The Australian Haydn Ensemble returns to live performance with a hypnotic programme of music, inspired by sleep. The subject of dreams has long occupied the imagination of composers, poets and artists. The AHE explores this subject with an intriguing collection of works including Haydn’s Dream Quartet, Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Beethoven’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s Tomb…
Pinchgut Opera performs live on ABC Classic in a performance curated by Artistic Director Erin Helyard, featuring a selection of musical pieces written by a youthful Handel during his time studying in Italy. Watch and listen as Pinchgut Opera performs Handel in Italy live, as part of ABC Classic’s baroque-fest. “Handel was only twenty-one when Ferdinando…
Enjoy two stunning string quartets from the Golden Age performed by musicians of the Australian Haydn Ensemble on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall. They present Haydn’s iconic String Quartet Op. 33 No. 3 ‘The Bird’ along with Mozart’s dark String Quartet No. 15 in D min from the set of quartets he dedicated to his friend…