Events: Lunchtime series

Lunchtime Concert - Pictures and Dances

Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Spanish-born Australian pianist Simón Pazos Quintana – a recent doctoral graduate of the Elder Conservatorium – is rapidly building a reputation as one of South Australia’s busiest musicians, appearing regularly as a collaborative pianist, chamber musician, recitalist, and concerto soloist. In his debut solo recital in our Elder Hall series, he performs eight vignettes from Dvořák’s rarely-heard Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85 (‘the great forgotten cycle of 19th-century piano music’, according to Leif Ove Andsnes) and concludes with a tour of his homeland through Turina’s irresistible Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22.

Lunchtime Concert - Cycles of Life

Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Professor Anna Goldsworthy (Director of the Elder Conservatorium) and Andrew Haveron (Concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra) both possess that rare quality necessary for all enduring artistic partnerships: an irrepressible energy that becomes atomic in one another’s company. It will be a special pleasure to see them reunite in Elder Hall to perform sonatas by Beethoven and Franck.

Lunchtime Concert - Orchestral Pianos

Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

In a recital that opens with a sparkling arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite for two pianos, staff pianist Michael Ierace is joined by Sydney-based pianist Vatche Jambazian (a Masters graduate of The Juilliard School in New York) to explore the inverse of this process, culminating in the premiere of a new two-piano version of Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra by Dr Joe Chindamo OAM.

Lunchtime Concert - The Trout

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

This special collaboration sees three of our faculty members team up with two very distinguished colleagues from overseas.

Lunchtime Concert - The Ringtone Cycle

Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

This 2010 commission from the Seraphim Trio has a libretto from the Australian author Peter Goldsworthy. Subtitled a ‘cabaret quintet for soprano, violin, cello, piano and iPhone’, it is a mini-operetta that tells of a love affair starring a modern-day Brünnhilde and her phone. Koehne’s continuous flow of music recalls Wagner’s revolutionary ‘speech-song’, and members of the audience might need to brush up on tech jargon to fully appreciate the text! The score is also dotted with references to famous ring tones.

Lunchtime Concert - Timeless Strings

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins dazzles with its energy and virtuosic flair, while Leopold Mozart’s Concerto for Alto Trombone showcases the instrument’s unique lyrical qualities. Dvořák’s serene Nocturne in B major brings a touch of romance and tranquility, setting the stage for David Diamond’s vibrant Rounds for String Orchestra, a playful and rhythmically engaging finale.

Lunchtime Concert - French Guise

Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Works by Jean-Baptiste Lully, Henri Desmarets, André Campra, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani and Barbara Strozzi capture a musical expression of the life and times of Julie d’Aubigny, the 17th-century French sword-fighting opera singer. Today’s concert also includes the premiere of She Who Sings Strange Songs – a new song cycle by our Adjunct Lecturer in Composition, Dr Anne Cawrse.

Lunchtime Concert - Top Class

Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

Our annual classical performance showcase concert, featuring top student performers from the Elder Conservatorium of Music. Supported by the Peter Brooker Prize for Musical Excellence.

Lunchtime Concert - Past and Present

Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025, 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Elder Hall

A lunchtime concert where past and present collide, celebrating the boundless creativity of the next generation of composers alongside one of history’s greats.