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June 2019
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Baroque Oboe
With its lucid, penetrating tone, the oboe captivates the ear and touches the heart. Australia’s greatest oboe star, Diana Doherty, joins MCO for oboe masterpieces from the Italian Baroque by Vivaldi & Albinoni, with a new double concerto by popular Melbourne composer Joe Chindamo. PROGRAM: CORELLI Concerto Grosso in C minor Op 6 No 3 AVISON Concerto Grosso in E flat major Op 9 No 7 JOE CHINDAMO Sanctuary for oboe, cor anglais & orchestra* (*Victorian première season) VIVALDI Concerto…
Find out more »Twilight Musical Dialogues: Musical Kin – Husband & Wife
Tickets: Adult $50 | Concession $35 Both stemming from musical families, husband and wife Ami Williamson and Clemens Leske join Artistic Director Sally Walker to share part of their artistic lives with us, with works by composers with extensive family trees: the Bach, Mozart, Schumann and Williamson families, including some of Ami’s original songs. “The family that plays together, stays together”. You will have heard of Bach, Schumann, Mozart and Mendelssohn, but have you heard of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Clara…
Find out more »Bach B Minor Mass – ANAM
A comment under a YouTube video can speak more directly than an elegantly written program note. About Bach’s B minor Mass, one user has written: “Probably the best piece of music EVER written, and I’m not even exaggerating, I’m being serious.” Completed the year before Bach’s death, the Mass is one of the most inspiring pieces of music ever composed. As musicologist Alberto Basso has put it: “The Mass in B minor is the consecration of a whole life.” The…
Find out more »Winter Gala: Songs My Mother Taught Me
Tickets: Adult $60 | Senior $50 | Concession $40 The Music Performance Unit’s inaugural Winter Gala features Australian guest soprano Sara Macliver and Australia Ensemble pianist Ian Munro in a program all about women. Macliver is one of Australia’s most popular and versatile artists, appearing in operas, concert and recital performances and on numerous recordings. She most recently appeared with the Australia Ensemble in a program including the premiere of Ian Munro’s commissioned work Three Birds. The program will include…
Find out more »The Spoken Bach in the Coal Loader Tunnel
To celebrate the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year, Rachel Scott will be joined by actor Paul Armstrong to present a special concert celebrating winter, linking spoken word to Bach’s dark and lush fifth suite for solo cello. Be prepared for an intimate concert in an extraordinary venue – it will be a night you won’t want to miss! Important Information: There’s no public transport to this venue. The floors are uneven, and the tunnel is open…
Find out more »Songs of the Solstice
Celebrate the Winter Solstice with a unique performance experience and a glass of mead Inspired by the colour and movement of the landscape of Iceland ‘Songs of the Solstice’ is set against the backdrop of a Winter art installation. The artistic works draw inspiration from the best-selling novel ‘Burial Rites’ written by Australian author Hannah Kent. "The mood and ambience of the Icelandic landscape that Hannah Kent creates in her novel stayed with me a long time" says Songs of…
Find out more »A Novocastrian Rhapsody
A Novocastrian Rhapsody, Brendan Collin’s Australian Premiere commission will be presented by the Newcastle Wind Orchestra. Brendan has channelled the music of his childhood and explored the expressive and virtuosic qualities of the music of Monti, Weiniawski and Sarasate. The rich and vibrant music of these masters enabled him to produce the Gypsy-like themes, harmonies and structures that became the basis of the new work, A Novocastrian Rhapsody. PROGRAM: El Camino Real - Alfred Reed Industrial Loops - Brian Balmages…
Find out more »Sensory Concerts® Cherrybrook
Experience a high-quality live classical concert, especially designed for children and adults with sensory/special needs. Performed by acclaimed musicians in a relaxed setting, with various seating options, retreat space, and on-site therapist support. Performers: Teije Hylkema (Principal Cello, Opera Australia Orchestra) Kees Boersma (Principal Double Bass, Sydney Symphony Orchestra) Grace Kim, (Creative director, piano) Onsite therapists: Josey Sharpe, Occupational Therapist, Jenny Wu (Rehab Therapies) Presented by Your Music Inc. Enquiries: Louise Ph. 0456 25 9373 email: sensoryconcerts@gmail.com
Find out more »Willoughby Symphony Choir sings Messiah
Tickets: Adult $51 | Youth (16-26yrs) $23 | Junior (5-15yrs) $15 | Family of 4 (admits 4) $110 This is a performance of Handel’s Messiah with a difference. Willoughby Symphony Choir are presenting the full symphonic orchestration by Sir Eugene Goossens which adds a remarkable depth to this much-loved oratorio. This is a very unique arrangement that has rarely been heard in Australia. This orchestration adds a grand, lush quality to the much-loved arias and choruses. These remain as integral…
Find out more »Steel City Strings meets the South Coast Big Band
Tickets: Adult $45 | Concession $40 | Student $20 | Child under 18 $10 | Family $100 In this spectacular show, Steel City Strings joins forces with South Coast Big Band, filling the hall with music from a variety of different styles including Classical, Blues, Jazz and Film music. This is a rare experience that should not be missed. Steel City Strings is a truly unique not-for-profit chamber orchestra of local musicians bringing the highest quality chamber music to the…
Find out more »Melbourne Chamber Orchestra: Baroque Oboe
With its lucid, penetrating tone, the oboe captivates the ear and touches the heart. Australia’s greatest oboe star, Diana Doherty, joins MCO for oboe masterpieces from the Italian Baroque by Vivaldi & Albinoni, with a new double concerto by popular Melbourne composer Joe Chindamo. PROGRAM: CORELLI Concerto Grosso in C minor Op 6 No 3 AVISON Concerto Grosso in E flat major Op 9 No 7 JOE CHINDAMO Sanctuary for oboe, cor anglais & orchestra* (*Victorian première season) VIVALDI Concerto…
Find out more »Art Song Canberra: Venus Unwrapped
Individual tickets: $15 - $35 A concert in Art Song Canberra's the Season of Song series, with Sarahlouise Owens (soprano) and Natalia Tkachenko (piano). An exploration through the largely overlooked repertoire of female composers throughout history… A slice of what women have created, and are only now being increasingly acknowledged. Works from the 18th century onwards, featuring works by Lang, Rich, Greenaway, Viardot, Malibran, Tailleferre, Boulanger, Chaminade and Mendelssohn.
Find out more »Plexus Collective: Psalmodic
Tickets: $50 adults | $40 concession PLEXUS heralds its newly minted choral ensemble, Vox Plexus, as guest artists for a world premiere arrangement of Stravinsky’s epic neoclassical masterpiece Symphony of Psalms, a Russian émigré’s response to the atheism of his motherland. Of the same decade, but from the opposite pole of the Soviet aesthetic sphere are drawn selections from Shostakovich’s lush Suites for Jazz Orchestra, in a world premiere reimagining for PLEXUS. Shostakovich’s onetime pupil Galina Ustvolskaya was later acknowledged…
Find out more »The Baroque Viola
Take part in baroque violist Katie Yap’s musical trip to Europe and back – before she takes the journey in person! Beginning with the sunrise theme of Handel’s first violin sonata (arranged for viola and cello), Katie and her travelling companions, violinist Shaun Lee-Chen and cellist Krista Low will explore beloved works from 18th Century Europe by J.S. Bach, Boccherini and Mozart. Then they’ll hop in the TARDIS to arrive in modern Australia, still armed with their baroque instruments! Discover…
Find out more »Austral Indigo: Threads Through Time
Tickets: Early Bird Adult (available until 23 June) $40 | Early Bird Concession (available until 23 June) $30 | Standard Adult $45 | Standard Concession $35 A complimentary glass of wine is included in your ticket price. Experience the premier talents of music group Austral Indigo and get in the mood for a great night out with sumptuous music and complimentary glass of wine. Austral Indigo will take you on a journey through time and what a journey it is! Be transported from…
Find out more »Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestra: NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition Finals Concert
Tickets: Standard $50 | Pensioner $35 | Student/junior $12 6 individual finalists in the 2019 NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition and the winners of the Multiple Concerto section will perform their selected concerto movement with orchestra on Saturday 29 June, competing for prizes and opportunities in this prestigious annual event. Regarded as a stepping stone to national and international success, the competition has been held annually since 1984 and provides an invaluable performance opportunity for young musicians to showcase their talents…
Find out more »Strathfield Symphony Orchestra: Romantics
Is there any greater celebratory work than the Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture? Strathfield Symphony Orchestra think not! How will they fit the cannons into the Strathfield Town Hall? You will have to be there to find out. Although technically pushing the boundaries of romanticism, William Walton’s Viola concerto joins the program. A tribute to Strathfield Symphony's fantastic viola section who boast the highest percentage of volunteers that help keep the orchestra running (our treasurer, secretary, vice president and concert caterer are…
Find out more »Strathfield Symphony Orchestra: Romantics
Is there any greater celebratory work than the Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture? Strathfield Symphony Orchestra think not! How will they fit the cannons into the Strathfield Town Hall? You will have to be there to find out. Although technically pushing the boundaries of romanticism, William Walton’s Viola concerto joins the program. A tribute to Strathfield Symphony's fantastic viola section who boast the highest percentage of volunteers that help keep the orchestra running (our treasurer, secretary, vice president and concert caterer are…
Find out more »The Seraphim Trio – A Prelude in Tea concert
Single Tickets: Adult $49 | Concession/Under 30 $32 | Student $22 | Child $17. Afternoon tea included - served from 2:30pm. The Seraphim Trio return to North Sydney’s spectacular Independent Theatre this June to present a mouth-watering concert of nostalgic European Romantic music – with an Australian twist! Plus the theatre’s legendary afternoon tea included as part of the popular Sunday afternoon “Prelude in Tea” series. Smetana, the father of Czech music, forms the centrepiece of Seraphim’s first concert for…
Find out more »July 2019
Live at Lunch: Chansons Parisiens
Tickets: Adult $33 | Concession $30 | Add Lunch for $17.50 Paris-based jazz singer Hetty Kate, joins flutist Jane Rutter and virtuoso pianist Simon Tedeschi in a concert of French music: Chansons and classical favourites. This is the fourth of seven concerts in the Live at Lunch 2019 series.
Find out more »Twilight Concert Series: Ecstatic Dances – Dimity Hall & Julian Smiles in Concert
Tickets: Adult $60 | Senior $50 | Concession $40 Program BACH Two-part Inventions for violin and cello (nos. 4, 13 & 8) EDWARDS Ecstatic Dances VASKS Castillo Interior RAVEL Sonata for violin and cello HINDSON ‘1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8’ Join us for a drink post-concert with the artists About the artists Dimity Hall is well known to national and international audiences as a member of both the Goldner String Quartet and the Australia Ensemble@UNSW with whom she has performed, toured and recorded extensively, to critical acclaim.…
Find out more »Wolfgang’s Magical Musical Circus by CIRCA
The thrill of the circus, the mayhem of Mozart Straight from the score and onto the stage, the man known as Mozart appears amid a storm of powder, tumbling and twirling, as musical mayhem and movement fuse in this family show with a circus twist. To those who know him, he is Wolfgang, the dart-playing, pun-loving ratbag. To those who are watching and listening, he is the wigged genius Mozart. Come and discover his irrepressible spirit and vibrant compositions through…
Find out more »Fauré Requiem and works by Debussy, Ravel, Saint Saëns and Fauré
This concert combines Fauré's sublime Requiem, one of the best-loved of all choral works, with shorter secular pieces from the French repertoire. Debussy's sensitive settings of 15th century poems by Charles d'Orleans contrast with Ravel's exquisite Trois Chansons, where both the composer's own texts and music are full of archaic references. Fauré's witty Madrigal and a selection of Saint-Saëns' expressive songs complete the program. Rick Prakhoff conducts the Melbourne Bach Choir and Orchestra, with soloists Emilia Bertolini, soprano, and Jeremy…
Find out more »Sydney Youth Orchestra: Beethoven’s Fifth
Tickets: Adult $50 | Concession $25 | Child $25 Performers & Programs The Sydney Youth Orchestra conducted by Alexander Briger AO BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 COPLAND Orchestral Suite from Appalachian Spring Those first four notes. Three short, one long. Instantly, classical music was atomised, the symphonic form stripped down and readied for an upgrade and a fresh install. Music from a little over two hundred years ago doesn’t get any more primal than this. No wonder it’s the most famous…
Find out more »Queensland Baroque: Radiance
Tickets: A Reserve $50 | General Admission $35 | Concession $25 | Students/Children under 12 $15 Queensland Baroque presents 'Radiance', a concert of beautiful Baroque arias for soprano and orchestra, featuring Anna Sandström, "...one of Australia's most beautiful Baroque voices"). Performers: Queensland Baroque John Foster | Artistic Director Anna Sandström | Soprano Soloist Programme: Allesandro SCARLATTI | 2 Arias JS BACH | Sonata from BWV 182 (Orch) JS BACH | ‘Sheep may safely graze’ BWV208 G.F. HANDEL | Aria ‘Tra le Fiamme' Laschia ch’io…
Find out more »Selby & Friends: From Russia with Love
Selby & Friends takes listeners on a musical tour of composers who were influenced by Russia, either by having been born and bred there or receiving patronage or assistance from Russian nobles.
Find out more »Coro Austral: Jewels of Latin America
Tickets: Adult $35 | Concession $30 Why are Astor Piazzola, Violeta Parra and Compay Segundo so revered? What do Chan Chan, Besame Mucho and the Swingle Singers have in common? You can find the answers in Jewels Of Latin America, a showcase of outstanding choral gems from Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela - with extra pearls inspired by the music of Latin America from Australia’s Joseph Twist and the USA’s Elliot Z. Levine. Coro Austral, Sydney’s specialist Spanish and…
Find out more »Sydney inSpires presents: Organ recital with Thomas Ospital
Tickets: All tickets $10; free for Sydney inSpires conference registrants Titulaire of the grand organ at Saint-Eustache Church in Paris, Organist in Residence at Maison de la Radio (Radio France Concert Hall) and recently appointed Harmony Tutor at the Paris Conservatoire, Thomas Ospital is a young artist who has quickly earned a place amongst the world’s finest concert organists. He was awarded First Prize at the 2009 International Competition of Organ in Saragossa, Spain, the Duruflé-Prize and the Audience Prize…
Find out more »Selby & Friends: From Russia with Love
Selby & Friends takes listeners on a musical tour of composers who were influenced by Russia, either by having been born and bred there or receiving patronage or assistance from Russian nobles.
Find out more »Thoroughbass presents The Toybox
Tickets: Adult $25 | Pensioner/Senior $19 | Child 18 & under $19 | Family of 4 $20 each Too good not to reprise, The Toybox returns in July at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. Claude Debussy’s little-known children’s ballet La Boîte à joujoux (The Toybox) is transformed from ballet back to story-form by Inara Molinari, accompanied by a small ensemble and various noisy toys (Thoroughbass). An illustrated miniature masterpiece full of microscopic detail, it entrances young and old alike. Come on a…
Find out more »Thoroughbass presents The Toybox
Tickets: Adult $25 | Pensioner/Senior $19 | Child 18 & under $19 | Family of 4 $20 each Too good not to reprise, The Toybox returns in July at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. Claude Debussy’s little-known children’s ballet La Boîte à joujoux (The Toybox) is transformed from ballet back to story-form by Inara Molinari, accompanied by a small ensemble and various noisy toys (Thoroughbass). An illustrated miniature masterpiece full of microscopic detail, it entrances young and old alike. Come on a…
Find out more »Selby & Friends: From Russia with Love
Selby & Friends takes listeners on a musical tour of composers who were influenced by Russia, either by having been born and bred there or receiving patronage or assistance from Russian nobles.
Find out more »Thoroughbass presents The Toybox
Tickets: Adult $25 | Pensioner/Senior $19 | Child 18 & under $19 | Family of 4 $20 each Too good not to reprise, The Toybox returns in July at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. Claude Debussy’s little-known children’s ballet La Boîte à joujoux (The Toybox) is transformed from ballet back to story-form by Inara Molinari, accompanied by a small ensemble and various noisy toys (Thoroughbass). An illustrated miniature masterpiece full of microscopic detail, it entrances young and old alike. Come on a…
Find out more »Selby & Friends: From Russia with Love
Selby & Friends takes listeners on a musical tour of composers who were influenced by Russia, either by having been born and bred there or receiving patronage or assistance from Russian nobles.
Find out more »Sydney inSpires: National Youth Choir of Australia in Concert
Tickets: $40; free for conference registrants The Royal School of Church Music is excited to present Sydney InSpires resident ensemble, the National Youth Choir of Australia, in concert under the direction of Patron Dr David Hill MBE. The programme will include: Te Deum – Collegium Regale | Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis | Michael Tippett (1905-98) Mass for Seven Voices | William Yaxley (b. 1994) Trinity College motets | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Beati quorum Justorum animae Coelos…
Find out more »ThoroughBass: Bach in Three
Music from the intricate and abstruse style of the great JS, to the florid and eccentric Emmanuel, to the lyrically lovely Christian.
Find out more »Selby & Friends: From Russia with Love
Selby & Friends takes listeners on a musical tour of composers who were influenced by Russia, either by having been born and bred there or receiving patronage or assistance from Russian nobles.
Find out more »Sydney inSpires presents: Prom Praise
Tickets: $29-$79 Under the energetic, dynamic direction of conductor Dr Noël Tredinnick, Prom Praise is a joyful fusion of classical and contemporary music performance with worship. In this year’s Prom Praise at Sydney Town Hall, CityAlight, Trevor Hodge, the National Youth Choir of Australia, and the RSCM Festival Choir will be accompanied by the Australian Gospel Orchestra, featuring Thomas Ospital (Organist of Saint-Eustache Church Paris) on the Town Hall Organ, bringing you a marvelous chorus of worship. This unique event…
Find out more »Selby & Friends: From Russia with Love
Selby & Friends takes listeners on a musical tour of composers who were influenced by Russia, either by having been born and bred there or receiving patronage or assistance from Russian nobles.
Find out more »ThoroughBass: Bach in Three
Music from the intricate and abstruse style of the great JS, to the florid and eccentric Emmanuel, to the lyrically lovely Christian.
Find out more »Sounds of Australia
Immerse yourself in the Sounds of the Australia at Sydney Opera House this July, as Australia’s leading choirs for young people come together to celebrate 30 years of Sydney Children’s Choir. The one night only gala concert kicks off the week-long Gondwana World Choral Festival, which is set to be the greatest gathering of international choirs in Australia this century. More than one thousand young singers from some of the world’s finest choirs will converge on Sydney to join in song…
Find out more »Twilight Concert Series: Four Hands – Ian Munro & Tamara-Anna Cislowska in Concert
Tickets: Adult $60 | Senior $50 | Concession $40 Program MOZART Sonata in D K381 SCHUBERT Fantasy in f minor D940 MOSZKOWSKI Spanish Dances RAVEL Mother Goose Join us for a drink post-concert with the artists About the artists Ian Munro is one of Australia’s most distinguished and awarded musicians with a career that has taken him to thirty countries in Europe, Asia, North America and Australasia. His award in 2003 of Premier Grand Prix at the Queen Elisabeth International…
Find out more »Soirées Musicales Quintette: A Governor’s Invitational Soirée
Tickets (including post-performance refreshments): Adult $50 | Concession $40 | Student $20 | Family (2 + 2) $100 Door sales – cash only Following the outstanding success of Soirées Musicales Quintette's recent ‘King’s Birthday’ concert, attended by an enthusiastic capacity audience, the ensemble return to Old Government House to recreate more colonial and Federation era highlights. The Governors rarely hosted public performances, but the official residence was much used for balls and receptions. A notable exception was an 1884 concert…
Find out more »Bluebeard’s Castle starring Adrian Tamburini & Zara Barrett, conducted by Christopher van Tuinen
Tickets: Adults $45-$60 | Concession $40-$50 A story of misogyny and toxic masculinity or a musical journey into the deepest shadows of the feminine psyche? Only you can decide. Don’t miss this chance to celebrate the 101st anniversary of the premiere of Béla Bartók’s thrilling opera, Bluebeard’s Castle, presented by Pure Harmony Music & Events with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. A masterwork of the 20th century, Bluebeard’s Castle has dramatic, richly descriptive music and a deep psychological narrative - love poised…
Find out more »Burgundian Consort: Lunch Hour Recital
The Burgundian Consort will explore a selection of Australian composers, each portraying the rugged musical landscape of their homeland
Find out more »Flinders Quartet: Shostakovich – through the lens of the string quartet
Tickets: Adult $45 | Pensioners $35 | Students $25 Program: Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH | String Quartet Cycle Selected movements from the string quartets of Shostakovich, curated by Flinders Quartet and dramaturge, Richard Piper. Robert SCHUMANN | String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 41, No. 3 Artists: Violins | Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba & Nicholas Waters Viola | Helen Ireland Cello | Zoe Knighton Dramaturge | Richard Piper Presented in association with Musica Viva Australia.
Find out more »Bluebeard’s Castle starring Adrian Tamburini & Zara Barrett, conducted by Christopher van Tuinen
Tickets: Adults $45-$60 | Concession $40-$50 A story of misogyny and toxic masculinity or a musical journey into the deepest shadows of the feminine psyche? Only you can decide. Don’t miss this chance to celebrate the 101st anniversary of the premiere of Béla Bartók’s thrilling opera, Bluebeard’s Castle, presented by Pure Harmony Music & Events with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. A masterwork of the 20th century, Bluebeard’s Castle has dramatic, richly descriptive music and a deep psychological narrative - love poised…
Find out more »Australian World Orchestra
The Australian World Orchestra returns to Hamer Hall for 1 spectacular performance Friday 26 July. This award-winning orchestra features Australia's finest musicians who play in the world's greatest orchestra, together on stage for their annual Australian concert tour. 2019 Guest Conductor Alexander Briger will lead the orchestra in a performance of: WESTLAKE, Nigel – Flying Dream JANÁČEK, Leoš – Taras Bulba, a Rhapsody for Orchestra SIBELIUS, Jean – Symphony No. 2, Op.43, D major Nigel Westlake’s Flying Dream is an original composition by Westlake,…
Find out more »Willoughby Symphony Orchestra: Crowns & Tiaras – children’s concert
All tickets $26 (babies under 12 months free) Children are invited to experience a musical fairy tale adventure at the Willoughby Symphony’s children’s concert Crowns and Tiaras! Introducing children to classical music in a fun and engaging way, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Dr Nicholas Milton AM will lead an interactive, explanatory performance with excerpts from Edward Elgar’s regal Enigma Variations, captivating children of all ages. This 50-minute concert is a unique opportunity to witness symphonies of music by Australia’s…
Find out more »Australian World Orchestra
Individual tickets: $68 - $145 There is no orchestra quite like the Australian World Orchestra; they’re a unique and unforgettable experience. Once a year the AWO assembles Australia’s finest musicians from the world’s great orchestra to present exhilarating classical concerts. In their short history they have won multiple awards and attracted some of the greatest conductors of our time including Sir Simon Rattle, Maestros Zubin Mehta & Riccardo Muti and Simone Young AM. The Australian World Orchestra reunites for their first Canberra performance, with…
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