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Elder After Hours - Dances and Dialogues
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
Experience the vibrant world of solo guitar with a program that spans centuries and continents.
Elder After Hours - Fantasies for Twenty Fingers
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
The Neeman Piano Duo are a powerhouse husband-and-wife team: their twenty fingers have sounded together since 2008, at venues across the United States, Asia and Australia.
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Lunchtime Concert - The Touch of Dreams
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
Three outstanding musicians come together to explore the unusual combination of clarinet, tenor and piano in a concert culminating with Louis Spohr’s Six German Songs, generally regarded as his finest contribution to the Lieder genre.
Lunchtime Concert - Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
- Date: Fri, 9 May 2025, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
A concert spanning Baroque brilliance, modern storytelling and romantic beauty.
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.
