Upcoming performances for our Artists in November 2016

Upcoming performances for our Artists in November 2016
 
Australia

A flea in her ear with Sydney Theatre Company. Nick Schlieper: Lighting Designer. Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House. Opens 4 November, running until 17 December.

Anna Bolena with Melbourne Opera. Sally-Anne Russell: Jane Seymour. Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne. 5 November with further performances on 9 November, and at Monash University on 12 November.

Speed the Plow with Sydney Theatre Company. Nick Schlieper: Lighting Designer. Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay. Opens 12 November, running until 17 December.

Tosca with State Opera of South Australia. John Bolton Wood: Sacristan, Pelham Andrews: Sciarrone. Adelaide Festival Theatre. Opens 12 November, with further performances on 15, 17 and 19 November.

Andrew Goodwin performs Handel Messiah with Sydney University Graduate Choir and guest choirs. Sydney Town Hall. 13 November at 15:00.

The Nutcracker with West Australian Ballet. Jon Buswell: Lighting Designer. His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth. Opens 18 November, running until 11 December.

Elizabeth Campbell and David Barnard (piano) give a recital Some Favourite Things, including works of Bach, Brahms and more. Ukaria Cultural Centre, Mount Barker, South Australia. 19 November at 16:00.
 
Sumi Jo, Sally-Anne Russell and Richard Troxell perform selections of operatic favourites at Voices in the Forest, conducted by Roland Peelman. Llewellyn Hall, ANU Arts Centre, Canberra. 19 November at 18:30.
 
Stuart Skelton performs excerpts from Wagner Tristan und Isolde with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Federation Concert Hall, Hobart. 19 November at 19:30.
 
Merlyn Quaife performs Haydn Nelson Mass for St Francis Church. St Francis Church, Melbourne. 20 November at 11:00.
 
Sally-Anne Russell and Louise Scott (piano) give a recital as a tribute to Lauris Elms, for Hunters Hill Music. Hunters Hill Town Hall, Sydney. 20 November at 14:30.  

Der Ring des Nibelungen with Opera Australia. Michael Honeyman: Donner, Hyeseoung Kwon: Freia and Helmwige, Jane Ede: Wellgunde, Olivia Cranwell: Ortlinde, Sian Pendry: Waltraute, Roxane Hislop: Rossweisse, Luke Gabbedy: Gunther.
Cycle 1: Das Rheingold 21 November | Die Walküre 23 November | Siegfried 25 November | Götterdämmerung 28 November.
Cycle 2: Das Rheingold 30 November | Die Walküre 2 December | Siegfried 5 December | Götterdämmerung 7 December.
Cycle 3: Das Rheingold 9 December | Die Walküre 12 December | Siegfried 14 December | Götterdämmerung 16 December. State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne.
 
Jacqueline Porter and Aura Go (piano) give a recital Songs my Mother taught me: folksongs and fairytales from many lands, featuring music by Britten, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Wolf, Bartok, Merikanto, Grieg and Ives. The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre. 23 November at 18:00.
 
James Crabb performs at the Huntington Estate Music Festival for Musica Viva, at Huntington Estate, Mudgee, NSW.

• 23 November at 19:00 - James and the Goldner Quartet perform Piazzolla Three Tango Sensations
• 24 November at 11:30 – James performs Rameau Selection of Keyboard Works, Bent Sørensen Looking on Darkness
• 24 November at 19:00 – James and the Australian National Academy of Music Chamber      Orchestra (director Sophie Rowell) perform Sallinen Chamber Music V ‘Barabbas Variations’
• 25 November at 11:30 – James and the Goldner String Quartet perform David Nelson My Inner Disco and Dvorak Five Bagatelles op. 47.
• 26 November at 11:30 – James, and Julian Smiles perform Bloch From Jewish Life: no. 1 ‘Prayer’ and K. Rofelt Light Falling
• 27 November at 11:00 – James performs K. Aho Sonata no. 2 ‘Black Birds’

 
Nicholas Carter conducts Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Amanda Forsythe (cello) and Angela Cheng (piano) and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven Triple Concerto. Adelaide Town Hall. 25 and 26 November at 19:30.
 
Stuart Skelton performs Wagner Rienzi: Allmächt’ger Vater, Die Meistersinger: Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein (Walter’s Prize Song), Parsifal: Nur eine Waffe taugt and Walküre: Winterstürme with Asher Fisch and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Perth Concert Hall. 25 and 26 November at 19:30.
 
Jacqueline Porter and Sally-Anne Russell perform Handel Judas Maccabeus with Heidelberg Choral Society. Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School Performing Arts Centre, Melbourne. 26 November at 19:30.
 
Australia Piano Quartet perform Mozart Piano Quartet in E flat major, K. 493, Elliott Gyger Shell Chambers and Faure Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15. Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House. 26 November at 15:00.
 
Theodora with Pinchgut Opera. Lindy Hume: Director. Caitlin Hulcup: Irene, Andrew Collis: Valens. City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney. Opens 30 November, with further performances on 1, 3, 6 December at 19:00, and 4 December at 17:00.


Overseas

Genevieve Lacey performs Vivaldi Concerto for Recorder and Orchestra RV 443 and Elena Kats-Chernin Movements from Re-Inventions for Recorder and Orchestra with the Kymi Sinfonietta. Kotka Concert Hall, Kotka, Finland on 2 November at 19:00 and Kuusankoski Hall, Kuusankoski, Finland on 3 November at 19:00.

Simone Young conducts Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in Dvořák Cello Concerto with Alisa Weilerstein, and Brahms Symphony no. 4 in E minor, Op.98. Kawasaki Symphony Hall, Tokyo, on 3 November at 14:00 | Suntory Hall, Tokyo on 5 November at 18:00 | Ryutopia Concert Hall, Niigata, on 6 November.

Peter Rose performs Beethoven Missa Solemnis with London Philharmonic Orchestra. Royal Festival Hall, London, UK. 5 November at 19:30.

Robert Macfarlane performs Telemann Der aus der Löwengrube errettete Daniel with Göttinger Barockorchester. Buchhandlung Grosse, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany. 5 November at 19:00.

Genevieve Lacey performs Erkki-Sven Tüür Whistles and Whispers from Uluru with the Tapiola Symphonietta. Tapiola Hall, Espoo Cultural Centre, Espoo, Finland. 11 November at 19:00.

Simone Young conducts the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra in Brahms Tragic Overture, Schicksalslied and Symphony no. 2. Osaka Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan. 11 November at 19:00 and 12 November at 15:00.

Anita Watson performs Mozart Requiem and Vesperae solennes de confessore with Derby Choral Union. Derby Cathedral, Derby, United Kingdom. 12 November at 19:30.

Robert Macfarlane performs Handel Judas Maccabeus with Berliner Kantorei. Grunewaldkirche, Berlin, Germany. 12 November at 18:00.

Pieter Wispelwey and Paolo Giacometti (piano) give a recital of Beethoven Sonata no. 5  Op.102/2, Schubert Arpeggione Sonata, Schumann Stücke im Volkston Op. 102 and Franck Cello Sonata in A major. Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 13 November at 15:30.

Anita Watson performs Brahms Requiem with the Royal Tunbridge Wells Choral Society. Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom. 13 November at 15:00.

Anita Watson performs Mendelssohn Elijah with the Peterborough Choral Society. Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, United Kingdom. 19 November at 19:30.

Ariadne auf Naxos with Oper Leipzig, and Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation with Nissay Theatre. Simone Young: Conductor. Nissay Theatre, Tokyo, Japan. Opens 23 November, with further performances on 24, 26 and 27 November.

Anita Watson performs Verdi Requiem with The Angmering Chorale. Arundel Cathedral, Arundel, United Kingdom. 26 November at 19:30.

David Hansen performs the role of Apollo in Il Parnasso in Festa with La Cetra Barockorchester Basel. Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 12 November.


Looking ahead to the first week of December 2016

Simone Young conducts Stuart Skelton and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Wagner Parsifal Excerpts from Act II, and Bruckner Symphony no. 9. Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne. 1 and 3 December at 20:00.
 
Nicholas Carter conducts the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in Messiaen Le Tombeau resplendissant, Sibelius Violin Concerto Grace Clifford, violin) and Berlioz Symphony Fantastique. Adelaide town Hall. 2 December at 20:00 and 3 December at 18:30.
 
Sian Pendry and Luke Gabbedy perform opera favourites in Mazda Opera in the Bowl for Opera Australia. Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne. 3 December at 20:00.
 
Richard Gill conducts Lismore Symphony Orchestra in Handel Messiah for The Byron Music Society. Lismore City Hall, Lismore, NSW. 4 December at 15:00.
 
Penelope Mills and Andrew Goodwin perform Haydn The Creation with the Sydney University Graduate Choir. Great Hall, Sydney University. 4 December at 17:00.
 
The Tales of Hoffman with Dresden Semperoper. Peter Rose: The Four Villains. Dresden Semperoper, Dresden, Germany. Opens 4 December, with further performances on 7, 10, 16, 19, 23 December, 2 and 7 January.
  

Announcements

James Crabb has been announced as Artistic Director of the Four Winds Festival. James will lead a year-round program of activities, as well the biennial Easter Festival. 

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