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Woodend Winter Arts Festival

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Ogeil: Giustini, de Albero, Platti & Scarlatti

St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart Street, Woodend, Vic, Australia

MUSIC FOR THE FIRST PIANO Enter the sound world of 1700, where the beginnings of a classical approach to music was being explored, and where a keyboard instrument was invented that could shape and shade dynamics. Bartolomeo Cristofori invented the piano in the 1690s and made his last instrument in 1729/1730. The Cristofori reproduction played ... Read more

$36 – $45

Conservatorium Chamber Winds: Weber, Crusell & Mozart

St Ambrose Hall 49 Anslow St, Woodend, Vic, Australia

HARMONIEMUSIK Appearing courtesy of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, staff and students perform side-by-side in an entertaining program of Classical and Romantic works for two clarinets, two horns and two bassoons. More info and bookings

$40 – $49
Event Series Ensemble Gombert + Accademia Arcadia: Handel

Ensemble Gombert + Accademia Arcadia: Handel

St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart Street, Woodend, Vic, Australia

MUSIC FOR THE KING The four Coronation Anthems are among Handel’s most cherished choral works. They were composed for performance in Westminster Abbey at King George II’s coronation on 11 October 1727, and Zadok the Priest has been sung at every coronation of a British monarch since that time. The Dettingen Te Deum, composed to ... Read more

$45 – $53

Consortium of Viols: Lawes, Purcell, Sculthorpe, Kats-Chernin & Green

St Ambrose Hall 49 Anslow St, Woodend, Vic, Australia

FANTAZY Consortium unites a band of Australia’s finest viol players to explore the rich repertoire for viol consort. Drawing upon a wealth of professional experience in its players and a deep-shared love of the consort experience, Consortium enables Australian audiences to experience the beauty and crystalline purity of the traditional repertoire for viol consort alongside ... Read more

$40 – $49

Ensemble Liaison: Young, Brahms & Piazzolla

St Ambrose Hall 49 Anslow St, Woodend, Vic, Australia

LIAISON AND THE SEASONS Described by Limelight magazine as a ‘national treasure’, Ensemble Liaison is one of Australia’s leading internationally acclaimed ensembles. Now in their 17th season, they are renowned for their captivating and engaging performances, recognised for imaginative and innovative programming, setting the trend for brilliant collaborations with leading artists. With something for everyone, ... Read more

$40 – $49
Event Series Ensemble Gombert + Accademia Arcadia: Handel

Ensemble Gombert + Accademia Arcadia: Handel

St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart Street, Woodend, Vic, Australia

MUSIC FOR THE KING The four Coronation Anthems are among Handel’s most cherished choral works. They were composed for performance in Westminster Abbey at King George II’s coronation on 11 October 1727, and Zadok the Priest has been sung at every coronation of a British monarch since that time. The Dettingen Te Deum, composed to ... Read more

$45 – $53

Affinity Quartet: Kurtág & Schubert

St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart Street, Woodend, Vic, Australia

'DEATH AND THE MAIDEN' Affinity Quartet performs two masterworks linked by a poetic sense of time. The Hungarian living composer Gyorgy Kurtag’s ‘Six Moments Musicaux’ takes its form from music made famous by Schubert and others in the 19th century, where an entire world of emotions could be conveyed in literally just a ‘moment’. Following ... Read more

$36 – $45