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Opera at the Pub – “If Music be the Food of Love”
Thursday 13 April, 6.30pm for 7.00pm start, FogHorn Brewery
Enjoy “the food of love” in a night of operatic favourites. This concert is presented as part of Newcastle Food Month.
Jazz at the Pub – “Savouries, Sweets and Swing”
Thursday 20 April, 6.30pm for 7.00 pm start, FogHorn Brewery
Heather Price with the Dungeon ‘Small’ Band play jazz standards while you enjoy the fine food of FogHorn Brewery.
This concert is presented as part of Newcastle Food Month.
Rhapsody in Blue: The Best of Gershwin
Friday 11 August, 7.30 pm, Christ Church Cathedral
Favourites by the great George Gershwin, performed by Erin Sweetman (piano), Christ Church Camerata Quartet, Dungeon Quartet, and Heather Price (vocals).
Supernatural: Jane Ede in Concert
Saturday 12 August, 2.30 pm, Adamstown Arts at Adamstown Uniting Church
Jane Ede (soprano) and Louise Scott (piano) perform works showcasing the ghostly spectres of the soprano repertoire.
Life on Land’s Edge: The Bowerbird Collective
Saturday 12 August, 7.30 pm, Adamstown Arts at Adamstown Uniting Church
Simone Slattery (violin) Anthony Albrecht (cello) – Journey to the ends of the Earth with migratory shorebirds in this cinematic concert experience.
Births, Deaths, Marriages and More – Festival Choir in Concert
Sunday 13 August, 2.30 pm, Christ Church Cathedral
Works by Fauré, Mendelssohn, Drury and Bach, performed by the Festival Choir, Festival Chamber Choir and Christ Church Cathedral Choir, with soloist Jane Ede (soprano) and David Drury (organ). Conductors David Banney and Christopher Allan.
Opera Cocktails
Sunday 13 August, 5.00 pm, 8.00pm, Stanley Park
Enjoy wine, canapés and favourite opera excerpts inside beautiful Stanley Park homestead, with Phoebe Humphreys (soprano), Viktoria Bolonina (mezzo soprano), Elias Wilson (tenor), and Claire Howard Race (piano).
Where Song Began
Monday 14 August, 7.30 pm, Adamstown Arts at Adamstown Uniting Church
The Bowerbird Collective – Simone Slattery (violin) Anthony Albrecht (cello)
Explore the evolution of songbirds in this live classical and cinematic concert experience.
Photo credit: ABC – Tiger Webb
Showstoppers: Organ Classics
Tuesday 15 August, 1.00 pm, Christ Church Cathedral
Peter Guy returns to Newcastle in a program that explores all the colours of the organ.
The Nano Symphony
Tuesday 15 August, 7.30 pm, Christ Church Cathedral
Neil and Catherine Thompson, multi-instrumentalists, perform their current works.
Photo credit: Daniel Lopez
Arc of Life: Andrea Lam in Concert
Wednesday 16 August, 7.30 pm, Christ Church Cathedral
We welcome brilliant pianist Andrea Lam in her return Festival appearance, to perform a program of works by Robert and Clara Schumann, Brahms and others.
Music on a Plate
Thursday 17 August, 12 for 12.30 pm start, Foghorn Brewery
Mark Johns and Guy Strazz (guitars) – two legends of Australian guitar playing with international careers entertain you over lunch.
You and the Night and the Music
Thursday 17 August, 7.30 pm, Adamstown Arts at Adamstown Uniting Church
The ever-popular Dungeon Big Band, featuring vocalist Heather Price, perform your jazz favourites.
Photo: Alex R Jack Photography
Brahms and More: Camerata Quartet and Friends
Friday 18 August, 7.30 pm, Christ Church Cathedral
Mitchell Berick (clarinet) joins the Camerata Quartet for an evening of music by Brahms and other greats of the 19th century.
Rising Stars
Saturday 19 August, 2.30 pm, Adamstown Arts at Adamstown Uniting Church
Emerging instrumentalists aged (15-23) and vocalists (aged 17-25) from the local area, selected by audition, perform with associate artist Erin Sweetman (convener/ piano).
Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier in Concert
Saturday 19 August, 7.30 pm, Christ Church Cathedral
Deborah Conway performs with long time musical collaborator and husband, Willy Zygier, and is supported by the Christ Church Camerata Quartet.
Festival Finale – Mozart’s Clarinet
Sunday 20 August, 2.30 pm, Christ Church Cathedral
The 2023 Festival comes to a brilliant conclusion with Mozart’s sublime Clarinet Concerto played by virtuoso clarinettist, Mitchell Berick, with Christ Church Camerata, conducted by David Banney.