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Editor's Choice Bruch’s Violin Concerto

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Bruch’s Violin Concerto

Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, Australia
Award-winning Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma joins WASO for Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, originally premiered in 1866 and revised the following year by violinist Joseph Joachim. The program also includes Richard Strauss’s much-revised Macbeth, which marked the beginning of the composer’s groundbreaking series of tone poems. Written between 1886–88, it is performed…
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Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Emperor

Federation Concert Hall Hobart, TAS, Australia
Spanish pianist Javier Perianes returns for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor, composed in 1809 during Napoleon’s occupation of Vienna. The program also includes Albert Schnelzer’s Through the Eye of the Pegasus, commissioned in 2021 for the 40th anniversary of the Alte Oper Frankfurt, and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 2,…
Editor's Choice Circa & The Art of Fugue

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Following their celebrations of the Italian and Spanish Baroque, Yaron Lifschitz’s circus troupe Circa and the ABO now join forces for JS Bach’s The Art of Fugue. Considered by many to be the composer’s last work, this compendium of contrapuntal writing will be brought to life in a thrilling display…
Editor's Choice Circa & The Art of Fugue

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Following their celebrations of the Italian and Spanish Baroque, Yaron Lifschitz’s circus troupe Circa and the ABO now join forces for JS Bach’s The Art of Fugue. Considered by many to be the composer’s last work, this compendium of contrapuntal writing will be brought to life in a thrilling display…

Willoughby Symphony: A Night at the Oscars

The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
Walk the red carpet with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra in this spectacular Gala concert conducted by Dr Nicholas Milton AM, showcasing classics from the silver screen. One of Germany’s finest violinists, Rosa Donata Milton returns to The Concourse following her sensational performances of Korngold’s Violin Concerto in 2023. She will…
Editor's Choice Bruch’s Violin Concerto

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Bruch’s Violin Concerto

Winthrop Hall Perth, WA, Australia
Award-winning Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma joins WASO for Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, originally premiered in 1866 and revised the following year by violinist Joseph Joachim. The program also includes Richard Strauss’s much-revised Macbeth, which marked the beginning of the composer’s groundbreaking series of tone poems. Written between 1886–88, it is performed…
Editor's Choice University of Melbourne Wind Symphony National Tour

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music: University of Melbourne Wind Symphony National Tour

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony features the very best student wind instrumentalists from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, led by Associate Professor Jackie Hartenberger. In August 2025, the Wind Symphony will perform its first interstate tour, with energetic programs highlighting compositions by Paul Hindemith, Katherine Parker and more.

Wesley College: A Winter Concert

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Wesley College Glen Waverley Campus Music School presents a concert featuring their Symphony Orchestra, Senior Symphonic Band, Campus Choir, auditioned String Ensembles and Concerto soloists.
Stephen Layton conducts Bach, Mozart and Handel

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Stephen Layton conducts Bach, Mozart and Handel

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Bach’s cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen is joyful, bursting with radiant salvos from the trumpet from the very first bar. Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate is every bit as bright, exalted and jubilant as its title suggests – both are ideally suited to acclaimed Australian soprano Sara Macliver and her ‘pure, pitch perfect, silvery’ voice…
Editor's Choice University of Melbourne Wind Symphony National Tour

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music: Queensland and Melbourne Conservatorium Winds

Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
The Queensland Conservatorium Wind Orchestra joins forces with The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony to present a program of epic contemporary works for wind, brass and percussion, including the world premiere of Symphony No. 4 for Winds by Paul Dean.

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