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    • Isles of Light

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: Isles of Light

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    The British Isles boast a magnificent anthology of music grounded in lush, poetic landscapes and thriving cities. This concert will transport you there. British violin and viola virtuoso Lawrence Power makes his ACO debut directing music from Thomas Tallis’ evocative theme - made famous by Vaughan Williams - to the…
    Doric String Quartet & Lloyd Van’t Hoff

    Musica Viva Australia: Doric String Quartet & Lloyd Van’t Hoff

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as ‘simply one of the best chamber music compositions of our time’ (Guardian). Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of its own, this major work for string quartet and basset clarinet was premiered in 2021 and has become…

    • Swansong

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Swansong

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Inspired by poetry and prayer, Arvo Pärt’s Swansong opens the program with a spacious, meditative stillness. Tchaikovsky’s deeply personal Symphony No.6 Pathétique closes it – his final completed work, imbued with impassioned beauty and a sense of farewell. Mozart’s sparkling concerto offers a delicate contrast with its ethereal blend of…
    Swansong

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Swansong

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Inspired by poetry and prayer, Arvo Pärt’s Swansong opens the program with a spacious, meditative stillness. Tchaikovsky’s deeply personal Symphony No.6 Pathétique closes it – his final completed work, imbued with impassioned beauty and a sense of farewell. Mozart’s sparkling concerto offers a delicate contrast with its ethereal blend of…
    Leila Josefowicz & John Novacek

    Musica Viva Australia: Leila Josefowicz & John Novacek

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Prepare to be kissed by a fairy, haunted by a dream and transformed by music when Canadian virtuoso violinist Leila Josefowicz and fellow-Canadian pianist John Novacek bring their fantastical tales and captivating sounds to tour Australia. Josefowicz and Novacek have been playing together since they were eight, and their enduring partnership…
    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…
    From Winter’s Stillness

    Australian Chamber Orchestra: From Winter’s Stillness

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    From the cold, clear quiet of a wintery morning, comes the music of an ancient landscape: the snow-strewn mountains and shores along the Baltic and Nordic seas. Richard Tognetti directs this extraordinary collaboration between the international vocal phenomenon Trio Mediæval, jazz trumpeter Arve Henriksen and the ACO. Playing with a…

    • 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,…