City Recital Hall
Oct-Dec 2017
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How To Get Here
2-12 Angel Place
Sydney NSW 2000
Public Transport
City Recital Hall is a five-minute walk from Wynyard and Martin Place train stations and numerous bus routes stopping along Martin Place.
Parking
Wilson Parking operates a car park next to City Recital Hall at 123 Pitt Street, Sydney. Patrons can access the Hall directly using the car park lifts from one hour prior to the performance start time.
Access
City Recital Hall strives to assist all patrons including patrons with specific needs. Please let our Box Office staff know when booking your tickets if you have a hearing aid, require accessible seating, are a Companion Card holder or have any other support requirements.
Contact our Box Office staff on 02 8256 2222 or by emailing .
How To Book
Online
cityrecitalhall.com
By Phone
02 8256 2222
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
In Person
City Recital Hall Box Office
2–12 Angel Place, Sydney
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and from two hours prior to all performances.
The information in this brochure is correct at time of publication.
Membership
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– Discounts to a huge range of concerts
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– Dining deals from nearby restaurants
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Sydney Flash Mob Choir
City Recital Hall
Free Event
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A spontaneous choir where everyone’s invited, everyone sings and the whole auditorium is a stage. It’s free. It’s fun. There’s no commitment or rehearsals. You sing a few songs and then it’s gone, until the next time…
October
Aled Jones: One Voice – Live In Concert
Live Nation
Mon 2 Oct 7.30pm
Aled Jones returns to Australia following the release of theOne Voicealbum, on which the former choirboy duets with his younger self. In the UK this was a #1 selling album and marks a sensational musical comeback for the singer.
Sydney Youth Orchestras The Engine Room Of Excellence: Tango Together
City Recital Hall and Sydney Youth Orchestras
Wed 4 Oct 12.30pmAll tickets $15
It’s a little known fact that the SYO family of orchestras and ensembles includes a dedicated and talented group of young tango aficionados. TangoOz showcases the challenging rhythms and beautiful music of the South American tango genre. BYO lunch!
Richard Flanagan: First Person
Sydney Writers’ Festival
Wed 4 Oct 7pm
One of Australia's leading literary talents, Richard Flanagan, speaksto Michael Robothamabout his latest novel, First Person,the blistering story of a ghostwriter haunted by his demonic subject.
Emmanuel Pahud
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Sat 7 & Wed 11 Oct 7pm, Tue 10 Oct 8pm, Fri 13 Oct 1.30pm
The world’s greatest living flautist Emmanuel Pahud is back 12 years after his Australian debut. This program is like an historical adventure – tracing the Franco-Germanic lineage from Bach senior, to his son Carl Philipp Emanuel, through to Franck, Debussy, Ravel and Boulez.
A Little Lunch Music: Teddy Tahu Rhodes And Kathryn Selby
City Recital Hall
Mon 9 Oct 12.30pmAll tickets $15
Our A Little Lunch Music series finishes the year in grand style with Artistic Director Kathryn Selby in performance with acclaimed international opera baritone star Teddy Tahu Rhodes. BYO lunch!
This Sounds Like Science: The Science of Singing, Registers and Resonance
City Recital Hall and Inspiring Australia
Tue 10 Oct 12.30pmFree Event
The voice is a remarkable musical instrument, fundamentally different from manufactured instruments. Professor of Physics, Joe Wolfe, introduces us to the basic science of the voice, including how singers can make their voice loud enough to compete with orchestras. BYO lunch!
2x20
City Recital Hall and Andrew Bukenya
Thu 12 Oct 10pm, Thu 2 Nov 10pmAll tickets $10
2x20 is our late night musical oasis in the heart of the city featuring a handpicked line-up of renowned artists and emerging talent in two bite-sized, 20 minute sets.
A Taste of Omega: The Clarinet
City Recital Hall and Omega Ensemble
Wed 18 Oct 12.30pmAll tickets $15
Omega’s Artistic Director and clarinetist David Rowden performs Stravinsky, and is joined by Maria Raspopova on piano for works by Brahms and Messager and the premiere of Miniatures by Andrew Anderson. BYO Lunch!
Piano Lessons By Anna Goldsworthy
City Recital Hall
Fri 20 Oct 7pm
Part play, part concert, Piano Lessons tells the story of Anna Goldsworthy’s metamorphosis from nine-year-old schoolgirl to concert pianist under the passionate tutelage of Eleanora Sivan. This adaptation of her award-winning memoir brings Goldsworthy to the stage to play herself, with Helen Howard as Mrs Sivan.
Taikoz 20: Land-Sea-Sky-Home
City Recital Hall and Taikoz
Sat 21 Oct 7.30pm
Acclaimed drumming ensemble Taikoz takes you on a performance journey that ripples and vibrates through your whole body. Boldly original, with soaring melodies, the hypnotic rhythm of the adrenalin-fuelled taiko is counterbalanced by the ethereal contemplation of the shakuhachi.
Mario Frangoulis
Encore Productions
Sun 22 Oct 8pm
Acclaimed classical crossover tenor and powerhouse vocalist Mario Frangoulis performs at City Recital Hall for one night only, sharing a range of unique and diverse repertoire in English, Italian, Spanish, French and Greek that will take audiences on an emotional musical journey.
Bittersweet Obsessions: Monteverdi & Bach
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Wed 25, Fri 27, Sat 28 & Tue 31 Oct 7pm, Sat 28 Oct 2pm, Wed 1 Nov 7pm
Ilcombattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (The combat of Tancredi and Clorinda) a heartbreaking tragedy by Monteverdi and Coffee Cantata a rollicking satire about magical beans by Bach. Love, desire, humour, obsession, lust. These two operas have it all!
November
Quattro
Selby & Friends
Thu 2 Nov 7pm
Selby & Friends’ season finale of iconic piano quartets with Kathryn Selby and Trio Ex Patria – all SSO Principals. Mozart, Spanish master Turina and Fauré reveal the gorgeous warmth of big melodies in this extraordinary program to close the season.
Elena Kats-Chernin’s Birthday Bash
City Recital Hall
Sat 4 Nov 7.30pm
We’re stringing up the party lights for one of Australia’s best-loved composers, Elena Kats-Chernin. A spectacular line-up of celebrities, musicians and singers is descending on City Recital Hall for this epic birthday bash!
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment & Rachel Podger
Musica Viva
Sat 11 Nov 2pm,Mon 13 Nov 7pm
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment makes its first, widely anticipated tour of Australia. Led by acclaimed violinist Rachel Podger and played on original instruments, enjoy symphonies by Haydn and JC Bach, as well as two violin concertos by Mozart.
Beginnings
Australian String Quartet
Tue 14 Nov 7pm
The Australian String Quartet travels across musical time to encompass historical eras: Baroque eloquence, Romantic intensity and Classical grandeur, crowned by Beethoven’s revolutionary first ‘Razumovsky’ Quartet.
A Taste of Omega: The Cello
City Recital Hall and Omega Ensemble
Wed 15 Nov 12.30pm All tickets $15
The cello is regarded as the most lyrical and beautiful of the string instruments. Cellist TeijeHylkema presents Bach, Beethoven and the premiere of Samuel Hogarth’s Trio for clarinet, piano and cello. BYO lunch!
Robyn Archer:Que ResteT’il (What Remains?)
City Recital Hall
Fri 17 Nov 7.30pm
Following a sell-out season at Griffin Theatre in July, Robyn Archer and her musicians bring her classic ‘French’ cabaret show back to Sydney for one night only, featuring a selection of French greats Piaf, Trenet and Brel.
Ravel Impressions
Omega Ensemble
Thu 16 Nov 7.30pm
A playful program of intriguing works, dedications and intricate shadings of trios and quartets. Mozart’s ‘Kegelstatt’ Trio sits alongside Ravel’s much adored String Quartet No.1, dedicated to his teacher, Faure, whose own trio displays a graceful lyricism.
Skepticon Australia: The Australian Skeptics 33rd National Convention
City Recital Hall, Think Inc. And Australian Skeptics
Sat 18 & Sun 19 Nov
Skepticon Australia 2017 is a two-day ideas festival for anybody and everybody who seeks truth and is ready to question the most recent fad. With many exciting guests including Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Dr Alan Duffy, Captain Dissolution and more.
Alexander Gavrylyuk in Recital
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Mon 20 Nov 7pm
In a classic virtuoso recital, Alexander Gavrylyuk begins with Bach-Busoni (the Toccata and Fugue from Fantasia) and ends with Rachmaninoff’s mighty second sonata. In between: Haydn’s classical poise, Scriabin’s wild colours and the brilliance of Chopin etudes.
Coronation of Poppea
Pinchgut Opera
Thu 30 Nov 7pm, Sat 2 Dec 2pm, Sun 3 Dec 5pm, Tue 5 & Wed 6 Dec 7pm
Coronation of Poppea is a towering masterpiece of superbly crafted characterisation set to sensuous music culminating in the famous duet ‘Purtimiro’. The opera traces the fallout from the scandalous liaison between courtesan Poppea Sabina and Nero; Emperor, madman, murderer.
December
Voices of Angels
City Recital Hall and Gondwana Choirs
Mon 11 & Tue 12 Dec 7pm
Join more than 200 of Australia’s finest young performers over two nights and find out why Voices of Angels is Sydney’s favourite festive celebration. Lyn Williams OAM directs the Sydney Children’s Choir and members of Gondwana Voices in a diverse range of uplifting and inspirational music.
Noël! Noël!
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Wed 13 & Sat 16 Dec 7pm, Wed 13 & Sat 16 Dec 5pm
It’s joyful and intense. Sacred and secular. Modern and ancient. Deeply moving and uplifting. You never know what you might get, but you know it will carry all the wonder and surprise of Christmas, with all the sentiment of the season.
C.P.E. Bach, Mozart & Haydn
Australian Haydn Ensemble
Fri 15 Dec 7pm
Dr Erin Helyard returns to direct a dazzling symphonic program and perform as soloist in C.P.E. Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in B minor along with Haydn’s dark Symphony No.52 and Mozart’s uplifting Symphony No.29.