The Pitt St Lunchtime Organ Festival
Pitt Street Uniting Church, Sydney 264 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSWThe Pitt St Lunchtime Organ Festival runs from June to September 2022 Most Fridays from 1.10pm-1.50pm. Come and enjoy the glorious sounds of this famous historic Hill organ in the serenity of the Pitt St Uniting Church sanctuary and the playing of some of Sydney’s best organists. ARTISTS Artistic Directors: Kurt Ison and Stacey Xiaoyu…
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Max Richter: The Four Seasons
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Sydney 2 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSWCelebrated Australian violinist Ray Chen returns to Australia to join the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for Max Richter: The Four Seasons. Richter’s less-is-more minimalism has made him a Hollywood favourite, with credits for a diverse range of films including those from Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood, and episodes of Black Mirror and Peaky Blinders. His reimagined…
Phoenix Collective Tango | A Night in Buenos Aires – Mosman
Mosman Art Gallery Art Gallery Way, Mosman, NSWKnown for sell-out performances, PC Tango is a surefire crowd-pleaser. Featuring tango legend and founder of TangoOz, Maggie Ferguson on the bandoneon, the ensemble will explore early and traditional works from the birthplace of tango, Buenos Aires, and the father of Nuevo Tango, Astor Piazzolla. Not the usual ‘Hollywood rose in the teeth style of…
music box project | Upstairs @ The Glebe: COME PLAY
The Glebe Hotel 63 Bay St, Glebe, NSWCOME PLAY: Spin the top, roll the dice, pick a card, you know you want to. Open the music box for an afternoon of games and game-inspired pieces. Curated by Naomi Johnson. Make your way up the stairs at The Glebe Hotel and join the music box project for an afternoon of music outside the…
The Choir of St James’ | Rays of Light
St James Church, Sydney, Sydney 173 King St, Sydney, NSWThe Choir of St James’ presents stunning programme of musical light, featuring the mass setting by Renaissance Portuguese composer, Filipe de Magalhães, Missa O Soberana Luz (‘O Sovereign Light’), among other fine choral works by Tallis, White, Elgar, McDowall, Dove, Rutter, Chilcott, and Whitacre. Organist, Alistair Nelson, will also perform Dubois’ Fiat Lux, and this…
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Max Richter: The Four Seasons
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Sydney 2 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSWCelebrated Australian violinist Ray Chen returns to Australia to join the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for Max Richter: The Four Seasons. Richter’s less-is-more minimalism has made him a Hollywood favourite, with credits for a diverse range of films including those from Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood, and episodes of Black Mirror and Peaky Blinders. His reimagined…
Selby & Friends | In the Shadow of War – Turramurra
Turramurra Uniting Church, Turramurra 10 Turramurra Avenue, Turramurra, NSWThe surprising connection between the three works on this program is that of wartime conflict and how it impacted each composer. Australian Matthew Hindson, composing in 2015, was motivated by the thought of how a young person living 100 years before might face the prospect of going to war. For Shostakovich, this great work was…
Bel a cappella | Vidi Aquam
St Augustine’s Catholic Church, Balmain Eaton Street, Balmain, NSWWritten to celebrate the 450th anniversary of one of choral music’s most iconic works, Spem in alium, Sir James MacMillan was commissioned to write a modern reflection to Spem in alium. The piece has been described as a "shattering experience" by Stephen Fry, and composer John Rutter wrote that it is “an extraordinary piece, like…
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra | Tempestuous Skies – Sydney
City Recital Hall, Sydney 2-12 Angel Place, Sydney, NSWMOZART Mozart’s Jupiter symphony is one of the greatest pieces ever written. His final symphony, it is a grand statement from a visionary composer, and even if the nickname wasn’t Wolfgang’s own, the wonder, awe and complexity of the work perfectly bears the name of the king of the Roman gods. Completed in 1788, Mozart’s…
Backstage Music | EarthBound
Nauti Studios 201 Great Western Highway, Hazelbrook, NSWAs humans we are bound to each other and to the earth we live on. We make music to connect and to explore the complexities and contradictions of our existence. Through the medium of electroacoustic music the ‘EarthBound’ program asks us to delve deep into the complexity of our relationship with our environment amidst the…
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Simone Young
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Sydney 2 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSWTONIGHT WE DREAM SSO joins forces with Belvoir St Theatre to perform Mendelssohn’s magical music and scenes from Shakespeare’s enchanting play. For the first time ever, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Belvoir will join forces to present A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Simone Young – a charming collaborative celebration of music and theatre. With Chief…
Sydney Eisteddfod | Ballet Scholarship
The Concourse Theatre, Chatswood 409 Victoria Road, Chatswood, NSWThis event features this year’s most promising ballet soloists and top Jazz Dance troupes from across Australia and New Zealand. The Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Scholarship provide the most valuable and prestigious awards in the Southern Hemisphere. Eight talented finalists, aged 16-20 years, compete for a total prize value exceeding $32,000. 2022 Finalists: Amelia Soh (Neutral…