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ANAM | Sacred: Mystery of Chorales

Let ANAM’s musicians guide you as you wind your way through this mystical tour of sacred music that spans brass, strings and even the mighty organ housed within the Good Shepherd Chapel. Whether through Messiaen or Mahler; Beethoven, Bach, Brahms or Bruckner, devote this time to contemplate the divine, and reflect: what’s sacred to you? Olivier MESSIAEN La Nativité du

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Richard Tognetti & the ANAM Orchestra | Mahler’s Heavenly Life

Throughout 2026, ANAM musicians explore some of the most monumental works in the orchestral repertoire, including Mahler’s Fourth Symphony – one of the orchestral canon’s most radiant achievements. Often interpreted as a journey from life to death, its final movement offers a childlike vision of Das himmlische Leben (“The Heavenly Life”). Mahler’s luminous score will be paired with Haydn’s expressive

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Alan Holley

Donald Runnicles conducts SSO in Mahler 6 – Stunning all round

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Donald Runnicles conducts Mahler 6 9 April, 2026, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, NSW With musicians of the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911) Symphony No.6 in A minor (1903–04) Allegro energico, ma non troppo. Heftig, aber markig Scherzo: Wuchtig iii. Andante moderato Finale. Allegro moderato – Allegro energico    Mahler created some

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Tony Burke

KPO’s first 2026 offering was a beautifully conceived programme

Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Handel  Mozart Mahler 15 March 2026, the Concourse, Chatswood, NSW Paul Terracini, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the KPO has a wealth of musical experience as a conductor and also a solo trumpeter. It is greatly appreciated by the knowledgeable audience at Chatswood Concourse that he introduces each piece with a description of the background

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Claire Matthews

QSO’s season closing concert, a reflection on the meaning of life

Queensland Symphony Orchestra | Mahler 9 November 29, 2025, Brisbane, QLD The stormy weather in Brisbane finally cleared on Saturday night, in time for QSO’s season closing concert in the QPAC Concert Hall. Conducted by Umberto Clerici, QSO presented Mahler’s turbulent Ninth Symphony, expressing the full range of human emotions. This was a special evening as it was the final

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WSO plays Mahler Symphony no.1 – What a night!

Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | Maestro October 18, 2025, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW I was looking forward to the bravery of the WSO in programming Mahler’s first symphony aptly named “The Titan” and my favourite by a long chalk. I noticed with interest that there was an introductory work by an unfamiliar composer which I assumed would be akin to an

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Daniel Brace

MSO never misses a beat in magical Mahler Symphony 2

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Mahler’s Symphony 2, ‘Resurrection’ Conductor Jaime Martin February 28, 2025, Hamer Hall, Melbourne VIC Mahler occupies a special place in the panoply of gifted composers. Up there with Wagner, his students and devotees tend to have a zeal and passion for his works, that can be quite overwhelming. To be honest, I’ve shied away from Mahler

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Alan Holley

Simone Young opens SSO 2025 season with Pure Magic!

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Simone Young Conducts Mahler Symphony No 3 19 February, 2025, Sydney Opera House, NSW GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911) – Symphony No.3 in D minor (1896) SIMONE YOUNG conductor NOA BEINART contralto SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA CHOIRS – ELIZABETH SCOTT chorus master SYDNEY CHILDREN’S CHOIR – LYN WILLIAMS chorus master Works like Mahler’s Symphony No.3 go beyond the mere idea

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Alan Holley

Runnicles’ SSO sweeps the audience up in a highly coloured soundworld

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Donald Runnicles conducts Mahler’s Fourth Symphony September 25, 2024,  Sydney Opera House, NSW DONALD RUNNICLES conductor YING FANG soprano  ANTON WEBERN (1883-1945) – Im Sommerwind (In Summer Wind): Idyll for Large Orchestra RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949) – Wiegenlied, Op.41 No.1 (1899), Morgen!, Op.27 No.4 (1894), Zueignung, Op.10 No.1 (1885)’ Die Nacht, Op.10 No.3 (1885), Allerseelen, Op.10 No.8

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Australian Youth Orchestra shows plenty of heart with uplifting performance

Australian Youth Orchestra | Mood: Mahler and Wagner July 14, 2024, Melbourne, VIC If you’ve been to an Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO) concert previously, you’ll know what a joyous experience it is to be a part of. There is a shared enthusiasm and generosity of spirit that radiates between the performers and audience. Add to this a program of heart-swelling

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Tony Burke

The Orchestra Project’s momentous Mahler 3

The Orchestra Project | MAHLER 3 Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney, NSW I doubt if Gustav Mahler knew of P.T Barnum but he certainly followed his maxims. Don’t put on a conventional concert with a four movement symphony followed by two song cycles after the interval, instead stage a six-movement symphony incorporating both – being, to this

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Tony Burke

KPO’s Resurrection compares favourably to The Proms

Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Mahler 2, Resurrection March 17, 2024, The Concourse, Chatswood NSW I frequently wonder why Mahler started his symphonic works with the aptly named The Titan and followed with an extensive work clearly modelled on Beethoven’s no 9. The short answer is that possibly he didn’t, as it is thought that many of his early manuscripts were

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Pepe Newton

Zelman Orchestra’s Spectacular 90th anniversary

It is almost exactly 90 years since the first Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra concert was given in the Melbourne Town Hall on 30 September 1933. Ten years ago, to mark the 80th birthday of the Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra, the decision was made to present a performance of the monumental Eighth Symphony of Gustav Mahler, the “Symphony of a Thousand”.

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Pepe Newton

ChorusOz is back in 2023!

After 3 years, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs’ much-loved ‘big sing’ returns to the Sydney Opera House over the June long weekend, 2023. And ‘big sings’ don’t come much bigger than this! This year ChorusOz takes on the biggest of them all: Mahler’s monumental Symphony No.8 – Symphony of a Thousand. So they are looking for – literally – 1000 singers and

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Pepe Newton

SOH Concert Hall – A world class home for a world class orchestra

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Simone Young conducts Mahler 2 July  20, 2022, Sydney Opera House Oh, how we have missed you so in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall SSO! From the point of view of a regular SSO concert-goer, on the surface not much has changed in the Concert Hall, the old white acoustic donuts hanging above the orchestra

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Jane Downer

Musica Viva’s exquisitely fragile and brutally beautiful program a resounding success

Konstantin Shamray & ANAM Orchestra, Sophie Rowell and Harry Ward Musica Viva National Livestream Saturday 15th May 2021 Musica Viva’s second national concert tour for 2021 involved a programme of intensely heartfelt music featuring the young violinist and composer Harry Ward (a Musica Viva FutureMaker artist, ANAM alumnus, and principal second violin for this concert), prize-winning concert pianist Konstantin Shamray

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Das Lied Von Der Erde: Soloists excel themselves in CIMF Finale…

The Song of the Earth Canberra International Music Festival Finale Live streamed on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall, May 9, 2021 Das Lied Von Der Erde was written at the most tragic phase of the life of a composer who tends to be considered a tragic figure, Gustav Mahler. He had resigned as Director of the Vienna Court Opera due to

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The Willoughby Symphony and guest soloist Alexandre Da Costa ended their 2019 season with a bang

As a celebratory segue to the 250th Anniversary of Beethoven‘s birth in 2020, the final Willoughby Symphony Orchestra concert for 2019 began with the instantly recognisable Egmont Overture, Op. 84. Beethoven was commissioned to compose incidental music to Goethe’s heroic play, Egmont, in 1810. From the opening majestic chords, the orchestra, ably led by concertmaster Maria Lindsay, gave a lively account,

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