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September 2018
Thoroughbass: Bach’s Gamba Sonatas
Complex, intricate and infinitely varied, Bach’s sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord are less well-known than the solo cello suites, but just as fascinating.
Find out more »A Prelude in Tea 2018
TICKETS: From $16-$48. Afternoon tea served from 2:30pm. Concert commences at 3:30pm. 2018 Sunday Series: A Prelude in Tea Join us on the last Sunday of the month for a scrumptious afternoon tea and concert from some of Australia’s best and most exciting small ensembles. Chamber Music Series: With the Streeton Trio, the Flinders Quartet, The Seraphim Trio and more, A Prelude in Tea chamber music concert is the perfect Sunday afternoon out for chamber music lovers. Song Series: Seven sublime Song Series concerts from some of…
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Ensemble Vinifera: Screen Sounds
Ensemble Vinifera perform a program of music by composers associated with the Silver Screen. The essence of great film music is to educe an emotional response from the audience and our featured composers were masters of this craft. Bernard Herrmann’s “Echoes” for String Quartet is very reminiscent of his music for several of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest movies and utilises a theme from his score for “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”. Then we change pace to the sweet and rather buoyant Quintet…
Find out more »The Muffat Collective: French Baroque
2018 marks the 350th birthday anniversary of one of France’s most famous baroque composers - Francois Couperin.
Find out more »A Decade of Tango
A Decade of Tango Join Maggie Ferguson and TangoOz in an evening of the most exciting tangos of the 20th century in the iconic cool of the Camelot Lounge. TangoOz* is Australia’s longest reigning tango orchestra. They play from celebrated Argentine composers’ original arrangements. We will thrill you, excite you and make you weep with the beauty of this celebrated art, inscribed in 2009 on the list of ‘Intangible cultural heritage of humanity’ by UNESCO. Featuring guest dancers Kseniya and…
Find out more »October 2018
Arts Centre Melbourne presents Normie Rowe and The Playboys
Relive Normie Rowe’s extraordinary performing career this October. During the explosion of pop music in the mid-60s, Normie Rowe and The Playboys were Australia’s most successful pop stars, with a string of record breaking hits including ‘Que Sera Sera’, ‘Shakin’ All Over’, ‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’, ‘It’s Not Easy’ and ‘Ooh La La’. In the midst of Beatlemania, a teenage Normie became the first Melbournian to achieve a national No.1 hit, creating a fan and media hysteria never before seen…
Find out more »Australian Haydn Ensemble: Beethoven & Haydn
The 18th century arrangement of Beethoven’s masterwork, penned by Masi and featuring string quintet, flute and double bass, was discovered by Ensemble members in the British Library’s rare music collection.
Find out more »Lunchtime Concert Series – The Adelaide Connection
Join the Adelaide Connection, Australia’s first jazz choir, and their new director Anita Wardell, for an afternoon of jazz standards, contemporary jazz, and a touch of bebop. Anita Wardell, a member of one of the first incarnations of the Adelaide Connection, has recently returned from London to teach in the Elder Conservatorium’s jazz program following her celebrated career as one of the UK’s premier jazz vocalists. PERFORMERS: THE ADELAIDE CONNECTION Anita Wardell Vocals/Director Entry to this lunchtime concert is available…
Find out more »Australian Haydn Ensemble: Beethoven & Haydn
The 18th century arrangement of Beethoven’s masterwork, penned by Masi and featuring string quintet, flute and double bass, was discovered by Ensemble members in the British Library’s rare music collection.
Find out more »Australian Haydn Ensemble: Beethoven & Haydn
The 18th century arrangement of Beethoven’s masterwork, penned by Masi and featuring string quintet, flute and double bass, was discovered by Ensemble members in the British Library’s rare music collection.
Find out more »Sydney Chamber Choir: Behold – the Sea!
Sydney Chamber Choir embarks on Behold – the Sea!, a choral voyage through maritime disaster, epic adventure and revelation.
Find out more »Bowlines String Trio with Ernie Gruner, Helen Mountfort, Hope Csutoro
Ernie Gruner, Hope Csutoros, Helen Mountfort improvise sweet, moody and surprising music on violin, viola and cello.
Find out more »Australian Haydn Ensemble: Beethoven & Haydn
The 18th century arrangement of Beethoven’s masterwork, penned by Masi and featuring string quintet, flute and double bass, was discovered by Ensemble members in the British Library’s rare music collection.
Find out more »Australian Haydn Ensemble: Beethoven & Haydn
The 18th century arrangement of Beethoven’s masterwork, penned by Masi and featuring string quintet, flute and double bass, was discovered by Ensemble members in the British Library’s rare music collection.
Find out more »Lunchtime Concert Series – Traveller’s Tales
TRAVELLER’S TALES… Baroque duo Dual Aura, comprising violinist Ben Dollman and Danish recorder player Monica Schmidt Andersen, invite the audience on an exciting journey exploring Celtic and Danish traditional folk music, as well as works by Telemann and Ross Edwards. PERFORMERS: Dual Aura Ben Dollman Baroque Violin Monica Schmidt Andersen Recorder 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 to 30% by purchasing…
Find out more »Australian Haydn Ensemble: Beethoven & Haydn
The 18th century arrangement of Beethoven’s masterwork, penned by Masi and featuring string quintet, flute and double bass, was discovered by Ensemble members in the British Library’s rare music collection.
Find out more »Limpinwood Ensemble
TICKETS: $35 incl glass of wine; $15 students Join the Limpinwood Ensemble our tour in Toowoomba for an evening of sublime Chamber Music and a glass of wine. These internationally renowned musicians will perform a stunning programme including local composer, Richard Mills' Clarinet Quintet. PROGRAM: Mozart- Horn Quintet in Eb Richard Mills- A Little Diary of Transformations Schubert Octet in F PERFORMERS: Violin- Shane Chen, Natalie Low Viola- Nicole Greentree Cello- Louise King Double Bass- Douglas Rutherford Horn- Peter Luff…
Find out more »Goulburn Regional Conservatorium Homegrown: 300 Years of Love Songs
Tickets: Adults $20 | Concessions/Memebers $15 | Children $10 A selection from the seventeenth century’s Purcell via eighteenth century’s Handel, nineteenth century’s Romantics Schubert and Schumann to the twentieth century’s Novello, Sinatra and Joni Mitchell and Australian composers Anne Carr-Boyd and John Martin, this recital has something for every taste. Renowned Soprano, Belinda Montgomery, regular soloist with the Marais Project, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Salut! Baroque, the Sydney Consort and Cantillation is joined by local Goulburn Baritone, Ed Suttle, who…
Find out more »Limpinwood Ensemble
TICKETS: $35 incl glass of wine; $15 students A Spring evening of sublime Chamber Music in the newly renovated Brookfield Hall. These internationally renowned musicians will perform a spectacular programme of... PROGRAM: Mozart- Horn Quintet in Eb Richard Mills- A Little Diary of Transformations Schubert Octet in F PERFORMERS: Violin- Shane Chen, Natalie Low Viola- Nicole Greentree Cello- Louise King Double Bass- Douglas Rutherford Horn- Peter Luff Clarinet- Amy Whyte Bassoon- Katharine Willison
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: Forces of Nature
Veering away from the famed Four Seasons of Vivalidi, this program explores composers which have been inspired to embody the rapture of the natural world.
Find out more »Limpinwood Ensemble
$35 incl afternoon tea; $15 students Join us in the beautiful Eudlo Hall for a gorgeous Sunday afternoon of tea and Chamber Music. These internationally renowned musicians will perform: PROGRAM: Mozart- Horn Quintet in Eb Richard Mills- A Little Diary of Transformations Schubert Octet in F PERFORMERS: Violin- Shane Chen, Natalie Low Viola- Nicole Greentree Cello- Louise King Double Bass- Douglas Rutherford Horn- Peter Luff Clarinet- Amy Whyte Bassoon- Katharine Willison
Find out more »Thoroughbass: Bach’s Gamba Sonatas
Complex, intricate and infinitely varied, Bach’s sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord are less well-known than the solo cello suites, but just as fascinating.
Find out more »Lunchtime Concert Series – Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra
PERFORMERS: ELDER CONSERVATORIUM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Luke Dollman Conductor Elizabeth Layton Violin PROGRAM: Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde The lyrical melodies of Mendelssohn’s masterful violin concerto will ring through Elder Hall, as the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of conductor Luke Dollman, perform with Head of Strings Elizabeth Layton. Then, let the dramatic sounds of Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde enchant you. Entry to this lunchtime concert is available at…
Find out more »UNSW Orchestra
The Orchestra’s repertoire is broadly from the Classical (1750-1810) and Romantic (1810-1910) eras.
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Duo Deconet: Latin American Gala
Mexican pianist, Irma Enriquez brings a variety of works in Latin American Gala.
Find out more »BEYOND THE FOLK | Vanishing Shapes at Youth Arts Warehouse Gosford
Vanishing Shapes are coming to Gosford on Saturday October 20 at 7pm at the Youth Arts Warehouse. On their website they say they have been inhaling the coal dust of Newcastle since they formed, and exhaling sparkles all over the Eastern side of the continent. Comprising flute, clarinet, guitar and double bass, the band's music was endearingly described as 'fairy music' in their early days. They are very much a diverse and highly imaginative group. Their songs hint at melodic…
Find out more »Evergreen Ensemble: Snow in Summer
Evergreen Ensemble pays homage to the music of the cold and windswept landscapes of the Scottish Highlands and Islands, as well exploring their Scandinavian ties.
Find out more »Lunchtime Concert Series – Top Class
TOP CLASS Experience the youthful energy and abundant talent of the next generation of Australian classical music as the top performing students of the Elder Conservatorium showcase the highlights of their year. 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 to 30% by purchasing a Gold Pass subscription!
Find out more »UNSW Wind Symphony
The UNSW Wind Symphony was founded in 1991 to perform works specially composed for wind ensembles with or without percussion.
Find out more »Thoroughbass: Bach’s Gamba Sonatas
Complex, intricate and infinitely varied, Bach’s sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord are less well-known than the solo cello suites, but just as fascinating.
Find out more »Willoughby Symphony Orchestra: Discovery
Two of Australia’s most accomplished musicians, the irresistible Dimity Hall and the phenomenal Julian Smiles join together for a performance of Brahms’ unique Concerto for Violin and Cello.
Find out more »Willoughby Symphony Orchestra: Discovery
Two of Australia’s most accomplished musicians, the irresistible Dimity Hall and the phenomenal Julian Smiles join together for a performance of Brahms’ unique Concerto for Violin and Cello.
Find out more »A Prelude in Tea 2018
TICKETS: From $16-$48. Afternoon tea served from 2:30pm. Concert commences at 3:30pm. 2018 Sunday Series: A Prelude in Tea Join us on the last Sunday of the month for a scrumptious afternoon tea and concert from some of Australia’s best and most exciting small ensembles. Chamber Music Series: With the Streeton Trio, the Flinders Quartet, The Seraphim Trio and more, A Prelude in Tea chamber music concert is the perfect Sunday afternoon out for chamber music lovers. Song Series: Seven sublime Song Series concerts from some of…
Find out more »Collegium Musicum Choir: And on Earth, Peace
The Collegium Musicum Choir’s second program for the year includes the liturgical works of Alexander Grechaninov and Anton Bruckner.
Find out more »November 2018
BAROQUE TRIPTYCH
Tripartite instrumental compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach: Transcriptions of his celebrated organ trios featuring mellow-toned members of the baroque oboe family, and a sublimely expressive Cantabile for violin and obbligato harpsichord form the centrepiece. Flanked by inventive Fantasias and small-scale Trios which complete the symmetry of our one-hour musical triptych. Co-hosted by EMSQ Austral Harmony on historical instruments. Margaret Caley - baroque violin Jane Downer - baroque oboe, oboe d’amore & oboe da caccia Phillip Gearing - harpsichord Meet the…
Find out more »A Prelude in Tea 2018
TICKETS: From $16-$48. Afternoon tea served from 2:30pm. Concert commences at 3:30pm. 2018 Sunday Series: A Prelude in Tea Join us on the last Sunday of the month for a scrumptious afternoon tea and concert from some of Australia’s best and most exciting small ensembles. Chamber Music Series: With the Streeton Trio, the Flinders Quartet, The Seraphim Trio and more, A Prelude in Tea chamber music concert is the perfect Sunday afternoon out for chamber music lovers. Song Series: Seven sublime Song Series concerts from some of…
Find out more »The Bourbaki Ensemble: Recomposed
Come and experience some thrilling string music - a little of what you know and a large helping of something new.
Find out more »Bel a cappella: Threshold of Night
Celebrate music that explores both literal and figurative aspects of night with a glorious selection music from around the world
Find out more »Soirées Musicales Quintette: A Concert fit for a King, a Governor and a new Piano
Brisbane’s enterprising ensemble Soirées Musicales Quintette is noted for presenting elegant music in heritage venues.
Find out more »REMEMBER BACH FESTIVAL III
A Festival Day in celebration of J S Bach with a focus on historical instruments and Historically Inspired Performance. PROGRAM: 10am - 12 noon String/Wind MASTERCLASS 12.15 - 1pm Organ Recital ‘Bach & Friends’. Music by J S & C P E Bach, Buxtehude, Böhm & Pachelbel 2 - 2.30pm Masterclass participants performance 3 - 4pm BAROQUE TRIPTYCH - Tripartite instrumental compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach: Transcriptions of his celebrated organ trios featuring mellow-toned members of the baroque oboe family,…
Find out more »Sensory Concerts – Kensington, Sydney
Tickets: $15 child, $25 adult, $65 family (2 adults and up to 3 children) High-quality classical concerts designed for those with sensory/special needs. Performed by world class musicians in a relaxed setting, with various seating options, retreat space, and on-site therapist support when you need it. Sydney concert will feature Lerida Delbridge (violin, Sydney Symphony Orchestra), Teije Hylkema (cello, Opera Australia Orchestra), Grace Kim, piano. Collaborating professionals - Jane Wearn (Solutions in Mind Psychology) Josey Sharpe (Occupational Therapy) Two sessions:…
Find out more »Sensory Concerts – Drummoyne, Sydney
Tickets: $15 child, $25 adult, $65 family (2 adults and up to 3 children) High-quality classical concerts designed for those with sensory/special needs. Performed by world class musicians in a relaxed setting, with various seating options, retreat space, and on-site therapist support when you need it. Sydney concert will feature Lerida Delbridge (violin, Sydney Symphony Orchestra), Teije Hylkema (cello, Opera Australia Orchestra), Grace Kim, piano. Collaborating professionals - Jane Wearn (Solutions in Mind Psychology) Josey Sharpe (Occupational Therapy) Two sessions:…
Find out more »Sydney University Graduate Choir: An Australian War Requiem
The Sydney University Graduate Choir is proud to present a performance of Christopher Bowen’s An Australian War Requiem on the centenary of the Armistice of World War I.
Find out more »A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong with The Syncopators and Yvette Johansson
A rapturous homage to the king and queen of jazz. Beginning with jazz’s most powerful figure, Louis Armstrong, The Syncopators will take you back to the 1920s to explore his pioneering influence on the artform. Then moving forward to the big band era of the 1930s, with a joyous celebration of Satchmo’s famous vocal duets with America’s First Lady of Song: the unparalleled Ella Fitzgerald. Hardly strangers to Arts Centre Melbourne, The Syncopators have raised the roof of Hamer Hall with sell-out…
Find out more »Live at Lunch: I Love Paris
Virtuoso Accordionist/Jazz Pianist, Marcello Maio, accompanies Australian-French Flutist Jane Rutter on a journey to Paris
Find out more »The Muffat Collective: Cafes & Cathedrals, Part 2
In November The Muffat Collective present the second instalment of a unique musical journey through the coffee houses and cathedrals of 17th century Germany.
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BackStage Music: Singles Club + Alice Chance (Infinity for Dinner)
Singles Club, curated by Bree van Reyk, brings together a collection of artists from different disciplines for a set of solo music/dance/art performances.
Find out more »A Prelude in Tea 2018
TICKETS: From $16-$48. Afternoon tea served from 2:30pm. Concert commences at 3:30pm. 2018 Sunday Series: A Prelude in Tea Join us on the last Sunday of the month for a scrumptious afternoon tea and concert from some of Australia’s best and most exciting small ensembles. Chamber Music Series: With the Streeton Trio, the Flinders Quartet, The Seraphim Trio and more, A Prelude in Tea chamber music concert is the perfect Sunday afternoon out for chamber music lovers. Song Series: Seven sublime Song Series concerts from some of…
Find out more »Collegium Musicum Choir: Festival of Carols
UNSW's annual Christmas concert begins the festive season with the Collegium Musicum Choir, Burgundian Consort and Handbell Ensemble
Find out more »December 2018
Live at Lunch: Canticles of Ecstasy: Ave Maria & Sacred Songs
Stunning Soprano/Cellist Taryn Fiebig with Artistic Director/Flutist Jane Rutter, accompanied by pianist Vincent Colagiuri
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