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September 2020
Strathfield Symphony presents Carmina Burana
How can you possibly go past a concert of songs celebrating drinking, nature, love and lust inspired by the poetry and music of clerical students and scholars? Program Maurice Ravel – Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No 2 Carl Orff – Carmina Burana with the Excelsior and Sukura Choirs
Find out more »Strathfield Symphony presents Carmina Burana
How can you possibly go past a concert of songs celebrating drinking, nature, love and lust inspired by the poetry and music of clerical students and scholars? Program Maurice Ravel – Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No 2 Carl Orff – Carmina Burana with the Excelsior and Sukura Choirs
Find out more »Ensemble Q Sunday Series | Grand Facade
Enjoy a Sunday afternoon concert in the beautiful Conservatorium Theatre at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University on South Bank. Ensemble Q is a professional Ensemble in Residence at QCGU, and all concerts are held in the perfect acoustics of this comfortable 550+ seat theatre. Directed by Paul Dean and Trish O’Brien, Ensemble Q brings the best national and international musicians together for world class performances charged with electricity. A ground breaking mentorship program puts future stars of Australian classical music right…
Find out more »October 2020
ANAM | The Seasons
LAWRENCE POWER, ONE OF THE GREATEST VIOLISTS, RETURNS AFTER A JOYOUS ANAM DEBUT IN 2017 FOR THIS MULTI-FACETED PROJECT, PLAYING VIOLIN AND VIOLA WITH EQUAL MASTERY. The concert begins with two 20th century landmarks: Berio’s meditation on Sicilian folk song for viola, percussion and tape, and Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s most celebrated work for violin and strings Hartmann’s Concerto funebre expresses his despair at the rise of Nazism, yet contains a powerful thread of optimism. As he put it: “The intellectual…
Find out more »ANAM | Diabelli Variations
IN THIS INNOVATIVE PRESENTATION, ANAM’S HEAD OF PIANO, TIMOTHY YOUNG, WILL LEAD A TEAM OF ANAM PIANISTS IN A ROUND-ROBIN THROUGH BEETHOVEN’S MASTERWORK, AT TWO PIANOS. Along with Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Beethoven’s set of 33 variations on a theme by his contemporary Anton Diabelli is considered a pinnacle of the keyboard repertoire Beethoven takes Diabelli’s simple waltz melody and transforms into myriad expressive shapes, in an epic work that, over the course of an hour or so, reaches deeply into…
Find out more »Music At Manly: The Australian Harp Quartet
The Australian Harp Quartet is one of the most exciting new ensembles to emerge from the Australian classical music scene this year. Comprised of four talented soloists; Emily Granger, Julie Kim, Georgia Lowe, and Natalie Wong, the ensemble plays a combination of original works and arrangements which showcase the iconic sound world of the harp and each individual's technical brilliance.
Find out more »November 2020
ANAM | Beethoven V
THIS INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATION OF BEETHOVEN’S LIFE AND MUSIC, DIRECTED BY RICHARD TOGNETTI, FEATURES MUSICIANS FROM ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE IN A TRUE CONCERT SPECTACULAR. The orchestra will include performers from ANAM’s partner institutions: the Orchestra Academy of Bayerisches Staatsorchester (Munich), Colburn School (Los Angeles), Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London), Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin) and the Sibelius Academy (Helsinki) In keeping with the festive spirit of the occasion, this unique celebration will include one of Beethoven’s…
Find out more »Strathfield Symphony presents Last Words
A requiem, an unfinished Symphony and the last major work of a great composer, their final season for 2020 presents works that share a sense of finality. Program Toru Takemitsu – Requiem for Strings Franz Schubert – Unfinished Symphony Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances
Find out more »Strathfield Symphony presents Last Words
A requiem, an unfinished Symphony and the last major work of a great composer, their final season for 2020 presents works that share a sense of finality. Program Toru Takemitsu – Requiem for Strings Franz Schubert – Unfinished Symphony Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances
Find out more »December 2020
Music At Manly: ‘Joyeux Noël’
The final concert in 2020 Season at Music at Manly is designed and accompanied by Music at Manly’s Music Director, Bradley Gilchrist. The annual concert celebrates the joy of Christmas, as and is presented by the committee and friends of Music at Manly. This Christmas programme will include a variety of works ranging from Beethoven, Schumann and Puccini to Gershwin, Flanders and Swann. The concert will also feature your favourite carols to sing along to!
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