Australian Youth Orchestra: Look at the Stars

Snow Concert Hall 40 Monaro Cres, Red Hill ACT 2603, Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Almost 40 years after the Australian Youth Orchestra first performed Ann Carr-Boyd’s Look at the Stars to commemorate the opening of the new Parliament House, the piece returns in a fresh new light. Its melodies echo through the heart of the nation’s capital, weaving together Australia’s past and present in a celebration…

Frontier Touring: Hans Zimmer

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Glenelg St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
A groundbreaking audio and visual show, Zimmer’s upcoming tour marks the Down Under return of the legendary composer, who rocked Coachella in 2017 and sold out over 20 shows across 17 cities across the US and Canada in 2024. With the support of his outstanding 19-piece live band and a…

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Josh Pyke and the ASO

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
Josh Pyke is set to mark the 20th Anniversary of his iconic debut release Feeding the Wolves with a spectacular performance alongside the ASO. This extraordinary event will feature songs from the release, as well as reimagined orchestral versions of some old favourites, allowing fans to experience this acclaimed artist like never…

Clarence Valley Orchestra: 80th Anniversary ANZAC Charity Concert

Wiigulga Sports Complex Solitary Islands Way, Woolgoolga, NSW, Australia
The 'Allies of War' performance coincides with 80 years since the end of Australia's involvement in WWII. The concert will include a tribute to the entertainers and radio legends of the ‘Concert Parties’ who performed during WWII and also songs from WWI, in the effort of boosting the troops’ morale.…
The Man From Snowy River In Concert

Spiritworks: The Man From Snowy River In Concert

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Southern Cross Symphony will perform the award-winning score by Bruce Rowland live to screen of this iconic film in concert, under the baton of Vanessa Scammell. The Man From Snowy River launched the stellar careers of Sigrid Thornton and Tom Burlinson. The movie, which also starred Jack Thompson and the…
The Man From Snowy River In Concert

Spiritworks: The Man From Snowy River In Concert

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Southern Cross Symphony will perform the award-winning score by Bruce Rowland live to screen of this iconic film in concert, under the baton of Vanessa Scammell. The Man From Snowy River launched the stellar careers of Sigrid Thornton and Tom Burlinson. The movie, which also starred Jack Thompson and the…
The Man From Snowy River In Concert

Spiritworks: The Man From Snowy River In Concert

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Southern Cross Symphony will perform the award-winning score by Bruce Rowland live to screen of this iconic film in concert, under the baton of Vanessa Scammell. The Man From Snowy River launched the stellar careers of Sigrid Thornton and Tom Burlinson. The movie, which also starred Jack Thompson and the…
The Man From Snowy River In Concert

Spiritworks: The Man From Snowy River In Concert

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Southern Cross Symphony will perform the award-winning score by Bruce Rowland live to screen of this iconic film in concert, under the baton of Vanessa Scammell. The Man From Snowy River launched the stellar careers of Sigrid Thornton and Tom Burlinson. The movie, which also starred Jack Thompson and the…
Editor's Choice The Verdi Gala Concert

Opera Australia: The Verdi Gala Concert

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Giuseppe Verdi was perhaps the most important Italian opera composer of the 19th century. Over five decades, his work developed the art form from the bel canto roots evident in masterpieces like Nabucco, Macbeth, Rigoletto, La traviata and Il trovatore to the full flowering of grand opera in works like Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino, Don Carlos, Aida, Otello and Falstaff.…

Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique is a lifetime in a symphony. Growing in power and strength throughout, the strings bloom exquisitely in the third movement — 80 musicians of the Sydney Symphony at full stride — before falling away into poetic oblivion at the end. It was Tchaikovsky’s final symphony, one he described as the…
Editor's Choice

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Baroque Brilliance

His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth, WA, Australia
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Concertmaster Shaun-Lee Chen directs a program of Baroque masterworks that includes In furore iustissimae irae sung by Sara Macliver. One of Vivaldi’s three surviving motets for soprano, it was written in Rome during Carnival season between 1722 and 1724. Other program highlights include Le Chaos from Rebel’s…
Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique is a lifetime in a symphony. Growing in power and strength throughout, the strings bloom exquisitely in the third movement — 80 musicians of the Sydney Symphony at full stride — before falling away into poetic oblivion at the end. It was Tchaikovsky’s final symphony, one he described as the…

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