Events: Concert Series

Lunchtime Concert - Songs of Travel and Distance

Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Fresh from his appearance in Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence (the headline opera of the 2025 Adelaide Festival), baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes (our newest staff member) joins forces with Professor Anna Goldsworthy (Director of the Elder Conservatorium) to open our 2025 concert series with a poignant sojourn through the spatial and temporal landscapes of self-discovery.

Lunchtime Concert - Veiled Disclosures

Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Elegant, wistful and deeply expressive, Bridge’s eight-minute Lament was one of two duos performed by the composer and his teacher in 1912, and is today recognised as one of the most haunting musical dialogues ever written. Contrasting cheerful exuberance and a darker, veiled beauty of its own, Brahms’s second String Sextet in G major, Op. 36 (‘the most ethereal of Brahms’s longer works’, according to Sir Donald Tovey) provides the ideal companion piece, containing within its first movement a hidden cypher for Agathe von Siebold, to whom the composer had been engaged (but was destined never to marry) six years prior.

Lunchtime Concert - Echoes and Horizons

Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Respighi’s Pines of Rome paints a vivid portrait of Italy’s eternal city, from its serene groves to its triumphant marches, using lush orchestral colours and evocative imagery. Charles Bodman Rae’s Clarinet Concerto is based on the composer’s Partita Dalriada, which has at its heart an ancient Scottish melody. This world-premiere performance features the Elder Conservatorium’s Head of Woodwind, clarinettist Lloyd Van’t Hoff.

Lunchtime Concert - Honours Jazz Ensemble

Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Join us for an afternoon of jazz brilliance as the Elder Conservatorium’s jazz honours students bring the music of the legendary Billy Strayhorn to life. Strayhorn is well known for his collaborations with Duke Ellington and leaving an indelible mark on the jazz world. His compositions – rich with sophisticated melodies and lush harmonies – will be celebrated in this dynamic performance. From iconic classics, such as Take the A-Train and Lush Life, to lesser-known gems, experience the genius of one of jazz’s most influential composers, as these emerging musicians showcase their artistry and passion.

Lunchtime Concert - Passion and Poetry

Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Experience the magnetic artistry of pianist Aura Go as she joins the University of Adelaide’s Quartet-in-Residence, the Australian String Quartet, for a lunchtime concert of works by Zoltán Kodály and Amy Beach.

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.

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.