Garden of Earthly Delights

Luminescence Chamber Singers: Garden of Earthly Delights

St Bernard's Church, Batehaven 2 David Ave, Batehaven, NSW, Australia
A garden teeming with temptation and desire, grotesque creatures and improbable scenes of surrender: the uninhibited world of Hieronymus Bosch’s 500-year-old triptych “De tuin der lusten”. Baffling his Dutch contemporaries and the casual tourists in Madrid’s Prado in equal measure (not to mention generations of art critics) Bosch’s Garden of…
Pairings & Odd Couples

The Song Company: Pairings & Odd Couples

Blackheath Uniting Church 43 Govetts Leap Rd,, Blackheath, NSW, Australia
Pairings and Odd Couples is a bold exploration of musical contrasts, curated by Guest Director Huw Belling. This eclectic program brings together works from different countries and eras, placing composers in fascinating dialogue. Estonian chant meets Irish modernism, while the premiere of Belling’s Pru Vir offers a fresh response to Guerrero’s Prudentes Virgines. The program…

Sydney Fringe Festival: The Big Sing

The Canopy Stage 30-16 Birdwood Ln, Lane Cove, NSW, Australia
Join us at The Big Sing - a fun & welcoming session where we'll (re) discover the joy of singing together. No experience needed! What are our voices for? What would it feel like to use them differently? In a way that's joyful, natural, and free? You might be surprised!…

Newcastle University Choir: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace

Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle, NSW
Welsh composer Karl Jenkins dedicated his beautiful work, The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace to victims of the Kosovo Crisis in 1999 but is relevant to current conflicts raging around the world. It charts the growing menace of a descent into war, interspersed with moments of reflection, shows the…
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Brisbane Festival: Invoices

Brisbane City Hall 64 Adelaide St, Brisbane City, QLD, Australia
Invoices is Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University’s contemporary flagship vocal ensemble — a dynamic group of elite emerging vocalists known for their intricate harmonies, tight arrangements, and stylistic versatility. Guided by esteemed musical director Dave Spicer, Invoices regularly perform alongside Brisbane’s finest musicians, delivering compelling sets that traverse jazz, contemporary, soul,…

IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition: Finals Concert

The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
Come see the newest stars of the operatic stage! The IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition has long been considered the premier showcase for Australasia’s finest young singers and is the home of ‘The Mathy’, the most prestigious award given to a young opera and classical singer. For a fraction of the…
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Sydney Philharmonia Choirs: Mozart’s Requiem

Heath Ledger Theatre 174 William St, Perth, WA, Australia
ChorusOz was created in 2006 to enable singers who couldn’t commit to a regular choir to perform once a year on a world-class stage. Now, for the first time, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs is presenting its popular program in Perth. The ‘big sing’ event welcomes vocalists of all levels to take…

Sydney Chamber Choir: Connections

Sydney Conservatorium of Music 1 Conservatorium Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Celebrate the rich diversity of human wisdom as we explore the great traditions of sacred music, reflected and refracted through time and place. This concert embraces the passionate solemnity of the Renaissance, the lush harmonies of the Romantics, the transcendent beauty of the Baltic composers, plus three intensely dramatic Australian…

Garden of Earthly Delights

Luminescence Chamber Singers: Garden of Earthly Delights

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
A garden teeming with temptation and desire, grotesque creatures and improbable scenes of surrender: the uninhibited world of Hieronymus Bosch’s 500-year-old triptych “De tuin der lusten”. Baffling his Dutch contemporaries and the casual tourists in Madrid’s Prado in equal measure (not to mention generations of art critics) Bosch’s Garden of…
Garden of Earthly Delights

Luminescence Chamber Singers: Garden of Earthly Delights

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
A garden teeming with temptation and desire, grotesque creatures and improbable scenes of surrender: the uninhibited world of Hieronymus Bosch’s 500-year-old triptych “De tuin der lusten”. Baffling his Dutch contemporaries and the casual tourists in Madrid’s Prado in equal measure (not to mention generations of art critics) Bosch’s Garden of…

Music at the Basilica: The Saddest Sound, the Sweetest Sound

Basilica of St Mary of the Angels Yarra Street, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Exquisite bird music by Gibbons, Lassus, Ravel, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Whitacre, Paul McCartney, Michael Hannan, Iain Grandage and Christopher Tin, performed by Vox Angelica Geelong Chamber Choir. This is the opening concert of the 16th Annual Windfire Music Festival, Geelong.

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