The Sirius Chamber Ensemble comprising Claire Howard Race (piano), Melissa Coleman (flute), Clare Kahn (cello) and Martyn Hentschel (violin) will present a free lunch time concert featuring the Piano Trio No.2 in E minor, opus 67, by Dmitri Shostakovich and the Flute Sonata in D, opus 97 by Sergei Prokofiev.
He performs in the most famous concert halls around the world and this month, pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk returns to Sydney to perform in the Sydney Symphony’s Russian Passion programme at Sydney Opera House. “I am over-joyed to be reuniting with the Sydney Symphony to share the magic of music-making in my beloved Sydney,” said Gavrylyuk….
The Metropolitan Orchestra’s eleventh season caps off another incredible year of music-making. Conducted by Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams, the concert begins with Borodin’s In The Steppes of Central Asia. This thematic work is a vibrant start to an incredible night filled with wonderful musical imagery. Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No 1 is…
The long weekend has a treasure in store with the screening on SBS TV of Sir David McVicar’s production of Richard Strauss’ sinister masterpiece Salome. Based on the play by Oscar Wilde,which in turn is derived from the Biblical tale, the one-act opera has some famous moments in opera, amongst them the Dance of…
Chamber ensemble Selby & Friends explores Proud Folk, a program of piano trios mirroring the cultural and folkloric roots of composers with diverse origins from around the globe. Selby & Friends will showcase the unique musical language of Elena Kats-Chernin’s Ukrainian homeland, Dvořák’s Bohemia and the colours of Ravel’s Basque heritage that stamp his compositions with…
Sydney Antiphony presents ĠEŌL//Now make we joy in this feste… a concert of Yuletide music ancient and new that highlights the carols of the 15th Century Ritson manuscript. Exploring Advent and Christmas music through the ages, the program takes a tour from early English composers, such as Smerte, Lambe and Packe, through the likes of Holst and Warlock,…
Shards of sound and jagged rhythms envelop your ears and tickle your feet as Ensemble Offspring brings to life the wild and uncompromising squiggles of local composers Alex Pozniak, Tristan Coelho and Holly Harrison. With sound worlds so distinctive, Ensemble Offspring needed to coin a new name for their music, and they called it Spectral…