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Classical Music, News
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Australian Haydn Ensemble reveals Season 2025

New venues, new pre-concert events, old friends and some deep dives into the most emotional works of the 18th century masters.

November 28, 2024
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (Bach Akademie Australia)

It is fashionable to marginalise European composers of the past, but Bach’s music still electrifies and BAA is doing invaluable work keeping his brilliance alive.

November 9, 2024
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: The Duruflé Requiem (Sydney Symphony Orchestra & Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)

Sir Donald Runnicles casts his painterly eye over some ravishing and rarely heard French treats.

September 23, 2024
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Mozart’s Mass (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)

A captivating musical tribute to begin the final week of the year-long celebration of St Stephen’s 150th anniversary.

May 14, 2024
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: St John Passion (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

A nuanced, emotionally stirring rendition of the last days of Christ, conducted with reverence for music and story.

April 8, 2024
Opera
Live Review

Review: Theodora in Concert (Opera Australia & Pinchgut Opera)

Baroque is back at the Sydney Opera House in the form of Handel's pungent tale of religious intolerance and sacrifice in a polarised society.

February 9, 2024
Opera
Live Review

Review: Pleasures of Versailles (Pinchgut Opera)

These two tiny operas by Charpentier, created to be performed in Louis XIV's private appartments, offer another kind of chill today.

September 10, 2023
Chamber
Live Review

Review: Die Stille Nacht (Australian Haydn Ensemble)

A little night music as the top notch AHE and baritone David Greco guide us through Italy and Germany.

June 21, 2023
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Mozart’s Great Mass (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

An epic double bill of sustained intensity and a performance the likes of which you’d be very fortunate indeed to hear again.

April 7, 2023
Classical Music, Festivals
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Orange Chamber Music Festival announces 2023 season

Leading Australian musicians converge on the picturesque hills of regional NSW for a festival pairing fine music with local cuisine.

January 17, 2023
Classical Music
news

St George’s Cathedral Concert Series announces its 2023 season

Organist Joseph Nolan curates a program of revered classics, stellar ensembles and beloved singers to entice music lovers back from pandemic hiatus.

December 16, 2022
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Samson (St George’s Cathedral Consort)

This presentation of a neglected masterpiece in an abridged version by Joseph Nolan proved welcome and accomplished, but it undercut the work’s complexity and didn't always do justice to Handel’s genius.

December 12, 2022
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
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Sydney Philharmonia Choirs announces 2023 season

Celebrating his 20th year as Artistic & Music Director, Brett Weymark has put together a program that focuses on voice, energy and joy, and features popular favourites along with new commissions by First Nations and Australian composers.

November 28, 2022

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