String Quartets by Haydn, Beethoven & Fanny Mendelssohn If you define “Shakespearean” as art that happily embraces both sublime poetry and earthy humour then Haydn and Beethoven definitely rub shoulders with the Bard. The AHE commence their season with two wonderful quartets that morph effortlessly from the lofty to the lowbrow. Then Fanny Mendelssohn’s quartet, […]

The Australian Haydn Ensemble, led by Artistic Director Skye McIntosh, is one of Australia’s leading historically informed chamber music ensembles.  These talented musicians begin our season with two wonderful quartets from Haydn and Beethoven that morph effortlessly from the lofty to the lowbrow.  Then Fanny Mendelssohn’s quartet, apparently the first ever composed by a woman, […]

Hayes Street Studio co-director and pianist Lee Dionne presents a virtuosic, eclectic program that evades and captivates. Our composers appear at their most chameleon-esque, a masquerade of fanciful homage. From Bernstein to Bach and with several Sydney premieres, this all-rounder program both entertains and delights. *** Full Program West Side Story Suite -- Natalie Tenenbaum, arranging […]

Dvorak, Mark O’Connor, Adams Fresh from their Sydney Opera House debut, PCQ present a program of music inspired by American folk music. Dvořák’s well-loved ‘American Quartet’, written in Iowa on the basis of his experiences in the New World, is complemented by some updated takes on American traditional music. Bluegrass fiddler Mark O’Connor’s crossover ‘Old […]

"There is something deeply troubling and inscrutable in Gesualdo’s music, something that any listener, even the most inexpert one, will unfailingly experience. This most particularly holds for Tenebrae responsoria (1611), his definitive statement, his monument, his testament. It is as if this work, firmly embedded in the framework of liturgy for the Holy Week and […]

In two short decades, three very different French composers produced three very different masterpieces. Messiaen’s dramatic yet ultimately comforting vision of the end of time; Fauré’s late Trio, powerful in its lyricism and formal beauty, and Ravel’s tensile, balletic sonata. FAURE Piano Trio Op.120 in D minor (1922-23) RAVEL Sonata for violin & cello (1920-22) MESSIAEN Quartet for […]

Dvorak, Mark O’Connor, Adams Fresh from their Sydney Opera House debut, PCQ present a program of music inspired by American folk music. Dvořák’s well-loved ‘American Quartet’, written in Iowa on the basis of his experiences in the New World, is complemented by some updated takes on American traditional music. Bluegrass fiddler Mark O’Connor’s crossover ‘Old […]

Please join Mosman Concert Series when it welcomes back the sensational Nexas Saxophone Quartet. Michael Duke, Andrew Smith, Nathan Henshaw and Jay Byrnes present a program of Nadia Boulanger, Cesar Franck, Jean Françaix, toe-tapping Tangos by the master Piazzolla and Gershwin's loved An American in Paris.

Melbourne based flautist and composer Johanna Selleck teams up with one of Sydney's keyboard legends Sumiko Yamamura in a JS Bach Flute Sonata to coincide with his 340th birthday. They will also premiere four new Australian works that all include a 'hint' of Bach. Thrilled that Richard Rourke and Sumiko will also perform two new […]