Singers of Southern Tasmania: Schubertiade

Hobart Town Hall 50 Macquarie St, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Singers of Southern Tasmania presents a celebration of the music of Franz Schubert (1797-1828), who composed over 1500 works in his short career. The concert opens with the Overture in G minor for Piano 4 hands and features well-loved Lieder such as Licht und Liebe, An die Musik, An den…

Camberwell Chorale: Music for the Theatre

Hawthorn Arts Centre Burwood Road, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
Direct from four successful concerts in China, Camberwell Chorale will present the fifth and final performance of Music for the Theatre, an eclectic and exciting program with selections from Phantom of the Opera, The Beatles in Revue, well-known choruses and arias from the operas of Verdi and Puccini, and Sir…

The Graduate Singers: Songs of Parting

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Rutter’s Requiem is a work of solace, contemplation, and intimacy, balancing moments of tension and high drama with lucent beauty and grace. We perform this modern masterpiece alongside music that explores the sorrow and the sweetness of partings and farewells, with works by Joseph Twist, Eleanor Daley, Elaine Hagenberg, and Stephen Paulus.
The Ten Tenors

Mellen Events: The Ten Tenors

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
Australia’s favourite tenor ensemble The TEN Tenors return to Adelaide in May 2025 for their 30th Anniversary Tour. What started as a one-off performance in 1995 has become a live concert phenomenon. The TEN Tenors are known for their iconic performances; from the best in classical opera through to some…
The Ten Tenors

Mellen Events: The Ten Tenors

Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
Australia’s favourite tenor ensemble The TEN Tenors return to Adelaide in May 2025 for their 30th Anniversary Tour. What started as a one-off performance in 1995 has become a live concert phenomenon. The TEN Tenors are known for their iconic performances; from the best in classical opera through to some…
Palestrina 500

Australian Chamber Choir: Palestrina 500

Sterling Place Community Centre 14 Sterling St, Dunkeld, VIC, Australia
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was born between 3 February 1525 and 2 February 1526. This year we celebrate his 500th birthday. A prolific composer, Palestrina was the first Italian to successfully adopt the polyphonic style practiced by Flemish composers like Guillaume du Fay and Josquin des Prez (both of whom…

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs: Rossini in Paris

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
More famous than Beethoven, Rossini was a household name – his tunes on every lip. For one tune that’s still true: the ‘Lone Ranger’ theme that brings the William Tell overture to its thrilling end. William Tell, created for the Paris Opera, also marked the end of Rossini’s stage career. At the peak of…

Robyn Mellor: The Bridal Kiss, a Goose’s Tale and Auto Sales

Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest (Wesley Music Centre) 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia
Polifemy (women's vocal ensemble) and BlockSounds (recorder quartet) present a concert of humorous contemporary vocal and recorder music guaranteed to titillate the senses and re-animate the sedate. Polifemy sings Aesopian animals to life: a goose on the loose; a love-lorn donkey; a silly sheep; a greedy fly; a wingless toad.…

One Equal Music: Baroque Masters

St Mary’s, Kangaroo Point 455 Main St,, Kangaroo Point, QLD, Australia
One Equal Music returns to St Mary’s Kangaroo Point for a second year as part of the Concert Series curated by Director of Music, Brett Sturdy. This year’s program showcases the sumptuous elegance of the French Baroque, featuring works by Rameau, Couperin, Lully, Charpentier, and Marais, performed by five solo…
Editor's Choice

Sydney Concert Orchestra: Tales from the Homeland

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
After a sold-out tour of Indonesia, the Sydney Concert Orchestra joins forces with the Russian Orthodox Male Choir of Australia. Under Artistic Director and Chief Conductor, Omid Moheb-Zadeh, the SCO has come to specialise in Slavic repertoire, and this program pairs Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony, which quotes In the Field a…

Australian National University: Sublime Voices

Australian National University Acton, ACT, Australia
Sublime Voices - Autumn concert with ANU Chamber Choir and Vocal Fry (ANU Community Music Centre) Conducted by Tobias Cole. Program to come. Audience members can choose how much they pay for each ticket. All proceeds will go to the ANU School of Music Community Outreach Fund.
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River City Voices: Vivaldi’s Gloria and Vieira’s Stabat Mater

St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta 1 Marist Pl, Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Vivaldi’s Gloria was written around 1715 for the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, and it is paired here with José Carlos Amaral Vieira’s Stabat Mater. A student of Messiaen, the award-winning Brazilian composer originally wrote the work in 1988 with just a piano accompaniment. The following year, he reworked it…

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