2022 has seen the launch of the MSO Academy which provides young instrumentalists a vital final bridge to a successful career. The program is one of contrasts and surprises starting with Mozart’s youthful Flute Quartet in D, a beautiful evocation of spring, before moving into Ross Edwards’ unique sonic response to the Australian environment. In ... Read more

Affinity Quartet opens their program with Haydn’s 31st String Quartet, the Op.33 No.1 in B minor. Following a break of ten years from composing string quartets, Haydn describes his Op.33 set as having a ‘new and special’ style. The key of B minor itself is unusual – a choice that signals the exploratory and unconventional ... Read more

This performance will feature a selection of 20th century and contemporary works written for oboe, piano and electronics. The program explores the fusion between modernism and folklore, whilst highlighting the elusive, passionate and wild personalities of both instruments. More info and bookings

Beginning with Joseph Haydn’s Piano Trio in A, the piece reveals the energy and optimism of his time in London at the behest of Johann Salomon, the German violinist and impresario. Haydn was able to establish himself securely in this prestigious artistic centre – a truly fruitful endeavour. Henry Purcell’s Fantasia in B flat was ... Read more

In a program showcasing excellence in current and former musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), recent alumnus and winner of the 2021 ANAM Directors’ Prize, Alexander Meagher (percussion), joins forces with current ANAM musician and recipient of the Nick Deutsch Encouragement Award for a 1st year musician, Will Kinmont (trombone). Celebrating two ... Read more

Consortium presents sounds of the 16th and 17th century, a time where the viol flourished in England and Europe. A tapestry of interwoven lines that produce a harmonious whole, the sound of a consort of viols is both captivating and intriguing, inspiring not only musicians from the viol’s heyday centuries ago, but contemporary composers too. ... Read more

In a celebration of musical friendship, fellow pianists Konstantin Shamray and Anna Goldsworthy join forces for a four-hand piano recital. The duo showcase Beethoven’s Three Marches, Schubert’s great ‘Grand Duo,’ and their own arrangement of Schubert’s haunting Ständchen. More info and bookings

In this program, Arcadia Winds explore fantasy and invention. Opening with Samuel Barber’s seminal Summer Music, a wonderfully imaginative tone poem evoking the lazy, indolent feeling of that season. Followed by three short fantasies spanning three hundred years, the ensemble begins with Telemann’s Fantasia for solo flute in A minor, a baroque dance suite in ... Read more

The winner of the 2008 Sydney International Piano Competition, Konstantin Shamray teams up with revered Australian pianist Kristian Chong in works for one and two pianos – the great Schubert Fantasie for 4 hands (at one piano) opens this concert, followed by works for 2 pianos; Rachmaninoff exhilarating second suite and Schubert’s superb Waltzes arranged ... Read more

Their performance in Primrose Potter Salon celebrates the beauty of spring in the form of a vibrant musical bouquet. The duo’s sunny exuberance and rhythmic clarity showcase collaboration at its best. Dvořák’s zippy Sonatina shows his Bohemian roots and the budding influence of life in New York. The lively and teasing melodies of Australian composer ... Read more

They Swim Through Air showcases the exuberance, imagination and artistry of new music creators from Australia and beyond with a program that reflects on the rituals and processes of life. Inspired by Tolkien’s use of the term ‘sky-fields’ in Lord of the Rings, Gemma Peacocke reflects on the travels of the sun and the power ... Read more

Austral Harmony presents intimate chamber music focusing on the highly ornate Italian style of two esteemed composer-performers of the Baroque era, George Frideric Handel and Arcangelo Corelli. Handel’s pastoral cantata and floral arias are highly expressive and dramatic, with the florid poetic language illustrated to great effect as the voice is accompanied by exquisite melody-instrument ... Read more

The duo’s performance in Primrose Potter Salon will undoubtedly push the envelope, teaming up with local composer and boundary dissolver K. Travers Eira. The collaboration will see them create a map detailing nodes and networks for the duo to follow, projected onto the walls of Primrose Potter Salon. Join Ossicle Duo in forging an aural ... Read more

Syzygy Ensemble returns to Primrose Potter Salon to follow on from Revive with Rejuvenate. The performance will feature a dynamic range of works from Kitty Xiao, Kezia Yap, Salina Fischer, Elizabeth Younan, Kirsten Milenko and Kate Neal – a program that takes inspiration from ancient wisdom and natural surroundings. In the wake of times past, ... Read more

Beethoven’s mammoth String Quartet No.7 contains some of his most sublime themes. It is a piece that has the ability to surprise and delight, subverting expectations with heightened drama and technical difficulty. Coupled with a string quartet by legendary Dutch composer Louis Andriessen. The piece is based on Allegri’s 17th-century choral masterpiece Miserere and explores ... Read more

The largely unexplored sound world of saxophone quartet and harp The Nexas Quartet present a program of reimagined classics from Debussy’s Danses sacrée et profane to Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro with a new composition from Van Klaveren and world premieres from award winning Australian composer Lyle Chan and Nexas’ own Michael Duke. Long vilified in ... Read more

Nir Tsfaty and Invictus Quartet return to Primrose Potter Salon with Nir’s new work Under The Sun — their second collaboration together. Their performance presents a misty, intimate picture of life in lockdown, 14,000 km away from home. Hope, the muses, battle of wills, life in a loop. Influenced by 20th-century classical music and alternative ... Read more