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BAI YANG and WU MAN IN CONCERT
Bai Yang, China’s brilliant guzheng master and Wu Man the greatest pipa player of our generation together for one unique performance. Bai Yang’s performances have been broadcast to millions and now she makes her first Australian appearance. She has been hailed not only as a virtuoso but also as a musician who pushes boundaries. For this performance Bai Yang is joined by special guest Grammy award winning Wu Man. No stranger to Sydney audiences, Wu Man is a pipa master…
Find out more »The Sonus Quartet: Prelude in Tea Event
Tickets: $47 Adult, $30 Concession, $22 student and $16 child. Includes afternoon tea. Sonus Piano Quartet brings together four masterful musicians; Australian Chamber Orchestra Violinist, Aiko Goto, Jacqui Cronin on Viola, Sydney Symphony Orchestra Cellist, Timothy Nankervis and international pianist, Brenda Jones. This is Prelude in Tea concert presented by the Independent Theatre. Scrumptious afternoon tea served from 2:30pm, stellar chamber music concert at 3:30pm. It’s the perfect Sunday afternoon out.
Find out more »Amelia Farrugia: The Sounds of Spring
Amelia Farrugia, operatic soprano sings the Sounds of Spring, featuring young singers of Sydney Sings
Find out more »Thoroughbass: Fans, fantasias and fandangos
Tickets: $30/$25 A journey in time through Spain from the 16th century to the 20th – from the courts of Phillip II with Diego Ortiz (Recercardia 1553) to that of Queen Maria Bárbara in Madrid with Domenico Scarlatti two centuries later (Sonatas 1752 – 57). In our own age – Joaquin Rodrigo’s Fantasia para un gentilhombre and Stephen Yates’ improvisation on a 16-bar fandango all capture the essence of Spain and reveal the extent and variety of Spanish life. With…
Find out more »Flinders Quartet: In Bendigo
Richard Mills String Quartet No. 4 Glimpses from my book of Dada. Commissioned in 2010 with assistance from the Australia Council and dedicated to Flinders Quartet on their tenth birthday
Find out more »Hatched Academy 2017
From 60 applications 4 successful Hatchlings for 2017 were chosen – Ciaran Frame (NSW composer), Luke Carbon (VIC clarinet + sax), Jasmin Leung (QLD composer) and Kieran Welch (QLD viola). Throughout the year the composers are working closely with Berlin-based Australian composer and guest mentor, Cathy Milliken. The performers will work with US-based Australian vocalist and guest mentor, Jessica Aszodi as well as members of Ensemble Offspring and will have the opportunity to perform alongside them throughout the year. PROGRAM: Jasmin Leung –…
Find out more »The Telemann Project
For tickets, please go to our website or at the door 30 minutes before the concert. Following our successful performances in Germany with the Telemann Project program, the ensemble would like to share this charismatic music with Sydney audiences. The music consists lesser or almost unknown works of this famous composer. Most of the compositions performed on the evening still exist only in facsimile form. They have never received a modern edition and are rarely performed. Although intriguing is the…
Find out more »Lah Lah’s Big Live Band Meets the Sydney Youth Orchestra
Stripy-socked singing sensation Lah-Lah and her Big Live Band are sure to get the whole family up singing and dancing when they join forces with the Sydney Youth Orchestra in this very special concert just for the Sydney Fringe Festival.
Find out more »Musician Project Presents: Bruckner 3
The incredible Musician Project Orchestra returns to Verbrugghen Hall to perform the original version of Bruckner's 3rd symphony. Inspired by Wagner, and an inspiration to Mahler, this work is a cornerstone of music history. The concert begins with Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, followed by an introduction to the symphony by Artistic Director Max McBride. The concert is Pay-What-You-Think, so if you've always wanted to experience Bruckner first-hand, you have nothing to lose, and everything to gain! Come see Sydney's best and…
Find out more »Espresso Chorus: Fiat Lux – The Light Cycle
Eight songs for massed voices and electronics
Find out more »Sydney Youth Orchestras: The Engine Room of Excellence – Tango Together
In our lunchtime series The Engine Room of Excellence, Sydney Youth Orchestras showcases the best young talent in Sydney. Sydney Youth Orchestras is the premier orchestral training organisation in NSW, comprising 12 orchestras and ensembles. SYO’s orchestral training program equips its members for careers as professional musicians, as well as teaching teamwork, discipline, dedication, leadership and a commitment to excellence. It’s a little known fact that the SYO family of orchestras and ensembles includes a dedicated and talented group of…
Find out more »Sydney Mozart Society: Southern Cross Soloists
Tickets: Adults $45.90 | Seniors/Pensioners $42.85 | Full-time students U23 $15.30 | Children U13 free If you become a member of the Society, your annual membership fee covers entry to all concerts in the season. This works out at only $28 per concert (and $8 per concert for student members) Formed in 1995, Southern Cross Soloists has become one of Australia’s most successful and admired chamber ensembles. The ensemble members - Patrick Murphy (‘cello), Tania Frazer (oboe), Ashley Smith (clarinet),…
Find out more »Konstantin Shamray | Sydney International Piano Competition | 40th Anniversary National Recital Tour
Internationally renowned pianist, Konstantin Shamray will be touring to major Australian cities in the month of October to celebrate Sydney International Piano Competition 40th Anniversary. Beginning in Brisbane on October 7th, the critically acclaimed and award winning pianist will be reciting pieces by Mozart, Chopin and Tchaikovsky. National recital tour dates are as follows: Brisbane Date: Saturday 7 October Time: 7:30pm Venue: Performance Studio, 384 Old Cleveland Road, Coorparoo, QLD 4151 Tickets: Adults $48 I Concession/Friends $42 I Students $20…
Find out more »Sydney Chamber Choir | Dido & Aeneas
Join Sydney Chamber Choir for their final performance in 2017 at the Great Hall, University of Sydney.
Find out more »The Omega Ensemble: Beethoven’s Quintet
A concert of music celebrating the rich tapestry of the woodwind family.
Find out more »Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Have you heard Mozart’s music played on his instrument, the fortepiano? This is your chance to hear it!
Find out more »A Little Lunch Music: Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Kathryn Selby
Escape the hustle and bustle of Sydney’s lunch hour for A Little Lunch Music, City Recital Hall’s longest running series of lunchtime concerts curated by Artistic Director Kathryn Selby AM. Enjoy about an hour of music by the world’s greatest composers and some newer discoveries, sprinkled with insights and anecdotes. The series finishes the year in grand style with Artistic Director Kathryn Selby in performance with acclaimed international opera baritone star Teddy Tahu Rhodes.
Find out more »This Sounds Like Science: The Science of Singing, Registers and Resonance
So much about music stems from science, be it composition, sound creation, sound manipulation or listening. In this free lunchtime series, leading Australian researchers present the science behind music, paired with demonstrations and performances by local musicians. This Sounds Like Science is co-curated with Inspiring Australia, the national strategy for community engagement with the sciences. THE SCIENCE OF SINGING, REGISTERS AND RESONANCE The voice is a remarkable musical instrument, fundamentally different from manufactured instruments. Professor of Physics at the University…
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: Free lunch hour Concert 6
Tickets: FREE! Some delicate dreams to end the year's program. Artists Dene Olding (violin) Dimity Hall (violin) Irina Morozova (viola) Julian Smiles (cello) Ian Munro (piano) Geoffrey Collins (flute) Program Cui Five pieces Op. 56 for flute, violin and piano Sculthorpe Dream tracks for clarinet, violin and piano Beethoven String quartet no. 11 in F minor Op. 95
Find out more »UNSW Masterclass series: Percussion
Artists Timothy Constable (percussion) Joshua Hill (percussion) Timothy Constable and Joshua Hill are two-thirds of Synergy Percussion, Australia's leading contemporary percussion ensemble. They will work with young performers from UNSW to give insight into elite percussion performance. Performance masterclasses provide a great opportunity for young musicians to work with and learn from the expertise of elite performers. Each workshop commences at 1.10pm in Leighton Hall, Scientia UNSW. All welcome, bookings not required. Masterclass applicants can apply online via the UNSW…
Find out more »UNSW Orchestra
Tickets: $20/$15/$10 UNSW conductor: Steven Hillinger Artists: UNSW Orchestra The Orchestra’s repertoire is broadly from the Classical (1750-1810) and Romantic (1810-1910) eras. More recent works, especially works by contemporary Australian composers, are well represented in the Orchestra's programs, as is film music from the past four decades. Concertos for various solo instruments figure prominently. The soloists in these concertos are mostly students from the University’s music department. Program: Respighi Carmen Suite no.1 Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien Concerto and soloist TBA
Find out more »BackStage Music Series – Symbioses IV + Elia Bossard
Tickets General - $35 Concession - $25 Student rush - $15 to be sold from 6.45pm on the night of the gig if any tickets are available. BackStage Music is an artist-run series of concerts in the inner city of Sydney. At each concert, BackStage Music presents an early career artist alongside an established artist or ensemble in back to back sets of innovative, challenging and exciting music. Join us in the hidden laneways of Darlinghurst @ creative space 99…
Find out more »Australian Haydn Ensemble: Beethoven’s Emperor
Acclaimed historical keyboardist, Dr. Neal Peres Da Costa, joins AHE to complete their cycle of Beethoven’s piano concertos in chamber format
Find out more »Con Opera presents Opera Australia | Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Join us to celebrate the next generation of opera singers as Sydney Conservatorium of Music presents Opera Australia’s production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, The ancient tombs of the Pharaohs hide many secrets. Will Tamino the daring archaeologist find them? Will it be Papageno, the zany ornithologist? Or will the forces of evil crack the code, find the treasure and get the girl? We present a ripping yarn for all the family. The Magic Flute is a quest for wisdom and true love. Taking…
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: Postcards
Tickets: $50/$38/$30/$15 Around the world in 80 minutes! The Ensemble will be sending postcards from Bali in Peter Sculthorpe’s wonderful work for wind quintet and percussion Tabuh Tabuhan, as well as the streetscapes of Argentina in Miguel del Aguila’s rhythmically-charged Salon Buenos Aires via more tranquil journeys with subtle Jewish inflections in Ernst Bloch’s Paysages. The season ends on a festive note with Tchaikovsky’s glorious string sextet Souvenir de Florence. Artistic Chair: Paul Stanhope Artists: Dene Olding (violin) Dimity Hall…
Find out more »Australian Haydn Ensemble: Beethoven’s Emperor
Acclaimed historical keyboardist, Dr. Neal Peres Da Costa, joins AHE to complete their cycle of Beethoven’s piano concertos in chamber format
Find out more »A Taste of Omega: The Clarinet
Get to know the performers and instruments of Omega Ensemble, in our captivating lunchtime series, A Taste of Omega. Take time out from your busy day with exquisite chamber music performed by some of the finest musicians in the country. The clarinet is an instrument of beauty and grace. Omega Ensemble’s Artistic Director and clarinetist will delight you with Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for Clarinet solo. These short monologues are among Stravinsky’s “biggest” little works and he composed them immediately after…
Find out more »Piano Lessons by Anna Goldsworthy
“A musical journey made in heaven” The Courier-Mail Part play, part concert, Piano Lessons tells the story of Anna Goldsworthy’s metamorphosis from gawky nine-year-old schoolgirl to concert pianist under the passionate tutelage of Russian émigré Eleanora Sivan. This adaptation of her award-winning memoir brings Anna Goldsworthy to the stage to play herself, performing sublime piano pieces by Mozart, Liszt and Chopin. As the charismatic teacher inspires and challenges Anna, we learn what it takes to be a virtuoso; physically, psychologically…
Find out more »UNSW Wind Symphony
Tickets: $20/$15/$10 UNSWWS conductor: Steven Capaldo Artists: UNSW Wind Symphony The UNSW Wind Symphony was founded in 1991 to perform works specially composed for wind ensembles with or without percussion. The Wind Symphony provides repertoire, largely dates from after 1900, with arrangements of works from all eras and styles, including jazz, popular and art-music forms. The Wind Symphony is home to many of the woodwind and brass players on campus, and comprises about 50 players at any one time. Program:…
Find out more »Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius
At the end of the score of The Dream of Gerontius, Elgar wrote: “This is the best of me.” This monumental work embodies Elgar’s spiritual and artistic ideals – it is as stirringly Romantic and grand as you’d expect, but it is also Elgar’s most personal utterance. Elgar poured his “heart’s blood” into Gerontius, responding to the words with evocative, sincere and imaginative music – imposing marches full of pomp and circumstance, choirs of demons and angels, and celestial harmonies – that takes us from earth…
Find out more »Sirius Chamber Ensemble: Where The Heart Is
Tickets: $30 Adults, $20 Concession, $10 Children Where The Heart Is is a collaborative fundraiser for the not-for-profit organisation Habitat for Humanity Australia. The concert program will focus on the plight of the homeless in our society, featuring works by composers who were known to have been homeless or displaced during their lifetime. Joseph Haydn became homeless as a young man, dismissed from St Stephen’s Cathedral choir in Vienna after his voice broke. Gustav Mahler was famously quoted as saying,…
Find out more »TaikOz: 20
“We’ve lived the journey, now it’s your chance to see it through our eyes. 20 takes you on a guided flight not to be missed” Ian Cleworth, Artistic Director 2017 marks Taikoz’s 20th year of incredible music making and performance. To celebrate this outstanding achievement, Australia’s internationally acclaimed drumming ensemble presents a spectacular evening of entertainment for one night only. Designed to thrill and captivate, 20 takes you on a performance journey that ripples and vibrates through your whole body.…
Find out more »Taikoz 20: Land-Sea-Sky-Home
This October, Australia’s leading taiko drumming ensemble Taikoz will present a very special concert, Taikoz 20: Land-Sea-Sky-Home in celebration of an incredible 20 years of music making and performance. Inspired by the themes of land, sea, sky and home, the four-part concert will feature the world premiere of two newly commissioned works along with solo performances from Taikoz co-founders Riley Lee and Ian Cleworth, and ensemble works drawn from Taikoz’s extensive repertoire. Taikoz 20: Land-Sea-Sky-Home sees Taikoz perform a wide…
Find out more »Ensemble Vinifera: The Romantics
Ensemble Vinifera returns with a feast from the German romantic tradition for their final outing for 2017. This program is a distillation of symphonic grandeur
Find out more »Collegium Musicum Choir: Sounds of England
Tickets: $25/$22/$18.50 Choral Director: Sonia Maddock Artists: Collegium Musicum Choir Burgundian Consort The Collegium Musicum Choir's second program for the year includes works of twentieth century English choral composers Ralph Vaughan Williams and John Rutter. The Burgundian Consort will offer two choral works of Rutter, his Musica Dei Donum and Cantate Domino, with young soloists featured in Vaughan William's Mass in G minor for double chorus. The program is completed by the chamber ensemble version of Rutter's Requiem, never previously…
Find out more »MUSICALISCHER CIRCUL
Austral Harmony on historical instruments. Trios for 18th-century double reeds by Fasch and Heinichen, and Quadros with singer by Johann Sebastian Bach. Jane Downer and Peter Maddigan - baroque oboes, Anna Sandström - soprano. FREE (voluntary donation) Enjoy a coffee for $2 at Jardin St James after the concert (outer east end of the church)
Find out more »Strelitzia Ensemble: Love Letters – Prelude in Tea Event
Tickets: $47 Adult, $30 Concession, $22 student and $16 child.Includes afternoon tea. In Love Letters, the Strelitzia Ensemble explores four very different works, each with an element of romance. Haydn dedicated his bubbly, witty and very extroverted Trio in C Major to his young friend Therese Jansen-Bartolozzi, a Pianist he had met in London in 1791, and whose wedding he was witness to two years before composing this trio. In Elena Kats-Chernin’s Variations, she looks to a set of Schubert…
Find out more »Selby and Friends: Quattro
Tickets: Adult $75 | Senior $70 | Concession $50 | Child U14 (accompanied by paying adult) Selby and Friends’ 2017 season finale presents a special program of iconic piano quartets with pianist Kathryn Selby joined by Trio Ex Patria – all principals of the SSO with Concertmaster Andrew Haveron, Principal Violist Tobias Breider and Principal Cellist Umberto Clerici. Performing music by Mozart, Spanish master Turina and Fauré, the program relishes the addition of the viola to the realm of the…
Find out more »Sydney Mozart Society: Enigma Quartet
Tickets: Adults $45.90 | Seniors/Pensioners $42.85 | Full-time students U23 $15.30 | Children U13 free If you become a member of the Society, your annual membership fee covers entry to all concerts in the season. This works out at only $28 per concert (and $8 per concert for student members) Through its concert series, festival appearances and creative collaborations with different performers and composers, the Enigma Quartet has established a reputation for fine technique, intelligent interpretations and dynamic performance style.…
Find out more »Ironwood: A Perfect Combination
Tickets: $45 Adult | $30 Concessions | $10 Students Season 3 explores the world of the revered Classical-era string quartet offering Australian audiences a unique opportunity to hear such works played on gut strings with keen awareness of period performing practices, restoring the musical language and expressivity expected bysuch composers as Mozart and Haydn. Amongst the well-known quartets of these two giants, the programme offers a musical rarity in the String Quartet no. 4 by the German Christian Ernst Graf,…
Find out more »Elena Kats-Chernin’s Birthday Bash
City Recital Hall is stringing up the party lights for one of Australia’s best-loved composers, Elena Kats-Chernin. A spectacular line-up of celebrities, musicians and singers is descending on Angel Place for this epic birthday bash. Elena’s music, performed by the nation’s top ensembles and orchestras, has delighted audiences for years. Her compositions cross genres; from intimate pieces for piano and chamber ensembles to ballet, opera and more. Her music reaches into our lives on film, TV and radio. We hear…
Find out more »Selby and Friends: Quattro
Tickets: Adult $57 | Senior $53 | Concession $43 Selby and Friends’ 2017 season finale presents a special program of iconic piano quartets with pianist Kathryn Selby joined by Trio Ex Patria – all principals of the SSO with Concertmaster Andrew Haveron, Principal Violist Tobias Breider and Principal Cellist Umberto Clerici. Performing music by Mozart, Spanish master Turina and Fauré, the program relishes the addition of the viola to the realm of the piano trio in which the season has…
Find out more »Songs of Farewell | Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers
Tickets $60 plus booking fees On the 11th of November we recall the sacrifice made by men and women in protecting us, a time for contemplation of the grandest themes of life and death. Music has always played a role in occasions of shared sorrow, both as a means of expressing it, and as a consolation. Choral music is an especially powerful vehicle for the music of remembrance, a collective singing on behalf of humankind. Our Chamber Singers mark Remembrance Day with works that confront tragedy…
Find out more »Sydney Sings Verdi
The Sydney University Graduate Choir and its Music Director, Christopher Bowen OAM, is delighted to announce a performance of Verdi’s powerful Requiem in the magnificent Sydney Town Hall. This concert will be part of the Choir’s Sydney Sings… series, and will be presented with a large guest chorus drawn from across NSW and a full orchestra of professional musicians brought together specially for the occasion. The Verdi Requiem is a masterpiece of the Romantic era. Marshalling his resources as a…
Find out more »BackStage Music Series – ASQ Close Quarters + Will Hansen
TICKETS: General - $35 Concession - $25 Student rush - $15 to be sold from 6.45pm on the night of the gig if any tickets are available. BackStage Music is an artist-run series of concerts in the inner city of Sydney. At each concert, BackStage Music presents an early career artist alongside an established artist or ensemble in back to back sets of innovative, challenging and exciting music. Join us in the hidden laneways of Darlinghurst @ creative space 99…
Find out more »A Taste of Omega: The Cello
Get to know the performers and instruments of Omega Ensemble, in our captivating lunchtime series, A Taste of Omega. Take time out from your busy day with exquisite chamber music performed by some of the finest musicians in the country. The cello is regarded as the most lyrical and beautiful of the string instruments. It can ‘sing’ lyrically and explore the depths of sound through its range of colours and timbres. Join acclaimed Dutch cellist Teije Hylkema on a journey…
Find out more »Omega Ensemble: Ravel Impressions
A playful program of intriguing works, dedications and intricate shadings of trios and quartets.
Find out more »Ironwood: Early Romantic Gems
Tickets: $45 Adult | $30 Concessions | $10 Students In Season 4 Ironwood celebrate the advent of Romantic style with Schubert’s early String Quartet D. 94 composed in 1812 when he was only 15 years old. Schubert wrote his early string quartets mainly to enjoy in domestic concerts with his family. And yet these already herald his penchant for experimentation with surprising key relationships, thematic linking, and such new string effects as tremolo. A selection of Beethoven’s Bagatelles for solo…
Find out more »Song Company: Lully Lulla PREVIEW
Tickets: $65 Adult | $60 Concession | $40 Under 30 The final program in the 2017 season The Attraction of Opposites is set within the narrative framework of mediaeval English verse, with seasonal music old and new that touches both on the joy of a young mother giving birth to the King of the Ages, and on the hard-hitting realities of exile, refugee status, and the ‘slaughter of the innocents’. The ‘Coventry Carol’ Lully, lulla is one of three songs…
Find out more »Enigma Quartet and Riley Lee: 5 Elements – Prelude in Tea Event
Tickets: $47 Adult, $30 Concession, $22 student and $16 child.Includes afternoon tea. The Enigma Quartet present an exciting programme of new pieces for shakuhachi & string quartet from leading Australian composers including Ross Edwards, Katy Abbott Kvasnica, Stuart Greenbaum, Paul Stanhope, Holly Harrison, Andrew Howes, Anne Boyd & Gerard Brophy . Each piece is inspired by the elements, fire, water, earth, air and ether. “An ensemble needs that impossible-to-describe extra ingredient… and this group has it in spades.” (Steve Moffatt,…
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