Editor's Choice Event Series Solace

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Solace

St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide 27 King William Rd, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
Built around the theme of solace, the program opens with Britten’s Russian Funeral Music from 1936. A timely inclusion, it was originally titled War and Death, an impression for brass orchestra and reveals the pacifist composer’s concerns about European politics. His Lachrymae follows, performed by Principal Viola Justin Julian. The…

Sydney Opera House: Sarah Grunstein – Beethoven’s Last Piano Sonatas

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Praised by The New York Times for her “penetrating musical intelligence”, internationally acclaimed Australian pianist Sarah Grunstein has performed in the United States, Austria, Hungary, Italy, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and her homeland. Reviews have likened her performances to those of Dame Myra Hess, Harold Samuel, and Wanda Landowska.…
Editor's Choice Event Series Margaret and the Grey Mare

Sydney Festival: Margaret and the Grey Mare

Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre 1 Powerhouse Rd, Casula, NSW, Australia
Looking for something different? Try this one-hour immersive video opera created by visual artist Katy B Plummer and composer Sally Whitwell, with a little help from artificial intelligence programmed to speak in verse like an oracular Celtic spirit. The story, with video by filmmaker Kuba Dorabialski, evokes 17th-century European witch…

Elder Conservatorium: Lunchtime Concert | Grand Duo

Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Our 2024 concert series commences with the sublime pairing of Anna Goldsworthy, Director of the Elder Conservatorium of Music, and Konstantin Shamray, much-loved alumnus and adjunct senior lecturer. In 1824 twenty-seven-year-old Schubert was present at the awe-inspiring premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth symphony in Vienna before returning to Zseliz that summer…

Australian National Academy of Music: Musica Ricercata

Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC, Australia
Ricercare: To search out, seek explore, study. This Italian verb gave its name to a complex instrumental composition that you might most readily associate with Bach’s The Musical Offering. One of the most far-reaching examples of this genre is the work by the Italian composer of the late Renaissance, Girolamo…
Editor's Choice Event Series Baroque Festival

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Bach and Vivaldi Concertos

Ballarat Civic Hall 300/304 Mair St, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
Bach, Vivaldi and Handel headline the MSO’s Baroque Festival, opening with a showcase of concertos directed from the harpsichord by Erin Helyard and featuring violinist Tair Khisambeev. Soprano Samantha Clarke then joins Helyard for an evening of arias including Handel’s Lascia ch’io pianga, originally written for Il trionfo del Tempo e…
Editor's Choice Event Series Solace

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Solace

St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide 27 King William Rd, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
Built around the theme of solace, the program opens with Britten’s Russian Funeral Music from 1936. A timely inclusion, it was originally titled War and Death, an impression for brass orchestra and reveals the pacifist composer’s concerns about European politics. His Lachrymae follows, performed by Principal Viola Justin Julian. The…
Editor's Choice Event Series Margaret and the Grey Mare

Sydney Festival: Margaret and the Grey Mare

Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre 1 Powerhouse Rd, Casula, NSW, Australia
Looking for something different? Try this one-hour immersive video opera created by visual artist Katy B Plummer and composer Sally Whitwell, with a little help from artificial intelligence programmed to speak in verse like an oracular Celtic spirit. The story, with video by filmmaker Kuba Dorabialski, evokes 17th-century European witch…

Music for Canberra: String Stream Showcase

Ainslie Arts Centre 30 Elouera St, Braddon, ACT, Australia
Music for Canberra invites you to our String Stream Showcase, featuring the Louise Butler Strings, Gilby Strings, and McCusker Strings – ensembles comprised of Music for Canberra's young and budding musicians. This special performance will take place on Saturday, 6th of April, at the Ainslie Arts Centre Main Hall. Witness the progression of…

North Adelaide Baroque Hall: Bach – Partitas, Sonata

North Adelaide Baroque Hall 104 Tynte St, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
Programme: J. S. Bach - Prelude - solo harpsichord J. S. Bach - Movements from Bach Partitas - solo recorder J. S. Bach - Sonata in G minor BWV 1030b - oboe & harpsichord
Event Series Utzon Music 2024

Sydney Opera House: JACK Quartet

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
Renowned for their transformative concert experiences, the Grammy-nominated JACK Quartet champions new string quartet music. Founded in 2005 and based in New York the JACK Quartet embraces close collaboration with composers, introducing audiences around the world to cutting-edge chamber music. For their Sydney Opera House debut, the four-some pairs Johnny…

Theatre Royal, Hobart: Xyris Quartet

Theatre Royal, Hobart 29 Campbell Street, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Xyris Quartet’s performances rely solely on the saxophone to interpret classical standards and experimental contemporary composition. Its members – Benjamin Price (soprano saxophone), Jabra Latham (alto saxophone), Thomas McKay (tenor saxophone), and Eva Nilssen (baritone saxophone) – play exclusively on vintage saxophones that preserve the acoustic properties intended by the…

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