Festival of Tibet Brisbane Powerhouse and BEMAC present PLANET: Timbuk2 and friends

February 4^th, 5pm, 2012

Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm

A Country & Eastern offering from the EthnoSuperLounge stable, world music group Tibet2Timbuk2 takes you on a journey from the meditative to the joyous with Tenzin (Tibet), Shen (tabla), and Marcello (African guitar & further west), with special guests Peter Hunt on trumpet and renowned musician Katherine Philp on cello. Afro-Asian galloping tunes! Tibet2Timbuk2 has an eclectic repertoire including group arrangements of Tenzin’s Tibetan songs, Marcello’s English songs, collaborative songs and instrumentals and even classical tabla solo. The overall sound is full and organic, with all three musicians sharing bass, percussion, harmony and melody roles to create a solid yet easy groove. Free Concert

Mzaza - Presented by Music By the Sea

February 4^th, 7pm, 2012

SANDGATE TOWN HALL

The show will feature extended stopovers in traditional Balkan villages, bars where Turkish musicians stop for a raki (aniseed drink), and towns where gypsy street bands capture your heart. The audience should expect to be treated to Mzaza’s distinctive yet subtle twist: French vocals on a Bulgarian rhythm served just after a traditional Spanish love song. The band’s new material promises to get the party started without leaving behind Mzaza’s attention to detail and love of soulful traditional music. The six-piece’s unusual take on Mediterranean music has been turning heads for a while locally, but it was the release of their latest album Journey Over Skin in 2011 which saw the band gain exposure around the country and overseas. The album earned Mzaza two high commendations in the Queensland Music Awards and has been receiving spins on national radio and on the Greek airwaves. The band’s outrageous multi-instrumentalists play violin, kamanche tarhu (a spike-fiddle of Persian ancestry), guitar, accordion, kaval and ney (Balkan and Turkish end-blown flutes), double-bass, darabuka (Turkish percussion), cajon and bendir (frame drum). Tickets at the door - $25/$20 concession

The String Contingent

February 5^th, 5:30pm, 2012

St Mary's Church, 455 Main Street, Kangaroo Point

The String Contingent - Chris Stone (violin), Graham McLeod (guitar) & Holly Downes (double bass) - will perform selections from their own compositions. $20 and concessions.  Tickets at the door.

2012 Gallery Series - Presented by Tyalgum Festival Committee Inc.

February 12^th, 6:30pm, 2012

Tweed River Art Gallery, 2 Mistral Road, South Murwillumbah

Chamber Music at its Finest! Patrick Murphy cello, Rianne Wilschut clarinet, Anna Grinberg piano.  Beethoven Trio - for piano, clarinet and cello in B flat major, Opus 11 - Schumann Fantasiestucke for clarinet and piano, Opus 73 - Schumann Adagio and Allegro for cello and piano, Brahms Trio - for piano, clarinet and cello in A minor, Opus 114 - Three Romantic Masters. Tel 02 6679 2244 info@tyalgumfestival.com.au.

Chamber Philharmonia Cologne

February 2012

Various Dates and venues  - see below:

Monday 13th February 2012 at 8pm in Lismore 2480 in St. Andrew’s Anglican Church

Tickets: Planet Music, 25 Molesworth Street, Lismore NSW 2480, Tel. 02 / 6621 7784

Program 2

Tuesday 14th February 2012 at 8pm in Byron Bay 2481 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church

Tickets: Visitor Information Centre, 80 Johnson Street, Byron Bay 2481, Tel. 02 / 6680 9271

Program 1

Wednesday 15th February 2012 at 8pm in Brisbane 4001 in St. John’s Cathedral

Tickets: Book at Ticketmaster or outlets, Tel. 136 100, www.ticketmaster.com.au

Program 3

Thursday 16th February 2012 at 8pm in Toowoomba 4350 in St. Luke’s Church

Tickets: St. Luke’s Church Parish Office, Cnr Ruthven & Herries Streets, Tel. 07 / 4639 1910

Program 2

Friday 17th February 2012 at 8pm in Gympie 4570 in St. Patrick’s Church

Tickets: Gympie Musicland, 36 Mary Street, QLD Gympie 4570, Tel. 07 / 5482 3226

Program 2

Saturday 18th February 2012 at 7pm in Tewantin 4565 in St. Mary’s Church

Tickets: St. Mary’s Church one hour prior to the concert from 6pm

Program 2

Chopin & Mendelssohn Octet - Presented by ACO 

February 13th, 8pm, 2012 

Brisbane - QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane

PAGANINI (arr. Tognetti) Caprice on Caprices, MORRICONE Exercises I: Adagio, CHOPIN (arr. Hofman) Piano Concerto No.1, GÓRECKI Piano Concerto MENDELSSOHN Octet Richard Tognetti Artistic Director and Lead Violin Polina Leschenko Piano Combining sparkling virtuosity with tender lyricism, Chopin’s First Piano Concerto is an ideal vehicle for the unique talents of Polina Leschenko. Although Górecki is best known for his haunting and heartfelt Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, his Piano Concerto bristles with driving rhythms and energy. Mendelssohn’s Octet is a staple of the ACO’s repertoire, its carefree exuberance belying its fiendish technical intricacies.  The tonal riches of the ACO’s three legendary violins – Stradivari, Guarneri and Guadagnini – are revealed in Richard Tognetti’s specially created arrangement of Paganini’s dazzling Caprices.

The Australian Chamber Orchestra’s next Brisbane concert features a demonstration of the ACO’s Stradivarius, Guarneri and Guadagnini violins. Richard Tognetti, Helena Rathbone and Satu Vänskä will perform a new arrangement of Paganini Caprices specially designed to show off their violins’ qualities. Monday 13 February at QPAC. Book at aco.com.au.

The ‘A Musical Tour’

February 19^th 3pm, 2012

St Martin’s Church, Mullumbimby

The Merlin Trio - ‘A Musical Tour’ Gregory Massingham Tenor, Lucy Reeves Harp, Michele Walsh Violin.   Works by Schubert, Piazolla, Schumann, Britten folk songs and Glinka Nocturne for solo harp. Tickets $25, Members $20, Children $10.

Skirtszando - Presented by The East West Trio 

February 19^th 2:30am, 2012 

Gold Coast Youth Orchestra Auditorium Community Drive Ashmore

An intimate and refreshing experience of classical music. JILL SULLIVAN mezzo-soprano, JULIE EOTVOS piano, BELINDA MANWARING cello With special guest, DANIEL CUNNINGTON guitar. Handel, Brahms, popular Lloyd Webber treats, a South American Spanish sortié of Albéniz, Granados, Villa Lobos with the Australian premiere of 'Cantos de Advenimiento' a song cycle. Tickets $25/$15 Enquires & Bookings, Belinda Manwaring.  www.eastwesttrio.com.au

Kiddies Cushion Concerts: Pete and Viv's Excellent Adventure - Presented by QSO

February 23^rd  – 25^th, 2012

Queensland Symphony Orchestra Studios, 53 Ferry Road, West End

Kiddies Cushion Concerts: Pete and Viv's Excellent Adventure Wave your magic wand and introduce your children, grandchildren or school group to the magic of music with the ever popular Queensland Symphony Orchestra's Kiddies Cushion Concerts. The young and young at heart will be treated to a musical journey that allows them to listen, dance, and enjoy a range of popular classics performed by the wonderful QSO musicians. Join Peter and Viv for this exciting, high energy concert experience. Conductor Peter Luff Presenter Vivienne Collier-Vickers

I MUSICI - VIVA ITALIA 60TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR - Presented by QPAC

February 23^rd, 2012

Concert Hall, QPAC, South Bank, Brisbane

I Musici are the oldest continuously active chamber group in Italy and one of the most respected chamber ensembles in existence today. At their first performance in Rome in QPAC is thrilled to welcome to the Concert Hall Italy's legendary baroque string ensemble as they celebrate sixty years of vibrant and virtuosic music-making. Paying homage to their musical heritage with works by Italian masters Rossini, Donizetti and Paganini, this will be an unforgettable concert, culminating with their historic and superlative interpretation of Vivaldi's magnificent Four Seasons - unmatched for its vigor, dynamism, sensitivity and sheer muscular energy. Rossini Sonata a quattro n.1 in G major Une Larme - Theme and variations for cello and strings Soloist: Pietro Bosna, cello Paganini Il Mosè - Theme and variations on the 4th string, for violin and strings Soloist: Ettore Pellegrino, violin Donizetti Allegro in Do Magg. per archi Vivaldi The Four Seasons Soloist: Antonio Anselmi, violin.

Live and Intimate – Mzaza

February 25^th, 2012

The Arts Centre - Gold Coast

Performing music in French, Spanish, Ladino and Turkish - Mzaza transport audiences to exotic, distant shores. The group’s sensual stage show and eclectic instruments have captivated audiences around Australia.

Metropolitan Concerts - Presented by Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra

March 4^th 3pm, 2012

Old Museum Concert Hall

Welcome to our 2012 Season, our twelfth annual season.  The details of our programme will be available very soon.  Audiences can expect the best of the BPO in 2012 as we continue to bring amazing music to the community.

Towards Light - Presented by Australian String Quartet

March 8^th 7pm, 2012

Conservatorium Theatre, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane

Peter Sculthorpe, String Quartet No 11 Dvořák, String Quartet No 10 in E flat major, Op 51 Shostakovich, String Quintet Op 57 with Daniel de Borah, piano.   The season begins with a work by the doyen of Australian composers, Peter Sculthorpe, one of many compositions inspired by the starkly beautiful landscape of Kakadu and its inhabitants. From Australia’s unique interior to the sunlit uplands of old Bohemia: Few composers wrote music in all genres which radiated such spontaneous warmth and charm as Antonin Dvořák. Even by his exalted standards, the Op 51 String quartet is full of gorgeous melodies where exuberance is masterfully fused with poignant tenderness. The program culminates with one of Dmitri Shostakovich’s towering chamber masterpieces: the Piano Quintet, op.57, composed during the fateful year 1940 and described as “a last ray of hope” for Russia. It is a work of grand symphonic proportions combining the composer’s hallmark skittish humour and austere dignity with an underlying tension. Presented in association with the 2012 Adelaide Festival.

The Hilliard Ensemble - Presented by ACO

March 12^th 8pm, 2012

Brisbane - QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane

ELGAR Serenade for strings, SHERYNGHAM Ah, gentle Jesu, RASKATOV Obikhod (Australian Premiere), PÄRT Most Holy Mother of God, GREGORIAN CHANT Veni Creator Spiritus, ANON. (FRENCH MEDIEVAL) Veni Creator Spiritus, EDWARDS Veni Creator Spiritus, ARENSKY Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky, Helena Rathbone Lead Violin. The Hilliard Ensemble The Hilliard Ensemble is famous for mesmerizing performances and chart-topping recordings of early and contemporary vocal music. This concert also celebrates the luscious ACO string sound with two opulent works by Elgar and Arensky after Tchaikovsky.

TAFELMUSIK - Presented by Musica Viva

 March 14^th, 2012

Concert Hall, QPAC, South Bank, Brisbane

If you've ever wondered what the universe sounds like, here is your chance. Canadian ensemble Tafelmusik will take you on an epic space odyssey, performing exquisite period music from memory before stunning images from the Hubble deep space telescope. Combining music, photography and story-telling, The Galileo Project brings to life the brilliant minds of the early astronomers and the music that inspired them, as a large-scale, ever-changing backdrop of stars and planets unfolds. Using the best of Bach, Handel, Monteverdi and Vivaldi, come and hear the tunes that were probably stuck in Galileo's head when he discovered the moons of Jupiter.

Camerata & Sara Macliver - Presented by Camerata & St John's

March 16^th 7:30pm, 2012

Empire Theatre, Toowoomba

Radiating beauty and integrity, soprano Sara Macliver sings Handel's sparkling Silete Venti and sublime songs by Grieg. Baroque composer, Valentini was sometimes referred to as 'the little ragamuffin'. Our performance of his Concerto Grosso will be an Australian premiere, and Brisbane's Robert Davidson will compose a work based on one of Valentini's themes - a world premiere! Finally, Camerata goes virtuoso in Bela Bartok's witty and thrilling Divertimento for strings. Giuseppe Valentini Concerto Grosso for Four Violins in G Major, Op.7 No.7. Robert Davidson Fantasia on a Theme of the Little Ragamuffin (world premiere). George Frideric Handel Motet Silete Venti, HWV242 in B-flat Major. Edvard Grieg Fra Monte Pincio, Op.39, No.1 Solveig’s Song, Op.23. No.26. Sting Fields of Gold. Leroy Anderson Plink, Plank, Plunk! Béla Bartók Divertimento for String Orchestra. + wild card mystery guest!

Concert at Twilight - Presented by QYO's

March 17^th 5:30pm, 2012

Old Museum Concert Hall

With QYO’s Junior String Ensemble and QYO3.

Camerata & Sara Macliver - Presented by Camerata & St John's

March 17^th 7:30pm, 2012

Conservatorium Theatre, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane

Guest Artist: Sara Macliver, Soprano Radiating beauty and integrity, soprano Sara Macliver sings Handel’s sparkling Silete Venti and sublime songs by Grieg. Baroque composer, Valentini was sometimes referred to as ‘the little ragamuffin’. Our performance of his Concerto Grosso will be an Australian premiere, and Brisbane’s Robert Davidson will compose a work based on one of Valentini’s themes – a world premiere! Finally, Camerata goes virtuoso in Béla Bartók’s witty and thrilling Divertimento for strings. Giuseppe Valentini Concerto Grosso for Four Violins in G Major, Op.7 No.7. Robert Davidson Fantasia on a Theme of the Little Ragamuffin (world premiere). George Frideric Handel Motet Silete Venti, HWV242 in B-fl at Major. Edvard Grieg Fra Monte Pincio, Op.39, No.1 Solveig’s Song, Op.23. No.26. Sting Fields of Gold. Leroy Anderson Plink, Plank, Plunk! Béla Bartók Divertimento for String Orchestra. + wild card mystery guest!

Concert in Queen Street Mall - Presented by Brisbane Concert Orchestra

March 24^th, 2012

Top Stage, Queen Street Mall

Time: 12:00 NOON, 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM Date: Saturday, 24 March 2012

Don Juan - Presented by QYS's

March 31^st 7pm, 2012

QPAC Concert Hall

The first concert of QYS in 2012, featuring Strauss’ famous tone poem, Symphony No. 12 by Shostakovich and a concerto, performed by a QYS member. Richard Strauss - Don Juan Camille Saint-Saens - Cello Concerto Soloist: Oliver Scott (Principal Cellist QYS) Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 12