Upcoming performances for our Artists in October 2016
Upcoming performances for our Artists in October 2016
Australia
Richard Gill conducts the Sydney Chamber Choir and OrchestraSeventeen88 in Haydn ‘Nelson’ Mass and Symphony no. 104 ‘London’ and Ross Edwards Missa Alchera – Mass of the Dreaming. City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney. 1 October at 19:30.
Australia Piano Quartet perform Mozart Piano Quartet in E-flat K.452, and Piano Quartet in G minor K. 478, and Lachlan Skipworth Piano Quartet (APQ 2016 Commission). The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre. 5 October at 18:00.
Dido and Aeneas with Ensemble Galante and Mopoke Theatre Productions. Elizabeth Campbell: Sorceress. Queen’s Theatre, Adelaide. Opens 7 October, with further performances on 8 October at 19:30 and 9 October at 14:00.
Natalie Aroyan performs some of her best loved arias at Opera in the Vineyards with 4DI. Roche Estate, Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, NSW on 8 October.
The Vow with Handel in the Theatre. Tobias Cole: Director. Andrew Goodwin: Jeptha, Jacqueline Porter: Iphis, Christopher Richardson: Zebul, Tobias Cole: Hamor. The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre. Opens 8 October with a further performance on 9 October.
Richard Gill is at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium for a residency, as part of their silver jubilee celebrations. The residency includes professional development sessions for Northern Rivers teachers, and will culminate in a performance of a specially commissioned work Mark Bromley Silver Jubilee, performed by a combined community orchestra of musical groups from the area. Northern Rivers Conservatorium, Lismore, NSW on 15 October at 20:00. His residency begins on 13 October.
Tobias Cole and Christopher Richardson perform Bach Mass in A Major and Actus Tragicus, and Buxtehude Magnificat with the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. St Mary’s Cathedral. 14 October at 19:30 and 15 October at 20:00.
Australia Piano Quartet perform Mozart Piano Quartet in E-flat major K452, Lachlan Skipworth Polychronic (2016 APQ Commission) and Brahms Piano Quartet no. 3 in C minor Op. 60. Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith, NSW. 15 October at 20:00.
Merlyn Quaife, Sally-Anne Russell and Andrew Goodwin, along with Songmakers Australia, perform Songs to a distant Beloved – featuring the works of Beethoven, Mozart and Schumann, as part of the Art Gallery of NSW’s Resonate series. Grand Courts, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney. 16 October at 19:00.
Genevieve Lacey performs Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House on 16 October at 14:00 and Perth Concert Hall on 19 October at 19:30.
James Crabb gives a Tango music workshop at the Australian National University. Big Band Room, ANU, Canberra. 21 October at 16:30.
Australia Piano Quartet and Andrew Goodwin perform Strauss Morgen (arr. Bernard Rofe for piano quartet and voice), Dean Generations [2016 commission], Schubert Selected Lieder, Schubert Piano Quintet in A Major The Trout D667. Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House. 22 October at 15:00.
The Pearl Fishers with West Australian Opera. Brad Cohen: Conductor. Emma Matthews: Leila, Wade Kernot: Nourabad. His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth. Opens 25 October, with further performances on 27 and 29 October, 1, 3 and 5 November.
Steve Davislim performs Beethoven Symphony no. 9 with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House. 26, 28 and 29 October at 20:00.
Australia Piano Quartet perform Mozart Piano Quartet in E-flat Major K493, Nicholas Vines Dysart’s Changelings and Faure Piano Quartet in C minor op. 15. UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT Building, Sydney. 27 October at 18:30.
Freeze Frame with Debbie Allen Dance Academy. Michael Scott-Mitchell: Scenic Designer. Eisenhower Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Washington DC, USA. Opens 27 October, with further performances on 28 and 29 October at 20:00, 29 and 30 October at 14:00.
Sydney Opera House – The Opera (The Eighth Wonder) with Opera Australia. Samuel Dundas: Politician/Reporter, David Parkin: Ken Mason / Art lover / Aide de Camp. The Forecourt, Sydney Opera House. Opens on 28 October, with further performances on 29 October, 3, 4 and 5 November.
Overseas
Anna Leese performs in From Gallipoli to the Somme with Dunedin Symphony Orchestra. Dunedin Town Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand. 1 October at 19:30.
Fidelio with Bayerisches Staatsoper. Simone Young: Conductor. Bayerisches Staatsoper, Munich, Germany. Opens 1 October with further performances on 4, and 6 October.
Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Messiaen Turangalîla-Symphonie with the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela. Carnegie Hall, New York, USA. 5 October at 20:00.
Pieter Wispelwey and Paolo Giacometti (piano) give a recital of Bach Suite for solo cello no. 2 BWV 1008, Brahms Sonata in E minor Op. 38 and Schubert Fantasy in C Major D.934. Schloss Bonndorf, Bonndorf, Germany. 8 October at 20:00.
Hadleigh Adams performs Creon / Tiresias / The Messenger in Stravinsky Oedipus Rex with the Philharmonia Orchestra of London on their US Tour. Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkley, California, USA. 9 October at 15:00.
Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Saint-Saens Piano Concerto no. 5 ‘Egyptian’ with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing, China on 10 October at 19:30 as part of the Beijing Music Festival, and Shanghai Symphony Hall, Shanghai China on 12 October at 20:00.
Simone Young conducts the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in two programmes at the Stockholms Konserthus, Sweden:
- On 12 October: Berg Seven Early Songs with Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (soprano) and Schumann Symphony no. 4.
- On 13 October: Wagner Overture to Rienzi, Berg Seven Early Songs, Webern Passacaglia and Schumann Symphony no. 4.
David Hansen and the Brodsky Quartet perform Baroque Unwrapped: Encountertenor: Handel ‘Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay’ from The Choice of Hercules, Handel ‘Quella che tutta fé’ from Serse, Bach The Art of Fugue Nos 1 & 6, Roxanna Panufnik Memories of My Father 1: ‘O tu, Andrzej’, Respighi Il tramonto (‘The Sunset’) [1914], Goossens Three Songs, Op. 26, Purcell Fantasia No. 4 in G minor, Z. 735, Paweł Szymański Three Pieces for string quartet, Pergolesi Cantata: Orfeo, P. 115. Hall One, Kings Place, London, United Kingdom. 13 October at 19:30.
Hadleigh Adams performs Mahler Rückert Lieder with Oakland Symphony Orchestra for the season opening gala. Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California, USA. 14 October at 20:00.
Le nozze di Figaro with Wiener Staatsoper. Peter Rose: Don Bartolo. Wiener Staatsoper, Wien, Austria. Opens 15 October, with further performances on 18 and 21 October.
David Hansen performs Apollo in Handel Il Parnasso in Festa with La Cetra Barockorchester Basel. Basel, Switzerland. 19 October.
Simone Young conducts the Göteborg Symphony Orchestra in Brett Dean Testament and Mozart Requiem. Göteborgs Konserthus, Göteborg, Sweden. 21 October at 18:00 and 22 October at 15:00.
La Cenerentola with San Diego Opera. Lindy Hume: Director. San Diego Civic Centre, San Diego, California, USA. Opens 22 October with further performances on 25, 28 and 30 October.
Anna Leese and Jaewoo Kim perform Mendelssohn Lobgesang with the Auckland Choral Society. Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand. 29 October at 19:30.
Pieter Wispelwey performs Lalo Cello Concerto in D minor with Netherlands Philharmonic. Theater de Vest, Alkmaar, Netherlands on 29 October at 20:15, and Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 30 October at 14:15.
Looking ahead to the first week of November
Anna Bolena with Melbourne Opera. Sally-Anne Russell: Jane Seymour. Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, opening on 2 November with further performances on 5 and 9 November, and at Monash University on 12 November.
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, Japan. 3 November at 14:00.
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.
Peter Rose performs Beethoven Missa Solemnis with London Philharmonic Orchestra. Royal Festival Hall, London, UK. 5 November at 19:30.
Announcements
Congratulations to Lindy Hume who launches her 2017 season at OperaQ on 21 October. For all the details please visit the OperaQ website, and to read about our artists who are involved please also visit the ArtsManagement website.
Congratulations to Brad Cohen who launches his 2017 season at West Australian Opera on 26 October. For all the details please visit the West Australian Opera website, and to read about our artists who are involved, please also visit the ArtsManagement website.