Sunday afternoon concerts are my favourite, non better than at The Concourse, Chatswood for KPO’s debute for the year. The orchestra’s dance card is packed with a power punch to enliven the audience’s ears.
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV …
Opera Australia has dug into the library and revived its 2014 production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin by Danish Director Kasper Holten. Holten showed early promise in his career and, at the age of 27 was appointed the youngest Artistic …
Above and featured: members of Sirius Chamber Ensemble. This concert featured: Melissa Coleman (flute), Ian Sykes (clarinet), Alison Evans (bassoon), and Clare Kahn (cello). Special guests included Keyna Wilkins (piano/composer), Raph Hatz (didjeridu), Lucy Carrigy-Ryan (viola), and Yerim …
Elden Ring
Symphonic Adventure
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Benjamin Northey
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Sydney Opera House
Saturday 14 March
There was a lot to enjoy about the latest Symphonic film presentation by the Sydney Symphony …
The musicians
Sophie Cole, violin; Dylan Holly and Jaan Pallandi, double bass; David Elton, trumpet; Rebecca Lagos and Timothy Constable, percussion; Louisic Dulbecco, harp
Program
André Jolivet, ‘Heptade for Trumpet and Percussion’
Olivier Messiaen, ‘From the canyons to the stars’: …
This concert on March 10, 2026, featuring Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 5, was part of a new concept, utilising a different format to the SSO’s usual concerts. This was the “Listen To This” series which, I understood, would be “part-performance, part-guided …
Few works command such instant recognition as Carl Orff’s CARMINA BURANA. From the electrifying opening ‘O Fortuna’ to moments of shimmering tenderness, this choral masterpiece celebrates the passions, fortunes and follies of life with irresistible energy. Performed in the …
Program
This bold, emotionally charged program filled the iconic Sydney Opera House Concert Hall with …
Above: Artistic and Music Director of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Brett Weymark. Featured image: Brett Weymark conducts the Chamber Singers, Sydney Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and soloists at Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay Arts Precinct. Photos: Keith Saunders.
To begin the 2026 season, …
There was something almost painful in the perfect delivery of Bleak Squad’s live performance last night at The Factory Theatre—exquisite, ragged and full of longing. Live performance always carries an inherent risk, especially when a band leans into improvisation: the …