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The White Hat Guide to Classical Music in Adelaide & South Australia
Below is a listing of classical music concerts and performances in Adelaide and South Australia. . | You may also choose to list concerts featuring particular composers or instruments by using the drop-down menus below. | | | |
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Tea and Symphony
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A series of one-hour concerts of popular classics, complete with morning tea
to follow. This series proved a hit in 2007 with sell out concerts every time so
make sure you don’t miss out in 2008 when the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
presents this wonderful classical matinee experience. Concerts are at 10.30am
and 1pm.
Wednesday 19 March 2008
Wednesday 16 July 2008
Wednesday 3 September 2008
Wednesday 3 December 2008 |
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Hidden Passion
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The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra with Arvo Volmer (conductor) and Kirill
Gerstein (piano) perform:
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Tribute to Duke Ellington
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The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra with James Morrison (trumpet), Joe Chindamo (piano), Phil Stack (bass) and John Morrison (drums) present the quintessential celebration of the music of the one and only Duke, with specially-commissioned arrangements of evergreen favourites and a selection of Ellington’s own orchestral music. |
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Jerusalem Quartet
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Musica Viva presents the Jerusalem Quartet performing:
- Ravel String
Quartet in F major, op 34
- Richard Mills String Quartet no 3 (2008)
- Smetana String
Quartet no 1 in E minor, From My Life
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ASO Plays Pink Floyd
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Following three sold out nights in 2006, the highly innovative ASO Plays Pink
Floyd returns with a brand new production which revisits the glory of the
original but features more new songs. Built on the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s
highly successful seasons of Zeppelin Flies Again and ASO Plays Queen, the
concert will combine the full power of the ASO with rock musicians and singers
to perform Floyd classics including Another Brick in the Wall, Comfortably
Numb, Learning to Fly and Wish You Were Here on stage at the Festival
Theatre. |
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Sensuous & Joyful
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The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra with Otto Tausk (conductor) and Amy Dickson
(saxophone) perform:
- Chausson
Viviane
- Philip Glass Violin Concerto (arr. by the composer for
soprano saxophone)
- Dvořák
Symphony No. 8
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Grainger Quartet - Night at the Opera
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In the third concert of their 2008 series, the Grainger Quartet perform:
- Berg String
Quartet op 3
- Mozart String
Quartet in E flat major, KV 428
- Puccini
Crisantemi
- Verdi String
Quartet in E minor
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7pm, Saturday 8 November 2008 |
Elder Hall, University of Adelaide
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Bookings: 1300 365 266 |
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Australian Chamber Orchestra - Euphoric
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The Australian Chamber Orchestra with Richard Tognetti (Artistic Director and
Lead Violin) and Timo-Veikko Valve (Cello) perform:
- Prokofiev
Classical Symphony, Op.25 (Symphony No.1)
- Brahms Concerto
for Violin and Cello, Op.102, in A minor
- Beethoven
Symphony No.8, Op.93 in F major
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Hesperion XXI
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Musica Viva presents Hesperion XXI performing works by Tobias Hume,
Marin Marais, Tarquinio Merula and Diego Ortiz, traditional
and ancient melodies and dances from the Orient and Occident and new songs and
improvisations created by Arianna and Ferran Savall. |
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Australian String Quartet - Cantilena
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The Australian String Quartet perform:
- Richard Meale Cantilena Pacifica from String Quartet no 2
(1987)
- Schubert
String Quartet in A minor D804 "Rosamunde"
- Tchaikovsky
String Quartet no 1 in D major op 11
The prices below are for single concerts and
may involve additional booking service fees. For most Australian String Quartet
performances, single ticket sales are available from 4 February 2008 but in many
cases savings may be made by purchasing a season ticket |
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7pm, Tuesday 18 November 2008 |
Adelaide Town Hall
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$55 / $41 concession / $20 student |
Bookings: 131 246 |
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Triumphant Spirit
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The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra with Arvo Volmer (conductor) and Ewa Kupiec
(piano) perform:
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Forthcoming EventsThese events are ones which have run in the past and we expect to run in the future. As yet we do not have confirmed details, dates and contact details. | | These events are ones which have run in the past and we expect to run in the future. As yet we do not have confirmed details, dates and contact details. |
| Page last updated: | 25 August, 2008 | | URL:
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