City Recital Hall, Sydney
Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Fifth – Sydney
City Recital Hall, Sydney 2-12 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaMasterworks in chamber form AHE continues its exploration of historical arrangements of Beethoven’s masterworks on period instruments. Get up close and personal with Beethoven’s mighty Fifth Symphony, as the septet reveals surprising new intensities. William Watts, who made the arrangement, would have led the violins or violas at its British premiere in 1816, when the […]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Handel’s Water Music
City Recital Hall, Sydney 2-12 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaHandel’s Water Music was an 18th-century show stopper. Commissioned by King George I for a concert on the Thames, all of London turned out to see Handel and his orchestra floating up and down the river on a barge, playing this exciting, lavish music. It’s a foot-tapping party on and off stage, and was such a hit […]
Alexander Melnikov | in Recital
City Recital Hall, Sydney 2-12 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaAlexander Melnikov is one of the world's most admired pianists, rated by The Guardian as ‘the interpreter of choice for piano work,’ and his countless accolades include awards from Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine, Diapason d'Or and many others. Experience the many sides of Melnikov’s virtuosity in this wonderfully expansive program with his masterful command of Brahms’ lyricism and Schubert’s […]
The Song Company | Vespers for Mother Earth
City Recital Hall, Sydney 2-12 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaThe world premiere of a major new work by Australia's most beloved composer performed by the country's finest singers and instrumentalists. Join us in celebrating The Song Company's 40th Anniversary with a musical event like no other—the world premiere of Vespers for Mother Earth, an astonishing composition by beloved composer Ross Edwards. Joining them on […]
Pinchgut Opera | Dido and Aeneas
City Recital Hall, Sydney 2-12 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaExperience Henry Purcell’s masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas, a timeless tale laden with a tumultuous interplay of duty, passion, and fate. Musically resplendent and thrillingly fierce, Pinchgut puts its signature stamp on this beloved opera. With an exceptional lineup of artists, it also includes a new prologue written by award-winning playwright and actor Kate Mulvany. This […]
Pinchgut Opera | Dido and Aeneas
City Recital Hall, Sydney 2-12 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaExperience Henry Purcell’s masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas, a timeless tale laden with a tumultuous interplay of duty, passion, and fate. Musically resplendent and thrillingly fierce, Pinchgut puts its signature stamp on this beloved opera. With an exceptional lineup of artists, it also includes a new prologue written by award-winning playwright and actor Kate Mulvany. This […]
Pinchgut Opera | Dido and Aeneas
City Recital Hall, Sydney 2-12 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaExperience Henry Purcell’s masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas, a timeless tale laden with a tumultuous interplay of duty, passion, and fate. Musically resplendent and thrillingly fierce, Pinchgut puts its signature stamp on this beloved opera. With an exceptional lineup of artists, it also includes a new prologue written by award-winning playwright and actor Kate Mulvany. This […]
Pinchgut Opera | Dido and Aeneas
City Recital Hall, Sydney 2-12 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaExperience Henry Purcell’s masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas, a timeless tale laden with a tumultuous interplay of duty, passion, and fate. Musically resplendent and thrillingly fierce, Pinchgut puts its signature stamp on this beloved opera. With an exceptional lineup of artists, it also includes a new prologue written by award-winning playwright and actor Kate Mulvany. This […]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Ngapa William Cooper
City Recital Hall, Sydney 2-12 Angel Place, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaA rich new collaboration between composer Nigel Westlake, singer/songwriter Lior and language activist Lou Bennett, Ngapa William Cooper is a tribute to the life of Yorta Yorta activist William Cooper. In 1938, Cooper, an Aboriginal activist who played a pivotal role in establishing equal rights for Aboriginal Australians, led one of the most striking Australian responses to […]