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February 2019
Evergreen Ensemble: Flying Dutchman Sessions
Special guest Krishna Nagaraja joins Evergreen Ensemble on Baroque viola with folk baroque music from Sweden and Finland.
Find out more »Sara Macliver in concert with Camerata
PERFORMERS: Sara Macliver – soprano WHAT TO EXPECT: Camerata welcomes Sara Macliver, one of Australia’s most treasured singers. After a dreamy entrée from Grainger, Sara’s artistry will be on display in Schumann’s intimate, A Woman’s Love and Life depicting the emotional stages of a 19th century woman’s life, attributed to the story of his own wife Clara who he had just married. Britten’s brilliant and inspired set of character pieces and ranges from the most tender to laugh-out-loud moments with virtuosity and passion that still challenge the finest…
Find out more »City Recital Hall and Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras presents Requiem Mass: A Queer Divine Rite
Requiem Mass: A Queer Divine Rite is an evening length original choral work, by American singer and composer Holcombe Waller
Find out more »World Premiere – Leonard the Lyrebird: A Musical Story
TICKETS: $29.25 – Adults, Children $18.90 (4yrs -13yrs), Kids under 4 – Free. Mountain Concerts and Scenic World Blue Mountains are thrilled to present the world premiere of Leonard the Lyrebird: A Musical Story. Held at Scenic World in the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains, Leonard the Lyrebird: A Musical Story is an original composition by acclaimed composer Ian Munro based on the children’s book, Leonard the Lyrebird. Written by Jodie McLeod and illustrated by Eloise Short Design, both Blue Mountains…
Find out more »Willoughby Symphony: GALA
Start the year off with a dazzling musical celebration with the Willoughby Symphony’s perennial favourite, the annual GALA season opener.
Find out more »Willoughby Symphony 2019 Concert Season Subscription
The resident orchestra of The Concourse, the Willoughby Symphony is revered as Australia’s finest community orchestra
Find out more »Flinders Quartet 2019 Concert Season Subscription
For 2019, Flinders Quartet has curated a season program that takes musical risks, adds lashes of quartet favourites and continues to push the creative boundaries
Find out more »Selby & Friends 2019 Concert Series Subscription
With consistent rave reviews from audiences and critics alike, Selby & Friends joyous, intimate concerts continue to be treasured by listeners.
Find out more »World Premiere – Leonard the Lyrebird: A Musical Story
TICKETS: $29.25 – Adults, Children $18.90 (4yrs -13yrs), Kids under 4 – Free. Mountain Concerts and Scenic World Blue Mountains are thrilled to present the world premiere of Leonard the Lyrebird: A Musical Story. Held at Scenic World in the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains, Leonard the Lyrebird: A Musical Story is an original composition by acclaimed composer Ian Munro based on the children’s book, Leonard the Lyrebird. Written by Jodie McLeod and illustrated by Eloise Short Design, both Blue Mountains…
Find out more »World Premiere – Leonard the Lyrebird: A Musical Story
TICKETS: $29.25 – Adults, Children $18.90 (4yrs -13yrs), Kids under 4 – Free. Mountain Concerts and Scenic World Blue Mountains are thrilled to present the world premiere of Leonard the Lyrebird: A Musical Story. Held at Scenic World in the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains, Leonard the Lyrebird: A Musical Story is an original composition by acclaimed composer Ian Munro based on the children’s book, Leonard the Lyrebird. Written by Jodie McLeod and illustrated by Eloise Short Design, both Blue Mountains…
Find out more »Willoughby Symphony: GALA
Start the year off with a dazzling musical celebration with the Willoughby Symphony’s perennial favourite, the annual GALA season opener.
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Root Position
Selby & Friends’ season-opener incorporates works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Smetana which outline a basic musical chord in root position
Find out more »Flinders Quartet: Quartet
Impressed by his unique and engaging concept of sound and gift of musical architecture, Flinders asked Matthew to choose which works best pair with his compositional voice.
Find out more »Flinders Quartet: Quartet
Impressed by his unique and engaging concept of sound and gift of musical architecture, Flinders asked Matthew to choose which works best pair with his compositional voice.
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Root Position
Selby & Friends’ season-opener incorporates works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Smetana which outline a basic musical chord in root position
Find out more »Tinalley String Quartet
Join the UQ Art Museum and UQ’s School of Music as we present the Tinalley String Quartet. Now in its 15th year, the Tinalley String Quartet was awarded the Grand Prize of the 2005 Australian Chamber Music Competition, and captured the world’s attention in 2007 when it was awarded First Prize at the prestigious 9th Banff International String Quartet Competition. The Quartet has performed throughout Australia, Europe, Canada and the United States. It remains the only Australian ensemble to have…
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Root Position
Selby & Friends’ season-opener incorporates works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Smetana which outline a basic musical chord in root position
Find out more »Flinders Quartet: Quartet
Impressed by his unique and engaging concept of sound and gift of musical architecture, Flinders asked Matthew to choose which works best pair with his compositional voice.
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Root Position
Selby & Friends’ season-opener incorporates works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Smetana which outline a basic musical chord in root position
Find out more »Jovian Worlds
Laureate of the Paganini Competition and former first violin of the famed Brodsky Quartet, Sydney Symphony concertmaster Andrew Haveron is one of the most accomplished and sought after violinists on the planet. A masterpiece even among Tchaikovsky’s masterpieces, the Violin Concerto in D is the ideal vehicle for a violinist so utterly at home in Romantic repertoire. Offering both pyrotechnic virtuosity and melting beauty, don’t miss this intimate and fiery journey into the Russian soul. What could compliment such astonishing…
Find out more »March 2019
Selby & Friends: Root Position
Selby & Friends’ season-opener incorporates works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Smetana which outline a basic musical chord in root position
Find out more »ANAM Opening Concert
TICKETS: Full $62 / Senior $48 / Concession* $35 / Under 30s* $25 This festive opening concert to the 2019 ANAM Season begins with not one but two fanfares: Richard Strauss’, created for the inaugural Vienna Philharmonic Ball in 1924, and the equally spectacular one from Wagner’s opera Lohengrin. The festivities then move from multiple brass to multiple pianos for British composer Graham Fitkin’s funky Flak, which has a neat trick up its sleeve – it only uses the pianos’ white notes. But there’s…
Find out more »Flinders Quartet at Peninsula Music Society
Program MATTHEW LAING New Commission (world premiere) ROBERT SCHUMANN String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 41, No. 3 JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet Op. 64, No. 3 Matthew Laing was the winner of the Scarlet’s Fund residency award as part of FQ’s 2017 Composer Development Program. Impressed by his unique and engaging concept of sound and gift of musical architecture, Flinders asked Matthew to choose which works best pair with his compositional voice. He chose to have his work…
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Root Position
Selby & Friends’ season-opener incorporates works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Smetana which outline a basic musical chord in root position
Find out more »Jovian Worlds
Laureate of the Paganini Competition and former first violin of the famed Brodsky Quartet, Sydney Symphony concertmaster Andrew Haveron is one of the most accomplished and sought after violinists on the planet. A masterpiece even among Tchaikovsky’s masterpieces, the Violin Concerto in D is the ideal vehicle for a violinist so utterly at home in Romantic repertoire. Offering both pyrotechnic virtuosity and melting beauty, don’t miss this intimate and fiery journey into the Russian soul. What could compliment such astonishing…
Find out more »Smorgasbord – Music for a Mixed Taste
Chamber Concertos, Trio and Solo Sonatas which highlight the cosmopolitan tastes of Telemann, Quantz, Handel and Fasch - leading German composers of the baroque era. Featuring Trio and Quartet Sonatas exquisitely composed for an assortment of instruments popular in the 18th century. Austral Harmony presents an exciting mix of national styles, gorgeous sonorities and virtuosic performance.
Find out more »20th Century Masters – ANAM
TICKETS: Full $62 / Senior $48 / Concession* $35 / Under 30s* $25 This brass-centred showcase focuses on music by four 20th century masters, including rarely-played music by Ravel’s contemporary Albert Roussel. You’ll also experience four ages of Stravinsky; his 1950s Septet, which marked a bold change in his compositional priorities; one of his happiest works of the 1920s, his Octet; his gentle, youthful Pastorale and his Symphonies of Wind Instruments. Hindemith’s Konzertmusik is a piano concerto in all but name, in…
Find out more »Sydney Mozart Society: Australia Piano Quartet
The Australia Piano Quartet is one of Australia's most exciting young chamber music groups.
Find out more »Women in Music Festival
The inaugural Women In Music Festival 2019 is a celebration of women composing for Indigenous, Games, Classical, Film and Jazz music. Come along to our weekend of fabulous Festival events and hear all about the beauty and strength of music written by women. On Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of March, from 12pm to 4pm, there will be free events and experiences including market stalls, buskers, lectures, fresh cold-pressed juices, an exhibition... and then to top off both days, from 7pm to 9pm,…
Find out more »Women in Music Festival
From 12-4pm, our fabulous Festival market stalls will offer gorgeous hand-made cupcakes, vegan body scrubs, hand-painted cards, pottery and much more, all for sale. The stalls will be complemented by a free chocolate fountain, free professional photographic head shots, free live music and two magnificent free lectures by composers Cat Hope and Jessica Wells. The evening concerts - curated by Artistic Director Monica Curro - will feature World Premiere compositions by Jessica Wells, Maize Wallin and Anne Cawrse and magnificent…
Find out more »ThoroughBass: The Bach-Abel London Series
Sample a fragment of the highly successful Bach-Abel London series with Thoroughbass
Find out more »The Tasman Ensemble: Tony Chen Lin & Christina Lieberwirth-Morris
The Tasman Ensemble is an exciting new collaboration between New Zealand pianist Tony Chen Lin and Australian violinist Christina Lieberwirth-Morris
Find out more »City Recital Hall Presents The Sixteen
At City Recital Hall The Sixteen will be performing a distinctly British programme spanning over 500 years of choral music.
Find out more »TMO 2019 Met Concert #1 – A Night At The Movies
Experience The Power Of Blockbuster Movie Music With A Live Orchestra! The Metropolitan Orchestra will showcase massive orchestral hits from some of the biggest movies of all time in their first concert of 2019 titled “A Night At The Movies”. This power-packed performance, which will be presented by TMO Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams, will feature music from blockbuster cinema productions including Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Platoon, Dunkirk, The King’s Speech, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Batman, ET, Star Trek…
Find out more »Women in Music Festival
The inaugural Women In Music Festival 2019 is a celebration of women composing for Indigenous, Games, Classical, Film and Jazz music. Come along to our weekend of fabulous Festival events and hear all about the beauty and strength of music written by women. On Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of March, from 12pm to 4pm, there will be free events and experiences including market stalls, buskers, lectures, fresh cold-pressed juices, an exhibition... and then to top off both days, from 7pm to 9pm,…
Find out more »Women in Music Festival
From 12-4pm, our fabulous Festival market stalls will offer gorgeous hand-made cupcakes, vegan body scrubs, hand-painted cards, pottery and much more, all for sale. The stalls will be complemented by a free chocolate fountain, free professional photographic head shots, free live music and two magnificent free lectures by composers Cat Hope and Jessica Wells. The evening concerts - curated by Artistic Director Monica Curro - will feature World Premiere compositions by Jessica Wells, Maize Wallin and Anne Cawrse and magnificent…
Find out more »Children’s Cushion Concert – Fun At the Movies!
The Music Of Movies Live In A Block-Buster Family Concert Experience The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) will showcase supreme music from some of the biggest movies of all time in their first Family Concert for 2019. The Sunday afternoon performance which will be presented by Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams, will feature music from blockbuster cinema productions such as Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Frozen, Star Trek, Star Wars and more. This family concert will excite and inspire a love of…
Find out more »ThoroughBass: The Bach-Abel London Series
Sample a fragment of the highly successful Bach-Abel London series with Thoroughbass
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: Lunchtime Concert
Bask in the beautiful sounds of one of the country’s leading chamber ensembles, as the Australia Ensemble present a free lunch hour concert.
Find out more »Time Travelling for Winds and Brass – ANAM
TICKETS: Full $35 / Senior $35 / Concession* $35 / Under 30s* $25 Under the direction of Stefan Dohr, Principal Horn of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, this program takes us on a journey from Mozart’s Vienna to 21st-century Paris; for, as Romantic as they are, the works by the young Richard Strauss, and Liszt’s pupil Joachim Raff, are infused with the spirit of Mozart’s wind music. Berio’s piece is a set of fractured fairy tales for speaker and wind quintet:…
Find out more »Elysian Fields: “What should I say” CD Launch
Elysian Fields is proud to officially launch "What should I say", the first Australian recording featuring the electric viola da gamba.
Find out more »Goran Bregovic and his Wedding and Funeral Band ‘Three Letters from Sarajevo’
Goran Bregovic returns to Australia to continue the Balkan party, so grab your dancing shoes and get ready to go crazy! Goran Bregovic has done it all. A rock star in the former Yugoslavia, he went on to write film scores and ride the fashion for brassy Balkan Gypsy music, selling over 6m albums and collaborating with everyone from Iggy Pop to the Gipsy Kings. Anyone who has experienced a concert by the Balkan virtuoso knows that they are triumphant…
Find out more »Musica Borealis/Australis : Nordic Baroque and Folk
TICKETS: Available online or at the door - $25 / $15, children under 12 free Musica Borealis/Australis will take audiences on a celestial journey through time and place, exploring the baroque and traditional folk music of the Nordic countries. The north wind has blown our special guest violist Krishna Nagaraja (Italy/Finland) to this side of the globe, and together with The Muses’ Delight, will explore a colourful program combining well known and rarely heard baroque composers, as well as Krishna’s…
Find out more »Musica Borealis/Australis : Nordic Baroque and Folk
TICKETS: Available online or at the door - $25 / $15, children under 12 free Musica Borealis/Australis will take audiences on a celestial journey through time and place, exploring the baroque and traditional folk music of the Nordic countries. The north wind has blown our special guest violist Krishna Nagaraja (Italy/Finland) to this side of the globe, and together with The Muses’ Delight, will explore a colourful program combining well known and rarely heard baroque composers, as well as Krishna’s…
Find out more »Smorgasbord – Music for a Mixed Taste
Chamber Concertos, Trio and Solo Sonatas which highlight the cosmopolitan tastes of Telemann, Quantz, Handel and Fasch - leading German composers of the baroque era. Featuring Trio and Quartet Sonatas exquisitely composed for an assortment of instruments popular in the 18th century. Austral Harmony presents an exciting mix of national styles, gorgeous sonorities and virtuosic performance.
Find out more »Zelman Symphony Orchestra: Sibelius and Elgar
In this concert, we feature two works from the turn of the 20th century. Sibelius’s only concerto will be performed by violinist Ji Won Kim who received the ABC Young Performers Award in 2009, playing this very concerto. Ji Won has performed extensively in Australia, Asia and Europe and we welcome her back after fabulous concerts with us in 2013 and 2014. Enigma Variations established Elgar’s international reputation. It is a unique work where each variation reflects the character of…
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: The Age of Steam
With the Industrial Revolution in full swing, art and philosophy were free to investigate grandly romantic ideals, and many of the most famous chamber pieces stem from this time.
Find out more »Lunchtime Concert – Sound the Organ
PERFORMERS: Kemp English organ PROGRAM: Mons Leidvin Takle Our 2019 season roars to life with the mighty sound of Elder Hall’s pipe organ, expertly handled (and pedalled) by alumnus Kemp English. And did you know the King of Instruments can dance? From grand to groovy, the virtuosic organ music of Norwegian composer Mons Leidvin Takle is full of surprises. Entry to this lunchtime concert is available at the door from 12:30pm. If you plan on attending most of the concerts,…
Find out more »Sounds of Now
Sounds of Now is a new project by Elmac Creative. Sounds of Now is a vehicle to present quality artists and their original music in a focused concert setting. No bar, no food, no coffee machines, (no election results) just great sound, great lighting and a great focus for artist and audience alike. Series 1 is a concert of highly original art music featuring two unique ensembles: Paul Cutlan String Project will perform Cutlan’s recent work The Eleventh Hour, alongside…
Find out more »Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra 2019 Season Subscription
The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra is now in its sixth year and has already become a musical force to be reckoned with.
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