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March 2019
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 »Geelong Jazz Soirées
Afternoons with Victoria's finest Jazz and Blues Musicians at Geelong's Black Hatt.' For this first afternoon award-winning international pianist and composer Callum Watson is joined by jazz singer Shandelle Cooke in an intimate afternoon of jazz standards by the piano. Shandelle Cook is a Geelong based jazz singer and band leader leading the highly successful 'Shandelle Cook Quintet'. Having spent six years touring as an entertainer on cruise ships with Royal Caribbean International Cruise Line, Shandelle honed her craft as a…
Find out more »Sydney Youth Orchestra: Janáček & Brahms
This is a take-no-prisoners program of big sounds and big emotions: classical music designed to stir the soul and placate no-one.
Find out more »ARCO: Madness & Confrontation
ARCO features an impressive line-up of Australian and international soloists possessing technical virtuosity and deep commitment to the music.
Find out more »Celebrations – The Piano Trios of Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn
Celebrating Two 19th Century Women A trio of passionate and dedicated musicians performs a concert of Romantic chamber music on Sunday 24th March at 4pm for Wyvern Music Forestville at OLGC Catholic Church. “Celebrations”, commemorates two inspiring women of the 19th Century, the 200th birthday of brilliant composer and pianist, Clara Schumann and the creative talent of her friend, Fanny Mendelssohn. Winston Churchill Fellow, concert pianist, artistic director and music educator Grace Kim, Sydney Symphony Principal Violinist, Marina Marsden and Sydney…
Find out more »Three Piece Suite: French Bred
Classical string trio Three Piece Suite presents a celebration of French music with a diverse selection of French born and bred and adopted composers
Find out more »Lunchtime Concert – Two Memorials
PERFORMERS: Elizabeth Layton violin Pei-Sian Ng cello Konstantin Shamray piano PROGRAM: Martinů Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3, H. 340 Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 Three of Adelaide’s favourite musicians unite in a concert of contrasting memorials. Both composers dedicated these pieces to the memory of departed friends: Martinů’s Third Cello Sonata is delightfully warm and sunny, but Shostakovich’s Second Piano Trio has an icy clarity, cold enough to send chills down your back. Entry…
Find out more »ARCO: Virtuosic Classical Chamber Music
During late 18th-century Europe, and Giovanni Punto and François Devienne dazzled listeners with their compositions as well as their playing skill.
Find out more »Bowral Autumn Music Festival: Da Vinci’s Apprentice
This intimate musical performance for children explores the world of Roberta, a talented girl living in the 16th century Italy
Find out more »Bowral Autumn Music Festival: ARCO Soloists
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra soloists specializes in the historically informed performance of late 18th to the early 20th-century repertoire.
Find out more »Three Piece Suite: French Bred
Classical string trio Three Piece Suite presents a celebration of French music with a diverse selection of French born and bred and adopted composers
Find out more »April 2019
Lunchtime Concert – Rags and Rhapsodies
PERFORMERS: Ensemble Liaison PROGRAM: Kats-Chernin Ballade, Zee Rag, Russian Rag Novacek Four Rags for Two Jons Gershwin (arr. Ensemble Liaison) Rhapsody in Blue Ensemble Liaison stride into town with a colourful collection of rags. Sometimes mischievous, sometimes melancholy, their toe-tapping syncopations may prove contagious – and a special arrangement of Gershwin’s beloved Rhapsody in Blue is unlikely to provide a cure! Soft-toed shoes recommended… Entry to this lunchtime concert is available at the door from 12:30pm. If you plan on…
Find out more »Sydney Mozart Society: Goldner String Quartet
The Goldner String Quartet is Australia’s pre-eminent string quartet. Its members are well known to both Australian and international audiences
Find out more »Evening Concert Series – Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra with Pei-Shan Ng
PERFORMERS: Luke Dollman conductor Pei-Sian Ng cello* PROGRAM: Anne Cawrse Musaic Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1* Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 Anne Cawrse (composer) and Pei-Sian Ng (principal cello of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra) are both alumni of the Elder Conservatorium making waves in the wider world. Cawrse’s dance-inspired Musaic contrasts with the chilling intensity of Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto. Rachmaninov’s richly melodic Second Symphony offers a blissful experience for orchestra and audience alike.
Find out more »Classical
We think that turning 50 qualifies us for amateur orchestra royalty, so we are kicking off our birthday year in regal style with Handel’s Zadok the Priest, performed in celebration of every English coronation since 1727. The classical celebration continues with Haydn’s Symphony no.104 (“The London”) and his popular Trumpet Concerto. Finally, Prokoviev’s Classical Symphony which he wrote in the style of Haydn. Joining us for this classical celebration concert will be our long-time collaborators, the wonderful Excelsia Choir. Strathfield Symphony…
Find out more »Willoughby Symphony: Eternity
Willoughby Symphony Orchestra’s composer-in-residence for 2019, the internationally celebrated Australian composer Kate Moore presents a major new work
Find out more »Willoughby Symphony: Eternity
Willoughby Symphony Orchestra’s composer-in-residence for 2019, the internationally celebrated Australian composer Kate Moore presents a major new work
Find out more »Classical
We think that turning 50 qualifies us for amateur orchestra royalty, so we are kicking off our birthday year in regal style with Handel’s Zadok the Priest, performed in celebration of every English coronation since 1727. The classical celebration continues with Haydn’s Symphony no.104 (“The London”) and his popular Trumpet Concerto. Finally, Prokoviev’s Classical Symphony which he wrote in the style of Haydn. Joining us for this classical celebration concert will be our long-time collaborators, the wonderful Excelsia Choir. Strathfield Symphony…
Find out more »Oxana Shevchenko
Sydney International Piano Competition 2016 finalist Oxana Shevchenko is returning to Australia for an exclusive recital in Melbourne on 9th April. Shevchenko is internationally recognised as a pianist of outstanding artistry, sensibility and versatility, and is equally in demand both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. Shevchenko’s program will include Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.13 Op.27 No.1, Schumann’s Carnaval Op.9, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, and two works by Tchaikovsky: 18 Pieces Op.72 No.5 Méditation and Dumka Op.59. Born…
Find out more »Lunchtime Concert – The Song Collectors
PERFORMERS: Rosalind Martin soprano Jamie Cock piano PROGRAM: Settings of folksongs by Britten, Brahms, Bartók and Grainger No matter how well you can compose, there’s something about a good folksong that can’t be topped. Britten, Brahms, Bartók and Grainger all devoted time to collecting and arranging some gems they could never have written themselves. Rediscover these ‘songs of the people’ with two of Adelaide’s most expressive musicians. Entry to this lunchtime concert is available at the door from 12:30pm. If…
Find out more »LIME1: UNSW Orchestra and Wind Symphony
The repertoire of the Wind Symphony features works from all eras and styles, the Orchestra’s repertoire is broadly from the Classical and Romantic eras.
Find out more »Surround Sound
TICKETS: Full $62 / Senior $48 / Concession* $35 / Under 30s* $25 This sonic spectacular for percussion and plural pianos includes four 20th century classics – works so dynamic they could have been written yesterday. Bartók’s fascination for the combination of keyboards and percussion reached its climax in this Sonata. The Rite of Spring, too, has lost none of its power since its riotous premiere in 1913, and this fascinating arrangement throws new light on the score’s visceral rhythmic…
Find out more »Zubin Kanga’s Australian premiere of Piano Ex Machina
PIANO EX MACHINA is the latest mind-bending piano and multimedia international tour by award-winning London-based pianist, Zubin Kanga. Kanga returns to Australia this April to perform newly commissioned ground-breaking works exploring video games, internet culture, 80s action cinema, sci-fi, 3D motion sensors, interactive visuals, analogue synths, stop-motion animation and Artificial Intelligence. Zubin Kanga is a pianist, composer, improviser and technologist. Following his acclaimed 2015 DARK TWIN and 2016 CYBORG PIANIST tour, Australian pianist and contemporary music specialist Zubin Kanga returns in a program of…
Find out more »Coro Austral: Spanish Gold
Spanish and Catalan choral works inspired by the events of Easter!
Find out more »Oxana Shevchenko
Sydney International Piano Competition 2016 finalist Oxana Shevchenko is returning to Sydney for an exclusive recital. Shevchenko is internationally recognised as a pianist of outstanding artistry, sensibility and versatility, and is equally in demand both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. Shevchenko will join with the Tinalley String Quartet to perform Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G minor Op.57 before performing solo works including Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, and Tchaikovsky’s 18 Pieces Op.72 No.5 Méditation and Dumka Op.59.…
Find out more »Collegium Musicum Choir 1
The Collegium Musicum performs familiar repertoire including oratorios, masses, requiems and other sacred works, and secular works appropriate to a large choir.
Find out more »Lunchtime Concert – Australian String Quartet
PROGRAM: Paterson Quartettsätze Two Movements for String Quartet (SA premiere) Brahms String Quartet, Op. 51 No. 1 in C minor The Australian String Quartet, Elder Hall and Brahms – a combination to cherish! And complementing Brahms’ elegant, refined First Quartet is an exciting new work, performed in South Australia for the first time: Paterson’s Quartettsätze. Entry to this lunchtime concert is available at the door from 12:30pm. If you plan on attending most of the concerts, you could save up…
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: No Strings Attached
The wonderful colours and personalities of wind instruments are brought to the fore here, celebrating some of the finest chamber music for woodwind.
Find out more »May 2019
Lunchtime Concert – Piano Duo
PERFORMERS: Lucinda Collins piano Konstantin Shamray piano PROGRAM: Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole Lutosławski Variations on a Theme by Paganini Two fabulous pianists combine their skills to bring us Ravel’s colourful Spanish fantasy and Lutosławski’s flamboyant Variations on a Theme by Paganini. This will be a dazzling program that is sure to make the most of our twin Steinways. Entry to this lunchtime concert is available at the door from 12:30pm. If you plan on attending most of the concerts, you could…
Find out more »Bel a cappella: Sun Dogs
Celebrating Anthony Pasquill’s 10th year as Musical Director, Bel a cappella present James MacMillan’s five movement work, Sun-Dogs
Find out more »Bel a cappella 2019 Season
Bel a cappella is a chamber choir of 25-30 experienced singers who are dedicated to the performance of diverse, high quality choral music in fine venues around Sydney.
Find out more »Piano Pictures
TICKETS: Full $62 / Senior $48 / Concession* $35 / Under 30s* $25 Two modern American classics to open: John Adams’ jubilant Hallelujah Junction, inspired by the name of a truck stop near the California-Nevada border, and a seminal work of minimalism, Steve Reich’s Six Pianos. On the other hand, the epic riff on Chopin’s Prelude by young, New Mexico-born composer Ben Wallace might be called ‘So Chopin walked into a bar, ordered a whiskey and headed straight for the pinball machine.’…
Find out more »ARCO: Mannheim Rocket
Mannheim Rocket transports listeners back to the explosive birth of the modern symphonic style of Mannheim in the late 18th-century.
Find out more »Sydney Mozart Society: Selby & Friends
Kathryn Selby is one of Australia’s most acclaimed chamber musicians. Her reputation as a soloist and ensemble pianist is formidable.
Find out more »June 2019
Australia Ensemble: Folksong
AE welcome one of Australia’s most sought-after mezzo sopranos, Fiona Campbell, together with world-renowned harpist and regular guest, Alice Giles.
Find out more »July 2019
Burgundian Consort: Lunchtime Recital
The Burgundian Consort will explore a selection of Australian composers, each portraying the rugged musical landscape of their homeland
Find out more »August 2019
LIME2: UNSW Wind Symphony
The Wind Symphony provides repertoire, largely dates from after 1900, with arrangements of works from all eras and styles
Find out more »Sydney Mozart Society: Sydney Soloists
The members of the Sydney Soloists are well known to Australian and international audiences for their orchestral, solo and ensemble performances
Find out more »LIME3: UNSW Orchestra
The Orchestra’s repertoire is broadly from the Classical (1750-1810) and Romantic (1810-1910) eras.
Find out more »Collegium Musicum Choir 2
The choir also presents less familiar works but by important composers, to introduce both the singers and the audience to another side of choral music
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: Cool Fire
Much-loved Australian composer Miriam Hyde’s Trio for flute, oboe and piano, sets the tone of neoclassical elegance in this program of contrasts.
Find out more »Bel a cappella: Concerto for Choir
Alfred Schnittke's Choir Concerto is unquestionably one of the choral masterpieces of the 20th century.
Find out more »ARCO: New Constellations
Tickets: $25-$95 Berlin-based violinist Jakob Lehmann leads an ensemble of specialist local and international chamber musicians through the expansive sounds and pioneering ideas of New Constellations. The Octet for Strings was written when Mendelssohn was just 16, and illustrates the transformation of performance techniques in the chamber music of the early-Romantic period. Brahms destroyed the nonet version of his Serenade, but based on archives and written accounts, Alan Boustead has brought this original chamber version back to life. “This was…
Find out more »September 2019
Australia Ensemble: Heart*Beat
AE premiere new commission by Sydney-based composer Jessica Wells, who is well-known in the commercial music world on the ABC's Q&A
Find out more »LIME5: UNSW Wind Symphony
The Wind Symphony provides repertoire, largely dates from after 1900, with arrangements of works from all eras and styles
Find out more »Burgundian Consort: Evening Recital
Copland, Durufle, and Thomas Morley plus premiere performance of the winner of the inaugural Willgoss Choral Composition Prize 2019.
Find out more »Sydney Mozart Society: Sophie Rowell and Kristian Chong
Sophie Rowell is one of Australia’s foremost violinists. Kristian Chong is one of Australia’s leading pianists.
Find out more »October 2019
Australia Ensemble: Guilty Pleasures
Australia Ensemble performs a favourite commission, Guilty Pleasures by John Peterson.
Find out more »Sydney Mozart Society: The Enigma Quartet
The Enigma Quartet has established a reputation for fine technique, intelligent interpretations and dynamic performance style.
Find out more »November 2019
LIME4: UNSW Orchestra
The Orchestra’s repertoire is broadly from the Classical (1750-1810) and Romantic (1810-1910) eras.
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