Classical Music

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Italian Baroque with Circa
Italian Baroque marks the fourth collaboration between the ABO and internationally acclaimed contemporary circus company Circa, which have dazzled (and somewhat polarised) audiences with their physical interpretations of core classical repertoire. This new show will take audiences through the music of four Italian cities and their multilayered pasts, with music by Vivaldi, Falconieri, Caccini and Corelli combining with daring new choreography from Circa’s visionary Artistic Director Yaron Lifschitz.
19–27 January, City Recital Hall, brandenburg.com.au

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Bunjil Place
Bunjil Place is at the heart of the City of Casey in Melbourne’s south-east, and with an outdoor community plaza, theatre, multipurpose studio, function centre, library and gallery it hosts shows of all types, for all ages young and old. On 29 January the MSO moves in: from 10am its Jams for Juniors workshop will take pre-school aged children (and their parents) through Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, and then...