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Exceptional musicianship from Salut! Baroque

Salut! Baroque | Bohemian Rhapsody 14 June, 2026, Verbruggen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, NSW Musicians: Sally Melhuish, Recorder Alana Blackburn, Recorder Rachael Beesley, Baroque Violin Julia Russoniello, Baroque Violin […]

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Bach Akademie Australia epitomises the true spirit of the Collegium Musicum

Bach Akademie Australia | Collegium Musicum 13 June 2026, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW Performers: Madeleine Easton – Artistic Director, Solo violin Simone Slattery – Solo violin Rafael Font – Violin […]

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A spellbinding Oracle of new music from Ensemble Offspring

Ensemble Offspring | The Oracle June 2, 2026, ACO Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay, NSW Before Ensemble Offspring’s The Oracle began, the audience gathered in a small rehearsal room at ACO […]

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Delightfully performed ‘Take Six’ by Genesis Baroque

Genesis Baroque | Take Six 19 May 2026, Victorian Artists’ Society, East Melbourne, VIC Performers: Meg Cohen & Jennifer Kirsner, violins Steven King & Anna Webb, violas Josephine Vains & Natasha […]

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The instrumental artistry and natural harmony of Offspring’s Avant Gardens

Ensemble Offspring | Avant Gardens Autumn 10 May, 2026, Hurlstone Park, NSW On Sunday evening, Ensemble Offspring presented their “Avant Gardens Autumn” concert, a part of their long-running series of […]

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AHE’s Beethoven – sublime music, beautifully performed

Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Fourth 3 May, 2026, ACO on the Pier, Walsh Bay, NSW This work is the goose among the swans of Beethoven’s masterful Third, Fifth and […]

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Concertos and Sonatas – a thrilling opening for Pinchgut Opera

Pinchgut Opera | Concertos and Sonatas 28 March, 2026, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW Program: Georg Philipp Telemann – Sonata à 4 in A major, TWV 40:200 Johann Friedrich Fasch […]

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Luminescence’s Tenebrae II: when the choir sang, the magic began

Luminescence Chamber Singers | Gesualdo Tenebrae II Thursday, 19 April, The Neilson Theatre, Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay, NSW The venue was wharf 2, where the ACO (Australian Chamber Orchestra) have […]

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Australia Ensemble UNSW’s Soldier’s Tale nothing less than sublime

Australia Ensemble UNSW | Concert 1 March 14, 2026, University of NSW, NSW To hear a cleverly inspired solo actor play is a privilege – when it is accompanied by […]

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Ensemble Offspring’s 2026 opener – Epic, Up Close

Ensemble Offspring | Avant Gardens Summer March 1, 2026, Glebe, NSW Ensemble Offspring opens its 2026 season not in a concert hall but in a generous supporter’s living room. The […]

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Meet the SSO Fellows – The future of Australian music performance is in very good hands!

Sydney Symphony Fellowship | Meet the Fellows February 21, 2026, St James Church, King St, Sydney, NSW The Sydney Symphony Fellowship hosted a program on Saturday February 21 5pm at […]

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Starburst a hugely successful night for Omega Ensemble

Omega Ensemble | Starburst 12th February, 2026, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW David Elton solo trumpet Vatche Jambazian solo piano David Rowden solo clarinet Jessie Montgomery – Starburst Gerald Finzi […]

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Bach Akademie + The Song Company unite to produce whistles and cheers

Bach Akademie Australia | Bach’s Motets February 8, 2026, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW The combination of The Song Company and the Bach Akademie in the beautiful hall of the Mosman […]

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Recorders the star in Salut! Baroque’s opening concert

Salut! Baroque | Concord of Sweet Sounds February 1, 2026, Customs House, Sydney, NSW Musicians: Anna Stegmann, Sally Melhuish, Alana Blackburn, Alicia Crossley – Recorders John Ma, Sarah Papadopoulos, Jared Adams – […]

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Nexas @ WollCon – feel-good music, played with polish + humour

Nexas Quartet | Wollongong Conservatorium Concert 16 January, 2026, Wollongong Conservatorium of Music, NSW Pulling into the green sweep of the Wollongong Botanic Gardens late on a Friday afternoon, the […]

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An exquisite Hark! marks end of era for The Song Company

The Song Company | Hark! 12 December, 2025, Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, NSW In the large Events Space of Pier 2/3 of the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, the […]

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Australian Haydn Ensemble | 2026 Season Launch

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.” William […]

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Welcome to Salut! Baroque’s 2026 Season

Power, Passion & Politics “Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life […]

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Richard Wong

Exceptional musicianship from Salut! Baroque

Salut! Baroque | Bohemian Rhapsody 14 June, 2026, Verbruggen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, NSW Musicians: Sally Melhuish, Recorder Alana Blackburn, Recorder Rachael Beesley, Baroque Violin Julia Russoniello, Baroque Violin Marianne Yeomans, Baroque Viola Brad Tham, Baroque Viola Tim Blomfield, Baroque Cello Jude Hill, Baroque Double Bass George Wills, Theorbo/ Baroque Guitar Monika Kornel, Harpsichord Program: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von

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Pepe Newton

Bach Akademie Australia epitomises the true spirit of the Collegium Musicum

Bach Akademie Australia | Collegium Musicum 13 June 2026, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW Performers: Madeleine Easton – Artistic Director, Solo violin Simone Slattery – Solo violin Rafael Font – Violin James Tarbotton – Violin John Ma – Viola Anthea Cottee – Cello Pippa MacMillan – Double bass Nathan Cox – Harpsichord Mikaela Oberg – Flute Jessica Lee – Flute Program:

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Pepe Newton

A spellbinding Oracle of new music from Ensemble Offspring

Ensemble Offspring | The Oracle June 2, 2026, ACO Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay, NSW Before Ensemble Offspring’s The Oracle began, the audience gathered in a small rehearsal room at ACO on the Pier, looking out across Sydney Harbour as Vivid flickered beyond the glass. It was the perfect threshold for a concert about forces greater than us: water, weather, rock,

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Richard Excell

Delightfully performed ‘Take Six’ by Genesis Baroque

Genesis Baroque | Take Six 19 May 2026, Victorian Artists’ Society, East Melbourne, VIC Performers: Meg Cohen & Jennifer Kirsner, violins Steven King & Anna Webb, violas Josephine Vains & Natasha Kraemer, cello MOZART/Anon & BRAHMS   This was very much a case of Genesis Post-Baroque, as, like a welcome number of period instrument ensembles, the performers explored the delights of

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Louis Wishart

The instrumental artistry and natural harmony of Offspring’s Avant Gardens

Ensemble Offspring | Avant Gardens Autumn 10 May, 2026, Hurlstone Park, NSW On Sunday evening, Ensemble Offspring presented their “Avant Gardens Autumn” concert, a part of their long-running series of intimate chamber concerts, away from the concert hall to the back gardens and patios of the Ensemble’s passionate supporters. A delightful atmosphere was set by the songbirds of the dusk

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Eli Beverley Schack

AHE’s Beethoven – sublime music, beautifully performed

Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Fourth 3 May, 2026, ACO on the Pier, Walsh Bay, NSW This work is the goose among the swans of Beethoven’s masterful Third, Fifth and Ninth symphonies. No.4 in B flat is not as reverential as the much trumpeted and eponymous concertos but offers a rarely glimpsed burst of delight upon hearing this septet. The

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Eli Beverley Schack

Concertos and Sonatas – a thrilling opening for Pinchgut Opera

Pinchgut Opera | Concertos and Sonatas 28 March, 2026, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW Program: Georg Philipp Telemann – Sonata à 4 in A major, TWV 40:200 Johann Friedrich Fasch – Lute Concerto in D minor, FaWV L:d1 Georg Philipp Telemann – Sonata à 5 in E minor, TWV 44:5 Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV

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Richard Wong

Luminescence’s Tenebrae II: when the choir sang, the magic began

Luminescence Chamber Singers | Gesualdo Tenebrae II Thursday, 19 April, The Neilson Theatre, Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay, NSW The venue was wharf 2, where the ACO (Australian Chamber Orchestra) have made their home. It was quite a long walk from the tram station, but the quiet and peacefulness of the night stroll made me receptive to the chromaticism that was

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Tony Burke

Australia Ensemble UNSW’s Soldier’s Tale nothing less than sublime

Australia Ensemble UNSW | Concert 1 March 14, 2026, University of NSW, NSW To hear a cleverly inspired solo actor play is a privilege – when it is accompanied by brilliantly conceived and played musical accompaniment, it is nothing less than sublime. Written at the time of the Great War with the collaboration of playwright Charles Ramuz, as a play

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Pepe Newton

Ensemble Offspring’s 2026 opener – Epic, Up Close

Ensemble Offspring | Avant Gardens Summer March 1, 2026, Glebe, NSW Ensemble Offspring opens its 2026 season not in a concert hall but in a generous supporter’s living room. The Avant Gardens series – this year spanning summer, autumn and spring – is salon culture revived with new music at its heart. The exact address is only revealed the week

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Richard Wong

Meet the SSO Fellows – The future of Australian music performance is in very good hands!

Sydney Symphony Fellowship | Meet the Fellows February 21, 2026, St James Church, King St, Sydney, NSW The Sydney Symphony Fellowship hosted a program on Saturday February 21 5pm at St James Church, King St, St James (right next to Hyde Park). The program was called Meet the Fellows because it was introducing the future of Australian Music. The talents

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Alan Holley

Starburst a hugely successful night for Omega Ensemble

Omega Ensemble | Starburst 12th February, 2026, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW David Elton solo trumpet Vatche Jambazian solo piano David Rowden solo clarinet Jessie Montgomery – Starburst Gerald Finzi – Clarinet Concerto Dmitri Shostakovich – Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet and Strings Lachlan Skipworth – A Turning Sky World Premiere Australia’s leading classical trumpeter David Elton was the

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Heidi Hereth

Bach Akademie + The Song Company unite to produce whistles and cheers

Bach Akademie Australia | Bach’s Motets February 8, 2026, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW The combination of The Song Company and the Bach Akademie in the beautiful hall of the Mosman Art Gallery was a match made in Heaven. Together, they performed all 7 of the known Bach Motets, plus two works by contemporary composers. The Mayor of Mosman, Marie Kimber,

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Pepe Newton

Recorders the star in Salut! Baroque’s opening concert

Salut! Baroque | Concord of Sweet Sounds February 1, 2026, Customs House, Sydney, NSW Musicians: Anna Stegmann, Sally Melhuish, Alana Blackburn, Alicia Crossley – Recorders John Ma, Sarah Papadopoulos, Jared Adams – Baroque Violin Brad Tham – Baroque Viola; Tim Blomfield – Bass Violin, Cello Piccolo; Jude Hill – Baroque Double Bass George Wills – Theorbo, Baroque Guitar Monika Kornel – Harpsichord

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Pepe Newton

Nexas @ WollCon – feel-good music, played with polish + humour

Nexas Quartet | Wollongong Conservatorium Concert 16 January, 2026, Wollongong Conservatorium of Music, NSW Pulling into the green sweep of the Wollongong Botanic Gardens late on a Friday afternoon, the atmosphere was one of fun. Kids were spread across the lawn outside, cartwheeling, cricket bats in hand. By the time I reached the buildings of the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music,

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Heidi Hereth

An exquisite Hark! marks end of era for The Song Company

The Song Company | Hark! 12 December, 2025, Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, NSW In the large Events Space of Pier 2/3 of the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, the rough wooden beams formed a framework for the Song Company’s last 2025 concert, Hark! Carefully curated by Artistic Directors Amy Moore (soprano) and Jessica O’Donoghue (mezzo soprano), the concert consisted

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Australian Haydn Ensemble | 2026 Season Launch

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.” William Blake Auguries of Innocence, The Pickering Manuscript circa 1803 “In 2026 we have an array of beautiful music to enjoy, with works by Haydn (of course!), Mozart, Beethoven and some exciting and

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Welcome to Salut! Baroque’s 2026 Season

Power, Passion & Politics “Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything.” Plato, The Republic, 375BC Throughout history, music has absorbed, dazzled and entertained us. We swoon at its beauty, laugh at its humour and dance to its rhythms. It can

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