Adelaide Festival Centre: The World of Musicals

Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
The World of Musicals in Concert has graced stages across the globe and features a world-class ensemble of multi-talented artists who exquisitely perform classic hits, fused with emotive ballads, big-screen anthems and iconic show tunes. From the best of The Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables to Guys & Dolls and South Pacific and many, many more, The World…
Editor's Choice Event Series Baroque Festival

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Bach and Vivaldi Concertos

Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Bach, Vivaldi and Handel headline the MSO’s Baroque Festival, opening with a showcase of concertos directed from the harpsichord by Erin Helyard and featuring violinist Tair Khisambeev. Soprano Samantha Clarke then joins Helyard for an evening of arias including Handel’s Lascia ch’io pianga, originally written for Il trionfo del Tempo e…
Editor's Choice Event Series Baroque Festival

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Handel and Vivaldi Arias

Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Bach, Vivaldi and Handel headline the MSO’s Baroque Festival, opening with a showcase of concertos directed from the harpsichord by Erin Helyard and featuring violinist Tair Khisambeev. Soprano Samantha Clarke then joins Helyard for an evening of arias including Handel’s Lascia ch’io pianga, originally written for Il trionfo del Tempo e…
Editor's Choice Event Series Solace

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Solace

St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide 27 King William Rd, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
Built around the theme of solace, the program opens with Britten’s Russian Funeral Music from 1936. A timely inclusion, it was originally titled War and Death, an impression for brass orchestra and reveals the pacifist composer’s concerns about European politics. His Lachrymae follows, performed by Principal Viola Justin Julian. The…
Editor's Choice Event Series Baroque Festival

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Bach and Vivaldi Concertos

Ballarat Civic Hall 300/304 Mair St, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
Bach, Vivaldi and Handel headline the MSO’s Baroque Festival, opening with a showcase of concertos directed from the harpsichord by Erin Helyard and featuring violinist Tair Khisambeev. Soprano Samantha Clarke then joins Helyard for an evening of arias including Handel’s Lascia ch’io pianga, originally written for Il trionfo del Tempo e…
Editor's Choice Event Series Solace

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: Solace

St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide 27 King William Rd, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
Built around the theme of solace, the program opens with Britten’s Russian Funeral Music from 1936. A timely inclusion, it was originally titled War and Death, an impression for brass orchestra and reveals the pacifist composer’s concerns about European politics. His Lachrymae follows, performed by Principal Viola Justin Julian. The…

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Star Wars – The Force Awakens in Concert

Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre 21 Mounts Bay Rd, Perth, WA, Australia
Experience the first film of the latest Star Wars trilogy on the giant screen with John Williams’ epic score played live on stage by WASO. As the tyrannical First Order rises to overthrow the New Republic, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, find themselves teaming up with Han…

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Star Wars – The Force Awakens in Concert

Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre 21 Mounts Bay Rd, Perth, WA, Australia
Experience the first film of the latest Star Wars trilogy on the giant screen with John Williams’ epic score played live on stage by WASO. As the tyrannical First Order rises to overthrow the New Republic, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, find themselves teaming up with Han…

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Hopelessly Devoted – A Celebration of Olivia Newton-John

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Queensland Symphony Orchestra proudly presents Hopelessly Devoted: A Celebration of Olivia Newton-John. Stars of stage and screen David Campbell, Jess Hitchcock, Georgina Hopson and Christie Whelan Browne join the splendour of Queensland Symphony Orchestra to perform all of Olivia’s iconic hits including Magic, I Honestly Love You, Make a Move…

West Australian Symphony Orchestra: Star Wars – The Force Awakens in Concert

Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre 21 Mounts Bay Rd, Perth, WA, Australia
Experience the first film of the latest Star Wars trilogy on the giant screen with John Williams’ epic score played live on stage by WASO. As the tyrannical First Order rises to overthrow the New Republic, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, find themselves teaming up with Han…

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Hopelessly Devoted – A Celebration of Olivia Newton-John

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Queensland Symphony Orchestra proudly presents Hopelessly Devoted: A Celebration of Olivia Newton-John. Stars of stage and screen David Campbell, Jess Hitchcock, Georgina Hopson and Christie Whelan Browne join the splendour of Queensland Symphony Orchestra to perform all of Olivia’s iconic hits including Magic, I Honestly Love You, Make a Move…
Editor's Choice Event Series Baroque Festival

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: St John Passion

Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Bach, Vivaldi and Handel headline the MSO’s Baroque Festival, opening with a showcase of concertos directed from the harpsichord by Erin Helyard and featuring violinist Tair Khisambeev. Soprano Samantha Clarke then joins Helyard for an evening of arias including Handel’s Lascia ch’io pianga, originally written for Il trionfo del Tempo e…

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