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Classical Music, Orchestral
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Season Preview 2026: Orchestras and Symphonic Choirs

What do our orchestras and choirs have on offer in the year ahead?

December 19, 2025
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World Premiere: Harp Concerto

Tristan Coelho introduces his new composition, written for his wife, harpist Emily Granger, and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

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Big themes and big emotions dominate – from Mozart’s Requiem to Mahler’s symphonies to Tippett’s humanist oratorio.

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Consummate control, supreme concentration and a spellbinding end to QSO's 2025 season.

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The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

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Listen to the Australian Art Music playlist: November 2025 – New Releases, New Faces

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Leading an organisation of 130 people, the CEO of Queensland Symphony Orchestra says he still finds time to play the tuba.

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The latest arts appointments and departures.

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The QSO and Brisbane Chamber Choir Collective delivered an incredible, terrifying journey from the abyss to salvation in Verdi’s Requiem.

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QSO invites audiences to "feel every note" in a season ranging from Mahler and Tchaikovsky to movie and video-game scores.

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