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Willoughby Symphony – Especially For Kids

June 25, 2017

Kids – raid your dress-up baskets and put on your grandest prince and princess costumes for an exciting journey through Ancient Persia at this special performance of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s exotic Scheherazade.

Introducing children to classical music in a fun and interactive way, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Dr Nicholas Milton AM will engage and entertain as he tells the legendary story of Scheherazade and the 1001 Nights in a fascinating symphonic narrative, performed by the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra.

The concert will be followed by face painting and other free activities from 3-4 pm and an opportunity to meet the musicians and explore the instruments of an orchestra. There will be prizes for the best dressed prince and princess.

Tickets: 1300 795 012 or visit theconcourse.com.au

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Ensemble Offspring presents ‘Between the Keys’

April 29, 2013

There is more innovative music and new instruments to hear from Ensemble Offspring in their upcoming series of concerts and workshops Between the Keys which will feature unique handmade instruments. Following the lead of the iconic Harry Partch, composer and inventor of musical instruments, Ensemble Offspring will play a range of visually striking and sonically beautiful…

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‘Queen of Spades’ soloists form a winning hand

November 30, 2012

Wrapped in the haze of Sydney’s present heatwave, it is easy to slumber through the wealth of talent that is in toen this weekend, specifically to perform in the Sydney Symphony’s concert version of Tchaikovsky’s opera Queen of Spades. Vladimir Ashkenazy who is conducting the performances has selected some of the best of Russian…

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Acacia Quartet’s ‘Testament’ Ranges From The Classical To The Contemporary

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019

Acacia Quartet Acacia Quartet presents Testament, a spectacular concert that ranges from the classical to the contemporary via the impressionistic. Testament features a searing work of the same name by Lebanese-Armenian composer Tigran Mansurian as well as string quartet by Mozart, Debussy and celebrated young Australian composer Alice Chance. Mansurian’s piece is a five-minute Lento,…

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Maria Raspopova Piano Recital In The Southern Highlands

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018

Heading to the Southern Highlands for the weekend? Russian-born pianist Maria Raspopova, well-known for her work with Omega Ensemble, performs an intimate concert of solo piano favourites: J. S. Bach French Suite IV in E flat major BWV 815 Prokofiev Visions Fugitives Op.22 Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso Op.14 Chopin Etudes No.5 Op.10 and No.7 Op.25 Chopin…

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Diana Doherty and the St Lawrence String Quartet

April 13, 2012

Oboeist Diana Doherty is justly celebrated as one of Australia’s greatest living musicians. She has been principal Oboe with the Sydney Symphony since 1997, prior to which she held the same position with the Orchestra of Lucerne. This tour is a rare opportunity to experience her artistry in combination with her international peers and friends….

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A Venetian Coronation: Paul McCreesh Conducts

May 7, 2014May 11, 2014

There is possibly no-one better to conduct the music of Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli than the man who founded the ensemble called the Gabrieli Consort. Paul McCreesh founded the Gabrieli Consort and Players, of which he remains the Artistic Director, in 1982. Since then, he has earned a reputation as one of the finest conductors…

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