Balmain Sinfonia | Homegrown 27 June, 2026, Leichhardt Town Hall, NSW Some conductors build concerts around composers but Balmain Sinfonia‘s conductor, Monica Buckland, builds them around an idea. Homegrown was an exploration of how folk music found its way into the concert hall, tracing a path from Russian and English village songs to the symphony orchestra. It was a thoughtfully
Balmain Sinfonia | New Dawn March 21, 2026, Leichhardt Town Hall, NSW There is something very heartening about walking into an inner suburban town hall and finding it almost full for an orchestral concert. Leichhardt Town Hall, with its warm acoustic, was a great choice for Balmain Sinfonia’s Inner West performance, and the strong audience turnout suggests these concerts have
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
A celebration of light, darkness and the shifting skies above us, Sun, Moon and Stars traces a radiant choral arc from dawn to dusk and back again. With works exploring love, loss, longing and the turning of the earth, this evocative program features music inspired by the solstice, the sun and the Australian landscape and brings together Australian and international
Bel A Cappella | O Adonai Sunday 7 December, Christ Church St Laurence, Haymarket, NSW Conductor: Monica Buckland “O Adonai” means “O Lord” or “O My Lord” in Hebrew, an ancient and revered title for God used in Jewish tradition and Christian Advent antiphons. I really appreciated the program notes that were provided to this concert. Well written, and highly informative.
PROGRAM Joachim Raff – Overture, Ein’ feste Burg Graham Koehne – To his servant, Bach, God grants a final glimpse Otto Nicolai – Christmas Overture with Bel a cappella Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony no. 5, “Reformation”, Op. 107 Balmain Sinfonia is a Sydney-based symphony orchestra whose aim is to bring high quality orchestral music to the community at affordable prices.
PROGRAM Gioacchino Rossini – Overture, The Thieving Magpie Kael Nolan – Distant Tail Lamps – World Premiere Wolfgang A. Mozart – Clarinet Concerto, K. 622 Soloist: Frank Celata Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony no. 6, Op. 68 Balmain Sinfonia is a Sydney-based symphony orchestra whose aim is to bring high quality orchestral music to the community at affordable prices. Many
PROGRAM Mily Balakirev – Overture on three Russian folksongs Ralph Vaughan Williams – Norfolk Rhapsody Miriam Hyde – Village Fair Piotr I. Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 4, Op. 36 Balmain Sinfonia is a Sydney-based symphony orchestra whose aim is to bring high quality orchestral music to the community at affordable prices. Many gifted players, amateurs and professionals, give freely of
Bel a cappella | O Sing! 29 March, 2025, St Augustine’s Church, Balmain, NSW “O Sing!” – This is what Bel a cappella do – they have been doing it for 30 years, and they do it very well. They did it again with exuberant joy in this beautifully curated program dedicated to the joys of choral singing. The concert
Bel a cappella | Mass for Saint Cecilia November 23, 2024, Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney Monica Buckland conductor David Drury organ Christopher Sainsbury Upon a high rock platform Herbert Howells* A Hymn for St Cecilia Cecilia McDowall Cecilia, busy like a bee Sarah MacDonald Cantica Sanctae Ceciliae** Judith Bingham* Consider Saint Cecilia Katharine Parton CECILIA** Paul Stanhope Lament to
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
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
Bel a cappella | Of a Rose Sing We Dec 10, 2023, St Augustine’s Balmain As usual, Bel a cappella did something unusual and very special when they began their Sunday afternoon concert, Of a Rose Sing We. They sang not of a Rose just yet, but SANG an Acknowledgement of Country, which is usually spoken at the beginning of
Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Beethoven’s 5th November 19, 2023, St Ives Uniting Church. NSW What an enticing programme by the KPO at St Ives Uniting Church which, not surprisingly, was full to the brim. The opening overture, Rossini’s Barber of Seville showed the composer’s flair with variety of themes and his famous prolonged crescendos. Rossini’s overtures were more numerous and
Bel a cappella | Lighten Our Darkness Saturday Sept 2, 2023, St Augustine’s Church Balmain This evening concert began in mysterious darkness, as the singers of Bel a cappella distributed themselves around the perimeter of St. Augustine’s Catholic Church. They sang The Apostles’ Creed, a 15th century setting in the form of a thirteen-part canon by Robert Wylkynson. I heard
Bel a cappella | A New Song Sunday 30 April 2023, St Augustine’s Balmain Sydney has many amateur chamber choirs from which to choose, and Bel a cappella is up there with the best of them. So it was on a sunny, Sydney afternoon that Bel’s newly-appointed conductor and choir leader, Monica Buckland (successor to the much-respected Anthony Pasquill), stepped
Balmain Sinfonia | Elgar, Mozart, Brahms 19 March 2022, Congress Hall, Sydney The Balmain Sinfonia, like its sister provincial orchestra in Willoughby has improved in leaps and bounds. I’m told that the previous ‘creaky strings’ were due not to the quality of the performers but to that of the instruments, so hopefully they have fallen on better times of late.
Join the Sydney Art Quartet for an unforgettable evening of chamber music as they perform Franz Schubert’s final chamber work, his String Quintet in C major, alongside guest cellist Paul […]
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Consult the oracle and experience an ancient and charismatic vision of the future with Ensemble Offspring and friends. Our biggest and boldest program of the season is also our most […]
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Music & Tea at Wolllongong Art Gallery hosts the monthly Emerging Artist Concert Series. In June, we present City Tidda, a bold and personal project from trumpeter Sophia Rose. Created […]
Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from […]
Consult the oracle and experience an ancient and charismatic vision of the future with Ensemble Offspring and friends. Our biggest and boldest program of the season is also our most […]
St James’ Music presents Serenade & Symphony, a vibrant collaboration between the Sydney Symphony Fellows and the Choir of St James’, where youthful instrumental brilliance meets choral tradition in the […]
TMO's second Met Concert for 2026 promises a night of dazzling colour and elemental rhythm. Led by Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams, this performance showcases the orchestra’s longtime support for talented […]
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 […]
The Afternoon Hours evoke memories of calm, reflection, and nostalgia… a bridge between the active daytime and the quieter evening. On 7th of June, Apeiron is going to spend one […]
In Humour & Horizons, Alexander Yau traverses wit, lyricism, and drama across eras. Beethoven’s intimate Op. 101 and Schumann’s mercurial Humoreske reveal playful introspection, while Debussy’s evocative Préludes paint shifting sonic landscapes. […]
Tragic. Triumphant. Thrilling. ChorusOz is your chance to experience the energy and joy of our annual ‘big sing’ – an inspiring weekend of community and music-making at the Sydney Opera […]
Internationally acclaimed British violinist Daniel Hope joins pianist Marie-Sophie Hauzel for a captivating recital in Melbourne inspired by his mentor, Yehudi Menuhin. For more than 35 years, Hope has been […]
Internationally acclaimed British violinist Daniel Hope returns to Sydney... for the first time since 2014, joining pianist Marie-Sophie Hauzel for a compelling recital inspired by his mentor, Yehudi Menuhin. For […]
Welcome back Musica Viva Australia FutureMakers the Partridge String Quartet when they perform an irresistible program featuring Debussy's eloquent String Quartet and the Australian premiere of Holly Harrison's small but […]
El Palacio Español invites listeners into the sound world of the Spanish court, where poetry, dance, and song flourished in richly expressive forms. This programme gathers music from Spain’s Golden […]
An atmosphere of musical and scientific enlightenment. In 1702 in Leipzig, Bach’s great friend and colleague Telemann recognised the need for an environment in which his students could perform in […]
“If the Bohemians had the advantages enjoyed by the Italians they would surpass them. They are perhaps the most musical race in all Europe”. Charles Burney (1773) The celebrations for […]
Melbourne Bach Choir sings Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil (Opus 37), plus Art Songs by Ukrainian composer Jul'ij Meitus. Proudly presented by the MBC Chamber Choir, the second of four celebratory […]
In the hands of Romantics like Bruckner and Brahms, music became increasingly expressive, harmonically inventive, passionate, theatrical. In the twentieth century, composers like Herbert Howells, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Amy Beach […]
A concert of diverse new music, Of Rivers & Trees brings together works by eight Australian composers in an evocative program exploring landscape, memory and imagination. The concert features music […]
An atmosphere of musical and scientific enlightenment. In 1702 in Leipzig, Bach’s great friend and colleague Telemann recognised the need for an environment in which his students could perform in […]
An atmosphere of musical and scientific enlightenment. In 1702 in Leipzig, Bach’s great friend and colleague Telemann recognised the need for an environment in which his students could perform in […]
“If the Bohemians had the advantages enjoyed by the Italians they would surpass them. They are perhaps the most musical race in all Europe”. Charles Burney (1773) The celebrations for […]
Step into the coffee houses and concert halls of 1720s London where fashionable society argued passionately over two rival composers: Giovanni Bononcini and George Frideric Handel, inspiring the epigram that […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
A Concert Tour 18-21 June 2026 A Winter Solstice | Fantasies, Nocturnes & Lullabies for Cello & Piano is an intimate concert for cello and piano featuring reflective classical and […]
Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from […]
Award-winning jazz singer Michelle Nicolle and acclaimed composer and pianist Paul Grabowsky unveil the hidden poetry within beloved ballads by artists such as Frank Sinatra and Cole Porter, transforming familiar […]
A Concert Tour 18-21 June 2026 A Winter Solstice | Fantasies, Nocturnes & Lullabies for Cello & Piano is an intimate concert for cello and piano featuring reflective classical and […]
Two soundworlds collide: 18th century Paris & 21st century Tasman Peninsula. Historical flautist Meredith Beardmore takes her flutes through unexpected terrains. Her recent release The Long Blue Horizon was created […]
A program of pulse and poetry, rhythm and resonance, this concert showcases the daring artistry and genre-defying imagination that define Ensemble Offspring — where every sound is alive, and every […]
A celebration of light, darkness and the shifting skies above us, Sun, Moon and Stars traces a radiant choral arc from dawn to dusk and back again. With works exploring […]
A Concert Tour 18-21 June 2026 A Winter Solstice | Fantasies, Nocturnes & Lullabies for Cello & Piano is an intimate concert for cello and piano featuring reflective classical and […]
20 June 2026- 7:00pm Lux Aeterna A poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music from across the centuries Award-winning British vocal ensemble The Gesualdo Six present a poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music […]
In the hands of Romantics like Bruckner and Brahms, music became increasingly expressive, harmonically inventive, passionate, theatrical. In the twentieth century, composers like Herbert Howells, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Amy Beach […]
20 June 2026- 7:00pm Lux Aeterna A poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music from across the centuries Award-winning British vocal ensemble The Gesualdo Six present a poignant, hopeful sequence of sacred music […]
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Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
Tudor music meets winter celebration from the 13th century to the present, featuring Tomás Luis de Victoria’s mass and motet O magnum mysterium. From reflective midwinter stillness to festive revelry, […]
Two Piano Recitals on Structure, Memory, and Collapse Restless Forms is a contemporary classical piano recital by Luke Zhang and Sean Kim exploring instability, transformation, and the search for artistic […]
Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from […]
In the first of two concerts during his residency at ANAM, superstar violinist Richard Tognetti brings together the fascinating sound worlds of American composers Charles Ives and Ruth Crawford Seeger, alongside […]
Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as one of the best chamber music compositions of the time. Inspired by the music of Shakespearean England, but with a voice all of […]
Circus meets symphony The intensity is turned up as the beauty and precision of classical music meet the daring physical mastery of circus. When these two disciplines collide, tradition isn’t […]
In The Heart Of The Night was born in a studio by the sea by Catherine Traicos and her long-time collaborator and confidante Nick Huggins. The pull of the tides, the […]
Something extraordinary is coming to Manly this winter. The Sydney Chamber Music Festival returns to Manly Art Gallery and Museum on 27–28 June, with four unmissable concerts featuring some of […]
The Organ Music Society of Sydney presents its biennial Winter Organ Festival which includes a masterclass with Vincent Dubois, organiste Titulaire Nôtre-Dame de Paris, workshops, organ visits and recitals. […]
Tudor music meets winter celebration from the 13th century to the present, featuring Tomás Luis de Victoria’s mass and motet O magnum mysterium. From reflective midwinter stillness to festive revelry, […]
An original composition by acclaimed composer Ian Munro based on the children’s book written by Jodie McLeod and illustrated by Eloise Short, Leonard the Lyrebird is a popular Australian bush animal story […]
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Oriana Choir at Their Finest The Sunshine Coast’s premier vocal group, Oriana Choir presents An Oriana Songbook on Sunday 28 June at 2:00pm at Sella Maris Primary School Hall, Maroochydore, […]
Experience an unforgettable afternoon of world-class orchestral music FREE OF CHARGE when two of America's leading youth orchestras perform in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. The 120-piece Greater […]
In July, the Emerging Artist Concert Series features soprano Mackenzie Lawrence with acclaimed pianist-composer John Martin. Together they present a program exploring the richness, humour, and dramatic range of vocal music. […]
Join 3MBS Classically Kids this July for Once Upon A Storytime — an interactive musical adventure created and performed by flautist extraordinaire Eliza Shephard. Designed especially for young audiences, this joyful […]
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Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from […]
Bohemian Composers in Vienna Join the Australian Haydn Ensemble (AHE) for the second 2026 series of 18th Century Unpacked—our interactive lecture recitals designed to deepen your connection with our mainstage […]
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Now based in Paris, Tasmanian pianist Sarah Cabrol-Douat is returning to perform at Tempo Rubato, Melbourne. The program includes works of Mozart, Schubert and Scriabin PROGRAM W.A.MOZART Sonata no. 12 […]
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Stroll through Mussorgsky’s musical art gallery with Dr Nicholas Milton AM and the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra in an unforgettable concert of Russian classics. Ravel’s colourful orchestration of Mussorgsky’s piano masterpiece Pictures […]
Long live The King (of Instruments) - as the great Mozart called the pipe organ! And then Beethoven famously said that "Organists are the greatest of all virtuosos"! The recently […]
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