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Claire Matthews

SXS Celebrate Music of Birds and Beasts

Southern Cross Soloists | Carnival of the Animals 14 June, 2026, QPAC, Brisbane, QLD Birdsongs ring through the air. In an ancient rainforest, we walk under a canopy of green. Beams of sunlight fall between the trees. A quiet moment, where we can stop to appreciate the melodies and rhythms of nature.  This was the setting for Southern Cross Soloists’

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North Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Poulenc Organ Concerto with Samuel Giddy

Welcome to the third concert of the year with the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra! Featuring works by Offenbach, Poulenc, and Saint-Saëns, this concert brings together some of the most well-known organ works in the classical repertoire. We open with the overture to Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers, or Orpheus in the Underworld, well-known for being a lampoon of Orpheus and Eurydice

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David Hood

Tumultuous applause and bravos for Krylov + Shamray at Toorak Synagogue

Live at Yours | Sergei Krylov (violin) and Konstantin Shamray (piano) March 10, 2026, Toorak Synagogue, Melbourne, VIC “THE STARS WERE BRIGHTLY SHINING” to quote Puccini’s Tosca, this night; two extraordinary musicians and two inanimate things, made for a marvellous night. A Stradivari violin, inanimate to be sure, but with a stunning sound, crafted in Cremona in 1710, and known

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Warren Wills

MSO presents a glorious celebration of the Lunar New Year

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Chinese New Year Concert – Lunar New Year Celebration Saturday February 21, 2026, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC The Occasion Saturday night in Melbourne, and so many reasons to celebrate. Tonight marks the fifth day of the Lunar New Year — the Year of the Horse. Indeed, a heartfelt gong xi fa cai to our Mandarin-speaking friends.

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Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | Organ Symphony

Hear Dr Nicholas Milton AM and the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra pull out all the stops when they perform Saint-Saëns’ monumental ‘Organ’ Symphony, one of the best-loved symphonies of all time, whose famous theme was used to great effect in the cherished Australian film Babe. World-renowned didgeridoo virtuoso and proud Kalkadunga man William Barton joins the WSO to perform the majestic Earth Cry,

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Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | Organ Symphony

Hear Dr Nicholas Milton AM and the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra pull out all the stops when they perform Saint-Saëns’ monumental ‘Organ’ Symphony, one of the best-loved symphonies of all time, whose famous theme was used to great effect in the cherished Australian film Babe. World-renowned didgeridoo virtuoso and proud Kalkadunga man William Barton joins the WSO to perform the majestic Earth Cry,

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Warren Wills

Zelman’s organ concert – verve, vim and vigour

Zelman Symphony Orchestra | French Organ September 13th, 2025, St John’s Anglican Church, Camberwell, VIC A somewhat misleading title for the evening, “French Organ”, as it suggests we are in for a stolid performance of Messiaen and Bach, (and a host of other bit part composers who had a great deal of expertise writing for the organ). In fact, the

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Alan Holley

Javier Perianes performs an exemplary Saint-Saëns with SSO

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Javier Perianes performs Saint-Saëns Wednesday 30 July, 2025, Sydney Opera House, NSW KEVIN JOHN EDUSEI conductor JAVIER PERIANES piano  ROSSINI (1792–1868)   Overture William Tell  SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921)   Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, Op.103, The Egyptian  SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)   Symphony No.15 in A major, Op.141 (1972)   Shostakovich’s 15th Symphony is a work that after experiencing

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Alan Holley

Petrenko’s impeccable technique a guiding light for SSO

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Vasily Petrenko conducts Rite of Spring 27 November, 2024, Sydney Opera House VASILY PETRENKO conductor JOHANNES MOSER cello ELIZABETH YOUNAN (born 1994) Nineteen Seventy-Three (2023) World Premiere CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.33 (1872) Allegro non troppo – ii. Allegretto con moto – iii. Tempo primo IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)     The Rite of

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SMS presents two brilliant soloists in Daniel Herscovitch and Clemens Leske

Sydney Mozart Society | Daniel Herscovitch and Clemens Leske September 18, 2024, The Concourse, Chatswood Programme MOZART Adagio and Fugue for two keyboards in C minor, K 426 BARTÓK 7 pieces from Mikrokosmos BEETHOVEN Große Fuge for four hands in B-flat major, Op.134 YATES Sonata for two pianos (after Mozart’s Quintet for piano and winds in E-flat major, K 452)

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Alan Holley

The ‘heavenly’ Olivier Latry with SSO

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony July 10, 2024, Sydney Opera House, NSW STÉPHANE DENÈVE conductor OLIVIER LATRY organ GUILLAUME CONNESSON (born 1970) – Flammenschrift (2012) Australian premiere FRANCIS POULENC (1899–1963) – Concerto in G minor for organ, strings and timpani CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921) – Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78 (‘Organ’ Symphony) The opportunity to hear one of

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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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Claire Matthews

Arthouse Cinema Meets Chamber Music – Camerata Cinematheque 

Camerata | Cinematheque September 15, 2023, QPAC, Brisbane Camerata turned the QPAC concert hall into their own arthouse cinema on Friday night for a special evening of bespoke films and chamber music.  Featuring specially commissioned short films by Brisbane filmmaker Anthony Lucas, this concert was spooky, suspenseful, surreal and humorous.  Camerata opened the concert with Greig’s Holberg Suite. This lively

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SSO a jewel, but Marie-Ange Nguci stole the night

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Pictures at an Exhibition March 8, 2023, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House MIHHAIL GERTS conductor MARIE-ANGE NGUCI piano MIRIAMA YOUNG Reflections on the Harbour Light SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No.2 MUSSORGSKY arr. RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition The stunning pianism of the young Albanian-born virtuoso Marie-Ange Nguci stole the night and the affection of the audience at

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Shermacher shines in Alice Chance’s World Premiere by WSO

Willoughby Symphony | Parisian Rhapsody 8 Oct 2022, The Concourse, Chatswood On a saturated Saturday, those brave enough to venture out into the rain were able to escape with the Willoughby Symphony, under the baton of Sam Weller as they presented Parisian Rhapsody. As an expectant hush filled the auditorium we were transported to a graveyard as the tolling of

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Peter Hagen

Zelman Symphony brings fire and elan to Melbourne suburbs

Zelman Symphony | Saint-Saëns + Dvořák 18 June at 7.30pm, James Tatoulis Auditorium, Kew PROGRAM Saint-Saëns – Havanaise op 83 Saint-Saëns – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso op28 Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No 1 op 33 Interval Dvořák – Symphony No 7 op 70 SOLOISTS Roy Theaker – Violin Kalina Krusteva – Violoncello I have said before that I enjoy music

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A Menagerie of Musical Delights: Evergreen Ensemble’s Baroque Birds and Beasts

Evergreen Ensemble’s evening performance in the beautiful, intimate setting of the Melbourne Recital Centre’s Primrose Potter Salon was both an aural and visual treat. In a program of early music and Scottish tunes which rarely surface in the modern music scene, sounds of wildlife were brought to life with a combination of dynamic expressivity, instrumental flair and extended techniques. Opening

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Tony Burke

Sophie Rowell & Kristian Chong’s immaculate Sydney Mozart Society performance was thoroughly enjoyable

A packed hall at Chatswood Concourse welcomed violinist Sophie Rowell and pianist Kristian Chong, who are no strangers to the Sydney Mozart Society. Sophie won the ABC Young Performers Award in 2000 which gave her the opportunity to play as soloist with the major Australian orchestras. She then founded the Tankstream Quartet which won many overseas prizes before morphing into

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