Three composers from the Baroque era exploit the technical and expressive capabilities of solo instruments to the full, including excerpts from one of J S Bach’s profound and extraordinary Suites for unaccompanied cello.

The two stunning soprano voices of Kate Macfarlane and Emma Horwood together with harpsichordist Anne Whelan combine with delicacy and grace to perform Baroque duets by Cozzolani, Strozzi, Monteverdi and Händel, and the Baroque masterpiece “Troisième Leçon de Ténèbre” (1714) by François Couperin written for the nuns of the Abbaye de Longchamps.

Chamber Music Adelaide presents Perspectives: four brand new chamber works by South Australian composers written especially for South Australian musicians. Created as part of a Cultural Strategic Partnership with the City of Adelaide, these compositions are framed in concert with works spanning chamber music’s rich history.

'A weekend of fine chamber music' - The Coriole Music Festival is an immersive two days of beautiful chamber music, with meals and wine included.

A mix of dances from solo works by J S Bach originally for flute and violin transposed agreeably into F major to suit the recorder’s range, and dance movements from one of his profound and extraordinary Suites for unaccompanied cello. Bellinzani’s Variations on La Folia are a set of inventive and brilliant renditions on the theme.

Iconic Australian ensemble, the Goldner String Quartet in their farewell season, joins our Artistic Director for this stunning program of favourites. Beginning with a rarely played early Mozart Piano Concerto in the composer’s own arrangement for piano and string quartet followed by Tchaikovsky’s stirring string quartet in D, the concert concludes with one of the greatest of all piano quintets by Shostakovich. This is a program not to be missed as we say goodbye to an important Australian icon in a special celebration of old friends.

Music from J S Bach beautiful partitas - a suite for solo keyboard, and an assemblage of movements adapted for recorder from Bach’s works for various solo instruments, each defined by distinctive rhythmic motifs, and imparting a gentle fluidity. His remarkable Sonata BWV 1030 is composed for obbligato harpsichord and in this reconstruction in G minor, baroque oboe takes the melody line.

A unique concert event exploring the fascinating mix of musical cultures along the Mediterranean in the medieval and early renaissance period, with special guests Aaron Brown (violin/rebec) and his ‘Early Modern Trio’, and santur player Maryam Rahmani in conjunction with Nexus Arts.

A unique concert event exploring the fascinating mix of musical cultures along the Mediterranean in the medieval and early renaissance period, with special guests Aaron Brown (violin/rebec) and his ‘Early Modern Trio’, and santur player Maryam Rahmani in conjunction with Nexus Arts.

Pushing the boundaries of the genre, Beethoven and Korngold take the string quartet to new frontiers with these ground-breaking works.

Pushing the boundaries of the genre, Beethoven and Korngold take the string quartet to new frontiers with these ground-breaking works.

An S&F favourite, violinist Natalie Chee returns in 2024 for a brilliant and unusual program featuring Beethoven’s mighty ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata with Kathryn Selby. Accomplished performer and mentor Lloyd Van’t Hoff opens the program with what is considered the greatest work composed for clarinet and piano with Brahms’ second sonata followed by two of the most popular and extraordinary works for violin

‘An ungrateful instrument’ is the title of award- winning Adelaide author, Michael Meehan’s latest book. It is a novel of many themes but central is the struggle between Baroque musicians Antoine Forqueray and his son Jean- Baptiste, perhaps the greatest instrumentalists of their day and both in their times child prodigies to the court of Louis XIV.

We take the music of those two protagonists and the court of Louis XIV, one of the richest epochs of French music in any age with selections from Lully, Couperin, Charpentier and Marais to illuminate readings from the book by Michael.

‘An ungrateful instrument’ is the title of award- winning Adelaide author, Michael Meehan’s latest book. It is a novel of many themes but central is the struggle between Baroque musicians Antoine Forqueray and his son Jean- Baptiste, perhaps the greatest instrumentalists of their day and both in their times child prodigies to the court of Louis XIV.

We take the music of those two protagonists and the court of Louis XIV, one of the richest epochs of French music in any age with selections from Lully, Couperin, Charpentier and Marais to illuminate readings from the book by Michael.

Beethoven once again features prominently in this incredibly diverse program featuring two of our favourite guest artists – Susie Park and Timo-Veikko Valve. The highlight of this program is a work that wowed audiences when programmed once before – Beethoven’s virtuosic Triple Concerto in Reinecke’s stunning arrangement for piano trio.

In this program, Nicholas Pollock performs music from early 17th century Italy on the sublime and enchanting theorbo. The programs focuses on the works of three of the most significant composers for the theorbo: Kapsperger, Castaldi and Piccinini. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear some of the most beautiful and inspiring music from one of the most neglected repertoires.

What greater way to celebrate the joy of music than with two of the most popular masterworks from two of the greatest of Baroque composers: Handel’s “Ode for St Cecilia’s Day”, HWV 76 and Bach’s Cantata “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen”, BWV 51 in the glorious acoustic of St Peter’s Cathedral.

Our 2024 Season closes with a stunning and fascinating program of contrasting elements – from Spain to France, Latvia to Germany, this concert shines with national pride, fervour and melody and gives us insight into the incredible development over a short space of time of the genre of chamber music and, in particular, the piano trio.