Concert Hall

The best of Canberra performances of all forms of classical music performed by local and international solo instruments, voices, ensembles, orchestras, and choirs at such venues as the ANU School of Music, the Wesley Music Centre, the National Gallery, the National Library, and local churches.

Schedule

December 2025

7th Luminescence celebrates Christmas
organist Thomas Heywood presents a Christmas Fantasia. Then it’s Dancing Day, music of Glanville Hicks, Paul Reade and John Rutter from the Luminescence Children’s Choir and Chamber Singers. Recorded in the Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest.
14th Christmas Classics with Luminescence
carols and seasonal music from the Luminescence Chamber Singers and Children’s Choir, and guests in the Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest.
21st Two Wesley Lunchtime Concerts
first is Baroque Gems for Bassoon a Harpsichord with Ben Hoadley and Ariana Odermatt. Then we join soprano Rachel Mink and pianist Callum Tolhurst-Close for “Is there such a thing as day?’
28th Bach to Bach
Marko Sever and Thomas Wilson play on harpsichords and virginal at the Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest.

January 2026

4th The best of 2025
excerpts from some of the most impressive and unusual concerts and recitals that ArtSound recorded in and around Canberra last year.
11th And Turtles, Tangos and Parrots
The Kurrajong Ensemble, Harold Gretton (guitar) with Fran and Keith Griffin (flutes) at the Greenaway Studio, Chapman.
18th Voice, Rejoice!
Salut Baroque with soprano Anna Fraser showcase a variety of baroque music and vocal styles from opera to sacred song.at the Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest.
25th Howard Goodall’s Invictus
performed by the Llewellyn Choir at the Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest.

February 2026

8th Alma Moodie Quartet and Mark Xiao (flute) and Olivia Hans-Rosenbaum (clarinet)
play 4 of Bartok’s 44 duos for 2 violins, Prokofiev’s sonata for flute and string quartet and the Clarinet Quintet of Brahms at the Wesley Music Centre.

Classical