Editor's Choice Event Series Brisbane Bel Canto

Opera Queensland: Stabat Mater

Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
The centrepiece of this bel canto festival is Patrick Nolan’s costumed concert staging of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor with star soprano Jessica Pratt. Richard Mills conducts the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and the cast includes Carlos Bárcenas as Lucia’s lover Edgardo and Sam Dundas as her brother Enrico. Pratt, a world-famous advocate for…

Event Series Esmé Quartet

Musica Viva Australia: Esmé Quartet

Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Eloquent. Spellbinding. Monumental. Exquisite. How else can we describe the Esmé Quartet? Based in Germany, this ensemble launched its international career by winning first prize at the 2018 International String Quartet Competition at London’s Wigmore Hall. The ensemble then embarked on a whirlwind year of concerts in North America, Hong…

Event Series Ensemble Q & William Barton

Musica Viva Australia: Ensemble Q & William Barton

Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
What are the sonic possibilities when the oldest wind instrument in the world – the didgeridoo – teams up with instruments that found their final form only two centuries ago? And who better to explore them than distinguished artist and composer William Barton? Ensemble Q is a group powered by…
Event Series Aurora

Australian String Quartet: Aurora

Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Haydn’s Op 76 No 5 quartet shows the composer at the height of his craft. The miraculous slow movement, in the radiant key of F sharp major, is one of the most sublime movements Haydn ever wrote. In distinct contrast with the effervescent music around it, it is almost as…

Event Series Musica Alchemica

Musica Viva Australia: Musica Alchemica

Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Introducing Lina Tur Bonet, a fearless musical imaginista, and her crack team of period-instrument professionals. Regarded as one of the most exciting violinists of her generation, Tur Bonet has delighted and fascinated fans across Europe with her performances of repertoire ranging from Bach to Messiaen. Now she makes her Australian…

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio

Queensland Conservatorium 140 Grey St, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Celebrate the festive season with Bach’s sublime Christmas Oratorio. This expression of joy is the perfect close to the year. Conductor Benjamin Bayl has chosen a jubilant collection of Bach’s masterwork for this special performance. The sanctity of the nativity and the wonder of the Christmas season sing through pastoral…