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June 2019
Winter Gala: Songs My Mother Taught Me
Tickets: Adult $60 | Senior $50 | Concession $40 The Music Performance Unit’s inaugural Winter Gala features Australian guest soprano Sara Macliver and Australia Ensemble pianist Ian Munro in a program all about women. Macliver is one of Australia’s most popular and versatile artists, appearing in operas, concert and recital performances and on numerous recordings. She most recently appeared with the Australia Ensemble in a program including the premiere of Ian Munro’s commissioned work Three Birds. The program will include…
Find out more »The Spoken Bach in the Coal Loader Tunnel
To celebrate the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year, Rachel Scott will be joined by actor Paul Armstrong to present a special concert celebrating winter, linking spoken word to Bach’s dark and lush fifth suite for solo cello. Be prepared for an intimate concert in an extraordinary venue – it will be a night you won’t want to miss! Important Information: There’s no public transport to this venue. The floors are uneven, and the tunnel is open…
Find out more »Sensory Concerts® Cherrybrook
Experience a high-quality live classical concert, especially designed for children and adults with sensory/special needs. Performed by acclaimed musicians in a relaxed setting, with various seating options, retreat space, and on-site therapist support. Performers: Teije Hylkema (Principal Cello, Opera Australia Orchestra) Kees Boersma (Principal Double Bass, Sydney Symphony Orchestra) Grace Kim, (Creative director, piano) Onsite therapists: Josey Sharpe, Occupational Therapist, Jenny Wu (Rehab Therapies) Presented by Your Music Inc. Enquiries: Louise Ph. 0456 25 9373 email: sensoryconcerts@gmail.com
Find out more »Willoughby Symphony Choir sings Messiah
Tickets: Adult $51 | Youth (16-26yrs) $23 | Junior (5-15yrs) $15 | Family of 4 (admits 4) $110 This is a performance of Handel’s Messiah with a difference. Willoughby Symphony Choir are presenting the full symphonic orchestration by Sir Eugene Goossens which adds a remarkable depth to this much-loved oratorio. This is a very unique arrangement that has rarely been heard in Australia. This orchestration adds a grand, lush quality to the much-loved arias and choruses. These remain as integral…
Find out more »Austral Indigo: Threads Through Time
Tickets: Early Bird Adult (available until 23 June) $40 | Early Bird Concession (available until 23 June) $30 | Standard Adult $45 | Standard Concession $35 A complimentary glass of wine is included in your ticket price. Experience the premier talents of music group Austral Indigo and get in the mood for a great night out with sumptuous music and complimentary glass of wine. Austral Indigo will take you on a journey through time and what a journey it is! Be transported from…
Find out more »Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestra: NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition Finals Concert
Tickets: Standard $50 | Pensioner $35 | Student/junior $12 6 individual finalists in the 2019 NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition and the winners of the Multiple Concerto section will perform their selected concerto movement with orchestra on Saturday 29 June, competing for prizes and opportunities in this prestigious annual event. Regarded as a stepping stone to national and international success, the competition has been held annually since 1984 and provides an invaluable performance opportunity for young musicians to showcase their talents…
Find out more »Strathfield Symphony Orchestra: Romantics
Is there any greater celebratory work than the Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture? Strathfield Symphony Orchestra think not! How will they fit the cannons into the Strathfield Town Hall? You will have to be there to find out. Although technically pushing the boundaries of romanticism, William Walton’s Viola concerto joins the program. A tribute to Strathfield Symphony's fantastic viola section who boast the highest percentage of volunteers that help keep the orchestra running (our treasurer, secretary, vice president and concert caterer are…
Find out more »Strathfield Symphony Orchestra: Romantics
Is there any greater celebratory work than the Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture? Strathfield Symphony Orchestra think not! How will they fit the cannons into the Strathfield Town Hall? You will have to be there to find out. Although technically pushing the boundaries of romanticism, William Walton’s Viola concerto joins the program. A tribute to Strathfield Symphony's fantastic viola section who boast the highest percentage of volunteers that help keep the orchestra running (our treasurer, secretary, vice president and concert caterer are…
Find out more »The Seraphim Trio – A Prelude in Tea concert
Single Tickets: Adult $49 | Concession/Under 30 $32 | Student $22 | Child $17. Afternoon tea included - served from 2:30pm. The Seraphim Trio return to North Sydney’s spectacular Independent Theatre this June to present a mouth-watering concert of nostalgic European Romantic music – with an Australian twist! Plus the theatre’s legendary afternoon tea included as part of the popular Sunday afternoon “Prelude in Tea” series. Smetana, the father of Czech music, forms the centrepiece of Seraphim’s first concert for…
Find out more »July 2019
Live at Lunch: Chansons Parisiens
Tickets: Adult $33 | Concession $30 | Add Lunch for $17.50 Paris-based jazz singer Hetty Kate, joins flutist Jane Rutter and virtuoso pianist Simon Tedeschi in a concert of French music: Chansons and classical favourites. This is the fourth of seven concerts in the Live at Lunch 2019 series.
Find out more »Twilight Concert Series: Ecstatic Dances – Dimity Hall & Julian Smiles in Concert
Tickets: Adult $60 | Senior $50 | Concession $40 Program BACH Two-part Inventions for violin and cello (nos. 4, 13 & 8) EDWARDS Ecstatic Dances VASKS Castillo Interior RAVEL Sonata for violin and cello HINDSON ‘1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8’ Join us for a drink post-concert with the artists About the artists Dimity Hall is well known to national and international audiences as a member of both the Goldner String Quartet and the Australia Ensemble@UNSW with whom she has performed, toured and recorded extensively, to critical acclaim.…
Find out more »Sydney Youth Orchestra: Beethoven’s Fifth
Tickets: Adult $50 | Concession $25 | Child $25 Performers & Programs The Sydney Youth Orchestra conducted by Alexander Briger AO BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 COPLAND Orchestral Suite from Appalachian Spring Those first four notes. Three short, one long. Instantly, classical music was atomised, the symphonic form stripped down and readied for an upgrade and a fresh install. Music from a little over two hundred years ago doesn’t get any more primal than this. No wonder it’s the most famous…
Find out more »Coro Austral: Jewels of Latin America
Tickets: Adult $35 | Concession $30 Why are Astor Piazzola, Violeta Parra and Compay Segundo so revered? What do Chan Chan, Besame Mucho and the Swingle Singers have in common? You can find the answers in Jewels Of Latin America, a showcase of outstanding choral gems from Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela - with extra pearls inspired by the music of Latin America from Australia’s Joseph Twist and the USA’s Elliot Z. Levine. Coro Austral, Sydney’s specialist Spanish and…
Find out more »Sydney inSpires presents: Organ recital with Thomas Ospital
Tickets: All tickets $10; free for Sydney inSpires conference registrants Titulaire of the grand organ at Saint-Eustache Church in Paris, Organist in Residence at Maison de la Radio (Radio France Concert Hall) and recently appointed Harmony Tutor at the Paris Conservatoire, Thomas Ospital is a young artist who has quickly earned a place amongst the world’s finest concert organists. He was awarded First Prize at the 2009 International Competition of Organ in Saragossa, Spain, the Duruflé-Prize and the Audience Prize…
Find out more »Thoroughbass presents The Toybox
Tickets: Adult $25 | Pensioner/Senior $19 | Child 18 & under $19 | Family of 4 $20 each Too good not to reprise, The Toybox returns in July at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. Claude Debussy’s little-known children’s ballet La Boîte à joujoux (The Toybox) is transformed from ballet back to story-form by Inara Molinari, accompanied by a small ensemble and various noisy toys (Thoroughbass). An illustrated miniature masterpiece full of microscopic detail, it entrances young and old alike. Come on a…
Find out more »Thoroughbass presents The Toybox
Tickets: Adult $25 | Pensioner/Senior $19 | Child 18 & under $19 | Family of 4 $20 each Too good not to reprise, The Toybox returns in July at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. Claude Debussy’s little-known children’s ballet La Boîte à joujoux (The Toybox) is transformed from ballet back to story-form by Inara Molinari, accompanied by a small ensemble and various noisy toys (Thoroughbass). An illustrated miniature masterpiece full of microscopic detail, it entrances young and old alike. Come on a…
Find out more »Selby & Friends: From Russia with Love
Selby & Friends takes listeners on a musical tour of composers who were influenced by Russia, either by having been born and bred there or receiving patronage or assistance from Russian nobles.
Find out more »Thoroughbass presents The Toybox
Tickets: Adult $25 | Pensioner/Senior $19 | Child 18 & under $19 | Family of 4 $20 each Too good not to reprise, The Toybox returns in July at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. Claude Debussy’s little-known children’s ballet La Boîte à joujoux (The Toybox) is transformed from ballet back to story-form by Inara Molinari, accompanied by a small ensemble and various noisy toys (Thoroughbass). An illustrated miniature masterpiece full of microscopic detail, it entrances young and old alike. Come on a…
Find out more »Sydney inSpires: National Youth Choir of Australia in Concert
Tickets: $40; free for conference registrants The Royal School of Church Music is excited to present Sydney InSpires resident ensemble, the National Youth Choir of Australia, in concert under the direction of Patron Dr David Hill MBE. The programme will include: Te Deum – Collegium Regale | Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis | Michael Tippett (1905-98) Mass for Seven Voices | William Yaxley (b. 1994) Trinity College motets | Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Beati quorum Justorum animae Coelos…
Find out more »ThoroughBass: Bach in Three
Music from the intricate and abstruse style of the great JS, to the florid and eccentric Emmanuel, to the lyrically lovely Christian.
Find out more »Sydney inSpires presents: Prom Praise
Tickets: $29-$79 Under the energetic, dynamic direction of conductor Dr Noël Tredinnick, Prom Praise is a joyful fusion of classical and contemporary music performance with worship. In this year’s Prom Praise at Sydney Town Hall, CityAlight, Trevor Hodge, the National Youth Choir of Australia, and the RSCM Festival Choir will be accompanied by the Australian Gospel Orchestra, featuring Thomas Ospital (Organist of Saint-Eustache Church Paris) on the Town Hall Organ, bringing you a marvelous chorus of worship. This unique event…
Find out more »Selby & Friends: From Russia with Love
Selby & Friends takes listeners on a musical tour of composers who were influenced by Russia, either by having been born and bred there or receiving patronage or assistance from Russian nobles.
Find out more »Sounds of Australia
Immerse yourself in the Sounds of the Australia at Sydney Opera House this July, as Australia’s leading choirs for young people come together to celebrate 30 years of Sydney Children’s Choir. The one night only gala concert kicks off the week-long Gondwana World Choral Festival, which is set to be the greatest gathering of international choirs in Australia this century. More than one thousand young singers from some of the world’s finest choirs will converge on Sydney to join in song…
Find out more »Twilight Concert Series: Four Hands – Ian Munro & Tamara-Anna Cislowska in Concert
Tickets: Adult $60 | Senior $50 | Concession $40 Program MOZART Sonata in D K381 SCHUBERT Fantasy in f minor D940 MOSZKOWSKI Spanish Dances RAVEL Mother Goose Join us for a drink post-concert with the artists About the artists Ian Munro is one of Australia’s most distinguished and awarded musicians with a career that has taken him to thirty countries in Europe, Asia, North America and Australasia. His award in 2003 of Premier Grand Prix at the Queen Elisabeth International…
Find out more »Bluebeard’s Castle starring Adrian Tamburini & Zara Barrett, conducted by Christopher van Tuinen
Tickets: Adults $45-$60 | Concession $40-$50 A story of misogyny and toxic masculinity or a musical journey into the deepest shadows of the feminine psyche? Only you can decide. Don’t miss this chance to celebrate the 101st anniversary of the premiere of Béla Bartók’s thrilling opera, Bluebeard’s Castle, presented by Pure Harmony Music & Events with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. A masterwork of the 20th century, Bluebeard’s Castle has dramatic, richly descriptive music and a deep psychological narrative - love poised…
Find out more »Burgundian Consort: Lunch Hour Recital
The Burgundian Consort will explore a selection of Australian composers, each portraying the rugged musical landscape of their homeland
Find out more »Bluebeard’s Castle starring Adrian Tamburini & Zara Barrett, conducted by Christopher van Tuinen
Tickets: Adults $45-$60 | Concession $40-$50 A story of misogyny and toxic masculinity or a musical journey into the deepest shadows of the feminine psyche? Only you can decide. Don’t miss this chance to celebrate the 101st anniversary of the premiere of Béla Bartók’s thrilling opera, Bluebeard’s Castle, presented by Pure Harmony Music & Events with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. A masterwork of the 20th century, Bluebeard’s Castle has dramatic, richly descriptive music and a deep psychological narrative - love poised…
Find out more »Willoughby Symphony Orchestra: Crowns & Tiaras – children’s concert
All tickets $26 (babies under 12 months free) Children are invited to experience a musical fairy tale adventure at the Willoughby Symphony’s children’s concert Crowns and Tiaras! Introducing children to classical music in a fun and engaging way, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Dr Nicholas Milton AM will lead an interactive, explanatory performance with excerpts from Edward Elgar’s regal Enigma Variations, captivating children of all ages. This 50-minute concert is a unique opportunity to witness symphonies of music by Australia’s…
Find out more »Flinders Quartet: Shostakovich – through the lens of the string quartet
Tickets (includes afternoon tea provided by the venue from 2:30pm): Adult $49 | Concession/Under 30 $32 | Student $22 | Child $17 Selected movements from the string quartets of Shostakovich, curated by Flinders Quartet with dramaturge, Richard Piper. In a unique concept, Flinders Quartet explore Shostakovich’s life through a prism of his string quartets. Inspired by Wendy Lesser’s book “Music for Silenced Voices”, this program will explore the life of Shostakovich through selections from his fifteen string quartets, and follows…
Find out more »Australian World Orchestra – AWO Six Chamber Concert
The Australian World Orchestra presents AWO SIX, an impressive lineup of six virtuoso musicians, formed to showcase the limitless talent of Australia’s classical musicians. After presenting large scale orchestral concerts in Melbourne and Canberra, the AWO strips down to the bareness of a beautiful intimate chamber setting for Sydney audiences. AWO SIX will perform one night only at City Recital Hall where the audience will experience the brilliance of true musical mastery in an unforgettable chamber concert. Mendelssohn’s String Quintet No.2 in B…
Find out more »August 2019
Twilight Concert Series: You’re gonna love tomorrow
Tickets: Adult $60 | Senior $50 | Concession $40 Program Musical Director Harrison Collins leads us through an intimate hour of cabaret, exploring dreams and passions. Consisting of solos, duets, and ensemble numbers from the much loved and critically acclaimed Broadway musicals Follies, Kiss Me Kate, City of Angels, Jesus Christ Superstar, You’re gonna love tomorrow will feature the best of Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cole Porter. Join us for a drink with the artist post-concert The artists Musical…
Find out more »LIME2: UNSW Wind Symphony
The Wind Symphony provides repertoire, largely dates from after 1900, with arrangements of works from all eras and styles
Find out more »Sydney Mozart Society: Sydney Soloists
The members of the Sydney Soloists are well known to Australian and international audiences for their orchestral, solo and ensemble performances
Find out more »Willoughby Chamber Series: Bows of Youth
Presenting a new arrangement by 2017 YCA winner Ella Macens, before concluding with Mendelssohn’s mighty Octet.
Find out more »Bel a cappella: Concerto for Choir
Alfred Schnittke's Choir Concerto is unquestionably one of the choral masterpieces of the 20th century.
Find out more »LIME3: UNSW Orchestra
The Orchestra’s repertoire is broadly from the Classical (1750-1810) and Romantic (1810-1910) eras.
Find out more »Australian Haydn Ensemble: Beethoven Four
Tickets: Adult $80 | Concession $70 | Under 30 $35 | Student $25 Artists: Skye McIntosh – Artistic Director Australian Haydn Ensemble The Ensemble performs a rare chamber version of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4, along with a virtuosic Flute Sextet by Boccherini and Mozart’s much-loved String Quintet in G minor. It has been suggested that Mozart may have written his string quintets K.515 and K.516 to impress King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia and to surpass the quintets written by…
Find out more »Sydney University Graduate Choir: Puccini – Messa di Gloria & 2019 Joan Carden Award
Tickets: Adults $50 | Pensioners (no Seniors Card) $40 | Children 16 and under & full-time students $25 Sydney University Graduate Choir's August concert features Giacomo Puccini’s youthful Messa di Gloria. This work, written as a graduation exercise, already reveals much of the mastery of his mature operatic works. It is thus a fitting work for a concert featuring the finalists of the 2019 Joan Carden Award competition. These exceptional young singers, at the beginning of their careers, will demonstrate…
Find out more »IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition Semi-Finals Concert
This is your chance to hear Australia’s finest young operatic talent as they compete for the coveted Marianne Mathy Scholarship. Who will rise to the occasion? Who will transport you with their voice? Who will be a Finalist? Be in the audience to find out. Each singer will perform one lied and one classical item accompanied by world-renowned pianist and vocal coach, David Harper. The programme will take you from Baroque to Britten with a special guest artist to entertain…
Find out more »Collegium Musicum Choir 2
The choir also presents less familiar works but by important composers, to introduce both the singers and the audience to another side of choral music
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: Lunch Hour 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 »Live at Lunch: The Grigoryan Brothers
Tickets: Adult $33 | Concession $30 | Add Lunch $17.50 The sensational ARIA Award winning guitarists Slava and Leonard Grigoryan return to Live at Lunch performing gorgeous classical and contemporary works. With a guest appearance from flutist Jane Rutter, the concert features works from their best-selling albums and concert tours. This is the fifth of seven concerts in the Live at Lunch 2019 series.
Find out more »Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra: New Constellations
Tickets: Adult $60 | Senior/concession $55 | Student $25 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, Alan Boustead has brought this original…
Find out more »Australia Ensemble: Cool Fire
Much-loved Australian composer Miriam Hyde’s Trio for flute, oboe and piano, sets the tone of neoclassical elegance in this program of contrasts.
Find out more »Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra: New Constellations
Tickets: $25-$95 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, Alan Boustead has brought this original chamber version back to life. “This was…
Find out more »Pacific Opera visits Northside Opera
Tickets: $20 - pay at event. Simon Kenway and the Young Artists of Pacific Opera return to Northside Opera Study Group to speak about their mission to provide young singers with quality insights and experience into the world of opera as a career. Featuring performances by Pacific Opera's talented young artists. Northside Opera Study Group meets on Monday mornings from 10.00 am to 12.30 pm in the Undercroft at St David's Uniting Church, 454 Pacific Highway, Lindfield NSW 2070. St…
Find out more »ARCO: Voyage 3 – Dynamics & Expressive Techniques
A capella group The Idea of North join the orchestra’s musicians to explain and show the role of ‘Dynamic & Expressive Techniques’
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 »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 »Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestra: Elgar’s Enigma
Tickets: Adults $40 | Pensioner $30 | Student/junior $12 Come to a magnificent and inspiring concert to hear the Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestra perform Elgar’s masterpiece 'The Enigma Variations' partnered with Elena Kats-Chernin’s orchestral picture, ‘Heaven is Closed’, and Mozart’s engaging Sinfonia Concertante for solo violin and viola. KPO are delighted to welcome back Colin Piper to conduct this concert. Marina and Justine Marsden, sisters in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, join together to be vibrant soloists in this remarkable work of…
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