• Editor's Choice Swansong

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Swansong

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Flautist Kim Falconer and harpist Jessica Fotinos feature in Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp, written on commission in 1778 during the composer’s fated trip to Paris with his mother, Anna Maria, who died there. The concert begins with Sibelius’s tone poem The Swan of Tuonela, composed in 1893, while Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique rounds…
    Editor's Choice Swansong

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Swansong

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Flautist Kim Falconer and harpist Jessica Fotinos feature in Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp, written on commission in 1778 during the composer’s fated trip to Paris with his mother, Anna Maria, who died there. The concert begins with Sibelius’s tone poem The Swan of Tuonela, composed in 1893, while Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique rounds…
    Editor's Choice Leila Josefowicz & John Novacek

    Musica Viva Australia: Leila Josefowicz & John Novacek

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    American-Canadian violinist Leila Josefowicz and pianist John Novacek present a program spanning early Modernism to the present day, including Debussy’s Violin Sonata, Szymanowski’s Mythes and Stravinsky’s Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss. The program also features the Australian premiere of Charlotte Bray’s Mriya, commissioned by Musica Viva Australia and Wigmore Hall. Limelight…
    New Ground

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: New Ground

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    This program opens with Gershwin’s spirited An American in Paris, capturing the excitement and whimsy of the Jazz Age. Renowned classical accordionist James Crabb premieres Holly Harrison’s new concerto, shaped by her lively rhythms and blues-infused style. The concert builds to Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, dancing between delicate winds, suspenseful…
    New Ground

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: New Ground

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    This program opens with Gershwin’s spirited An American in Paris, capturing the excitement and whimsy of the Jazz Age. Renowned classical accordionist James Crabb premieres Holly Harrison’s new concerto, shaped by her lively rhythms and blues-infused style. The concert builds to Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, dancing between delicate winds, suspenseful…
    Editor's Choice From Winter’s Stillness

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: From Winter’s Stillness

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Promising a soul-stirring evocation of frozen landscapes and Northern light, this concert sees the ACO join forces with vocal ensemble Trio Mediæval and trumpeter Arve Henriksen under Richard Tognetti. Drawing on ancient hymns from Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Estonia, the program also features works by Terry Riley, Alfred Schnittke and Tõnu…
  • Framed in Sound

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Framed in Sound

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Keitaro Harada returns with his infectious on-stage energy. Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition uses the full colour of the orchestra to bring paintings to life – from ornate clocks and grand city gates to ballet costumes and a ghostly castle. Stravinsky’s playful ballet score Jeu de cartes…
    Framed in Sound

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Framed in Sound

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Keitaro Harada returns with his infectious on-stage energy. Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition uses the full colour of the orchestra to bring paintings to life – from ornate clocks and grand city gates to ballet costumes and a ghostly castle. Stravinsky’s playful ballet score Jeu de cartes…
    Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford

    Musica Viva Australia: Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    In the intricate weave of sounds that make up a baroque ensemble, the lute is central. It’s fitting, then, that French-American lutenist Thomas Dunford is at the centre of some of the most exciting early music making of the moment. A regular collaborator with everyone from Les Arts Florissants to…
  • Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Sibelius: The Symphonies Concert 1

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    This year, the ASO embarks on a profound exploration of the symphonies by Jean Sibelius led by Chief Conductor Mark Wigglesworth. Fusing the spirit of Finnish folk melodies with orchestral grandeur, Sibelius tells stories of nature, memory, and identity. Experience an unmissable cycle of symphonies, seven masterpieces in which personal,…

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Sibelius: The Symphonies Concert 2

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    This year, the ASO embarks on a profound exploration of the symphonies by Jean Sibelius led by Chief Conductor Mark Wigglesworth. Fusing the spirit of Finnish folk melodies with orchestral grandeur, Sibelius tells stories of nature, memory, and identity. Experience an unmissable cycle of symphonies, seven masterpieces in which personal,…

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Sibelius: The Symphonies Concert 3

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    This year, the ASO embarks on a profound exploration of the symphonies by Jean Sibelius led by Chief Conductor Mark Wigglesworth. Fusing the spirit of Finnish folk melodies with orchestral grandeur, Sibelius tells stories of nature, memory, and identity. Experience an unmissable cycle of symphonies, seven masterpieces in which personal,…