• 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…
    Handel’s Messiah [MSO]

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Handel’s Messiah

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Join the MSO and an all-Australian cast for Handel’s Messiah – a Christmas tradition and must-hear for many concertgoers. Sir James MacMillan leads a deeply-considered performance of a work that has been a staple of our concert season throughout our 120-year history. Our starring soprano Mia Chenea Robinson is an…
    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…

    Orchestra Victoria: Worlds Within – Southbank Series 3

    Hanson Dyer Hall, University of Melbourne 33-43 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
    Richard Strauss’s late masterpiece Metamorphosen stands among the most moving works of the 20th century: a lament for a world destroyed by war, written for 23 solo strings whose lines weave together in an outpouring of grief and beauty. In striking counterpoint, American composer Missy Mazzoli’s These Worlds in Us…
    Handel’s Messiah [MSO]

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Handel’s Messiah

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Join the MSO and an all-Australian cast for Handel’s Messiah – a Christmas tradition and must-hear for many concertgoers. Sir James MacMillan leads a deeply-considered performance of a work that has been a staple of our concert season throughout our 120-year history. Our starring soprano Mia Chenea Robinson is an…
    Noël! Noël!

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Noël! Noël!

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, 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…
    Noël! Noël!

    Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Noël! Noël!

    City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, 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…