Upcoming performances for our Artists in October 2017

Upcoming performances for our Artists in October 2017

Australia
Don Pasquale with State Opera of South Australia and Elder Conservatorium. Andrew Collis: Don Pasquale. The Opera Studio, State Opera of South Australia, Netley, SA. Opens 5 October, with further performances on 6 and 7 October.
 
Roland Peelman conducts the Sydney Chamber Choir in Dido and Aeneas – a program of Monteverdi Lamento d’Arianna, Litany of the Blessed Virgin, Lamento della Ninfa, Gesualdo Madrigals and Purcell Dido and Aeneas. Great Hall, The University of Sydney. 7 October at 19:30. 
 
Sally-Anne Russell performs Brahms Alto Rhapsody, and Sally-Anne Russell, Robert Macfarlane and Christopher Tonkin perform Haydn Nelson Mass with the Victoria Choral, Ballarat Choral Society and Art of Sound Orchestra. St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne on 7 October at 19:30, and St Patrick’s College Chapel, Ballarat on 8 October at 14:30.
 
For Victorian Opera’s 2017 Regional Victoria Tour:

• Heroes and Villains. Richard Mills: Conductor. Olivia Cranwell. Heroes and Villains is features some of opera’s most recognisable, loved and loathed characters, including music from Don Giovanni, Madama Butterfly, The Magic Flute, Rigoletto, La bohème and Carmen. Mildura Arts Centre on 7 October at 19:30 | The Capital, Bendigo on 14 October at 19:30 | ESSO BHP Billiton Wellington Entertainment Centre (The Wedge), Sale on 28 October at 19:30. 

• Hansel and Gretel. Richard Mills: Conductor. Olivia Cranwell: Mother/Angel/Child. Mildura Arts Centre on 9 October at 10:30 and 13:00 | The Capital, Bendigo on 13 October at 10:30 and 13:30 | ESSO BHP Billiton Wellington Entertainment Centre (The Wedge), Sale on 28 October at 10:30 and 13:00 (Schools performances only). 

• Gordon Kerry’s The Snow Queen. Richard Mills: Conductor. Olivia Cranwell: Gerda. The Cube, Wodonga, Victoria on 3 and 4 November at 19:30. 

The Healers. Andrew Goodwin: The Wounded Soldier. The Healers is a pocket opera, about the role of women in WW1, how they healed men, broken by violence, through love. It is a program of Australian premieres of works by composers who served or volunteered in the medical services, along with works by soldiers who were wounded or killed. Music by Chaminade, Moeran, Boulnois, Roger-Ducasse, Coles, Halphen, Hahn, Gurney, Kelly, Bliss, Nadia and Lili Boulanger plus Schubert and Sibelius. High Court of Australia, Parkes, Canberra, ACT. 10 October at 19:00. 

Aldo Di Toro gives a lunchtime recital of Italian and English Songs, with Thomas Johnson (piano) for West Australian Opera. Cloisters Square, Perth. 11 October at 12:30.

Li-Wei Qin performs Saint-Saens Cello Concerto no. 1 with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Perth Concert Hall, Perth, Western Australia. 12 October at 11:00, 13 and 14 October at 19:30.

Two Weddings, One Bride with Opera Australia. John Bolton Wood: Philippe. Playhouse, Sydney Opera House. Season 3 opens 12 October, running until 22 October. Performances Tuesday – Sunday each week, with two performances on Wednesdays.

Andrew Goodwin performs Elgar The Dream of Gerontius with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House. 19 October at 20:00 and 21 October at 14:00.

Genevieve Lacey Curates and performs in Taking Flight, with Paul Kildea conducting the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Taking Flight is inspired by the song of the Pied Butcherbirds of Central Australian deserts to the Whooper Swans of the Arctic Circle, Genevieve Lacey creates a listening experience that collapses time and expands our sense of space. From Jean-Féry Rebel’s 18th-century depiction of chaos preceding creation, through to the World Premiere of Hollis Taylor’s Absolute Bird, this is a lyrical program of poetic imaginings. Grainger Studio, Adelaide. 21 October at 20:00.

Madama Butterfly with Opera Australia. Moffatt Oxenbould: Original Direction. Hyeseoung Kwon: Cio-cio-san*, Sian Pendry: Suzuki~. Capitol Theatre, Sydney. Opens 24 October, with further performances on 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31 October, 1, 2 and 4 (matinée and evening) November. *25, 27 and 29 October, 1 and 4 (evening) November.  ~24, 26, 28 and 31 October, 2 and 4 (matinée) November.

The Australia Piano Quartet perform Edwards Seastars (2017 APQ Commission) and Taneyev Piano Quartet in E major Op. 20. UTS Building 11, UTS, Ultimo, Sydney. 26 October at 18:30.

Lucia di Lammermoor with West Australian Opera. Brad Cohen: Conductor. Emma Pearson: Lucia, Samuel Dundas: Enrico, Aldo Di Toro: Edgardo, Wade Kernot: Raimondo. His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth. Opens 26 October, with further performances on 28 October, 2 and 4 November.

James Crabb performs Beamish Takes Two and Gubaidulina In Croce with Gemma Tomlinson (cello / Curator) for She Speaks: Voice of Nations at the Australian National Academy of Music. South Melbourne Town Hall. 27 October at 19:00.

Genevieve Lacey performs at the Tasmanian Chamber Music Festival:

• On 28 October at 11:00 with Marshall McGuire (harp), at St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Evandale, Tasmania: John Playford Suite from The Dancing Master: (Mr) Isaac’s maggot, Newcastle, Hey ho my honey, Thomas Morley Il Lamento from Nine Fantasias for Two Instruments, John Playford Never Love the More, Haphazard, John Banister A Division on a Ground, Anonymous 14th century O Virgo Splendens from Libre Vermell de Montserrat, Arvo Part Pari Itervallo, Francesco Landini Ecco la primavera, Andrew Ford Birthday of my Life from Learning to Howl, Hollis Taylor Green Lake, Victoria, Emily and Jessie Gaps from Absolute Bird, Peter Sculthorpe Koori Dreaming, Felix Mendelssohn Scheidend, Alphonse Hasselmans La Source, Camille Saint-Saens Le Rossignol et la Rose, Domenico Scarlatti Sonata K491, Gottfried Finger Division upon a Ground.
• On 28 October at 19:30 with Van Diemen’s Band, at Falls Pavillion, Evandale, Tasmania: Corelli Concerto Grosso in D major Opus 6 No. 4, Sammartini Concerto for Recorder in F major, Dall’Abaco Concerto Grossi à piu instrumenti Opus 5. No.2 in G major, Fiorenza Concerto for 3 violins in A minor, Vivaldi Concerto for Recorder in C major 443, Corelli Concerto Grosso Opus 6 No. 8 in G minor

Esther with Handel in the Theatre. Tobias Cole: Director. Janet Todd: Esther, Sally-Anne Russell: Mordecai, Tobias Cole: King. Canberra Playhouse. Opens 28 October at 19:30, with one further performance on 29 October at 14:00.

Emma Matthews, Jacqueline Dark (mezzo soprano) and Tahu Matheson (piano) give a recital of a selection of operatic arias and songs including Rossini, Hoffman, Mozart and Handel as well as a music theatre exploration, for Recitals Australia. UKARIA Cultural Centre, Mount Barker, South Australia. 29 October at 14:30.

 
Overseas
Der Spieler with Wiener Staatsoper. Simone Young: Conductor. Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria. Opens 4 October, with further performances on 7, 10, 14, 17 and 20 October.
 
Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Liszt Piano Concerto no. 2 with the San Diego Symphony. Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California, USA. 6 and 7 October at 20:00
 
Pelléas and Mélisande with Wiener Staatsoper. Peter Rose: Arkel. Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria. 12 October, with further performances on 15, 18 and 21 October.
 
Sally-Anne Russell performs Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. Air Force Museum of New Zealand, Wigram, New Zealand. 14 October at 19:30.
 
The Barber of Seville with Seattle Opera. Lindy Hume: Director. McCaw Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA. Opens 14 October, with further performances on 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25 and 28 October.
 
Bernhard Lang after Wagner Mondparsifal Beta 9-23 with Berliner Festspiele. Simone Young: Conductor. Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, Germany. Opens 15 October, with further performances on 16 and 18 October.

Alcina with Bolshoi Theatre. David Hansen: Ruggiero.  Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia. Opens 18 October, with further performances on 20, 22, 24 and 28 October.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Ravel Piano Concert for the left hand with Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. 19, 20 and 21 October at 19:30 and 22 October at 14:30.

Caitlin Hulcup and Lada Valesova (piano) give a recital, The End of Romanticism for the Oxford Lieder Festival. Their programme features lieder by Schoenberg, Zemlinsky, Korngold and Berg. Holywell Music Room, Oxford, England. 20 October at 13:10.
 
Simone Young conducts the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme of Berg Seven Early Songs and Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem (Elza van den Heever, soprano and Daniel Schmutzhard, baritone). Musiikkitalo, Konserttisali, Helsinki, Finland. 25 and 26 October at 19:00.

Peter Rose performs Berlioz Roméo et Juliette with Balthasar-Neumann-Chor and Sinfonieorchester Basel. Theater Basel, Basel, Switzerland on 25 and 27 October at 19:30 and Konzerthaus Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany on 27 October at 19:30.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Saint-Saens Piano Concerto no. 5 “Egyptian” with Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore, Singapore. 27 October at 19:30.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Saint-Saens Piano Concerto no. 5 “Egyptian” with Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Petronas Philharmonic Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 28 October at 20:30 and 20 October at 15:00.


Looking ahead to the first week of November 2017
Jacqueline Porter performs Beethoven Symphony no. 9 with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne. 2 and 3 November at 20:00.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Bernstein Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety” with San Francisco Symphony. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, USA. 2 and 3 November at 20:00 and 5 November at 14:00.

Simone Young conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a programme of Dean Testament, Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major (Jonathan Biss, piano), Beamish Piano Concert no. 3 “City Stanzas” and Elgar Enigma Variations. The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England. 4 November at 19:30.


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