November
Musica Viva Australia: Musica Alchemica
Special Event
Classical
Fearless violinist and musical imaginista, Lina Tur Bonet, leads Musica Alchemica, an ensemble of Europe’s finest baroque experts. Come on a magical mystery tour of Corelli, Telemann and other jewels of the Baroque.
Venue:
Conservatorium Theatre
Griffith University
South Bank, Brisbane
Medici Concerts: Viney-Grinberg Duo
Piano
Liam Viney and Anna Grinberg enjoy an international performance profile as a piano duo, involving festivals, major series, live radio broadcasts, orchestras, and CD releases on Naxos, ABC Classics and Tall Poppies.
Viney–Grinberg’s innovative and creative approach has resulted in collaborations with composers, artists, dancers, choreographers and other established performing ensembles.
Viney–Grinberg Duo is one piano four hands. Not to be missed, it’s a marvellous spectacle.
Program
Johannes Brahms Sixteen Waltzes (Sechzehn Walzer) Opus 39 for piano four hands
Franz Schubert Rondo in A major, D.951
Johann Strauss Jr., and Anderson & Roe Blue Danube Fantasy
Claude Debussy Petite Suite L.65
Johann Strauss Jr Donau Lieder Walzer, Opus 127
Franz Liszt Un sospiro
Johann Strauss Sr Radetzky March Opus 228 for piano four hands
Elsewhere: Songs About the Mediterranean … Where the Oranges Grow
Opera
Classical, Opera & Voice
The 2024 Artists from the Lisa Gasteen National Opera Program (LGNOP) present Elsewhere – Songs About the Mediterranean … Where the Oranges Grow.
You’ll hear songs by Schumann, Fanny Hensel, Strauss, Debussy, and Ravel, inspired first by Italy, then Spain, and the rest of the Mediterranean.
Join us on our Grand Tour, with some of Australia’s finest young singers as LGNOP brings you wine and antipasti in this year’s Art Song Evening – Elsewhere.
“My mission is to offer developing professional singers the very best of what they will experience when they travel overseas (Lisa Gasteen AO)”.
December
Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
Orchestra, Special Event
Celebrate the festive season with Bach’s sublime Christmas Oratorio. This expression of joy is the perfect close to the year. Conductor Benjamin Bayl has chosen a jubilant collection of Bach’s masterwork for this special performance. The sanctity of the nativity and the wonder of the Christmas season sing through pastoral woodwind and triumphant brass, as the conservatorium theatre becomes a poignant cathedral of sound. Exultant and divine, Bach’s holy offering is timeless. Soloists Sara Macliver, Stephanie Dillon, Paul McMahon and Shaun Brown are joined by the expressive qualities of the Brisbane Chamber Choir, in one of the most eloquent tributes to the festive season.
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach – Christmas Oratorio BWV248
Johann Sebastian Bach – Cantatas I, II, V, VI
Qld. Medical Orchestra: Joy to the World
Orchestra
Join the Queensland Medical Orchestra and Queensland Medical Choir for our annual Christmas concert. Join us for some Christmas classics old and new and sing along for some carols.
All funds raised will go to Sheltered by Grace to help those struggling through the Christmas period and beyond.
Opera Scenes
Opera
Opera & Voice
La bella Italia! The mainstage production of the 2024 The Lisa Gasteen National Opera Program (LGNOP), directed by Stuart Maunder AM, and accompanied by the invaluable Ensemble Q, pays homage to the birthplace of opera, and the rich and varied culture it has shared with the world.
This year, we are presenting scenes from operas, either by Italian composers such as Rossini and Donizetti or, by composers of other nationalities, ranging from Handel to Offenbach (not to mention Gilbert and Sullivan!), who have looked to Italy for their inspiration.
Our talented young singers feel right at home, having enjoyed three weeks of intensive training in all the skills necessary for singing Italian opera, not least thanks to the inestimable skills of our guest coach and conductor, Felice Venanzoni, from Frankfurt Opera.
An evening of love, laughter, drama and la dolce vita – just what you would expect.
