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River City Voices | Fauré Requiem
29 May 2026 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm AEST

In a world longing for stillness and connection, River City Voices presents Fauré Requiem, an opportunity to pause, breathe, and be uplifted by the transcendent power of the human voice.

Under the direction of Guest Conductor Dr Philip Eames, with Oscar Balle–Bowness, featuring the exceptional vocals of soprano Ayako Ohtake and baritone Benjamin Caukwell, and internationally acclaimed organist Simon Nieminski.

Alongside Fauré’s beloved masterpiece, the program features works by Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt, Australian composers Alice Chance and Joseph Romeo, and First Nations composer Nicole Smede, reflecting themes of harmony, humanity, and hope — promising a warmth of sound lingering long after the final note!

In association with Riverside Theatres.

Selby & Friends | The Living Tradition – Melbourne
28 May 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm AEST

The 20th Season of Selby & Friends in its current format opens with a return of two special guests who wowed audiences two years ago – Alexandra Osborne and Clancy Newman.

This dynamic duo joins Kathy for a concert comprising two works that pay tribute to an earlier popular tune and two works that stand on their own as sublime examples of the early Romantic period composed shortly before their authors’ untimely deaths. The trio by Fanny Mendelssohn was requested numerous times by members of our audience along with the Schubert in our audience survey and whilst Beethoven’s cheeky late work has no connection to Australia’s great northern Kakadu National Park,we do open the season with a treat by our own Elena Kats-Chernin.

ARTISTS
Kathryn Selby – Piano
Alexandra Osborne – Violin
Clancy Newman – Cello

PROGRAM
Elena Kats-Chernin – Variation on Schubert Trauerwalzer (2009)
Fanny Mendelssohn – Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11 (1846-47)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Variations on Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu, Op. 121a (1824)
Franz Schubert – Piano Trio No.1 in B-flat major, Op. 99 D. 898 (1827)

CONCERTS

Fri 22 May, 7:00 pm — Canberra, Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
Sat 23 May, 4:00 pm — Bowral, Bowral Memorial Hall
Sun 24 May, 2:15 pm — Turramurra, Turramurra Uniting Church
Mon 25 May, 7:00 pm — Sydney, City Recital Hall
Thu 28 May, 2:00 pm — Melbourne, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Thu 28 May, 7:00 pm — Melbourne, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Sun 31 May, 2:30 pm — Adelaide, Concordia College Chapel

Selby & Friends | The Living Tradition – Sydney
25 May 2026 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm AEST

The 20th Season of Selby & Friends in its current format opens with a return of two special guests who wowed audiences two years ago – Alexandra Osborne and Clancy Newman.

This dynamic duo joins Kathy for a concert comprising two works that pay tribute to an earlier popular tune and two works that stand on their own as sublime examples of the early Romantic period composed shortly before their authors’ untimely deaths. The trio by Fanny Mendelssohn was requested numerous times by members of our audience along with the Schubert in our audience survey and whilst Beethoven’s cheeky late work has no connection to Australia’s great northern Kakadu National Park,we do open the season with a treat by our own Elena Kats-Chernin.

ARTISTS
Kathryn Selby – Piano
Alexandra Osborne – Violin
Clancy Newman – Cello

PROGRAM
Elena Kats-Chernin – Variation on Schubert Trauerwalzer (2009)
Fanny Mendelssohn – Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11 (1846-47)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Variations on Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu, Op. 121a (1824)
Franz Schubert – Piano Trio No.1 in B-flat major, Op. 99 D. 898 (1827)

CONCERTS

Fri 22 May, 7:00 pm — Canberra, Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
Sat 23 May, 4:00 pm — Bowral, Bowral Memorial Hall
Sun 24 May, 2:15 pm — Turramurra, Turramurra Uniting Church
Mon 25 May, 7:00 pm — Sydney, City Recital Hall
Thu 28 May, 2:00 pm — Melbourne, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Thu 28 May, 7:00 pm — Melbourne, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Sun 31 May, 2:30 pm — Adelaide, Concordia College Chapel

Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | Magic Flute
24 May 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm AEST

Join Dr Nicholas Milton AM and the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra on an electrifying musical adventure. Mozart’s spectacular Overture to The Magic Flute captures the excitement and grandeur of the composer’s final opera, which tells the story of a prince who overcomes fearsome challenges to marry a princess – with a little help from a magic flute. More than two centuries later, Australian composer Matthew Hindson’s energetic flute concerto House Music redefines what is possible on the instrument.

Hear young German flute superstar Meret Louisa Vogel produce extraordinary effects in a virtuosic masterpiece that will astonish and delight. The concert comes to a serene close with Brahms’ gorgeous Second Symphony, written during a lake-side summer holiday in Pörtschach, just outside Klagenfurt in Austria where Nicholas has spent the past four years as Chief Conductor at the State Opera House.

ARTISTS
Dr Nicholas Milton AM (Chief Conductor and Artistic Director)
Meret Louisa Vogel (Flute)

PROGRAM
Mozart – Overture to The Magic Flute
Matthew Hindson – House Music
Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D, Op.73

CONCERTS
Saturday, 23 May 2026 | 07:00 PM – 09:00 PM
Sunday, 24 May 2026 | 02:00 PM – 04:00 PM

Selby & Friends | The Living Tradition – Turramurra
24 May 2026 @ 2:15 pm - 4:00 pm AEST

The 20th Season of Selby & Friends in its current format opens with a return of two special guests who wowed audiences two years ago – Alexandra Osborne and Clancy Newman.

This dynamic duo joins Kathy for a concert comprising two works that pay tribute to an earlier popular tune and two works that stand on their own as sublime examples of the early Romantic period composed shortly before their authors’ untimely deaths. The trio by Fanny Mendelssohn was requested numerous times by members of our audience along with the Schubert in our audience survey and whilst Beethoven’s cheeky late work has no connection to Australia’s great northern Kakadu National Park,we do open the season with a treat by our own Elena Kats-Chernin.

ARTISTS
Kathryn Selby – Piano
Alexandra Osborne – Violin
Clancy Newman – Cello

PROGRAM
Elena Kats-Chernin – Variation on Schubert Trauerwalzer (2009)
Fanny Mendelssohn – Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11 (1846-47)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Variations on Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu, Op. 121a (1824)
Franz Schubert – Piano Trio No.1 in B-flat major, Op. 99 D. 898 (1827)

CONCERTS

Fri 22 May, 7:00 pm — Canberra, Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
Sat 23 May, 4:00 pm — Bowral, Bowral Memorial Hall
Sun 24 May, 2:15 pm — Turramurra, Turramurra Uniting Church
Mon 25 May, 7:00 pm — Sydney, City Recital Hall
Thu 28 May, 2:00 pm — Melbourne, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Thu 28 May, 7:00 pm — Melbourne, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Sun 31 May, 2:30 pm — Adelaide, Concordia College Chapel

Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | Magic Flute
23 May 2026 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm AEST

Join Dr Nicholas Milton AM and the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra on an electrifying musical adventure. Mozart’s spectacular Overture to The Magic Flute captures the excitement and grandeur of the composer’s final opera, which tells the story of a prince who overcomes fearsome challenges to marry a princess – with a little help from a magic flute. More than two centuries later, Australian composer Matthew Hindson’s energetic flute concerto House Music redefines what is possible on the instrument.

Hear young German flute superstar Meret Louisa Vogel produce extraordinary effects in a virtuosic masterpiece that will astonish and delight. The concert comes to a serene close with Brahms’ gorgeous Second Symphony, written during a lake-side summer holiday in Pörtschach, just outside Klagenfurt in Austria where Nicholas has spent the past four years as Chief Conductor at the State Opera House.

ARTISTS
Dr Nicholas Milton AM (Chief Conductor and Artistic Director)
Meret Louisa Vogel (Flute)

PROGRAM
Mozart – Overture to The Magic Flute
Matthew Hindson – House Music
Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D, Op.73

CONCERTS

Saturday, 23 May 2026 | 07:00 PM – 09:00 PM
Sunday, 24 May 2026 | 02:00 PM – 04:00 PM

Sydney Chamber Choir | In Paradisum
23 May 2026 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm AEST

From the stillness of Baltic and Nordic landscapes to the luminous clarity of Australian skies…
…this program traces a musical journey through faith, light and love.
Sacred works from Estonia, Norway and Sweden — including Arvo Pärt’s Bogoroditse Dyevo, Galina Grigorjeva’s In Paradisum and Edvard Grieg’s Ave Maris Stella — evoke a spirituality that is both intimate and timeless, while Veljo Tormis vividly captures the Estonian light in selections from Autumn Landscapes.
At the heart of the program are two deeply moving pieces for choir and cello — Norwegian Knut Nystedt’s meditative Stabat Mater and Australian Joe Twist’s poignant Lament. In the hands of Julian Smiles, one of Australia’s most distinguished cellists, the cello’s voice will intertwine with the choir, amplifying the humanity and compassion within each score.
Completing this rich musical tapestry are two works offering timely reflections on the importance of love: The Greatest of These by Anne Cawrse, commissioned for our 50th anniversary in 2025, and Sven-David Sandström’s expressive Four Songs of Love.
In Paradisum is a celebration of choral sound at its most radiant — where northern serenity meets southern warmth in music of depth and grace.
ARTISTS

Sydney Chamber Choir
Sam Allchurch – Director
Julian Smiles – Cello

PROGRAM

Edvard Grieg – Ave Maris Stella
Galina Grigorjeva – In Paradisum
Knut Nystedt – Stabat Mater
Arvo Pärt – Bogoroditse Dyevo
Jan Sandström – Det är en ros utsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming)
Sven-David Sandström – Four Songs of Love
Urmis Sisask – Benedictio
Veljo Tormis – Autumn Landscapes
Anne Cawrse – The Greatest of These
Joe Twist – Lament

NSW Doctors Orchestra | Mendelssohn Magic
24 May 2026 @ 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm AEST

NSW Doctors Orchestra presents Mendelssohn Magic at Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium.
This fundraising concert, led by Dr Joanna Drimatis, brings together 90 medical professionals and students from across New South Wales to support health and the arts.

The afternoon features acclaimed violinist Teresa Yang, a NSWDO Instrumental Scholarship recipient, performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor.

The program also includes the Spanish rhythms of Bizet’s Carmen, Catherine Likhuta’s contemporary Australian work Fully Free, and Elgar’s grand Enigma Variations.

All proceeds from the event directly benefit two causes: nurturing young musicians through the Sydney Eisteddfod’s NSWDO Instrumental Scholarship and advancing critical medical research via the Prader Willi Research Foundation Australia.

PROGRAM
Georges Bizet Prelude and Aragonaise from Carmen
Catherine Likhutas Fully Free
Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, MWV O 14
Edward Elgar Enigma Variations

Musicus Medicus, the NSW Doctors Orchestra, is a volunteer-run charity orchestra comprised of doctors and medical students from across NSW, and spanning the whole spectrum of medicine. They come together for yearly fundraising concerts benefiting causes in health and the arts.

The Song Company | Der Schwanengesang – Manuka
23 May 2026 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm AEST

20–24 May Newcastle | Sydney | Canberra | Wollongong
After 25 years shaping The Song Company into one of Australia’s most admired ensembles, Roland Peelman returns to direct a landmark project.

At its centre is Heinrich Schütz’s Der Schwanengesang – a monumental setting of Psalm 119, completed in 1671 as a lasting statement of moral and musical values. Written for two antiphonal quartets, this performance features sixteen voices, revealing a depth of colour, resonance and scale.

Eight core singers from The Song Company are joined by eight artists from the Emerging Artist Program, supported by the Ian Potter Foundation – bringing together unrivalled experience and fresh voices in a powerful act of artistic continuity.

PROGRAM

Heinrich Schütz – Der Schwanengesang

ARTISTS

Guest Director
Roland Peelman

The Song Company
Anna Fraser – Soprano
Susannah Lawergren – Soprano
Hannah Fraser – Alto
William Varga – Alto
Timothy Reynolds – Tenor
Perry Joyce – Tenor
Andrew O’Connor – Bass-Baritone
James Fox – Bass

The Song Company are also joined by eight Emerging Artists in this program, supported by the Ian Potter Foundation



CONCERTS

Wed 20 May, 7pm Newcastle | Christ Church Cathedral
Thu 21 May, 7pm Sydney | St James King Street
Sat 23 May, 7pm Canberra | St Paul’s Church, Manuka
Sun 24 May, 3pm Wollongong | Wollongong Art Gallery

Selby & Friends | The Living Tradition – Bowral
23 May 2026 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm AEST

The 20th Season of Selby & Friends in its current format opens with a return of two special guests who wowed audiences two years ago – Alexandra Osborne and Clancy Newman.

This dynamic duo joins Kathy for a concert comprising two works that pay tribute to an earlier popular tune and two works that stand on their own as sublime examples of the early Romantic period composed shortly before their authors’ untimely deaths. The trio by Fanny Mendelssohn was requested numerous times by members of our audience along with the Schubert in our audience survey and whilst Beethoven’s cheeky late work has no connection to Australia’s great northern Kakadu National Park,we do open the season with a treat by our own Elena Kats-Chernin.

ARTISTS
Kathryn Selby – Piano
Alexandra Osborne – Violin
Clancy Newman – Cello

PROGRAM
Elena Kats-Chernin – Variation on Schubert Trauerwalzer (2009)
Fanny Mendelssohn – Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11 (1846-47)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Variations on Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu, Op. 121a (1824)
Franz Schubert – Piano Trio No.1 in B-flat major, Op. 99 D. 898 (1827)

CONCERTS
Fri 22 May, 7:00 pm — Canberra, Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
Sat 23 May, 4:00 pm — Bowral, Bowral Memorial Hall
Sun 24 May, 2:15 pm — Turramurra, Turramurra Uniting Church
Mon 25 May, 7:00 pm — Sydney, City Recital Hall
Thu 28 May, 2:00 pm — Melbourne, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Thu 28 May, 7:00 pm — Melbourne, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Sun 31 May, 2:30 pm — Adelaide, Concordia College Chapel

Selby & Friends | The Living Tradition – Canberra
22 May 2026 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm AEST

The 20th Season of Selby & Friends in its current format opens with a return of two special guests who wowed audiences two years ago – Alexandra Osborne and Clancy Newman.

This dynamic duo joins Kathy for a concert comprising two works that pay tribute to an earlier popular tune and two works that stand on their own as sublime examples of the early Romantic period composed shortly before their authors’ untimely deaths. The trio by Fanny Mendelssohn was requested numerous times by members of our audience along with the Schubert in our audience survey and whilst Beethoven’s cheeky late work has no connection to Australia’s great northern Kakadu National Park,we do open the season with a treat by our own Elena Kats-Chernin.

ARTISTS
Kathryn Selby – Piano
Alexandra Osborne – Violin
Clancy Newman – Cello

PROGRAM
Elena Kats-Chernin – Variation on Schubert Trauerwalzer (2009)
Fanny Mendelssohn – Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11 (1846-47)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Variations on Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu, Op. 121a (1824)
Franz Schubert – Piano Trio No.1 in B-flat major, Op. 99 D. 898 (1827)

CONCERTS
Fri 22 May, 7:00 pm — Canberra, Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
Sat 23 May, 4:00 pm — Bowral, Bowral Memorial Hall
Sun 24 May, 2:15 pm — Turramurra, Turramurra Uniting Church
Mon 25 May, 7:00 pm — Sydney, City Recital Hall
Thu 28 May, 2:00 pm — Melbourne, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Thu 28 May, 7:00 pm — Melbourne, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre
Sun 31 May, 2:30 pm — Adelaide, Concordia College Chapel

The Song Company | Der Schwanengesang – Wollongong
24 May 2026 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm AEST

20–24 May Newcastle | Sydney | Canberra | Wollongong
After 25 years shaping The Song Company into one of Australia’s most admired ensembles, Roland Peelman returns to direct a landmark project.

At its centre is Heinrich Schütz’s Der Schwanengesang – a monumental setting of Psalm 119, completed in 1671 as a lasting statement of moral and musical values. Written for two antiphonal quartets, this performance features sixteen voices, revealing a depth of colour, resonance and scale.

Eight core singers from The Song Company are joined by eight artists from the Emerging Artist Program, supported by the Ian Potter Foundation – bringing together unrivalled experience and fresh voices in a powerful act of artistic continuity.

PROGRAM
Heinrich Schütz – Der Schwanengesang

ARTISTS
Guest Director
Roland Peelman

The Song Company
Anna Fraser – Soprano
Susannah Lawergren – Soprano
Hannah Fraser – Alto
William Varga – Alto
Timothy Reynolds – Tenor
Perry Joyce – Tenor
Andrew O’Connor – Bass-Baritone
James Fox – Bass

The Song Company are also joined by eight Emerging Artists in this program, supported by the Ian Potter Foundation

CONCERTS
Wed 20 May, 7pm Newcastle | Christ Church Cathedral
Thu 21 May, 7pm Sydney | St James King Street
Sat 23 May, 7pm Canberra | St Paul’s Church, Manuka
Sun 24 May, 3pm Wollongong | Wollongong Art Gallery