Clarence Valley Orchestra: A Night at the Proms with Mirusia

Stanthorpe Civic Centre 61 Marsh St, Stanthorpe, QLD, Australia
The Clarence Valley Orchestra & Chorus in partnership with Stanthorpe Rotary are delighted to bring you ‘A Night at The Proms’ with Mirusia on Saturday night 6th April 2024 at the Stanthorpe Civic Centre. Mirusia, who is celebrated as one of the world's most sought-after sopranos, boasting a remarkable 17-year…
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The Orchestra Project: Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne Corner Flinders Street and Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Beethoven’s monumental setting of the Catholic Mass is performed in the majestic surrounds of Melbourne’s St Paul’s Cathedral to mark the 200th anniversary of the first performance in St Petersburg on 7 April, 1824. The work is one of classical music’s most insistent demands for peace in a world racked…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Open Rehearsal with Ben Northey

Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Take a peek behind the scenes at an open rehearsal with Principal Conductor in Residence Benjamin Northey. Join us for an hour in some of the best seats in the house as Ben and the musicians of the MSO rehearse their program. You'll be able to eavesdrop on the dialogue…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: American Stories – Bernstein, Gershwin and more

Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
This performance of musical tales includes Australian composer Joe Chindamo’s unique concerto for trombone, brought to life by Jonathon Ramsay. Favourites from American composers Barber, Bernstein and Gershwin will put a spring in your step with their vivid dance rhythms in full orchestral glory. Jonathon Ramsay – currently Principal Trombone…
Editor's Choice Event Series Triumphant Tchaikovsky

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Triumphant Tchaikovsky

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
“I want so much to show not only to others, but to myself, that I still haven’t expired,” Tchaikovsky wrote in 1881. Despite such concerns, his Fifth Symphony proved exceedingly popular and even inspired the song Moon Love, made famous by Glenn Miller and Frank Sinatra. Maestro Andrew Gourlay pairs…

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Singin’ in the Rain – A Symphonic Night at the Movies

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
What a glorious feeling! Relive the glamour of late 1920s Hollywood through performances by the legendary Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds who star as three performers grappling with Hollywood’s switch from silent movies to the ‘talkies’. Co-directed and choregraphed by Gene Kelly, Singin’ in the Rain is a…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: American Stories – Bernstein, Gershwin and more

Costa Hall, Geelong Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap St, Geelong, VIC, Australia
This performance of musical tales includes Australian composer Joe Chindamo’s unique concerto for trombone, brought to life by Jonathon Ramsay. Favourites from American composers Barber, Bernstein and Gershwin will put a spring in your step with their vivid dance rhythms in full orchestral glory. Jonathon Ramsay – currently Principal Trombone…
Editor's Choice Event Series Triumphant Tchaikovsky

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Triumphant Tchaikovsky

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
“I want so much to show not only to others, but to myself, that I still haven’t expired,” Tchaikovsky wrote in 1881. Despite such concerns, his Fifth Symphony proved exceedingly popular and even inspired the song Moon Love, made famous by Glenn Miller and Frank Sinatra. Maestro Andrew Gourlay pairs…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: American Stories – Bernstein, Gershwin and more

Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
This performance of musical tales includes Australian composer Joe Chindamo’s unique concerto for trombone, brought to life by Jonathon Ramsay. Favourites from American composers Barber, Bernstein and Gershwin will put a spring in your step with their vivid dance rhythms in full orchestral glory. Jonathon Ramsay – currently Principal Trombone…

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Singin’ in the Rain – A Symphonic Night at the Movies

Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
What a glorious feeling! Relive the glamour of late 1920s Hollywood through performances by the legendary Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds who star as three performers grappling with Hollywood’s switch from silent movies to the ‘talkies’. Co-directed and choregraphed by Gene Kelly, Singin’ in the Rain is a…
Editor's Choice Event Series Triumphant Tchaikovsky

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Triumphant Tchaikovsky

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
“I want so much to show not only to others, but to myself, that I still haven’t expired,” Tchaikovsky wrote in 1881. Despite such concerns, his Fifth Symphony proved exceedingly popular and even inspired the song Moon Love, made famous by Glenn Miller and Frank Sinatra. Maestro Andrew Gourlay pairs…

HIP Company: Semele

Leederville Town Hall 84 Cambridge St, West Leederville, WA
Humanity and the divine collide in Semele, the Australian premiere of John Eccles' opera of 1706, edited by Richard Platt and performed in semi-staged concert by innovative Baroque music collective, HIP Company. Semele tells of the doomed love affair between the God Jupiter and the mortal Semele who seeks immortality,…

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