• Drifting Currents

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Drifting Currents

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Experience the world premiere of Alice Humphries’ deeply moving Cello Concerto, written especially for celebrated MCO cellist Blair Harris. Known for his emotional depth and fearless artistry, Harris brings this new work to life in a performance that highlights his long-standing collaboration with the composer. The program also features Respighi’s…
    Endless Sky

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Endless Sky

    St Peter's Cathedral 27 King William Road, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Dancing winds bring a burst of joy to Pulcinella, Stravinsky’s charming suite from his Italian-inspired ballet. Tchaikovsky’s enchanting Serenade for Strings maintains the heartwarming mood with airy strings that send music floating through St Peter’s Cathedral. The program takes a transportive turn with the pure tones of Caroline Shaw’s and…

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: The Sydney Symphony Performs Max Richter’s Four Seasons

    Sydney Coliseum Theatre Rooty Hill, NSW, Australia
    The natural world has inspired artists, writers and composers for centuries. But rarely has it been captured more vividly than in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. The warm glow of summer, the biting winds of winter, the soft descent of autumn and the bursting joy of spring. 300 years after Vivaldi, contemporary…
    Endless Sky

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Endless Sky

    St Peter's Cathedral 27 King William Road, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Dancing winds bring a burst of joy to Pulcinella, Stravinsky’s charming suite from his Italian-inspired ballet. Tchaikovsky’s enchanting Serenade for Strings maintains the heartwarming mood with airy strings that send music floating through St Peter’s Cathedral. The program takes a transportive turn with the pure tones of Caroline Shaw’s and…
    Maestro 10: Don Juan & Manfred

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Maestro 10: Don Juan & Manfred

    QPAC - Concert Hall
    This season finale reveals Queensland Symphony Orchestra at full power. At just 24, Richard Strauss unleashed Don Juan, a blazing tone poem whose fearless virtuosity still challenges orchestras worldwide. Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici steers its themes as they leap, flirt, and finally sink into uneasy silence – echoing Nikolaus Lenau’s restless hero. Australian-Ukrainian composer Catherine Likhuta follows…

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Forces of Nature

    Sydney Coliseum Theatre Rooty Hill, NSW, Australia
    The natural world has inspired artists, writers and composers for centuries. But rarely has it been captured more vividly than in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: the warm glow of summer, the biting winds of winter, the soft descent of autumn and the bursting joy of spring. 300 years after Vivaldi, contemporary…
    Maestro 10: Don Juan & Manfred

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Maestro 10: Don Juan & Manfred

    QPAC - Concert Hall
    This season finale reveals Queensland Symphony Orchestra at full power. At just 24, Richard Strauss unleashed Don Juan, a blazing tone poem whose fearless virtuosity still challenges orchestras worldwide. Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici steers its themes as they leap, flirt, and finally sink into uneasy silence – echoing Nikolaus Lenau’s restless hero. Australian-Ukrainian composer Catherine Likhuta follows…
    Drifting Currents

    Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Drifting Currents

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Experience the world premiere of Alice Humphries’ deeply moving Cello Concerto, written especially for celebrated MCO cellist Blair Harris. Known for his emotional depth and fearless artistry, Harris brings this new work to life in a performance that highlights his long-standing collaboration with the composer. The program also features Respighi’s…
  • Orchestra Victoria: Meet @ the Market 2026: Session 3

    Meat Market - Blackwood Box
    We’ll hear Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen, written at the end of the Second World War for 23 solo strings. The piece feels like a single, flowing breath, at once tender, haunting, and heartbreakingly human. Its plangent emotion vibrates in the intimate proximity of the Meat Market. We’ll also explore These Worlds…
    Editor's Choice Noël! Noël

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Noël! Noël

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    ABO’s beloved Christmas concert returns, brimming with festive joy, angelic voices and a denser continuo section – that means more theorbos plus Baroque and Classical guitars galore! Paul Dyer conducts a program of timeless carols, rare festive works and contemporary classics, bringing together the Brandenburg Choir, Argentinian mezzo-soprano María Eugenia…
    Editor's Choice Noël! Noël

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Noël! Noël

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    ABO’s beloved Christmas concert returns, brimming with festive joy, angelic voices and a denser continuo section – that means more theorbos plus Baroque and Classical guitars galore! Paul Dyer conducts a program of timeless carols, rare festive works and contemporary classics, bringing together the Brandenburg Choir, Argentinian mezzo-soprano María Eugenia…
    Noël! Noël!

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Noël! Noël!

    Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Step into the wonder of the season with Noël! Noël!, the Brandenburg’s cherished annual tradition, reimagined each year with our signature flair. More than just a Christmas concert, Noël! Noël! is where centuries-old carols and festive gems meet bold new interpretations. Led by Paul Dyer and performed by the radiant…