• Editor's Choice Interwoven

    Australian String Quartet: Interwoven

    The Neilson, ACO on the Pier Pier 2/3 13 Hickson Road Dawes Point, Dawes Point, New South Wales, Australia
    This program of vivid contrasts is anchored by Elizabeth Younan’s Interwoven, a recent work exploring connection and expression. Haydn’s String Quartet in A major – part of his revolutionary Sun series – brings wit and invention, while Prokofiev’s wartime Second Quartet in F major draws on Caucasian folk idioms. Clara Schumann’s Variations,…
  • Ensemble Offspring: The Oracle

    The Neilson, ACO on the Pier Pier 2/3 13 Hickson Road Dawes Point, Dawes Point, New South Wales, Australia
    New music turns to ancient, elemental inspiration in this revelatory program of brand new music. Enter the trance with floating sonorities and otherworldly voices. Tread the steps of an antique dance-song. Take an imaginary journey into the primeval heart of the Earth, and experience the adrenalin rush of Kate Moore’s…

    Bach Akademie Australia: Collegium Musicum

    The Neilson, ACO on the Pier Pier 2/3 13 Hickson Road Dawes Point, Dawes Point, New South Wales, Australia
    An atmosphere of musical and scientific enlightenment. In 1702 in Leipzig, Bach’s great friend and colleague Telemann recognised the need for an environment in which his students could perform in public and where musical and academic pursuits could be fostered. The Collegium Musicum was born. When Bach arrived in 1723,…