The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra will reunite choir and orchestra for “Choral Splendour” from April 10-19, 2026. The performances represent the organization’s first major choral program since 2022, performing in Sydney and Melbourne this April under the direction of Founder and Artistic Director Paul Dyer. The program pairs three Bach cantatas and his Double Violin Concerto in D minor with Telemann’s {…}
(Photo by Keith Saunders) The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra has announced its 2026 season. Here is a rundown of vocal performances on offer. “Choral Splendour” will feature the ensemble alongside the Brandenburg Choir as they take on works by Bach, Händel, and Telemann. Paul Dyer conducts. Performance Dates: April 10 – 15, 2026 (City Recital Hall, Sydney) & April 16 – 19, {…}
(Photo credit: Diana Gomez) The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra has announced its 35th anniversary season to take place in 2025. For the purposes of this article only vocal works are featured. Soprano Samuel Mariño opens the season with a program of works by Händel. He is accompanied at the harpsichord by Paul Dyer. Performance Dates: February 13 – 16 & 18 {…}
(Photo credit: Ted Min) The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra announced its 2024 season featuring soprano Yukie Sato. All performances are held at both Sydney’s City Recital Hall and the Melbourne Recital Centre. This article features works related to the voice. Co-founder, Artistic Director, and conductor Paul Dyer curated the concert series, “Notre-Dame” written and directed by Alana Valentine. The work commemorates {…}
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra has announced its 2023 season. The ensemble will feature a total of six showcases at the City Recital Hall in Sydney and Melbourne Recital Centre. “It is exciting to launch the Brandenburg’s striking new look for our 2023 subscription season – the company’s 34th – and a diverse program of celebrated Australian and international guest artists, {…}
Venezuelan male soprano Samuel Mariño will make his Australian debut this fall with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. In the concert series “The Soprano” Mariño will perform Baroque arias by Handel, Vivaldi, Montiverdi, Hasse, and Porpora. The concerts will take place at Sydney’s City Recital Hall on September 1 – 17 and at the Melbourne Recital Centre from September 8 – {…}
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is set to kick off its 2022 season on Feb. 24, 2022 at the Melbourne Recital Centre. The company will present Fauré’s Requiem as well as music by Lully and Rameau. “Our 2022 live season begins with Paradisum, a musical trip to the chic Paris of La Belle Époque. Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem is one of the {…}
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra has announced its 2022 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. Paul Dyer will lead a performance of Fauré’s Requiem with the Brandenburg Choir. The program will also feature music by Debussy and Ravel. Performance Dates: Feb. 24-27, 2022 (Melbourne) / March 2 -11, 2022 (Sydney) Soprano Samuel {…}
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is set to a series of concerts of Baroque music featuring three soloists under the age of 30: two violinists and a soprano. The concerts will showcase rising stars 11-year-old violinist Christian Li, violinist Annie Gard, and soprano Madison Nonoa performing a program of instrumental and vocal music by Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi alongside the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in Sydney and Melbourne. {…}