August 2019
The Streeton Trio | Fire’s On – A Prelude in Tea concert
Tickets (Afternoon tea included): Adult $49 | Concession $32 | Student $22 | Child $17 The Streeton Trio – Emma Jardine, Benjamin Kopp and guest cellist Chris Pidcock - present Fire’s On a passionate program consisting of three of the most lyrical and expressive pieces ever written for piano trio. It’s the latest of the Prelude in Tea series which – as always - includes a mouth-watering afternoon tea! Arthur Streeton’s ‘Fire’s On’, painted in 1891, depicts a man being…
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The Song Company | Mind Over Matter
Tickets: Adult $65 | Concession $60 | Under 30 $40 A cartoonesque prequel to Anna’s Rapid Eye Movement (premiered by The Song Company in Sydney Opera House), Mind Over Matter is a family-friendly musical / chamber comic opera for 5 singers, speaking piano duet and computer operator, by the Company’s Artistic Director, Antony Pitts, with theatrical direction by Leonie Cambage. The story is set (not far) in the future: the world has been taken over by a giant computer corporation…
Find out more »Thoroughbass presents The Toybox
Tickets: Adult $35 | Children free Bring your kiddies on a musical journey through Claude Debussy's The Toybox Open their eyes and capture their imaginations as it reveals all the secrets of the toybox. They dance, they play. They are naughty and nice. They fight a battle, but still they live happily ever after in the toybox. From Sydney ensemble Thoroughbass, this 2019 interpretation of the 1913 children’s ballet is a magical entrée to classical music Inviting little bodies with…
Find out more »Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Foundation | 3rd Sydney International Song Prize
Tickets: Adult $30 | Concession $25 | Groups of 10 or more $25/pp | Student $5 | Child under 15 free Now in its third year, the Sydney International Song Prize encourages the performance and study of Art song and Lieder. Each of the five singers and their accompanists will perform a twenty minute recital programme featuring some of the most beautiful works by leading French, German, English and Spanish composers. Each finalist will compete for a $3,000 first prize…
Find out more »Nick Russoniello & The Golden Age Quartet | Echoes of the Picture Palace – A Prelude in Tea concert
Single Tickets (Afternoon tea included from 2:30pm): Adult $49 | Concession/Under 30 $32 | Student $22 | Child $17 Nick Russoniello, recipient of a number of major awards including the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year, teams up again with the Golden Age Quartet, a new and innovative chamber ensemble, delivering research-led performances that explore the aesthetic of a bygone era. Exploring the sounds of the early twentieth century, this quartet plays on a mixture of modern and…
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The Acacia Quartet | Outcasts – A Prelude in Tea concert
Single Tickets (Afternoon tea included): Adult $49 | Concession/Under 30 $32 | Student $22 | Child $17 In this programme of Outcasts, Australian composer Graeme Koehne’s String Quartet No. 3 tells the story of the Kelly Gang. The programme also features Schumann's 1842 String Quartet No. 3 and Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 18/4, the last of the Op. 18 quartets to be completed in 1800. Program: Ludwig van BEETHOVEN | String Quartet Op. 18/4 Graeme KOEHNE | String Quartet No.…
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The Idea of North | A Prelude in Tea concert
Single Tickets (Afternoon tea included): Adult $49 | Concession/Under 30 $32 | Student $22 | Child $17 The Idea of North are entirely deserved of their reputation as Australia's most awarded, best loved and longest running contemporary vocal group. This multi-ARIA Award-winning ensemble will astound and move with their incredible arrangements, flawless harmonies and dry, deadpan Aussie sense of humour. You'll not only experience world-class a cappella singing, but such is the group's down-to-earth nature, you'll also leave feeling as…
Find out more »The Seraphim Trio & Martin Alexander | ANAM Artists in Concert – A Prelude in Tea concert
Single Tickets (Afternoon tea included): Adult $49 | Concession/Under 30 $32 | Student $22 | Child $17 Seraphim Trio and Martin Alexander: ANAM Artists in Concert. This special concert celebrates Seraphim Trio’s formative years at the Australian National Academy of Music, in a program for which they are joined by recent ANAM alumnus, violist Martin Alexander. Together, these outstanding musicians perform Mozart and Dvořák masterworks of the piano quartet repertoire. Over the last two decades, the Seraphim Trio - violinist…
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