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Brilliant locals, inspiring guests at Newcastle's annual fine music festival.
Rhapsody in Blue: The Best of Gershwin
Friday 11 August, 7.30 pm, Christ Church Cathedral
The appearance of the artists is supported by Holiday Inn Express.
Favourites by the great George Gershwin, and his friend and contemporary, Maurice Ravel, performed by Erin Sweetman (piano), Christ Church Camerata Quartet, Dungeon Ensemble, 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, including Australian and world premieres.
Life on Land’s Edge
Saturday 12 August, 7.30 pm,
Adamstown Arts at Adamstown Uniting Church
This concert is presented by Dr Bruce Caldwell.
The Bowerbird Collective
Simone Slattery (violin) Anthony Albrecht (cello)
Journey to the ends of the Earth with migratory shorebirds
in this live cinematic concert experience.
Births, Deaths, Marriages and More – Festival Choir in Concert
Sunday 13 August, 2.30 pm, Christ Church Cathedral
This concert is presented by 2NURFM.
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, Stanley Park
Enjoy wine, canapés and favourite opera excerpts inside beautiful Stanley Park homestead, with Tessa Hayward (soprano), Viktoria Bolonina (mezzo soprano), Matthew Reardon (tenor) and Claire Howard Race (piano). (NOTE: Phoebe Humphreys has regretfully withdrawn from the concert and we welcome replacement soprano Tessa Hayward.)
Where Song Began
Monday 14 August, 7.30 pm,
Adamstown Arts at Adamstown Uniting Church
This concert is presented by Dr Bruce Caldwell.
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 in Concert
Tuesday 15 August, 7.30 pm, Christ Church Cathedral
The appearance of the artists is supported by Photolook Newcastle.
Neil and Catherine Thompson, The Nano Symphony, weave live string and wind instruments together with piano and expressive electronics for a breath-taking live experience.
Photo credit: Daniel Lopez
Arc of Life: Andrea Lam in Concert
Wednesday 16 August, 7.30 pm, Christ Church Cathedral
This concert is presented by Newcastle Recycling Solutions.
We welcome brilliant pianist Andrea Lam
in her return Festival appearance,
to perform a program of works by
Robert Schumann, Brahms, Prokofiev and Arvo Pärt.
Photo credit: Keith Saunders
Music on a Plate – Two Guitars
Thursday 17 August, 12 for 12.30 pm start, Foghorn Brewery
The appearance of the artists is supported by Hunter Heart.
Mark Johns and Guy Strazz (guitars) –
two legends of Australian guitar playing
with international careers entertain you over lunch,
which is included in your ticket price.
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
The appearance of the artists is supported by
Tamburlaine Organic Wines.
Mitchell Berick (clarinet) joins the Camerata Quartet and
Peter Guy making a guest appearance on piano,
for an evening of music: Brahms’ Clarinet Concerto,
a work by Sergei Prokofiev,
and the world premiere of a work by David Banney.
Event Ended
Rising Stars Recital
Saturday 19 August, 2.30 pm
Adamstown Arts at Adamstown Uniting Church
The appearance of the artists is supported by ADFAS.
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
This concert is presented by Waterford Accountants + Financial Services.
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
This concert is presented by Newcastle Herald.
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.
PAST EVENTS
Opera at the Pub – “If Music be the Food of Love”
Thursday 13 April, 7.00pm, FogHorn Brewery
Enjoy “the food of love” in a night of operatic favourites.
This concert was presented as part of Newcastle Food Month.
Jazz at the Pub – “Savouries, Sweets and Swing”
Thursday 20 April, 7.00pm, FogHorn Brewery
Heather Price with the Dungeon ‘Small’ Band play jazz standards
while you enjoy the fine food of FogHorn Brewery.
This concert was presented as part of Newcastle Food Month.
Festival Chamber Choir in Concert – A Festival Prelude
Sunday 2 July, 12 noon, Christ Church Cathedral
The Festival Chamber Choir presents a programme of great music centred around J.S. Bach’s magnificent motet ‘Lobet den Herrn’ (Praise the Lord). Flanking the motet will be performances of music by Vittoria, Palestrina, Bruckner and Stanford.
