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Lunchtime Concert - Folklore
- Date: Fri, 16 May 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
The Sydney-based Nexas Quartet is a trailblazing saxophone ensemble known for redefining the boundaries of chamber music. Comprising saxophonists Michael Duke, Andrew Smith, Nathan Henshaw, and Jay Byrnes, the quartet has garnered widespread recognition for their exceptional musicianship and unique artistic approach. United by the folkloric influences inherent in a diverse selection of music from Bartók, Guillermo Lago, Jacques Ibert, Elena Kats- Chernin, Lutosławski, and Annbjørg Lien, their recital includes two collaborations with our Head of Woodwind, Lloyd Van’t Hoff, and concludes with performances of Grainger and Dvořák performed alongside students of the Elder Conservatorium.
Elder After Hours - Rapture
- Date: Fri, 16 May 2025, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 11 in F minor bursts forth, opening Rapture with unrivalled energy and intensity, setting the scene for a concert of remarkable contrasts. Experience the world premiere of Australian jazz composer Vanessa Perica’s No Feeling is Final, a four-movement quartet drawing inspiration from the composer’s own life and all its joys, twists and turns. Janáček’s Intimate Letters transports us to the fever dreams and passions of unrequited love, before Golijov’s tender Tenebrae reminds us of the wonder and fragility of human existence.
Lunchtime Concert - Worlds within Worlds
- Date: Fri, 23 May 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
This captivating program celebrates the rich diversity of musical traditions and expressions from around the globe.
Elder After Hours - Ritual
- Date: Sat, 24 May 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Location: St Peter's Cathedral
From birth to death and every important occasion in between, rituals – small and large – are a vital part of our daily lives. This is a program of powerful, emotional and eloquent music connecting us to some of life’s important rituals. Duruflé’s iconic Requiem has been performed in Adelaide on many occasions in the most familiar version for choir, soloists and organ. This program however, features the first Adelaide performance of the Requiem in its full orchestral version.
Lunchtime Concert - Best of Brazil
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
Best of Brazil brings the vibrant rhythms and rich musical traditions of Brazil to the stage, featuring talented students from the Elder Conservatorium’s Jazz Department.
Lunchtime Concert - Contrasts
- Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
This program, featuring our new staff ensemble, Lumen, delves into the interplay of sound and emotion, showcasing how composers use chamber music to express a spectrum of colours and textures.
Lunchtime Concert - Autumn Grace
- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
Acclaimed Scots/Australian fiddler Catherine Fraser is a vibrant and passionate exponent of the music of her heritage, and was the Director of the Southern Hemisphere International School of Scottish Fiddle for eleven years. Steeped in the Scottish fiddle tradition, the Catherine Fraser Trio perform repertoire from the wealth of Scottish collections – some dating as far back as the 1690s – as well as writing and arranging their own contemporary compositions.
Lunchtime Concert - Ravel 150
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
In a concert commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Maurice Ravel, pianist Roy Howat offers an exquisite selection of works highlighting the intriguing connections between Ravel, Chopin and Chabrier.
Elder After Hours - Beauty and Power
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
Beethoven’s five sonatas for cello and piano span the full arc of the composer’s creative life, from the young man mastering traditions in order to break them, to the transcendent inner beauty of the mature master. In this special Elder After Hours concert, Timo-Veikko Valve (Principal Cello of the Australian Chamber Orchestra) and Aura Go (Head of Piano at the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Monash University) perform three of these visionary works, paired with the intensity of Anton Webern’s twentieth-century works for cello and piano: music of immense scope distilled into mere moments of beauty and power.
Lunchtime Concert - Airs and Graces
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
A fun and fiery display of baroque virtuosity by five of Australia’s leading period performers.
