Founded in 1971 and now with a pool of more than 150 musicians, the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic is a full-scale community orchestra which consistently receives high critical acclaim for its performances.
The Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra enjoys an unrivalled reputation for superb presentations of exciting, interesting music.
KPO also have innovative, community-focussed programs – including the NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition, Kids’ Proms concerts, its Composer Workshops, and commissions of special works from leading Australian composers.
Free Sunday Afternoon Chamber Music Free Concert - donations welcomed Program featuring KPO Concerto Competition Finalists & Semi-finalists in recital. Bookings not required
A highly anticipated “Spirited Away” concert by Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra. ‘Spirited Away’, the animated film from 2001 was directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli and the music scored by Joe Hisaishi. The movie was a landmark in animated cinema with a story about a 10-yr old girl, Chihiro, who stumbles into a […]
Guest director Madeleine Easton takes us on joyous pastoral frolic through this program which ranges from the 1690 'Christmas Concerto' of Corelli, Honegger's 'Pastorale d'été' composed after a summer vacation in the Swiss Alps, Matthew Hindson's 'Nothing is Forever', a string work composed in 2018 for The Hush project and finally to the dance-like movements of Peter Warlock's 'Capriol Suite'.
The KPO presents a generously varied program of great works from the German tradition. Where better to begin than with Bach? His Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 is renowned today for its virtuosic solo harpsichord part. Adapted from an earlier work, this concerto was amongst a folio of six that Bach dedicated to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg in 1721. Mozart
