Baroque Christmas 2025

Australian Chamber Choir: Baroque Christmas 2025

Thomson Memorial Church, Terang High St, Terang, 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.  

Castiglione Arts & Culture: Juan Diego Flórez in Recital

Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, 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…
A Certain Slant of Light

Operantics: A Certain Slant of Light

Phillips Hall, Blackheath Blackheath, 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…

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…

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…
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.  

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