Messiah

Pinchgut Opera: Messiah

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
This year, we celebrate the holiday season with one of the most beloved works of Baroque music, Handel’s Messiah. Renowned for its profound beauty and spiritual depth, Messiah isa deeply moving and transcendent experience. Since its premiere in Dublin in 1742, Messiah has become one of the most performed choral…

Castiglione Arts & Culture: Juan Diego Flórez in Recital

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
With a career that includes performances on the world’s leading stages, Juan Diego Flórez has established himself as one of opera’s greatest talents. Adored by fans and critics worldwide, Flórez’s stunningly expressive and agile voice has garnered international acclaim—most notably for his performances of the bel canto style and French…
Messiah

Pinchgut Opera: Messiah

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
This year, we celebrate the holiday season with one of the most beloved works of Baroque music, Handel’s Messiah. Renowned for its profound beauty and spiritual depth, Messiah isa deeply moving and transcendent experience. Since its premiere in Dublin in 1742, Messiah has become one of the most performed choral…
Messiah

Pinchgut Opera: Messiah

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
This year, we celebrate the holiday season with one of the most beloved works of Baroque music, Handel’s Messiah. Renowned for its profound beauty and spiritual depth, Messiah isa deeply moving and transcendent experience. Since its premiere in Dublin in 1742, Messiah has become one of the most performed choral…

Castiglione Arts & Culture: Juan Diego Flórez in Recital

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
With a career that includes performances on the world’s leading stages, Juan Diego Flórez has established himself as one of opera’s greatest talents. Adored by fans and critics worldwide, Flórez’s stunningly expressive and agile voice has garnered international acclaim—most notably for his performances of the bel canto style and French…

The Concourse: The Idea of North – Silver Stars

The Concourse, Chatswood 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
Vocal harmony and festivity - a match made in the heavens. This year The Idea of North have invited a constellation of premier choirs from around the country to add an extra twinkle to their end-of-year celebrations. Come and hear the quintet you love with the added magic of these…

Adelaide Chamber Singers: Raise You

St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide 27 King William Rd, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
Rising Voices will help you end the year on a musical high as we lift our voices to ‘raise you’ with music of emotional power and inspiration, including: Eric Whitacre’s Sainte-Chapelle, Anne Cawrse’s How Can I Keep From Singing, Arvo Pärt’s An den Wassern zu Babel, Paul Stanhope’s The Land is Healed Ban.Garay!, Nigel Butterley’s Morning…
Ceremony of Carols

Coolamon Singers: Ceremony of Carols

Church of the Good Shepherd 4 Tarrant Drive, Mudgeeraba, QLD, Australia
The Coolamon Singers, known for their thoughtful repertoire and expressive artistry, offers a captivating Christmas season, which spotlights the music of Benjamin Britten. At the heart of the program is A Ceremony of Carols, together with A Hymn to the Virgin and The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard.…
Baroque Christmas 2025

Australian Chamber Choir: Baroque Christmas 2025

The Church of the Resurrection, Mount Macedon 6 Honour Ave, Mount Macedon, VIC, Australia
A fixture on the Christmas calendar, this ever-changing program, now in its seventh incarnation, is testament to the fact that throughout history, composers have produced some of their liveliest and most engaging work for the Christmas season.  

Bel a cappella: O Adonai

Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney 812 George St, Haymarket, NSW, Australia
O Adonai interweaves Arvo Pärt’s full set of “O” Antiphons with individual “O” settings by living composers, as well as works by Palestrina, Grieg, Bruckner and more.
Baroque Christmas 2025

Australian Chamber Choir: Baroque Christmas 2025

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park 210-218 Richardson St, Middle Park, VIC, Australia
A fixture on the Christmas calendar, this ever-changing program, now in its seventh incarnation, is testament to the fact that throughout history, composers have produced some of their liveliest and most engaging work for the Christmas season.  

Gondwana Choirs: Voices of Angels

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
There’s nothing more uplifting than the sound of young people singing during the festive season. Bask in the divine sounds of The Sydney Children’s Choir, joined by choristers from across Australia forming the Gondwana National Choirs under the masterful direction of Lyn Williams AM. Voices of Angels is a highlight…

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