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October 2019
BackStage Music | Radio Signals
Tickets: General admission $35 | Concession $20 Tickets are available online through and at the door (subject to availability). Backstage Music are pleased to be celebrating the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen and Luciano Berio alongside new works by Cathy Milliken and Fiona Hill in this program. Stockhausen and Berio were pioneers of electronic music and electro acoustic music in the 1960s and 70s. Australian oboist and composer, Cathy Milliken worked with both composers during her time as a member of…
Find out more »City Recital Hall & The Big Anxiety present: Daughters
Daughters is a world premiere song-cycle that uses the haunting form of Portuguese fado, female voice and intimate musical accompaniment to evoke the strength and tragedy of women and girls, lost to violence. Drawing on real-life stories, the 12 songs are emblematic of a global crisis that affects one in three women in their lifetime. Librettist Tammy Brennan and composer David Chisholm through soprano Aivale Cole and musicians Mauricio Carrasco, Leni Phillipe-Janon and Miranda Hill, take the audience on a…
Find out more »Taikoz | Seven Flowers
Taikoz presents the world premiere of their latest work, Seven Flowers - a truly unique combination of spectacular taiko drumming, beautiful song, dynamic movement and stunning stage design – at the City Recital Hall on 18 October. Seven Flowers is a brand-new work based on the words of 15th century Japanese playwright and theoretician, Zeami Motokiyo. In his work Fushikaden, Zeami describes the seven periods of an artist’s life, beginning at the tender age of seven. In Seven Flowers, Taikoz…
Find out more »Balmain Baroque | urban baroque music
Tickets: Adult $20 | Concession $15. Tickets available on the door. Children are welcome. Balmain Baroque is a 5 piece baroque group, with soprano/baroque flute, violin, cello, harpsichord and recorder. They have been playing together since 1995. This concert will feature works by Vivaldi, Handel, and Telemann. Children are welcome. Performers: Amanda Muir | Soprano/baroque flute Tony Eyers | recorder Lidia Bara | violin Darsha Kumar | cello Donn Mendoza | harpsichord Any queries can be directed to Tony Eyers…
Find out more »The Splendour of an Edwardian Afternoon
Tickets: Adult $20 | Concession $15 | Children under 12 - free. Tickets may be obtained at the door or through TryBooking. Enjoy an afternoon of entertaining music from around the Edwardian period at the historic Neutral Bay Uniting Church. The church possesses a rare 1912 organ by the Australian organ builder Charles Richardson. Hear the organ in an unusual combination of trumpet, voice and piano as you have never hear it before. Including works by Parry, Ireland, Sullivan, Elgar…
Find out more »Aachen Cathedral Girls’ Choir in concert
Tickets: Adult $20 | Concession $15 | Children free - tickets available at the door only. The spectacular Cathedral Girls’ Choir from Aachen, Germany, visiting Australia for the first time, join forces with two outstanding local choirs from Pymble Ladies’ College and SCEGGS Darlinghurst in a concert of choral music new and old in the beautiful acoustics of St James’ Church, King street, Sydney
Find out more »Mozart’s La finta giardiniera
Tickets: Adult $40 | Concession $25 Discover the next generation of opera singers as the Sydney Conservatorium of Music presents Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera. La Finta Giardiniera or ‘The disguised gardener’ is your typical opera: set in Italy with a confusing plot involving love triangles, cross-dressing, characters pretending to be others, characters believing that they are gods and many spurned suitors. Confused? Join the cast: you will be as confused as the characters, most of whom don’t know who’s in disguise, who…
Find out more »Freedman Classical
Tickets: Adult $55 | Pensioners $49 | Full-time Student $35 | SIMA members $49 | Child Under 14 $30 “Classical music is a vital, pulsing and progressive art-form, thriving in the hands of these fierce young trail-blazers” - Sonja Lifschitz, pianist The thrilling concert that decides the winner of the 2019 Freedman Classical Fellowship. The nation-wide search for Australia’s most creative classical instrumentalist 30 years and under is over. In an exciting concert that demonstrates great diversity, innovation and agility, the…
Find out more »Mozart’s La finta giardiniera
Tickets: Adult $40 | Concession $25 Discover the next generation of opera singers as the Sydney Conservatorium of Music presents Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera. La Finta Giardiniera or ‘The disguised gardener’ is your typical opera: set in Italy with a confusing plot involving love triangles, cross-dressing, characters pretending to be others, characters believing that they are gods and many spurned suitors. Confused? Join the cast: you will be as confused as the characters, most of whom don’t know who’s in disguise, who…
Find out more »The Song Company | Nineteen to the Dozen
Tickets: Adult $65 | Pensioner/Senior $60 | Student $40 An up-to-the-moment a cappella conversation without words. In a bold attempt to paint the state of the current Australian compositional landscape, a diverse selection of composers from across the country have been asked to fill a segment of time with sounds that draw on the rich heritage of The Song Company’s first 35 years and look forward to a burgeoning future – using the 163 symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet.…
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