The Sydney Opera House recreates its inaugural concert given on September 1973.
Sir Charles Mackerras conducted an all Wagner programme which featured soprano Birgit Nilsson.
This afternoon ABC TV screens the August 2013 concert in which Simone Young conducted a reprise of that programme with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and soprano Christine Brewer.
The Independent Theatre presents Prelude in Tea – Song Series featuring the young artists from Pacific Opera, performing a special Mothers’ Day concert offering you the chance to hear the future stars of Australian opera as they delight with an afternoon of opera and song from stage and screen. Featuring music from the past…
In its July 2012 concerts, The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) with Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams presents a programme of music by three greats of the 19th century. There’s a fiery start to the music with Camille Saint-Saëns’ Tarantella opus 6 in A minor for flute, clarinet and orchestra. Taking centre stage with The Tarantella has…
The Sydney Consort invites you to a concert of Irish tunes blending with classical flavour and interspersed with delightful works by composers from the Emerald Isle. The rhythm of the Irish jig, charismatic harmony and the sounds of the celtic harp will combine in traditional and classical music from Ireland. The ensemble for this concert comprises Nadia…
The Australian Festival of Chamber Music announces a three-day digital event: Festival Prelude, because nothing can stop the (chamber) music! Fans of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM) won’t have to wait for another year for their favourite music experience with the presentation of Festival Prelude. Tickets go on sale today, July 13. Scheduled…
Resonance Concerts and Events presents tenor Koen van Stade and pianist Amanda Miller in a mesmerising selection of Schubert’s songs, all of which strike nerves within us all in their sense of solitude within our enormous world. Schubert’s songs are almost unparalleled in their ability to speak very personally to the listener. Whilst the Austrian composer…
Selby & Friends chamber music series will tour again in early May with an all-Beethoven program performed by three remarkable musicians whose shared vision, passion and skill wowed audiences when they performed together in 2013. Pianist Kathryn Selby’s guest artists for this Beethoven immersion will be violinist Susie Park and cellist Timo-Veikko (Tipi) Valve. …