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Jenny Duck-Chong + Jo Allan = Delightful.

Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo soprano + Jo Allan piano | Recital 18 April, 2026, St John’s Darlinghurst, NSW Two of Sydney’s cultural warriors for the ‘new’ Jenny Duck-Chong and Jo Allan […]

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Celata’s clarinet was miraculous – Sydney Soloists presented by SMS

Sydney Mozart Society | Sydney Soloists 14 April 2026, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW Program: MOZART | Clarinet Quintet in A major, K 581 SCHUBERT | The Shepherd on the Rock, […]

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Donald Runnicles conducts SSO in Mahler 6 – Stunning all round

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Donald Runnicles conducts Mahler 6 9 April, 2026, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, NSW With musicians of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) GUSTAV MAHLER […]

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St Mary’s Cathedral Scholars at BAMF – a perfectly balanced, impressive musical outcome

Bowral Autumn Music Festival concert 2: Music for Tenebrae March 27, 2026, St Jude’s Church, Bowral, NSW St Mary’s Cathedral Scholars Conductor: Richard Butler Organist: Daniel Justin   Program Vexilla […]

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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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SURIDI Trio premieres new Australian works in dazzling salon style

SURIDI Trio | Recital March 22, 2026, Church Street Studios, Camperdown, Sydney Diane Berger (flutes), Richard Rourke (clarinet) and Sumiko Yamamura (piano) Program Chôros No. 2 – Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 […]

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SSO with María Dueñas and Anna Lapwood – never better!

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony With Bruch’s First Violin Concerto March 19, 2026, Sydney Opera House Bruch’s First Violin Concerto – Soloist María Dueñas Max Bruch was a […]

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Duo de Graaf Connie bring sparkling Art Song to the intimate Athenaeum Library

Christelise de Graaf and Meredith Connie | Splendid: Art Songs through the Ages 13 March, 2026, Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Melbourne VIC The Melbourne Atheneum Library was treated to a beautiful […]

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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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Anna Lapwood at Melbourne Town Hall – one very special performer…

Anna Lapwood | Recital in Town Hall March 13, 2026, Melbourne Town Hall, VIC When Anna bounds onto the stage, her energy is infectious. Greeted like a rock star at […]

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Australian Haydn Ensemble’s Spring is truly magnificent

Australian Haydn Ensemble | Mozart’s Spring March 8, 2026, Paintings Room, State Library, Sydney, NSW AHE 2026, the first program for their year, consisted of Haydn, Mendelssohn and Mozart string […]

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MSO opening gala with Jean Yves Tibaudet – audience knew musical stars when they heard them

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Opening Gala March 5, 2026, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC The “wonderful” MSO took us on an enthralling aural voyage to Hollywood (via Northern Russia); Tin Pan […]

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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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MSO’s Jaime Martin as conductor and soloist a rare treat

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Strauss and Mozart February 28, 2026. Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC Featuring Jaime Martin (flute and conductor) & Natalie Chee (violin)   The intimate surrounds of the […]

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Extraordinary. Jean-Yves Thibaudet – Debussy Preludes

Jean-Yves Thibaudet in Recital February 23, 2026, Sydney Opera House, NSW Two iconic paragons in the one night. Jean-Yves Thibaudet the French pianist par excellence, one of the leading exponents […]

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Classic Jazz in Four Hands sets St James’ swinging

Stephanie Trick and Paolo Alderighi | Classic Jazz in Four Hands February 11 2026, St James’ Church, Phillip St, Sydney, NSW It’s not every day you walk into one of […]

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A scintillating and genre-defying performance from Roomful of Teeth

Roomful of Teeth | Voices beyond borders 11 February 2026, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC The Occasion Such joy as heading to the Melbourne Recital Centre on Wednesday night in the midst of […]

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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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Alan Holley

Jenny Duck-Chong + Jo Allan = Delightful.

Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo soprano + Jo Allan piano |  Recital 18 April, 2026, St John’s Darlinghurst, NSW Two of Sydney’s cultural warriors for the ‘new’ Jenny Duck-Chong and Jo Allan performed a salon style vocal concert in the historic St John’s Darlinghurst built in the 1850’s. Some of the 19 works performed were nigh on a minute and none outstayed

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Daniel Kaan

Celata’s clarinet was miraculous – Sydney Soloists presented by SMS

Sydney Mozart Society | Sydney Soloists 14 April 2026, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW Program: MOZART | Clarinet Quintet in A major, K 581 SCHUBERT | The Shepherd on the Rock, D 965 DVOŘÁK | Piano Quintet in A major, Op.81 Artists: Julie Lea Goodwin (soprano) Andrew Haveron (violin 1) Alexandra Osborne (violin 2) Tobias Breider (viola) Catherine Hewgill (cello) Francesco

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Alan Holley

Donald Runnicles conducts SSO in Mahler 6 – Stunning all round

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Donald Runnicles conducts Mahler 6 9 April, 2026, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, NSW With musicians of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911) Symphony No.6 in A minor (1903–04) Allegro energico, ma non troppo. Heftig, aber markig Scherzo: Wuchtig iii. Andante moderato Finale. Allegro moderato – Allegro energico    Mahler created some

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Daniel Kaan

St Mary’s Cathedral Scholars at BAMF – a perfectly balanced, impressive musical outcome

Bowral Autumn Music Festival concert 2: Music for Tenebrae March 27, 2026, St Jude’s Church, Bowral, NSW St Mary’s Cathedral Scholars Conductor: Richard Butler Organist: Daniel Justin   Program Vexilla regia prodeunt – Gregorian Chant Organ improvisation on Vexilla regis Psalm 4 – Gregorian Chant Victoria: Sepulto domino Bach: Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott (BWV 721) Victoria: Tenebrae factae

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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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SURIDI Trio premieres new Australian works in dazzling salon style

SURIDI Trio | Recital March 22, 2026, Church Street Studios, Camperdown, Sydney Diane Berger (flutes), Richard Rourke (clarinet) and Sumiko Yamamura (piano) Program Chôros No. 2 – Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 -1959) Flute and clarinet Parallax – Paul Moulatlet (b.1955) Flute, clarinet & piano Clarinet concerto K622 slow mvt – Mozart (1756- 1791) Leaves . . . . in . .

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Tony Burke

SSO with María Dueñas and Anna Lapwood – never better!

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony With Bruch’s First Violin Concerto March 19, 2026, Sydney Opera House Bruch’s First Violin Concerto – Soloist María Dueñas Max Bruch was a contemporary of Brahms and early in his career was equally as renowned. He also shared a friendship with violinist Joseph Joachim who encouraged him to write not one but three

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Duo de Graaf Connie bring sparkling Art Song to the intimate Athenaeum Library

Christelise de Graaf and Meredith Connie | Splendid: Art Songs through the Ages 13 March, 2026, Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Melbourne VIC The Melbourne Atheneum Library was treated to a beautiful concert presented by Christelise de Graaf (soprano) and Meredith Connie (classical guitarist and composer) on Friday evening. The duo explored repertoire that is not often given an airing but showed

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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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Daniel Brace

Anna Lapwood at Melbourne Town Hall – one very special performer…

Anna Lapwood | Recital in Town Hall March 13, 2026, Melbourne Town Hall, VIC When Anna bounds onto the stage, her energy is infectious. Greeted like a rock star at the first of two sold out concerts at the Melbourne Town Hall, Anna endears herself to us immediately. Before she has even played a single note, she has us in

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Richard Wong

Australian Haydn Ensemble’s Spring is truly magnificent

Australian Haydn Ensemble | Mozart’s Spring March 8, 2026, Paintings Room, State Library, Sydney, NSW AHE 2026, the first program for their year, consisted of Haydn, Mendelssohn and Mozart string quartets. Here, the AHE performs as a string quartet, whereas in last year’s incarnation, they were a symphony orchestra! Never mind, they are playing Beethoven’s fourth symphony as part of

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David Hood

MSO opening gala with Jean Yves Tibaudet – audience knew musical stars when they heard them

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Opening Gala March 5,  2026, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC The “wonderful” MSO took us on an enthralling aural voyage to Hollywood (via Northern Russia); Tin Pan Alley (New York) and Outer Space (John Williams), where our audience DID get to scream – “Bravos”! Starting with John William’s 11-minute Star Wars Suite, the Main Title certainly “smacked

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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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Brad Slater

MSO’s Jaime Martin as conductor and soloist a rare treat

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Strauss and Mozart February 28, 2026. Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC Featuring Jaime Martin (flute and conductor) & Natalie Chee (violin)   The intimate surrounds of the Melbourne Recital Centre proved ideally suited to a program of Bach, Mozart, and chamber orchestra sized Strauss. Opening with Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 allowed the audience to acclimatise to the sonority

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Richard Wong

Extraordinary. Jean-Yves Thibaudet – Debussy Preludes

Jean-Yves Thibaudet in Recital February 23, 2026, Sydney Opera House, NSW Two iconic paragons in the one night. Jean-Yves Thibaudet the French pianist par excellence, one of the leading exponents of the craft of, not just classical music, but all sorts of worldwide and inter-genre music. He and a Steinway & Sons grand piano (from Theme and Variations Piano Services)

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Pepe Newton

Classic Jazz in Four Hands sets St James’ swinging

Stephanie Trick and Paolo Alderighi | Classic Jazz in Four Hands February 11 2026, St James’ Church, Phillip St, Sydney, NSW It’s not every day you walk into one of Sydney’s oldest churches and feel as though you’ve wandered into an underground jazz club – that was the delicious contradiction of St James’ musical offering this week. St James’ has

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Warren Wills

A scintillating and genre-defying performance from Roomful of Teeth

Roomful of Teeth | Voices beyond borders 11 February 2026, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC The Occasion Such joy as heading to the Melbourne Recital Centre on Wednesday night in the midst of a crazy four-season muggy Summer night climate-wise, but tinged with demonstrations, contentions, Winter Olympics, World T20 Cricket and so many other dubious distractions. As far as memorable names go to

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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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