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February 2019
Evergreen Ensemble: Flying Dutchman Sessions
Special guest Krishna Nagaraja joins Evergreen Ensemble on Baroque viola with folk baroque music from Sweden and Finland.
Find out more »Sara Macliver in concert with Camerata
PERFORMERS: Sara Macliver – soprano WHAT TO EXPECT: Camerata welcomes Sara Macliver, one of Australia’s most treasured singers. After a dreamy entrée from Grainger, Sara’s artistry will be on display in Schumann’s intimate, A Woman’s Love and Life depicting the emotional stages of a 19th century woman’s life, attributed to the story of his own wife Clara who he had just married. Britten’s brilliant and inspired set of character pieces and ranges from the most tender to laugh-out-loud moments with virtuosity and passion that still challenge the finest…
Find out more »Flinders Quartet 2019 Concert Season Subscription
For 2019, Flinders Quartet has curated a season program that takes musical risks, adds lashes of quartet favourites and continues to push the creative boundaries
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Root Position
Selby & Friends’ season-opener incorporates works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Smetana which outline a basic musical chord in root position
Find out more »Flinders Quartet: Quartet
Impressed by his unique and engaging concept of sound and gift of musical architecture, Flinders asked Matthew to choose which works best pair with his compositional voice.
Find out more »Flinders Quartet: Quartet
Impressed by his unique and engaging concept of sound and gift of musical architecture, Flinders asked Matthew to choose which works best pair with his compositional voice.
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Root Position
Selby & Friends’ season-opener incorporates works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Smetana which outline a basic musical chord in root position
Find out more »Tinalley String Quartet
Join the UQ Art Museum and UQ’s School of Music as we present the Tinalley String Quartet. Now in its 15th year, the Tinalley String Quartet was awarded the Grand Prize of the 2005 Australian Chamber Music Competition, and captured the world’s attention in 2007 when it was awarded First Prize at the prestigious 9th Banff International String Quartet Competition. The Quartet has performed throughout Australia, Europe, Canada and the United States. It remains the only Australian ensemble to have…
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Root Position
Selby & Friends’ season-opener incorporates works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Smetana which outline a basic musical chord in root position
Find out more »Flinders Quartet: Quartet
Impressed by his unique and engaging concept of sound and gift of musical architecture, Flinders asked Matthew to choose which works best pair with his compositional voice.
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Root Position
Selby & Friends’ season-opener incorporates works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Smetana which outline a basic musical chord in root position
Find out more »Jovian Worlds
Laureate of the Paganini Competition and former first violin of the famed Brodsky Quartet, Sydney Symphony concertmaster Andrew Haveron is one of the most accomplished and sought after violinists on the planet. A masterpiece even among Tchaikovsky’s masterpieces, the Violin Concerto in D is the ideal vehicle for a violinist so utterly at home in Romantic repertoire. Offering both pyrotechnic virtuosity and melting beauty, don’t miss this intimate and fiery journey into the Russian soul. What could compliment such astonishing…
Find out more »March 2019
Selby & Friends: Root Position
Selby & Friends’ season-opener incorporates works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Smetana which outline a basic musical chord in root position
Find out more »ANAM Opening Concert
TICKETS: Full $62 / Senior $48 / Concession* $35 / Under 30s* $25 This festive opening concert to the 2019 ANAM Season begins with not one but two fanfares: Richard Strauss’, created for the inaugural Vienna Philharmonic Ball in 1924, and the equally spectacular one from Wagner’s opera Lohengrin. The festivities then move from multiple brass to multiple pianos for British composer Graham Fitkin’s funky Flak, which has a neat trick up its sleeve – it only uses the pianos’ white notes. But there’s…
Find out more »Flinders Quartet at Peninsula Music Society
Program MATTHEW LAING New Commission (world premiere) ROBERT SCHUMANN String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 41, No. 3 JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet Op. 64, No. 3 Matthew Laing was the winner of the Scarlet’s Fund residency award as part of FQ’s 2017 Composer Development Program. Impressed by his unique and engaging concept of sound and gift of musical architecture, Flinders asked Matthew to choose which works best pair with his compositional voice. He chose to have his work…
Find out more »Selby & Friends: Root Position
Selby & Friends’ season-opener incorporates works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Smetana which outline a basic musical chord in root position
Find out more »Jovian Worlds
Laureate of the Paganini Competition and former first violin of the famed Brodsky Quartet, Sydney Symphony concertmaster Andrew Haveron is one of the most accomplished and sought after violinists on the planet. A masterpiece even among Tchaikovsky’s masterpieces, the Violin Concerto in D is the ideal vehicle for a violinist so utterly at home in Romantic repertoire. Offering both pyrotechnic virtuosity and melting beauty, don’t miss this intimate and fiery journey into the Russian soul. What could compliment such astonishing…
Find out more »Smorgasbord – Music for a Mixed Taste
Chamber Concertos, Trio and Solo Sonatas which highlight the cosmopolitan tastes of Telemann, Quantz, Handel and Fasch - leading German composers of the baroque era. Featuring Trio and Quartet Sonatas exquisitely composed for an assortment of instruments popular in the 18th century. Austral Harmony presents an exciting mix of national styles, gorgeous sonorities and virtuosic performance.
Find out more »Women in Music Festival
From 12-4pm, our fabulous Festival market stalls will offer gorgeous hand-made cupcakes, vegan body scrubs, hand-painted cards, pottery and much more, all for sale. The stalls will be complemented by a free chocolate fountain, free professional photographic head shots, free live music and two magnificent free lectures by composers Cat Hope and Jessica Wells. The evening concerts - curated by Artistic Director Monica Curro - will feature World Premiere compositions by Jessica Wells, Maize Wallin and Anne Cawrse and magnificent…
Find out more »ThoroughBass: The Bach-Abel London Series
Sample a fragment of the highly successful Bach-Abel London series with Thoroughbass
Find out more »The Tasman Ensemble: Tony Chen Lin & Christina Lieberwirth-Morris
The Tasman Ensemble is an exciting new collaboration between New Zealand pianist Tony Chen Lin and Australian violinist Christina Lieberwirth-Morris
Find out more »Women in Music Festival
From 12-4pm, our fabulous Festival market stalls will offer gorgeous hand-made cupcakes, vegan body scrubs, hand-painted cards, pottery and much more, all for sale. The stalls will be complemented by a free chocolate fountain, free professional photographic head shots, free live music and two magnificent free lectures by composers Cat Hope and Jessica Wells. The evening concerts - curated by Artistic Director Monica Curro - will feature World Premiere compositions by Jessica Wells, Maize Wallin and Anne Cawrse and magnificent…
Find out more »ThoroughBass: The Bach-Abel London Series
Sample a fragment of the highly successful Bach-Abel London series with Thoroughbass
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: Lunchtime Concert
Bask in the beautiful sounds of one of the country’s leading chamber ensembles, as the Australia Ensemble present a free lunch hour concert.
Find out more »Elysian Fields: “What should I say” CD Launch
Elysian Fields is proud to officially launch "What should I say", the first Australian recording featuring the electric viola da gamba.
Find out more »Musica Borealis/Australis : Nordic Baroque and Folk
TICKETS: Available online or at the door - $25 / $15, children under 12 free Musica Borealis/Australis will take audiences on a celestial journey through time and place, exploring the baroque and traditional folk music of the Nordic countries. The north wind has blown our special guest violist Krishna Nagaraja (Italy/Finland) to this side of the globe, and together with The Muses’ Delight, will explore a colourful program combining well known and rarely heard baroque composers, as well as Krishna’s…
Find out more »Smorgasbord – Music for a Mixed Taste
Chamber Concertos, Trio and Solo Sonatas which highlight the cosmopolitan tastes of Telemann, Quantz, Handel and Fasch - leading German composers of the baroque era. Featuring Trio and Quartet Sonatas exquisitely composed for an assortment of instruments popular in the 18th century. Austral Harmony presents an exciting mix of national styles, gorgeous sonorities and virtuosic performance.
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: The Age of Steam
With the Industrial Revolution in full swing, art and philosophy were free to investigate grandly romantic ideals, and many of the most famous chamber pieces stem from this time.
Find out more »Sounds of Now
Sounds of Now is a new project by Elmac Creative. Sounds of Now is a vehicle to present quality artists and their original music in a focused concert setting. No bar, no food, no coffee machines, (no election results) just great sound, great lighting and a great focus for artist and audience alike. Series 1 is a concert of highly original art music featuring two unique ensembles: Paul Cutlan String Project will perform Cutlan’s recent work The Eleventh Hour, alongside…
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 »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 »Bach Akademie Australia brings the joy of JS Bach to Sydney
The music of JS Bach will come alive in March at a very special performances in Paddington. For the first time, Bach Akademie Australia will perform with a full choir of hand-picked singers from around Australia including four internationally regarded vocal soloists: Amy Moore (Soprano), Tobias Cole (Alto), Richard Butler (Tenor), David Greco (Bass). Join the Akademie for the heartbreaking BWV 12 featuring the celebrated Australian Oboist Emma Black, the thunderous BWV 20, Bach's homage to the French musical style,…
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 »Bach Akademie Australia brings the joy of JS Bach to Parramatta
The music of J.S. Bach will come alive in Parramatta. Bach Akademie Australia and their newly formed choir will perform two of Bach's greatest Cantatas and the rarely performed Ascension. Join the Akademie for the heartbreaking BWV 12 featuring the celebrated Australian Oboist Emma Black, the thunderous BWV 20, Bach's homage to the French musical style, and the joyous Ascension Oratorio. For the first time, Bach Akademie Australia will perform with a full choir of hand-picked singers from around Australia including four…
Find out more »Bowral Autumn Music Festival: Acacia Quartet & Matt Withers
Featuring the prize-winning compositions from the 2018 Matt Withers' Australian Composition Competition alongside Bach's beautiful Prelude, Fugue and Allegro
Find out more »Shostakovich, Raff and Brahms
Three works showing the full dramatic, virtuosic and emotional possibilities of chamber music: Shostakovich’s theatrical, short octet; Raff's joyous Octet, and Brahms’ youthful and sonorous second sextet. A performance of enthralling energy and compelling intimacy. PROGRAM: SHOSTAKOVICH Two Pieces for String Octet Op 11 RAFF Octet in C major Op 176 BRAHMS Sextet No 2 in G major Op 36 PERFORMERS: Australian Octet
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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »May 2019
Bach Concertos
Recently praised for his “simply gorgeous” playing and “crystalline phrasing” by the Washington Post, pianist David Fung is an ideal match for two of Bach's immaculate keyboard concertos. Program includes Bartók’s folk-flecked Divertimento and music of Telemann & Dvořák. PROGRAM: DVOŘÁK Three Miniatures Op 75a TELEMANN Concerto for four violins TWV54:A1 BACH Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor BWV1058 BACH Keyboard Concerto No 4 in A major BWV1055 BARTÓK Divertimento Sz113 PERFORMERS: William Hennessy AM, DIRECTOR & VIOLIN David Fung, PIANO
Find out more »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 »Selby & Friends: Love & Devotion
A powerful program presented by three extraordinary performers, this concert explores the music of both Clara and Robert Schumann
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