Australian Haydn Ensemble | Haydn’s Sun & Mendelssohn’s Stars – Canberra
Wesley Music Centre, Forrest 20 National Circuit, Forrest, ACTDARK, DAZZLING & LOVELORN STRING QUARTETS The stock image of a cheerful sun that decorated the first edition of Haydn’s six Opus 20 Quartets earned them a nickname that proved […]
Salut! Baroque | Cultural Journeys
Albert Hall, Canberra Commonwealth Avenue, Canberra, ACTSaluting the music of many cultures, Salut! Baroque takes a musical journey inspired by Romani, Moorish and Celtic traditions and the Ottoman Empire. Music was a vital part of these […]
Phoenix Collective & Tenzin Choegyal | Tibetan Folk – Canberra
Wesley Music Centre, Forrest 20 National Circuit, Forrest, ACTPCQ teams up with Tibetan singer and multi-instrumentalist Tenzin Choegyal for a program which takes the listener on a journey through Tibet. Energetic, expressive and at times reflective, Tenzin draws […]
Omega Ensemble | Time is a River
Ainslie Arts Centre, Braddon Elouera Street, Braddon, ACTThe restless flow of time and memory The lifeblood of memory, music is the empowering tool through which composers pass on stories and honour the continuous flow of time. Franz […]
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra | Viennese Vogue – Canberra
Albert Hall, Canberra Commonwealth Avenue, Canberra, ACTMozart Clarinet Quintet, Schubert & Hummel Witness a musical revolution! In the late 1700s, Vienna was seized by enthusiasm for the clarinet. Mozart fell in love with the sound of […]
Selby & Friends | First, By No Means Last! – Canberra
James Fairfax Theatre - National Gallery of Australia Parkes Place East, Canberra, ACTSelby & Friends' season kicks off with the wildly popular Café Music by the American composer Paul Schoenfield, the inspiration for which was a stint as a replacement pianist in […]
Luminescence Chamber Singers | Of the Body
Australian National University - Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra Barry Drive, Canberra, ACTFrom Andreas Vesalius’ groundbreaking De Fabrica Humani Corporis’ to the drawings of Da Vinci and Dürer, the 16th century heralded a new fascination with the human figure. Human dissection transformed […]
Luminescence Chamber Singers | Of the Body
All Saints Anglican Church, Ainslie 9-15 Cowper St, Ainslie, ACTFrom Andreas Vesalius’ groundbreaking De Fabrica Humani Corporis’ to the drawings of Da Vinci and Dürer, the 16th century heralded a new fascination with the human figure. Human dissection transformed […]
Phoenix Collective Quartet | Kodály, Sculthorpe & Balakrishnan – Canberra
All Saints Anglican Church, Ainslie 9-15 Cowper St, Ainslie, ACTPCQ explores ideas of national identity in a program featuring the music of Hungarian patriot Zoltán Kodály and Peter Sculthorpe, who is recognised as one of the founders of modern […]
Salut! Baroque | Sweet Melodies & Angry Tempests
Fairfax Theatre - National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Parkes Place, Parkes, ACTSingers of the Baroque period touched directly on the emotions of audiences, transporting them from sweet melodies to angry tempests. Nuance and intuitiveness were key – an inflection of the […]
Australian Haydn Ensemble | The Mozarts, The Haydn’s and The Bear – Canberra
Fitters' Workshop Printers Way, Kingston, ACTFAMILIES, FRIENDS & MUSICAL TIES THAT BIND If, to update Wordsworth, the child is father/mother of the man/woman, to what extent are your mature tastes shaped by your earliest musical […]
Selby & Friends | A Matter of Heritage – Canberra
James Fairfax Theatre - National Gallery of Australia Parkes Place East, Canberra, ACTSelby & Friends' second program for 2023 brings together two of the most outstanding stars of the young generation in violin soloist Grace Clifford and teenage cellist Benett Tsai. It […]