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Keys of Gold Festival | Benjamin Britten – Antiphons & Anthems

Benjamin Britten – Antiphons and Anthems, in the splendid acoustic of St Paul’s Cathedral, Bendigo, presents an extraordinary line-up of the music of the legendary British composer, Benjamin Britten: the first composer to be given a life peerage, as Baron Britten! The Australian Boys’ Choir, directed by Nicholas Dinopoulos, together with The Vocal Consort and Fiore will take the audience

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Josh Spirek (Double Bass) and Aiden Labuschagne (Oboe) | À Deux

Join us for À Deux, a recital featuring a2. orchestra founders Josh Spirek (Double Bass) and Aiden Labuschagne (Oboe). Built around the rare pairing of oboe and double bass, with piano accompaniment, this program explores a corner of classical music that’s rarely heard. Alongside works by Mendelssohn, Mozart, Bach, Vanhal, and Britten, the duo will present a specially commissioned world

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Alexander Gavrylyuk’s Rachmaninoff with SSO – a cathartic revelation

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Alexander Gavrylyuk Performs Rachmaninoff 13 May, 2026, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW An Ocean of Sound! Part of the art of experiencing the SSO’s 2026 concert season is tonight’s program which is anchored in things aquatic. Its offering at the wonderful auditorium that is the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall features two of Australia’s finest musicians,

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Duo de Graaf Connie bring sparkling Art Song to the intimate Athenaeum Library

Christelise de Graaf and Meredith Connie | Splendid: Art Songs through the Ages 13 March, 2026, Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Melbourne VIC The Melbourne Atheneum Library was treated to a beautiful concert presented by Christelise de Graaf (soprano) and Meredith Connie (classical guitarist and composer) on Friday evening. The duo explored repertoire that is not often given an airing but showed

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SSO’s Britten and Vaughan Williams – beautifully crafted and shaped

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Simone Young conducts Britten & Vaughan Williams March 7, 2026, Sydney Opera House, NSW Simone Lamsma violin  PETER SCULTHORPE (1929–2014)   Sun Music III (1967) BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913–1976)   Violin Concerto, Op.15 (1938–39) RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872–1958)   Symphony in E minor (No.6) (1944–47)   When it was first heard and recorded in the mid to

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Sydney Chamber Choir | Cantos Sagrados

This concert brings together three powerful 20th- and 21st-century masterworks for choir and organ that explore the human and the divine through poetry, faith and song. Benjamin Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb is both joyful and deeply moving — a portrait of faith and imagination forged in adversity. Setting Christopher Smart’s visionary verses, written during his confinement in an asylum,

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Sydney Chamber Choir | Cantos Sagrados

This concert brings together three powerful 20th- and 21st-century masterworks for choir and organ that explore the human and the divine through poetry, faith and song. Benjamin Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb is both joyful and deeply moving — a portrait of faith and imagination forged in adversity. Setting Christopher Smart’s visionary verses, written during his confinement in an asylum,

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Sydney Chamber Choir | Sessions on the Pier:Time & Tide

Now in its third edition, our much-loved concert series fusing classical, jazz and popular song returns — this time celebrating the beauty and rhythm of the changing seasons. Presented in the intimate surrounds of The Neilson on Pier 2/3 by the harbour, this program invites audiences to experience the year’s cycle through music of warmth, reflection and joy. Led by

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Sydney Chamber Choir | Sessions on the Pier: Time & Tide

Now in its third edition, our much-loved concert series fusing classical, jazz and popular song returns — this time celebrating the beauty and rhythm of the changing seasons. Presented in the intimate surrounds of The Neilson on Pier 2/3 by the harbour, this program invites audiences to experience the year’s cycle through music of warmth, reflection and joy. Led by

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Bel a cappella | Beyond the Stars

Sacred soundscapes that look to the heavens Beyond the Stars features Josef Rheinberger’s luminous Mass for Double Choir, paired with the transcendent anthems of William H. Harris and a rich selection of a cappella works exploring themes of eternity, remembrance and the soul’s journey beyond. With music by Britten, Butterley, MacDonald, Grieg and more, this program offers a moving reflection on the

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Ivan Karizna with Aura Go | at UKARIA

Declared by Sir András Schiff to be ‘one of the best cellists of his generation’, Ivan Karizna combines a striking stage presence with poetic musicality. In his first appearance at UKARIA, Ivan partners with Australian virtuoso pianist Aura Go for a recital that  showcases the breadth and nuance of the cello and piano duo repertoire. From Claude Debussy’s darkly humorous Sonata, initially subtitled ‘Pierrot is

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ASQ celebrates forty years of artistry from Elegy to Ecstasy

Australian String Quartet | Convergence October 21, 2025, The Neilson, Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay, NSW There’s something that feels just right about hearing a string quartet in The Neilson. The warm wood panelling, the intimacy of the space, the sense of shared stillness between audience and performers, even from the balcony it feels close. It’s the ideal setting for the

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CD Review | The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra 

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra|Illuminate Bruch, Britten and Tchaikovsky for strings and soprano Max Bruch (1838-1920), Serenade on Swedish Melodies (1916) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), ‘Les Illuminations’ Op.18 (1938) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), The Souvenir de Florence Op.70 (1890) The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra has rapidly been making a prominent and excellent name for itself with superb performances of chamber

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Southern Cross Soloists launch 2025 in a glittering Sunset Soiree

Southern Cross Soloists | Sunset Soiree & Season 2025 Launch  November 24, 2024, Judith Wright Arts Centre, QLD After a week of rainy weather in Brisbane, the sun came out just in time for Southern Cross Soloists’ final Sunset Soiree for the year. Held at the Judith Wright Arts Centre on Saturday afternoon, this concert gave us the chance to

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Standing ovations for Southern Cross Soloists’ inaugural Mountain Showcase

Southern Cross Soloists | Mountain Showcase August 18, 2024 | Shambala Estate, Mt Tamborine, QLD Southern Cross Soloists presented a day of fine chamber music on Sunday, in the natural beauty of Mount Tamborine. Their Soloists’ Mountain Showcase was a reinvention of their Bangalow Chamber Music Festival, held for 20 years in the quaint town of Bangalow, Northern NSW. The reimagined

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MSO presents a charming and emotional evening at Melbourne Town Hall

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Jaime conducts Enigma Variations 3 May, 2024, Melbourne Town Hall, Vic In Victorian times the Melbourne Town Hall must have buzzed as the centre of social and musical society, although it wasn’t until 1929 that the Grand Organ was installed. It’s always a thrill to see the many pipes, so much promised sound, in rank after

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Bel a cappella premiere three Australian works that satisfy on all levels

Bel a cappella | …and the river runs away April 20, 2024, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW Monica Buckland – conductor Josephine Allan – piano David Miller – piano This is the first time that I have heard Bel a cappella since Monica Buckland was appointed musical director and it wonderful to note that the upwards trajectory of this choir continues

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Balmain Sinfonia’s Sea Pictures ‘worth writing about!’

Balmain Sinfonia | Sea Pictures March 23, 2024 , Ashfield Town Hall, NSW Sometimes you see a concert that you really must write about, so let me start with full disclosure – I attended this concert with no intention of writing a review. I was there as a friend of the orchestra providing some very minimal offstage vocal contributions to

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