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Tony Burke

Australia Ensemble UNSW’s Soldier’s Tale nothing less than sublime

Australia Ensemble UNSW | Concert 1 March 14, 2026, University of NSW, NSW To hear a cleverly inspired solo actor play is a privilege – when it is accompanied by brilliantly conceived and played musical accompaniment, it is nothing less than sublime. Written at the time of the Great War with the collaboration of playwright Charles Ramuz, as a play

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Australia Ensemble UNSW | Concert 4, 2026

French and Australian works bring the season to a glittering conclusion. Jean Anouilh’s satirical comedy, known in English as Ring Round the Moon and worthy of Wodehouse or Waugh, inspired Poulenc’s highly amusing incidental music of dances and parodic character pieces to illustrate the comic intrigues at a lavish ball. Gabriel Fauré’s delicate music is represented by a celebrated Nocturne and loving

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Australia Ensemble UNSW | Concert 3, 2026

Praised as a child by Ravel, Françaix became one of the most prolific composers of the twentieth century. His aim was ‘to give pleasure… to be jolly most of the time – even comical.’ His Dixtuor is a sparkling showpiece for ten instruments. American composer Valerie Coleman often pays homage to earlier music, in this case the virtuosic Tzigane by Ravel, which Coleman –

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Australia Ensemble UNSW | Concert 2, 2026

In a program of four trios we hear Beethoven’s greatest Piano Trio, the Archduke, written at the end of his ‘heroic’ period. It has the amplitude, variety and formal elaboration of works such as the Seventh Symphony; it is crowned by a slow movement that is one Beethoven’s most extraordinary variation-sets. Brahms’s late-period Trio is an affectionate tribute to ‘Fräulein

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Richard Wong

‘AE’ presents truly memorable concert + world premiere from Lachlan Skipworth

Australia Ensemble UNSW | Concert 4 October 25, 2025, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW, NSW The Australia Ensemble UNSW held its final concert for the year on Saturday October 25 in the Sir John Clancy Auditorium. Catch the light rail from Central Train station like me, it drops you off virtually at the front door step. The program notes provided

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Daniel Kaan

An awe inspiring performance from Australia Ensemble

Australia Ensemble | Concert 3 20 August 2025, John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW, Kensington. NSW PROGRAM GRENFELL: Poems of a Bright Moon (2000) FINZI: Five Bagatelles (1942) CRUMB: Vox Balaenae (1971) ARENSKY: Piano Trio no. 1 Op. 32 (1894) CORE MEMBERS: David Griffiths, clarinet, Dimity Hall, violin, Julian Smiles, cello GUEST ARTISTS: Joshua Batty, flute, Beatrice Colombis, violin. Tobias Breider, viola,

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Daniel Kaan

David Griffiths with Australia Ensemble UNSW – awe inspiring

Australia Ensemble UNSW | Concert 1 22 March, 2025, John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW PROGRAM FAURÉ Piano Trio Op.120 in D minor RAVEL Sonata for violin & cello MESSIAEN Quartet for the End of Time ARTISTS David Griffiths, clarinet Dimity Hall, violin Julian Smiles, cello Andrea Lam, piano Three monumental works by French composers made for an expertly crafted program.  The

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Peter Hagen

The excellent musicianship of Selby and Friends

Selby And Friends | Lonely Angel November 12, 2024, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC Artistic Director/Pianist – Kathryn Selby Violin – Dimity Hall Violoncello – Julian Smiles Joaquín Turina Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor, Op. 76 Lento, Molto Vivace, Lento Fauré Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120 Allegro ma non troppo, Andantino, Allegro vivo Pēteris Vasks Lonely Angel

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Australia Ensemble positively danced in their final 2024 concert

Australia Ensemble: Concert 4 October 10, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW Program: Carl VINE | Strutt Sonata (2017) Elena KATS-CHERNIN | Blue Silence (2006/2012) Mikhail GLINKA | Trio pathétique (1832) Ludwig van BEETHOVEN | Septet in E flat Op. 20 (1800) Performers: David Griffiths, clarinet; Dimity Hall, violin; Julian Smiles, cello; with guest artists Andrea Lam, piano; Carla Blackwood, horn; Andrew Barnes, bassoon; Tahlia Petrosian, viola; and Andrew Meisel,

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Australia Ensemble with classical accordianist James Crabb – what a master!

Australia Ensemble UNSW | Concert with James Crabb 17 August 2024, John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW ARTISTS: David Griffiths, clarinet Dimity Hall, violin Julian Smiles, cello James Crabb, accordion (guest artist) PROGRAM: Ernest BLOCH | Prayer from ‘From Jewish Life’ (1924) Joaquin TURINA | Círculo Op. 91 (1936) Sofia GUBAIDULINA | Silenzio (1991/2000) Francis POULENC | Clarinet sonata (1962) Antonin DVOŘÁK | Bagatelles Op.47 (1878) Astor

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Pepe Newton

Goldner Variations at Blackheath a hit!

Blackheath Chamber Music Festival | Goldner String Quartet – Beethoven & the Goldner Variations April 19, 2024, Phillips Hall Blackheath, NSW After 30 years the Goldner String Quartet are calling it quits, and unbelievably I had never heard them live in person until this, their final year!  It was a bit more than 30 years ago that I recall the

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Daniel Kaan

A well deserved standing ovation as Australia Ensemble marks the end of an era

Australia Ensemble | Carnival of the Animals October 21, 2023, John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW Program: Maurice RAVEL | Mother Goose Suite (1908/10) arr. Munro (2001) Ross EDWARDS | White Cockatoo Spirit Dance (1994) Wolfgang MOZART | Piano Sonata K448 in D major for two pianos (1781) Camille SAINT-SAËNS | Carnival of the Animals (1886) Artists: David Griffiths, clarinet; Dene Olding, violin; Dimity Hall, violin; Irina Morozova, viola; Julian

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Pepe Newton

2024 opens a new chapter for Australia Ensemble UNSW

2024 will open a new chapter for the Australia Ensemble UNSW. Core member, pianist Ian Munro will step back from the Ensemble and Dene Olding and Irina Morozova will move into their new roles as Emeritus Artists, appearing in the upcoming season alongside members Dimity Hall, violin; Julian Smiles, cello; David Griffiths, clarinet; and special guest artists. Join UNSW in

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Pepe Newton

Selby & Friends | 2024 Season Launched

STUNNING ~ SUMPTUOUS ~ SUPERB Selby & Friends 2024 Season showcases artists who have made significant and long-standing contributions to the Australian musical landscape, in some cases over many decades. These brilliant artists are incredibly special, not only because they are good friends and colleagues, but also because they have made the art of making music such a truly wonderful

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Daniel Kaan

Australia Ensemble and Andrew Goodwin’s captivating beauty

Australia Ensemble | On Song 15 April 2023, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of NSW The Australia Ensemble, based at UNSW, has been providing Sydney audiences with impressive quality subscription series in the Sir John Clancy Auditorium since 1980. This must make them one of Australia’s most enduring chamber ensembles. The core instruments are string quartet, flute, clarinet and piano,

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Heidi Hereth

Selby & Friends’ Archduke brings cheer and warmth

Selby & Friends | The Archduke July 19, 2022, City Recital Hall, Sydney Eagerly anticipating the arrival of Kathryn Selby’s friends, Natalie Chee and Julian Smiles onto the stage of the City Recital Hall, we were informed by Kathy that, most unfortunately, violinist Natalie Chee was in self-isolation since the previous night due to Covid. It was our good fortune

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Tony Burke

Australia Ensemble returns with brilliantly conceived programming

Australia Ensemble UNSW | Dream Tracks Kensington, UNSW, April 10 2021 It was great to be part of the audience for the first concert at the Sir John Clancy Auditorium for over a year and it was fitting that it should feature the stalwarts, namely the members of the Goldner Quartet, the most celebrated musical group in Australia – if

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Australia Ensemble’s “Cool Fire” a concert of contrasts

The newly refurbished foyer of the Sir John Clancy Auditorium provided a welcoming grand entrance for the Australia Ensemble’s fourth subscription concert of 2019, Cool Fire. The concert was themed around contrasts not only within the works themselves (especially the piece by Paul Moravec, from which the concert takes its title), but also with the choice of the compositions, where

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