Event Series Family Proms

Darwin Symphony Orchestra: Family Proms

Palmerston Recreation Centre 11 The Blvd, Palmerston City, NT, Australia
Calling all junior maestros! DSO’s popular Family Proms is back for an interactive morning of music with the whole orchestra. Experience the thrill of seeing a whole orchestra up close, listen to the instruments and learn about the different sounds that make up and orchestra, and move and groove along…
Event Series Family Proms

Darwin Symphony Orchestra: Family Proms

Palmerston Recreation Centre 11 The Blvd, Palmerston City, NT, Australia
Calling all junior maestros! DSO’s popular Family Proms is back for an interactive morning of music with the whole orchestra. Experience the thrill of seeing a whole orchestra up close, listen to the instruments and learn about the different sounds that make up and orchestra, and move and groove along…
Event Series Mozart’s Mass

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Mozart’s Mass

The Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane 249 Elizabeth Street,, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
This is Mozart at the height of his compositional genius. Grandeur, opulence, and the soul-striking power of a choir in sacred unity. His Mass in C Minor is a transcendent work, darkly divine. Although fragments of the work were performed during Mozart’s lifetime, this mysterious work remained unfinished at his…

Geelong Symphony Orchestra: Music from the Movies

Geelong Arts Centre 81 Ryrie Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
GSO will perform great themes from favourite movies past and present, highlighting the symphonic nature of this music and demonstrating the skill of this fabulous orchestra.
Editor's Choice Event Series Baroque Kaleidoscope

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Baroque Kaleidoscope

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Headlined by Vivaldi, Telemann and Handel, this Baroque celebration sees the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra return to its musical roots. Showcasing the talents of the orchestra’s principal musicians including Concertmaster Shaun Lee-Chen, Principal Second Baroque Violin Ben Dollman and Principal Baroque Flute Melissa Farrow, the program includes The Arrival of the Queen…
Event Series Mozart’s Mass

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Mozart’s Mass

The Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane 249 Elizabeth Street,, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
This is Mozart at the height of his compositional genius. Grandeur, opulence, and the soul-striking power of a choir in sacred unity. His Mass in C Minor is a transcendent work, darkly divine. Although fragments of the work were performed during Mozart’s lifetime, this mysterious work remained unfinished at his…
Event Series The Music of Hans Zimmer

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: The Music of Hans Zimmer

Perth Concert Hall 5 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA, Australia
Experience some of the greatest modern film music as WASO and conductor Nicholas Buc pay tribute to one of the most influential film composers of all time: Hans Zimmer. From the epic worlds of Interstellar, Inception and Batman’s Dark Knight Trilogy, to unforgettable themes from Pirates of the Caribbean and…
Event Series Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Guest conductor Han-Na Chang has a long and deep relationship with Tchaikovsky’s music, both as an acclaimed cellist and now as conductor. She brings her unforgettable interpretations to the great Russian’s glorious romance. Sydneysiders have always flocked to Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov, and his virtuosity will be on full display…
Editor's Choice Event Series Baroque Kaleidoscope

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Baroque Kaleidoscope

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Headlined by Vivaldi, Telemann and Handel, this Baroque celebration sees the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra return to its musical roots. Showcasing the talents of the orchestra’s principal musicians including Concertmaster Shaun Lee-Chen, Principal Second Baroque Violin Ben Dollman and Principal Baroque Flute Melissa Farrow, the program includes The Arrival of the Queen…

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: When George Met Arnold

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
When George Gershwin moved from New York to a new house in Hollywood in 1936, he discovered that the legendary Viennese composer Arnold Schoenberg lived around the corner. These two geniuses of the 20th century struck up an unlikely friendship, playing tennis together every week, discussing music, art, love and…
Event Series Australian Series

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Heart-space

National Museum of Australia Lawson Crescent, Acton, ACT, Australia
This program invites us to engage the mind and the heart, exploring joy, love, loss and longing. Achingly beautiful, Ella Macens’ string quartet A Love Worth Fighting For creates space for love, grief and longing: ‘the multitude of different emotions and sensations that come up into the heart-space and the head-space’ when we…
Editor's Choice

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: MSO Mornings: Rachmaninov’s Third Symphony

Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Written during his self-imposed exile from Russia on the shores of Lake Lucerne, Rachmaninov’s Third Symphony is a brooding, nostalgic work inspired by his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Any doubts surrounding his homesickness are quickly laid to rest by the influence of Slavic folk music and dance rhythms in the…

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