Concert Diary
Upcoming Events from Member Ensembles
Adelaide Baroque // Handel's Messiah
Handel’s music is eternal, optimistic, lively, and given fresh life in this invigorating and inspiring performance. What Christmas is complete without the joyous music of “For unto us a child is Born”, the Hallelujah Chorus, and the resounding final Amen? And no more fitting venue than the beautiful surrounds of St Peter’s Cathedral.
Stories in Song // Nathan May // Adelaide Baroque
A powerful evening of story and song with singer-songwriter Nathan May, a chamber music concert that blurs the lines between contemporary country, folk and Baroque traditions. In a collaboration with genre-defying violinist, Julian Ferraretto and Adelaide Baroque string quartet. Directed by Chris Drummond. Created with the support of Create SA, Chamber Music Adelaide and Nexus Arts. Presented by Chamber Music Adelaide.
Stories in Song // Nathan May // Adelaide Baroque // March
A powerful evening of story and song with singer-songwriter Nathan May, a chamber music concert that blurs the lines between contemporary country, folk and Baroque traditions. In a collaboration with genre-defying violinist, Julian Ferraretto and Adelaide Baroque string quartet. Directed by Chris Drummond. Created with the support of Create SA, Chamber Music Adelaide and Nexus Arts. Presented by Chamber Music Adelaide.
Recitals Australia // End of Year Celebration
Join Recitals Australia for a celebration of our 2025 achievements, with a concert afternoon featuring all six of their Elder Conservatorium Fellows!
One Night Only // Mardi McSullea & Michael Ierace
World renown flautist Mardi McSullea has performed as concerto soloist with Brandenburg Orchestra and New Jersey Percussion Ensemble; the New York Metropolitan Opera Summer Orchestra, New York Pops, Astra Chamber Ensemble (Australia) and ABC live broadcasts.
Accompanied by Adelaide pianist Michael Ierace.
Raise You // Adelaide Chamber Singers
Adelaide Chamber Singers’ Rising Voices will help you end the year on a musical high as they lift our voices to ‘raise you’ with music of emotional power and inspiration. Conducted by Carl Crossin.
Meditation Concert with Collectif: Arc en Ciel
This concert is no longer open for bookings.
Adelaide Baroque // The Mad Lover
Kate Macfarlane | Soprano
Hannah Lane | Baroque Harp
Nick Pollock | Theorbo
Kate Macfarlane and Ensemble 642 (Hannah Lane – baroque harp, Nicholas Pollock – lutes) return to Adelaide to explore the highly expressive mad songs of seventeenth century England. The program draws on the poetry, music and drama of this intriguing genre, interspersing contemporary readings and folk song to evoke the tumult of the human mind, and the dramatic intensity brought on by madness, longing and love.
Adelaide Baroque // An Italian Carnevale
Adelaide Baroque House Concert: Exuberance and imagination in early string music from Venice, Bologna and Florence: Marini, Vitali, Buonamente and more!
Chamber Music Adelaide // MOD. // Perspectives on Forever
Two stunning new chamber works premiere within MOD.’s Forever exhibition, where composers have worked alongside museum researchers to explore themes of time, memory, and transformation through music. Commissioned by Chamber Music Adelaide in partnership with MOD. and supported by Create SA.
David Kotlowy | sometimes
For Guzheng and Baroque String Trio
Amelia Rooney | THE TREES ARE TURNING OFF!
For String Trio and Live Electronics
Adelaide Cantata Band // Hope and Triumph
Join Adelaide Cantata Band in an evening of stunning 18th-century Bach masterworks at Bethlehem Lutheran Church this November.
Indulge in a sublime melting-pot of emotion and intellect, expressed through some of the most stunning music ever written for voices and instruments – Bach’s iconic cantatas, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 140), with its beloved chorale “Sleepers, Wake,” and Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (BWV 80), a stirring work for Reformation Day.
With acclaimed bass-baritone Nicholas Dinopoulos alongside an elite chamber choir, three Baroque oboes, and virtuoso violinist Runa Baagøe, this is a celebration of Baroque brilliance not to be missed.
Adelaide Baroque // The Alehouse Sessions
Adelaide Baroque House Concert: Swing to the sounds of 18th century taverns in the British Isles: John Playford, James Oswald and some Italian friends...
Celebrate You // Adelaide Chamber Singers
Adelaide Chamber Singers celebrate 40 years in 2025 with an equally grand offering. Forty for 40. Forty singers, forty parts. Thomas Tallis’ 40-part motet Spem in alium performed alongside a commissioned major work in 40 parts by Carl Crossin. Featuring members of Rising Voices and former-ACS singers conducted by Christie Anderson.
Bowerbird Collective // Hope is the thing with feathers at Coriole
Join the Bowerbird Collective and soprano Bethany Hill as they take you on an musical journey into forests, under water, and across the lands.
Repertoire includes works by Vaughan Williams, Handel, Charpentier and Purcell, as well as Jodie O'Regan (SA), Karine Polwart and charming trad tunes.
Nexus Live and CMA // Nathan May: Stories in Song
Join us for a powerful evening of story and song with singer-songwriter Nathan May, as he premiers a new chamber music concert that blurs the lines between contemporary country, folk and Baroque traditions. In a collaboration with genre-defying violinist, Julian Farraretto and Adelaide Baroque string quartet, Nathan’s intimate songs – centred on connection to country, family and truth-telling – are reimagined through rich string textures, improvisation, and immersive staging by director, Chris Drummond.
Bowerbird Collective // Hope is the thing with feathers
Join The Bowerbird Collective and soprano Bethany Hill as they take you on a musical journey into forests, under water, and across the lands.
Repertoire includes works by Vaughan Williams, Handel, Charpentier and Purcell, as well as Jodie O'Regan (SA), Karine Polwart and charming trad tunes.
Waterfalls and Wellsprings // Coruscalia Collective
Flute ensemble Coruscalia Collective explores the connection between music and water in this program of classical and contemporary works that spans centuries. The program includes works by Australian composers May Howlett, Christopher Sainsbury and Karen De Nardi, as well as arrangements of Handel's Water Music and Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture.
Presented as part of the 2025 Nature Festival
Adelaide Baroque Academy Student and Faculty Concert
The second of two Adelaide Baroque Academy concerts features the outstanding academy faculty performing alongside the academy students and joined by the high school students for a grand finale performing the music of Handel, Hasse, Avison, Rebel, Vivaldi and Dall'Abaco.
Adelaide Baroque Academy Faculty Concert
The first of two Adelaide Baroque Academy concerts features the outstanding academy faculty in music showcasing the virtuosic fire of the Baroque. Music by Bach, Handel, Telemann, Geminiani, and Schmelzer.
Stories in Song // Nathan May and Friends
Join us for a powerful afternoon of story and song with singer-songwriter Nathan May, as he premieres a new chamber music concert that blurs the lines between contemporary country, folk and Baroque traditions. In a collaboration with genre-defying violinist Julian Ferraretto and Adelaide Baroque string quartet, Nathan’s intimate songs—centred on connection to country, family and truth-telling—are reimagined through rich string textures and improvisation.
Relaxation Concert // Arc En Ciel
Step into a slow, immersive sound journey where nature, music and deep listening intertwine. Inspired by synesthesia - the blending of senses, like seeing colour in sound - this serene performance invites you to relax, wander, and reconnect through a richly textured live soundscape.
Candelit Concert // Three to Tango
Kegelstatt Ensemble
This intimate performance brings together flute, viola, and guitar in a program that explores musical encounters across time. Works by Kapeller and Kreutzer offer classical elegance, contrasted with the rhythmic vitality of Piazzolla’s Histoire du Tango and the expressive depth of Frederic Hand’s Samatureya. Interwoven solo works by J.S. and C.P.E. Bach provide quiet moments of reflection in a program that moves between eras, styles, and texture.
Bach and Handel at the Cathedral
Bethany Hill | soprano
David Greco | baritone
Adelaide Baroque Orchestra led by Ben Dollman
Two of Bach’s masterful cantatas for solo voice, Ich habe Genug, BWV 82 with ARIA Award-nominated baritone David Greco, and Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199 with versatile and critically acclaimed operatic soprano, Bethany Hill on a rare return trip to Australia form the U.S. where she is now based.
Magpie Artsong // Masterclass
Magpie Artsong is pleased to announce an artsong interpretation and performance masterclass. This is a unique experience for singers, pianists, and duos to refine their craft in this oft-neglected repertoire.
Adelaide Baroque // Two Gentlemen of London
Tim Kerstin | Lute
Emma Horwood | Soprano
The lute music of John Dowland and Daniel Bacheler. John Dowland and Daniel Bacheler were the two preeminent lutenists of the English Golden Age. This concert is a playful juxtaposition of their lute music, exploring shared themes and motifs, plus parodies they made of each other’s work. As a special feature, Emma Horwood will perform songs linked to the lute pieces presented.
Inkling at Forrest House
Inkling is a string trio of violin, mandolin, and cello that weaves melodies with warmth and mischief. Since 2021, Inkling has played from living rooms to wide verandahs, festival stages to walled gardens — including appearances at Three Bridges Festival, The Q Gallery, Ern Malley Bar, Urrbrae House, Wirrina Bluegrass & Roots Festival, the Wheatsheaf Hotel, Stone Pony, Carrick Hill, Auburn Heritage Arts and many an intimate house concert and folk club.
Made up of three generous, intuitive musicians — Allye Sinclair (cello), Dylan Woolcock (mandolin), and Robert Wallace (violin) — Inkling brings a sound both grounded and radiant. Forrest House, Miller's Corner is a small and warm venue, perfectly suited to getting up close and comfy to the music on a winter's afternoon.
Nexus Live // Daftar Aval Duo + Silk Strings Ensemble
An unforgettable evening of music, poetry, and cultural fusion, featuring acclaimed Iranian Australian qanun player and composer, Vahideh Eisaei and ARIA award-winning cellist and sound artist Zoë Barry in a special collaboration with Adelaide's Own Silk Strings Ensemble.
Recitals Australia // Adina Lopez
A lunchtime concert of romantic virtuosity and technical brilliance, featuring rising violin talent Adina Lopez in a solo recital that spas two centuries of masterful composition. From Beethoven's tender and lyrical Romances to Wieniawski's dazzling Polish flair, and culminating in Debussy's impressionistic masterpiece, this program showcases the violin's extraordinary range of expression.
String Quartet Extravaganza
Join us for the culmination of August's String Quartet Weekend 2025, the String Quartet Extravaganza, featuring twelve of the best young Australian String quartets!
Winter Glow // Magpie Artsong
Longing and transcendence in the poetry of Christina Rossetti and James Joyce as transformed into song by composers including Barber, Laitman, Rorem and Conte. Also featuring the warming melodies of Kodály, Grieg and Sibelius.
Beloved Adelaide bass, Pelham Andrews, joins forces with song-specialist, pianist Penelope Cashman, for an afternoon of song in the intimate and beautiful setting of Coriole Winery's Top House. Well known for his powerful presence on the operatic stage, this is a unique opportunity to experience Andrews’ extraordinary emotional range and poetic sensitivity up close in a program spanning the breadth of the artsong genre.
Adelaide Baroque // A French Soiree
An afternoon of delights from the French court and Parisian salons: Marais, Couperin, Hottetterre and others.
Tenzin Choegyal // Whispering Sky with Pocket String Quartet
As the son of Tibetan nomads, Tenzin Choegyal feels a particular connection to the music of the high Himalayan plateau. Tenzin Choegyal, Tibetan-Australian artist, composer and Grammy-nominee, channels the wisdom and traditions of his nomadic ancestors in his extraordinary vocal performances and mastery of the lingbu (bamboo flute) and dranyen (3-stringed lute). Forced into exile with his family, he now resides in Australia, continuing to explore new musical horizons while remaining true to his nomadic lineage. Tenzin’s soaring vocals and sublime flute solos have thrilled audiences around the globe. His unique style embraces meditative mantras, joyful folk tunes and spoken word, infused with the essence of Tibetan wisdom and a sound as expansive as the Himalayas. Tenzin takes audiences on a musical journey, transcends cultural boundaries and brings traditional Tibetan sounds into a very contemporary setting. This performance sees Tenzin collaborate with Pocket String Trio, led by Julian Ferraretto.
Montefiore Trio // Gallery One
The Montefiore Trio return to Gallery One with another exquisite program. Indulge your musical guilty pleasures with music from the heady fragrances of the Alhambra Myrtle Gardens in Spain, Tchaikovsky to Piazzolla, opera to ragtime. Music for the seasons, and from yesteryear will surround you in an up close and personal evening.