrated

Princess Theatre, Launceston (Theatre North) 55/57 Brisbane Street, Launceston, TAS, Australia
Following the phenomenal, sell out success of Roy Orbison Orchestrated, Damien Leith is thrilled to announce his latest show, Ireland Orchestrated. This spectacular performance will see the award-winning artist return to the stage, celebrating the rich musical heritage of his homeland with a breathtaking orchestral twist. Audiences will be captivated as Damien…
Editor's Choice To The Silent Earth, I Flow

Dark Mofo: To The Silent Earth, I Flow

Odeon Theatre, Hobart 167 Liverpool Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Robert Ames, Co-Artistic Director and conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra, curates this symphony of abstract waterscapes, prefaced by the final stanza of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower: “And if the world has ceased to hear you, / say to the silent earth: I flow. /…
Editor's Choice Baroque Unleashed

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Baroque Unleashed

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Promising an “adrenaline-charged ride”, this program features thrilling new takes on Baroque hits and hidden gems by the ABO’s period musicians. Concertmaster Shaun Lee-Chen delivers a fiery reading of Locatelli, Robert Nairn tackles Vivaldi’s Cello Concerto on violone, Baroque oboist Adam Masters interprets Albinoni and Artistic Director Paul Dyer bends…
Editor's Choice Baroque Unleashed

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Baroque Unleashed

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Promising an “adrenaline-charged ride”, this program features thrilling new takes on Baroque hits and hidden gems by the ABO’s period musicians. Concertmaster Shaun Lee-Chen delivers a fiery reading of Locatelli, Robert Nairn tackles Vivaldi’s Cello Concerto on violone, Baroque oboist Adam Masters interprets Albinoni and Artistic Director Paul Dyer bends…

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Lang Lang and the Sydney Symphony

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Saint-Saëns’ Second Piano Concerto will stir and excite you at every turn. Lang Lang has chosen this piece for a reason: it’s an exhilarating journey from melancholy and moving to light and playful, from its dramatic opening to its wildly passionate finale. It's captivating to the final note. Before Lang Lang…

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Mozart’s Piano

Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
The pinnacle of refinement: dine in three delights of the classical era. Mozart adored composing piano concertos, and his Piano Concerto No.27 is his final work of this form. Having written 26 others before it, the maturity and artistry of this concerto is, unsurprisingly, astounding. Australian pianist Daniel de Borah…

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