One Equal Music: OEM Foundation – Splendour

Sacred Heart, Rosalie 369 Given Terrace, Paddington, QLD, Australia
OEM Foundation’s second concert celebrates the next generation of choral musicians as they bring fresh energy and passion to some of the most iconic choral works. Featuring timeless pieces beloved around the world, the program includes masterworks such as Biebl’s Ave Maria, Tallis’s If Ye Love Me, and Rachmaninoff’s Cherubic…

Ensemble Q: Requiem

Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Paddington 369 Given Terrace, Paddington, QLD, Australia
Proudly presented by the exciting collaboration of Ensemble Q and The Australian Voices, this heartfelt performance brings internationally acclaimed composer Paul Stanhope's Requiem to Brisbane audiences for one night only. Also featured is Joe Twist's Lament for cello and choir. Scored for chamber choir, two vocal soloists, harp, clarinet, oboe,…

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Elder Conservatorium: From little things…

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Here are the Elder Conservatorium Classical Voice students and Chorale as you may not have heard them before! Artist-in-Residence Timothy Wayne-Wright guides the Elder Conservatorium’s Classical Voice students and Chorale through an exciting and diverse program of small vocal ensemble and choral music. Timothy Wayne-Wright is one of the UK’s…
Renaissance Requiem

Australian Chamber Choir: Renaissance Requiem

Peninsula Community Theatre 91 Wilsons Rd, Mornington, VIC
For modern concert-goers, the term Requiem conjures up works by Mozart, Berlioz, Verdi and Britten, all of whom used considerable orchestral and choral resources to depict heaven, hell and the last judgement. The Missa pro defunctis, composed by Tomás Luis Victoria is a requiem of a very different kind. This work succeeds…

Co-ordinating Italian Committee: Opera Primavera

Norwood Concert Hall 175 The Parade, Norwood, SA, Australia
Opera is magic! Come and enjoy one of the highlights of the Adelaide Italian Festival – Opera Primavera – with a quartet of magnificent singers presenting an entertaining program of Italian arias, duets and ensembles by great composers such as Puccini, Verdi, Leoncavallo, Donizetti, Rossini and more. Sydney soprano Imogen-Faith…
Celestial Choral Baroque

Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra: Celestial Choral Baroque

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Strings and choir unite! In an otherworldly collaboration with one of Australia’s newest choirs, expect to be uplifted with this achingly beautiful music, both old and new. This otherworldly collaboration sees strings and choir unite with one of Australia’s newest choirs, based right here in Brisbane! One Equal Music joins…
A Certain Slant of Light

Operantics: A Certain Slant of Light

Mosman Art Gallery 1 Art Gallery Way, Mosman, NSW, Australia
"There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons – That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes –" Emily Dickinson spent most of her life in a single room, but her imagination has reached far beyond 19th century Amherst. In her solitude, she penned nearly 1,800 poems—fleeting, enigmatic, and profound—capturing…
Women’s Voices Unite in Song

Hummingsong Choirs: Hummingsong Choirs

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Experience the power and beauty of women’s choirs as 1300 voices unite across two unforgettable concerts. Featuring breathtaking choral arrangements from around the world accompanied by chamber strings and jazz trio. The inspiring voices of Hummingsong Choirs will soar under the sails of the iconic Sydney Opera House in this…

Sydney Chamber Choir: Bach Mass in B minor

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Celebrate the brilliance of Bach’s final and greatest choral masterpiece: his magnificent Mass in B minor. Bach’s music resonates beyond place and time; reaching up to the splendour of heaven, it draws on the full spectrum of human emotion—grief and joy intertwined, anguish and elation soaring in intricate harmonies. Dive…
Celestial Choral Baroque

Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra: Celestial Choral Baroque

The Empire Theatres, Toowoomba 54-56 Neil Street, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
Strings and choir unite! In an otherworldly collaboration with one of Australia’s newest choirs, expect to be uplifted with this achingly beautiful music, both old and new. This otherworldly collaboration sees strings and choir unite with one of Australia’s newest choirs, based right here in Brisbane! One Equal Music joins…
Women’s Voices Unite in Song

Hummingsong Choirs: Hummingsong Choirs

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Experience the power and beauty of women’s choirs as 1300 voices unite across two unforgettable concerts. Featuring breathtaking choral arrangements from around the world accompanied by chamber strings and jazz trio. The inspiring voices of Hummingsong Choirs will soar under the sails of the iconic Sydney Opera House in this…
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…

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