The Melbourne Composers’ League | Song of the Eagle New Chamber Music from Australia and Albania 17 July, 2022, Church of All Nations, Carlton,...
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Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Simone Young conducts Mahler 2 July 20, 2022, Sydney Opera House Oh, how we have missed you so in the Sydney Opera...
MSO – sweet here, fiery there, mysterious when required
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Vasily Petrenko Conducts Elgar July 14, 2022, Hamer Hall, Melbourne Vasily Petrenko conductor Jack Schiller bassoon...
Ensemble Offspring bend time and rhythm in all their glory
Ensemble Offspring | Time as Revelator Sat 16 July, 2022 | Carriageworks ‘Twas a brisk Winter’s evening in Sydney, but this did not curb the...
CD Review: Johanna Selleck | Becoming
Johanna Selleck | Becoming Merlyn Quaife (soprano) Dean Sky-Lucas (countertenor) Jerzy Kozlowski (bass) Adam Simmons (shakuhachi) Lynette...
An ‘Entangled’ evening with Jessica O’Donoghue
The Song Company: Up Close | Entangled June 24, 2022, Wharf 4/5, Dawes Point The Song Company Studio at Wharf 4/5 at Dawes Point was quickly...
CD Review: Flute Perspectives Vol. 3
Flute Perspectives, Vol. 3. Derek Jones – flute, Jerry Wong- piano, Leigh Harrold - piano The first thing that strikes the listener in this...
The infectious exuberance of the Byron Mark Septet
Byron Mark Septet | ODYSSEY album launch June 18, 2022, Surry Hills There was an air of noisy excitement as the anticipating crowd waited for their...
Superb Castalia Vocal Consort create an experience in sound
CASTALIA VOCAL CONSORT | Under Cover of Darkness Saturday 18 June, 2022, Glebe Town Hall Singers Chloe Lankshear Amy Moore Stephanie Dillon Chris...
HERE, a joyous collage of sound, vision and poetry
Here May 30, 2022, Annandale Creative Arts Centre It still feels strange going out at night to a live concert. I certainly haven’t ‘moved on’ from...
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Newcastle Music Festival | Pinchgut Opera – Vespers by Monteverdi
Newcastle Music Festival | Pinchgut Opera – Vespers by Monteverdi
This concert is presented by Newcastle Music Festival Pinchgut Opera visits Newcastle for the first time, bringing the sublime Vespers by Claudio Monteverdi to Christ Church Cathedral. The artists of Cantillation,…
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Newcastle Music Festival | Vienna to Budapest
Newcastle Music Festival | Vienna to Budapest
This concert is presented by Newcastle Music Festival Peter Guy plays the grand organ of Newcastle's Christ Church Cathedral, performing works by Mozart, Liszt and Bruckner, in one of Peter's…
Newcastle Music Festival | Beautiful Bruch
Newcastle Music Festival | Beautiful Bruch
This concert is presented by Newcastle Music Festival Written in 1911 as a swansong to his career, Max Bruch’s Double Concerto Opus 88 is a rhapsodic work, to be performed…
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Sydney Eisteddfod | NSW Doctors Orchestra Instrumental Scholarship Final
Sydney Eisteddfod | NSW Doctors Orchestra Instrumental Scholarship Final
This concert is streamed live on Australian Digital Concert Hall Live audience tickets are also available at Zenith Theatre, Chatswood Sydney Eisteddfod NSW Doctors Orchestra Instrumental Scholarship attracts the finest…
Australian National Academy of Music | Mostly Mozart – Musical Mavericks
Australian National Academy of Music | Mostly Mozart – Musical Mavericks
This concert is streamed live on Australian Digital Concert Hall Live audience tickets are also available at Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre. James Crabb performs with and directs musicians…
Newcastle Music Festival | Susan Collins Plays Bach by Dark
Newcastle Music Festival | Susan Collins Plays Bach by Dark
This concert is presented by Newcastle Music Festival Experience the rapturous sounds of Bach performed by Susan Collins on violin in the hushed darkness and spellbinding atmosphere of the Cathedral.…
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Sydney Eisteddfod | Kawai Junior Piano Scholarship Final
Sydney Eisteddfod | Kawai Junior Piano Scholarship Final
This concert is streamed live on Australian Digital Concert Hall Live audience tickets are also available at Zenith Theatre, Chatswood. Sydney Eisteddfod Kawai Junior Scholarship Finals (11-16 years) showcases Australia’s…
Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Eroica – Canberra
Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Eroica – Canberra
THREE REVOLUTIONARY SYMPHONIES IN CHAMBER FORM The great G minor ‘middle panel’ of Mozart’s final symphonic triptych was completed in July 1788. A month earlier, in Grenoble, troops opened fire…
Newcastle Music Festival | Blues in the Night
Newcastle Music Festival | Blues in the Night
This concert is presented by Newcastle Music Festival 2022 The Dungeon Big Band combines 17 amazing musicians who find their raison d’etre in the power of the big band. ‘Blues…
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The Pitt St Lunchtime Organ Festival
The Pitt St Lunchtime Organ Festival runs from June to September 2022 Most Fridays from 1.10pm-1.50pm. Come and enjoy the glorious sounds of this famous historic Hill organ in the…
Sydney Eisteddfod | Kawai Piano Scholarship Final
Sydney Eisteddfod | Kawai Piano Scholarship Final
This concert is streamed live on Australian Digital Concert Hall Live audience tickets are also available at Zenith Theatre, Chatswood. Watch Australia’s most promising young Pianists perform at the Sydney…
UNSW Orchestra | Classical Czechia
UNSW Orchestra | Classical Czechia
Enjoy a program of Czech Bohemian repertoire showcasing UNSW Orchestra & soloist Hikaru Fuminashi in Schumann's triumphant Cello Concerto About this event UNSW ORCHESTRA CONCERT: CLASSICAL CZECHIA Dr. Steven Hillinger,…
Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Eroica – Berry
Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Eroica – Berry
THREE REVOLUTIONARY SYMPHONIES IN CHAMBER FORM ARTISTS: Australian Haydn Ensemble PROGRAM WRANITZKY Symphony in C minor Op. 31 La Paix (arr. Wranitzky) 1st movement MOZART Symphony No. 40 K. 550…
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Ray Chen|In Recital – 2022 Australian Tour
World-renowned violinist Ray Chen makes his long-awaited return to Australia with some of the most demanding, impressive, and emotionally riveting works for violin. Joining us in welcoming him back in…
Australian Chamber Orchestra | There’s a Sea in My Bedroom
Australian Chamber Orchestra | There’s a Sea in My Bedroom
An Australian Chamber Orchestra production Based on the picture book by Margaret Wild and Jane Tanner. Adapted by Tim McGarry. Original music by Paul Stanhope. David is frightened of the…
Collegium Musicum Choir | Refuge
Collegium Musicum Choir | Refuge
Compelling exploration of the extraordinary story of The Girl from Aleppo alongside Bernstein's hopeful and life-affirming Chichester Psalms. ARTISTS Collegium Musicum Choir Burgundian Consort Sonia Maddock, conductor featuring Russell Harcourt,…
Music Teachers’ Association – Newcastle Branch – Scholarships Competition
Music Teachers’ Association – Newcastle Branch – Scholarships Competition
The Music Teachers’ Association of NSW, Newcastle Branch, presents their annual scholarships competition. Prizes for excellence will be awarded in the Nan Price Memorial Scholarship and the Joyce Blewitt Award…
7 events,
Steel City Strings | Seasons with Emily Sun – Kiama
Steel City Strings | Seasons with Emily Sun – Kiama
Contrasting old and new, this program brings a much-anticipated work to the region – Max Richter’s 2012 Re-Imagining of Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons as well as original Vivaldi works. Steel…
Newcastle Music Festival | FESTIVAL CHOIR – Fauré’s Requiem
Newcastle Music Festival | FESTIVAL CHOIR – Fauré’s Requiem
This concert is presented by Newcastle Music Festival 2022 A annual feature of Newcastle Music Festival is the coming together of local singers to form the Festival Choir. This year…
Adelaide Baroque | Jewel of the City: Music of Dresden
Adelaide Baroque | Jewel of the City: Music of Dresden
During the middle of the eighteenth century, the court orchestra of the German city of Dresden was the most famous orchestra in all of Europe. Known for its brilliance and…
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Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Eroica – Sydney
Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Eroica – Sydney
THREE REVOLUTIONARY SYMPHONIES IN CHAMBER FORM ARTISTS: Australian Haydn Ensemble PROGRAM WRANITZKY Symphony in C minor Op. 31 La Paix (arr. Wranitzky) 1st movement MOZART Symphony No. 40 K. 550…
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Musica Viva Strike A Chord | Winners’ Celebration Concert 1
Musica Viva Strike A Chord | Winners’ Celebration Concert 1
This concert is streamed live on Australian Digital Concert Hall Live audience tickets are also available at Athenaeum 2, Melbourne. Future chamber music stars in action! Flinders Quartet and Sutherland…
Musica Viva Strike A Chord | Winners’ Celebration Concert 2
Musica Viva Strike A Chord | Winners’ Celebration Concert 2
In awarding its inaugural mentorship prize, Sutherland Trio introduces Amogus Trio to the exciting experience of collaborating with living composers.
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Bangalow Music Festival 2022
The 19th Bangalow Music Festival 2022 (BMF), proudly owned, operated, and presented annually by Southern Cross Soloists (SXS), one of Australia’s most formidable and long-running chamber music ensembles, presents a…
Newcastle Music Festival | Toasting Mother Earth
Newcastle Music Festival | Toasting Mother Earth
Newcastle Music Festival proudly presents Anna Fraser and Jack Symonds, performing works ranging from the antiphony of Hildegard of Bingen, nearly 1000 years ago, through settings of the modern mysticism…
9 events,
Chamber Music Adelaide | On the Terrace: On the Road – Port Augusta
Chamber Music Adelaide | On the Terrace: On the Road – Port Augusta
Chamber Music Adelaide is excited to be heading out on the road in August for our first ever regional presentation of On the Terrace. Since 2013 On the Terrace has…
Lunchtime Concert | Schubert: The Poet’s Poet
Lunchtime Concert | Schubert: The Poet’s Poet
Schubert used many of the themes from his lieder to inspire his own instrumental music, such as the Trout Quintet and Death and the Maiden String Quartet. The great pianist…
Bangalow Music Festival | Southern Cross Soloists
Bangalow Music Festival | Southern Cross Soloists
This concert is streamed live on Australian Digital Concert Hall Live audience tickets are also available at Bangalow Music Festival. Southern Cross Soloists open the 19th Bangalow Music Festival with…
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Ray Chen|In Recital – 2022 Australian Tour
World-renowned violinist Ray Chen makes his long-awaited return to Australia with some of the most demanding, impressive, and emotionally riveting works for violin. Joining us in welcoming him back in…
Chamber Music Adelaide | On the Terrace: On the Road – Port Augusta
Chamber Music Adelaide is excited to be heading out on the road in August for our first ever regional presentation of On the Terrace. Since 2013 On the Terrace has…
Opera Bites at The Embassy | Carmen
Opera Bites at The Embassy | Carmen
Immerse yourself in operatic splendour with lavishly costumed popular opera in an elegant heritage setting. By popular request, Opera Bites presents a matinee performance of fully costumed popular opera. As…
Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Eroica – Lake Macquarie
Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Eroica – Lake Macquarie
THREE REVOLUTIONARY SYMPHONIES IN CHAMBER FORM ARTISTS: Australian Haydn Ensemble PROGRAM WRANITZKY Symphony in C minor Op. 31 La Paix (arr. Wranitzky) 1st movement MOZART Symphony No. 40 K. 550…
Balmain Sinfonia | Mozart & Schumann
Balmain Sinfonia | Mozart & Schumann
The Balmain Sinfonia welcome soloists Janet Webb (flute) & Kate Moloney (harp) for an afternoon of delightful music. PROGRAM • Mozart – Overture, Così fan tutte • Mozart – Concerto…
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Sydney University Graduate Choir | In Paradisum
Sydney University Graduate Choir | In Paradisum
In this concert the choir presents two great works: Fauré’s peaceful Requiem and Schubert’s beautiful Stabat Mater. In his Requiem opus 48, the French composer Gabriel Fauré distilled some of…
Phoenix Collective | Daft Punk
Phoenix Collective | Daft Punk
Chatswood Culture Bites presents: Phoenix Collective Sunday Sessions Phoenix Collective is a dynamic ensemble showcasing classical music with a uniquely Australian edge. Bringing together some of Australia’s most accomplished musicians,…
Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Eroica – Parramatta
Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Eroica – Parramatta
THREE REVOLUTIONARY SYMPHONIES IN CHAMBER FORM ARTISTS: Australian Haydn Ensemble PROGRAM WRANITZKY Symphony in C minor Op. 31 La Paix (arr. Wranitzky) 1st movement MOZART Symphony No. 40 K. 550…
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Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra | Tempestuous Skies – Kenthurst
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra | Tempestuous Skies – Kenthurst
MOZART Mozart’s Jupiter symphony is one of the greatest pieces ever written. His final symphony, it is a grand statement from a visionary composer, and even if the nickname wasn’t…
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Sydney Mozart Society | Flinders Quartet
Sydney Mozart Society | Flinders Quartet
One of Australia’s most loved chamber music ensembles is joined by Vatche Jambazian (guest piano) to present Mozart’s sparkling lyrical piano concerto, K414, in its ‘quattro’ form. The Flinders Quartet…
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra | Tempestuous Skies – Canberra
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra | Tempestuous Skies – Canberra
MOZART Mozart’s Jupiter symphony is one of the greatest pieces ever written. His final symphony, it is a grand statement from a visionary composer, and even if the nickname wasn’t…
Latitude 37 | Phantasticus
Latitude 37 | Phantasticus
This concert is streamed live on Australian Digital Concert Hall Live audience tickets are also available at Athenaeum 2, Melbourne. Latitude 37 explores the richness of the 17th century imagination…
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Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Ray Chen performs Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
Celebrated Australian violinist Ray Chen returns to Australia in August to perform Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. Mendelssohn’s much loved and wonderfully uplifting Violin Concerto demands an astonishing versatility and expressive range…
Phoenix Collective Tango | A Night in Buenos Aires – Tuggeranong
Phoenix Collective Tango | A Night in Buenos Aires – Tuggeranong
Known for sell-out performances, PC Tango is a surefire crowd-pleaser. Featuring tango legend and founder of TangoOz, Maggie Ferguson on the bandoneon, the ensemble will explore early and traditional works…
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra | Chamber Series – Kerry & Mozart Quintets
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra | Chamber Series – Kerry & Mozart Quintets
This concert is streamed live on Australian Digital Concert Hall Live audience tickets are also available at Athenaeum 2, Melbourne. With more than 200 years and 15,000 kilometres between them,…
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra | Tempestuous Skies – Newcastle
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra | Tempestuous Skies – Newcastle
MOZART Mozart’s Jupiter symphony is one of the greatest pieces ever written. His final symphony, it is a grand statement from a visionary composer, and even if the nickname wasn’t…
5 events,
Phoenix Collective Tango | A Night in Buenos Aires – Forrest
Phoenix Collective Tango | A Night in Buenos Aires – Forrest
Known for sell-out performances, PC Tango is a surefire crowd-pleaser. Featuring tango legend and founder of TangoOz, Maggie Ferguson on the bandoneon, the ensemble will explore early and traditional works…
Elder Conservatorium Lunchtime Concert | Powerhouse
Elder Conservatorium Lunchtime Concert | Powerhouse
This concert is streamed live on Australian Digital Concert Hall Live audience tickets are also available at Elder Conservatorium, Adelaide. Playing the works of great masters is undoubtedly an important…
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Max Richter: The Four Seasons
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Max Richter: The Four Seasons
Celebrated Australian violinist Ray Chen returns to Australia to join the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for Max Richter: The Four Seasons. Richter’s less-is-more minimalism has made him a Hollywood favourite, with…
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Balmain Baroque | Telemann, Vivaldi, Handel, Bach
Balmain Baroque | Telemann, Vivaldi, Handel, Bach
Balmain Baroque are a 5 piece ensemble, lead by soprano Amanda Muir, with baroque flute, recorder and strings. PROGRAM The concert program includes Telemann, Vivaldi, Handel and the mighty Bach…
Phoenix Collective Tango | A Night in Buenos Aires – Mosman
Phoenix Collective Tango | A Night in Buenos Aires – Mosman
Known for sell-out performances, PC Tango is a surefire crowd-pleaser. Featuring tango legend and founder of TangoOz, Maggie Ferguson on the bandoneon, the ensemble will explore early and traditional works…
Australian Chamber Choir | Top Dozen Choral Classics – Melbourne
Australian Chamber Choir | Top Dozen Choral Classics – Melbourne
What would you like to hear the ACC sing at their Top Dozen Choral Classics concert in August? Will it be Britten or Byrd, Debussy, Elgar, Gibbons? Handel or Holst?…
11 events,
Bel a cappella | Vidi Aquam
Bel a cappella | Vidi Aquam
Written to celebrate the 450th anniversary of one of choral music’s most iconic works, Spem in alium, Sir James MacMillan was commissioned to write a modern reflection to Spem in…
Phoenix Collective Tango | A Night in Buenos Aires – Gosford
Phoenix Collective Tango | A Night in Buenos Aires – Gosford
Known for sell-out performances, PC Tango is a surefire crowd-pleaser. Featuring tango legend and founder of TangoOz, Maggie Ferguson on the bandoneon, the ensemble will explore early and traditional works…
Luminescence Chamber Singers | Dolce Cantavi – Braidwood
Luminescence Chamber Singers | Dolce Cantavi – Braidwood
The perennial power of the female trio in myth and in music. From the Three Graces to the Gundungurra dreaming story of the Three Sisters, when we meet women in…
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Selby & Friends | In the Shadow of War – Canberra
Selby & Friends | In the Shadow of War – Canberra
The surprising connection between the three works on this program is that of wartime conflict and how it impacted each composer. Australian Matthew Hindson, composing in 2015, was motivated by…
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Selby & Friends | In the Shadow of War – Melbourne
Selby & Friends | In the Shadow of War – Melbourne
The Twilight Series at Melbourne Recital Centre is a one hour concert, with no interval, beginning at 5pm. The surprising connection between these works is that of wartime conflict and…
Selby & Friends | In the Shadow of War – Melbourne **SOLD OUT**
Selby & Friends | In the Shadow of War – Melbourne **SOLD OUT**
The surprising connection between the three works on this program is that of wartime conflict and how it impacted each composer. Australian Matthew Hindson, composing in 2015, was motivated by…
2 events,
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra | Tempestuous Skies – Sydney
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra | Tempestuous Skies – Sydney
MOZART Mozart’s Jupiter symphony is one of the greatest pieces ever written. His final symphony, it is a grand statement from a visionary composer, and even if the nickname wasn’t…
3 events,
The Song Company | Arms of Love – Newcastle
The Song Company | Arms of Love – Newcastle
Buxtehude’s monumental meditation on suffering and the human body set with contemporary Indigenous dance, and a major new Australian work from Chris Williams. The Song Company and contemporary Indigenous dance…
Backstage Music | EarthBound
Backstage Music | EarthBound
As humans we are bound to each other and to the earth we live on. We make music to connect and to explore the complexities and contradictions of our existence.…
9 events,
Sydney Eisteddfod | Ballet Scholarship
Sydney Eisteddfod | Ballet Scholarship
This event features this year’s most promising ballet soloists and top Jazz Dance troupes from across Australia and New Zealand. The Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Scholarship provide the most valuable and…
Music in the Sky: Shinrin-Yoku | Forest Bathing
Music in the Sky: Shinrin-Yoku | Forest Bathing
Come and experience a unique musical journey under the sky in one of Sydney's best-kept secret gardens. We invite you into an urban oasis of cascading vocals and reverberating tones,…
Music in the Sky: Shinrin-Yoku | Forest Bathing
Music in the Sky: Shinrin-Yoku | Forest Bathing
Come and experience a unique musical journey under the sky in one of Sydney's best-kept secret gardens. We invite you into an urban oasis of cascading vocals and reverberating tones,…
9 events,
Thoroughbass | Based on Bach
Thoroughbass | Based on Bach
Join brilliant recorder player Joanne Arnott and harpsichordist Diana Weston in an afternoon concert devoted to Bach and his influence. The legacy of the great Johann Sebastian Bach never ceases…
Australia Ensemble UNSW | The Roaring Twenties
Australia Ensemble UNSW | The Roaring Twenties
Four pieces from four centuries apart that contrast and connect from an elegant Bach Sonata, through a seemingly effortless Mendelssohn String Quartet and Hindemith’s urbane Kleine Kammermusic to the premiere of the…
Fiore | A Tasting Plate
Fiore | A Tasting Plate
Fiore presents their first concert - A Tasting Plate A scrumptious selection of works for four voices; Josquin to Moeran, Tallis to Debussy, and more. Dynamic, polished, sparkling, and cheeky;…
8 events,
Selby & Friends | In the Shadow of War – Adelaide
Selby & Friends | In the Shadow of War – Adelaide
The surprising connection between the three works on this program is that of wartime conflict and how it impacted each composer. Australian Matthew Hindson, composing in 2015, was motivated by…
Adelaide Baroque | Fantasy and Fugue
Adelaide Baroque | Fantasy and Fugue
Improvisation has always been at the heart of organ technique and composition. The competitive spirit that drove the development of this skill helped forge the Baroque style. Josh van Konkelenberg…