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August 2019
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra: New Constellations
Tickets: Premium $95 | A Reserve $75 | A Reserve Concession $65 | Student $30 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…
Find out more »Australian Chamber Choir with Amy Johansen | Terra Australis – Land of the Imagination
FREE CONCERT The Australian Chamber Choir, directed by Douglas Lawrence, presents Terra Australis – Land of the Imagination. This concert is presented with Amy Johansen – organ , as part of the Sydney University Organ Recital Series. Great music for choir is matched by year with voyages in search of Terra Australis, the fabled Great Southern Land. The program includes music by the first published black composer, Vicente Lusitano (?-1561). This astounding piece of chromatic polyphony is contemporary with Oronce Finé’s Atlas…
Find out more »Salon Concerts at Broadford presents Baroque Masterpieces
Tickets: $39 | With food $49 | early bird discount of $5.00 (available until 15 August) The rich sounds of the cello accompanied by harpsichord will be heard at "Salon Concerts at Broadford" on Sunday 25 August at 4.00pm. This replaces the original concert with oboe and harpsichord, but due to a protracted illness of the oboist has had to be replaced. While the programme is still being finalised, expect to hear such masterly composers as Vivaldi, Geminiani, Marcello and…
Find out more »The Song Company | Mind Over Matter
Tickets: Adult $65 | Concession $60 | Full-time student $40 | Youth (29 & under) $40 A cartoonesque prequel to Anna’s Rapid Eye Movement (premiered by The Song Company in Sydney Opera House), Mind Over Matter is a family-friendly musical / chamber comic opera for 5 singers, speaking piano duet and computer operator, by the Company’s Artistic Director, Antony Pitts, with theatrical direction by Leonie Cambage. The story is set (not far) in the future: the world has been taken…
Find out more »September 2019
Selby & Friends: The Game Changers
Exploring composers whose influence made a significant impact upon the world of classical music is the premise behind this extraordinary program of sonatas and trios by Kats-Chernin, Ravel, Britten and Dvorak.
Find out more »Play It Forward presents the Judy Garland Songbook Concert
Tickets: Full $35 | Concession and U18 $30 Play It Forward is proud to present a special fundraising concert version of Skunkworks Productions’ recent sellout show at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre, featuring their Patron, the incredible Liane Keegan, singing Judy Garland’s greatest hits. Accompanied by the fabulous seven-piece Skunkworks Band, conducted by Phillipa Edwards. Enquiries: 0419 337 283 Proceeds supporting Play It Forward, providing a unique range of tailored inclusive arts programs, events and projects for all Australians.
Find out more »Matthew Fagan & Nicholas Young: España El Vito – The Spirit of Spain & Tango
Pre Sales: Adult $25 | Concession $20 | Child U16 $15 Doors Sales: Extra $5 on door (subject to availability) Continuing their ground-breaking 2018 tour collaborations including SOLD OUT shows at the Sydney Opera House, award winning concert pianist Nicholas Young joins internationally renowned 10-string virtuoso Guitarist Matthew Fagan, combining musical passion and virtuosity to celebrate the Spirit of Spain, El Vito and Tango. The duo perform Spanish repertoire from classical to flamenco, plus the colourful and rhythmic sounds of…
Find out more »Music in the Round
Tickets: Early bird $145 | Book before 24 July 2019 // $165 standard | $140 concession Discover fresh faces and new perspectives as the Abbotsford Convent’s historic spaces come to life at Music in the Round. Enjoy a day of intimate classical music performances in the Convent’s stunning venues, and a delicious lunch from the Convent Bakery. Presented by the Abbotsford Convent Foundation with Artistic Director Chris Howlett, this year’s program delivers a fresh and exciting mix of exceptional performers and…
Find out more »Melbourne Bach Choir & Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra present Verdi’s Requiem
Melbourne Bach Choir and Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra are proud to bring you Verdi's Requiem with a cast of four superb Australian soloists under the baton of Rick Prakhoff. Soprano Helena Dix recently made her New York Metropolitan Opera debut. Last November she sang the Verdi Requiem with London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. Jacqueline Dark is a multiple Helpmann and Green Room Award- winning mezzo-soprano. Australian tenor Paul O’Neill has, over the past decade, forged a compelling…
Find out more »Melbourne Chamber Orchestra | Flute & Harp
One of Mozart’s most loved works, the concerto for flute, harp & orchestra is pure elegance and magic. Don’t miss this reunion of legendary Australian musicians Alice Giles and Prudence Davis, who have performed this work together over decades. Includes music of CPE Bach, Haydn and Nicholas Buc. CPE BACH Symphony in E flat major Wq179 MOZART Concerto for Flute & Harp K297c NICHOLAS BUC Yackandandah Music* (*world première season) HAYDN Symphony No 43 in E flat major Mercury William…
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