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Willoughby Symphony – Especially For Kids

June 25, 2017

Kids – raid your dress-up baskets and put on your grandest prince and princess costumes for an exciting journey through Ancient Persia at this special performance of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s exotic Scheherazade.

Introducing children to classical music in a fun and interactive way, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Dr Nicholas Milton AM will engage and entertain as he tells the legendary story of Scheherazade and the 1001 Nights in a fascinating symphonic narrative, performed by the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra.

The concert will be followed by face painting and other free activities from 3-4 pm and an opportunity to meet the musicians and explore the instruments of an orchestra. There will be prizes for the best dressed prince and princess.

Tickets: 1300 795 012 or visit theconcourse.com.au

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Australian Haydn Ensemble Presents Haydn’s Farewell

December 10, 2018

Erin Helyard, director of Pinchgut Opera, joins the Australian Haydn Ensemble as guest director and fortepianist in an orchestral program of Haydn, Mozart and J.C. Bach inspired by the Enlightenment. J.C. Bach was an important influence on the young Mozart. His Symphony in G minor Op. 6 No. 6 is a signature work of the 18th century. Perhaps…

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Brahms And Clara Schumann From Bel A Capella

August 12, 2015

Fresh from their tour to Europe, Sydney choral ensemble Bel a cappella presents Brahms’ A German Requiem and Liebeslieder Waltzes and the delightful motet Abendfeir in Vendig by Clara Schumann. Featuring soloists soprano Celeste Lazarenko and bass Alex Knight, with pianists Jo Allan and Michael Curtain and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Richard Miller on Timpani, Musical…

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Carnival Francais With The Omega Ensemble And Julian Morrow

July 9, 2014

The City Recital Hall’s Ensemble – in – Residence, the Omega Ensemble presents a programme of French chamber music with an entertaining twist. In the line-up is Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals. which will be narrated by the inimitable Julian Morrow (ABC’s The Chaser). Written by Saint-Saëns in 1886, The Carnival of the Animals is one…

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The Australian Chamber Orchestra on a wave with ‘The Reef’

May 27, 2012

The Australian Chamber Orchestra is back in Australia after its tour of the US which included a concert at Carnegie Hall that attracted glowing accolades. http://soundslikesydney.com.au/news/review-fom-the-nytimes-the-aco-at-carnegie-hall/7547.html Their next national tour The Reef starts in Darwin in early July and plays in Sydney at the Opera House on Monday July 23rd. ACO Music Director and Lead…

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A ‘Plug’ For The Gamba -The Marais Project Goes Electric

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014

Through 2014, viola da gambist, Jenny Eriksson and her ensemble The Marais Project have been celebrating 15 years of continuous music making. The theme for The Marais Project’s anniversary year is Re-imaginings, a concept which has shaped their concerts for the year driving a ‘re-imagining’ of the viola da gamba in a range of contexts. This all comes…

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Play Me A Story….The Nutcracker

December 8, 2014

Lisa Stewart, violinist with the Acacia Quartet has a second string to her bow – quite literally. Lisa is not only a member of Acacia but also a successful illustrator. Right now, she’s putting the finishing touches to a series of illustrations for Esmeralda Tintner’s Play Me A Story…The Nutcracker and rehearsing for 4 performances of this charming…

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