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City Recital Hall

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 8256 2222

Address: 2 Angel Place 2000 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.cityrecitalhall.com/

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25.01.2022 Sydney Symphony Orchestra musicians play a captivating piece written by their very own Justin Williams! We're excited to broadcast the world premiere of Justin's 'Movement for String Quartet'. "I am immensely grateful to Andrew Haveron, Lerida Delbridge and Umberto Clerici for their beautiful, poetic playing, and for bringing this music to life! Thank you also to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for presenting it as part of its Chamber Sounds Digital Series."

25.01.2022 We are delighted to welcome Australian Chamber Orchestra back to our stage for an exuberant and hopeful program this September 5-11! This will be the first live performance City Recital Hall has staged since we closed in March 2020. What better way to mark the occasion than with a program full of optimism, exhilaration and transfiguration, themes reflective of our joy to welcome live performance again. The requisite physical distancing measures within the hall means that sea...ting will be limited to 400 patrons per concert, appropriately spaced throughout the hall which has a normal capacity of 1,238. Limited tickets are available now: http://bit.ly/ACOTransfigured

25.01.2022 Watch Musica Viva Australia's Artistic Director Paul Kildea in conversation with Andrea Goldsmith as he shares more about their 2021 season! See these wonderful chamber music presentations at City Recital Hall as Musica Viva Australia returns in the new year.

24.01.2022 We're loving this playlist of Australian Art Music, curated by composer Cameron Lam, featuring some artists who have performed at City Recital Hall, including Topology, Zela Margossian Quintet, Australian String Quartet, Zephyr Quartet and more!

22.01.2022 Enjoy this exquisitely beautiful aria from the first act of Vivaldi's Bajazet, presented by Pinchgut Opera here in 2015. We're melting in adoration for Sara Macliver's voice!

22.01.2022 We are so excited to be presenting A Live Stream with Margaret Atwood this weekend (on-demand 6-9 Sep). To get you ready, check out this in-depth article from The New Yorker in 2017 where Atwood goes in-depth about her writing process, creating The Handmaid's Tale and family history that inspired her writing. Tickets for the Live Stream available here www.cityrecitalhall.com/margaret-atwood/

22.01.2022 Science says so

21.01.2022 Back in 2014, Ara from Theme & Variations Piano Services visited the Steinway showroom in Hamburg, Germany to choose our magnificent Steinway piano. On this day, Ara had 11 pianos to choose from and he played each several times before selecting the winner (in just 30 minutes - when you know, you know!) Thank you to Ara and the team at Theme & Variations Piano Services for all the exemplary work you have done at City Recital Hall and happy 35th anniversary!

21.01.2022 We were so delighted to have Australian Chamber Orchestra perform on our stage to a live audience for the first time in six months! Thank you to everyone who came and was a part of this wonderful experience, we can't wait for the rest of the concerts this week.

21.01.2022 Check out Sydney Symphony Orchestra's latest installment of Chamber Sounds with Richard Meales Cantilena Pacifica string quartet. Richard Meale, along with Peter Sculthorpe, was one of the great trailblazers of new music in Australia in the 1960s and the unofficial leader of the Australian avant-garde. In the late 1970s, Meale made a dramatic change in his style, returning to tonal music. The Second String Quartet was the first major work of this new period, and its last movement is frequently heard on its own, as in this performance. It is deeply serene, with three of the quartets members playing a murmuring accompaniment over which the solo violin gently floats.

21.01.2022 Vivaldi's Juditha Triumphans is a truly sublime and bloodthirsty (think beheading) work, and it is filled with magnificent music. Here's a clip from Pinchgut Opera's 2007 production, showing the chorus scene at the end of Act I with the wonderful Sally-Anne Russell as Judith and Sara Macliver as Abra. #baroque #baroqueopera #PinchgutOpera #opera #operaperformance #beautiful #ClassicalMusic #singer #chorus #soprano #performer #operaperformer #Vivaldi

19.01.2022 Watch Selby & Friends perform Brahms' uplifting Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor on our stage in August for their 'Transfigured' digital concert. Grace Clifford (violin). Stefanie Farrands (viola), Julian Smiles (cello), Kathryn Selby AM (piano)

18.01.2022 Get the book club together for A Live Stream With Margaret Atwood! Marking the paperback release of her Booker Prize-winning book 'The Testaments'. the Canadian author will discuss her career and work with her signature insight, humour and intellect. Streaming online for 72 hours from Sun 6 Sep, 3.30am AEST.... Book now: www.cityrecitalhall.com//a-live-stream-with-margaret-atwo/

18.01.2022 Brighten up your Friday afternoon with David Stanhopes Three Folksongs for Brass Quintet, performed by the brass section of Sydney Symphony Orchestra. A favourite among brass players, the Three Folksongs are delightful and catchy pieces influenced by the Australian-born composer Percy Grainger.

18.01.2022 Have you been missing our This Sounds Like Science lecture series? For your fix, here are some scientific answers to common musical musings from ABC Classic.

17.01.2022 Come and feel the excitement in the stall with Tim Freedman this Wednesday night! Limited tickets remaining - get yours now: cityrecitalhall.com/whats-on/events/tim-freedman

16.01.2022 Lady Glenconner's book 'Murder on Mustique' is one for escapists readers, with "anecdotes about Princess Margaret and the joy of sunshine and turquoise seas". Read the review from London Evening Standard ahead of her online event, streaming from this Friday: www.cityrecitalhall.com//a-live-stream-with-lady-glenconner

16.01.2022 We've got a treat for you! Come behind the scenes with Ben Folds and Sydney Symphony Orchestra musicians! They whittled 263 poetry submissions down to just one to create a jazzy masterpiece. As Ben Folds eloquently phrases it, were making it up as we go along.

16.01.2022 You've seen him as the host, but in this event, he's the feature star. Tune in to see A Live Stream with Graham Norton, as the BBC One presenter and author talks about his latest novel, 'Home Stretch'. Streaming on demand for 48 hours from Mon 28 Sep, 3.30am AEST.

16.01.2022 "When one of Australia's most singular performers plays solo at a piano, the experience is as unique as you'd expect." Don't miss out on the magical experience with Sarah Blasko at City Recital Hall. Final tickets are on sale for next Saturday's show - book now: cityrecitalhall.com/whats-on/events/sarah-blasko

15.01.2022 Enjoy this short excerpt from the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's performance of Ayres & Graces at City Recital Hall, now available to stream on demand on Brandenburg One. Here, the Brandenburg musicians perform Lully's Prologue: Ouverture to Cadmus et Hermione, LWV 49. The piece comes from the very first tragédie en musique, a genre invented by the composer himself, which was premièred to French nobility in 1673.

15.01.2022 Selby & Friends returned to City Recital Hall to record 'Transfigured' their second digital concert. Here is a small and delightful excerpt from Schubert's Piano Quintet in A Major, D.667 Op.114 'The Trout'. Performed by Grace Clifford (violin), Stefanie Farrands (viola), Julian Smiles (cello), Maxime Bibeau (double bass), Kathryn Selby AM (piano).

15.01.2022 "2021 is looking much bigger and brighter with this concert." Yes, Casey!

14.01.2022 Influential Australian author Sarah Wilson is embarking on The Wild and Precious Tour, coming to City Recital Hall on Saturday 6 February 2021. Best known for her book 'I Quit Sugar', Sarah's tour will be a book club experience drawig ideas from science, hiking, philosophy and spirituality to nurture that Big Conversation we are all craving. Tickets now on sale: https://www.cityrecitalhall.com//in-conversation-with-sara

14.01.2022 Two years ago we were delighted to welcome Lior and Paul Grabowsky to our stage for an intimate and acoustic display of Lior's music. The superb acoustics of the venue made it the perfect setting for this style of music. Asaf Luft

13.01.2022 We've seen the Hottest 100 and the Classic 100. Now ABC Jazz is giving us the Jazz 100! With Aussie names like Tom Vincent, Judy Bailey, and Jeremy Rose among the great jazz heroes of the 1920s and 30s, who will you vote for in your top ten?

13.01.2022 Next in our line-up of digital events co-presented with FANE is a Live Stream With Monty Don! Monty Don has been lead presenter of BBC's Gardener's World since 2003, and has released a new book. 'My Garden World'. Tune in to hear more about his personal journal of the natural year and learn more about the natural world around us, no matter where you are Streaming for 48 hours only, from Fri 18 Sep, 3.30am AEST.

11.01.2022 Pop hits with renaissance charm, trace back the rise of 'bardcore'

10.01.2022 We are so excited to announce A Night with Matthew McConaughey has just gone on sale! This online event will take place on 21 October, 7pm with a very special guest to be announced soon. In celebration of his new book, Greenlights, McConaughey shares anecdotes, lessons, and damn good yarns from his life: from growing up as an adventurous kid in a tough-love Texas home of rule-breakers, to revelatory journeys to Australia, Peru, and Mali, to his early days in Hollywood and meteoric rise to fame. Get your tickets today!

09.01.2022 Did you see a familiar face in Good Weekend Magazine this weekend? One of our long-standing and beloved Front of House staff, Rosemary Penman, was featured and shared a story of two name-sakes and a meeting years in the making.

07.01.2022 The Whitlams Official frontman Tim Freedman will be going solo to perform at City Recital Hall, taking on a Steinway grand piano to reinvent some of the band's hits and new songs from their upcoming 2021 album, including the recent single, "Ballad of Bertie Kidd". Watch more to find out why this show will be a special one for Tim! Wed 25 Nov, 7.30pm Book your tickets now: cityrecitalhall.com/whats-on/events/tim-freedman

07.01.2022 Watch Now! Join Armistead Maupin and Sir Ian McKellen, as the much-loved author and actor discuss their iconic careers and shared LGBTQ+ activism - available to watch now! Tickets can be purchased for this online event right up until 15 August 3:30am AEST. Book here cityrecitalhall.com/maupin-and-mckellen

06.01.2022 We loved hosting the Sydney finalists for Strike a Chord on Saturday! Congratulations to all involved and here's to the next generation of chamber musicians

06.01.2022 The next guest in our series of digital events is none other than food writer and TV cook, Nigella Lawson. Tune in to see Nigella in conversation with journalist Tom Sutcliffe for this exclusive online event as she shares the rhythms and rituals of her kitchen and how cooking is a personal, intuitive and connecting process. Streaming on demand for 48 hours from Thursday 5 November, 7pm.

06.01.2022 We're thrilled to announced that Casey Donovan will be coming to City Recital Hall in January, as part of Sydney Festival! Backed by a superstar band, Casey's powerhouse voice will blow you away with iconic ballads from the likes of Eva Cassidy, Adele, Beyoncé, and more. Performing one night only, Mon 18 Jan, 7.30pm. ... Tickets on sale now! See more

03.01.2022 Ahead of her 'Wild and Precious' book tour in 2021, Sarah Wilson recently appeared on The Project to speak about anxiety and the small ways we can take control of our well-being. Watch the recap here

03.01.2022 Sarah Blasko graced our stage for Great Southern Nights last Saturday, performing on a Steinway grand piano in a sold out (and safely-distanced) solo performance. Photos by Kurt Sneddon

03.01.2022 We are live with CBD Australian Poetry Slam Heats!

03.01.2022 Recently we hosted an online event with Margaret Atwood. Now, in celebration of the paperback release of her latest novel, we're excited to share an offer from our friends at Kinokuniya Sydney: receive a FREE copy of 'Freedom' with each copy of 'The Testaments' purchased. Get in quick - this offer is valid in-store only and while stocks last.

02.01.2022 Watch wni Le Frère's winning performance at last year's Australian Poetry Slam Championships a "reeeeal uncomfortable type poem". Think you have what it takes to take out this year's championship? Registrations for poets and spectators are filling up for the Sydney CBD Heats, which we're hosting online with Word Travels. Sign up now: cityrecitalhall.com//australian-poetry-slam-sydney-cbd-he/

01.01.2022 Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra's Danny Yeadon answers the ever curious question: what are gut strings?

01.01.2022 For the latest recording in Sydney Symphony Orchestra's Chamber Sounds series, they were joined on stage by the peerless composer and performer William Barton to play "Petrichor" and "Birdsong at Dusk" for string quartet and didgeridoo. A stunning performance. Featuring Sydney Symphony musicians: Anna Skálová (violin), Emma Jezek (violin), Tobias Breider (viola), Elizabeth Neville (cello).

01.01.2022 Lively and spirited, Bottesinis Passione Amorosa unusually heroes the double bass. Sydney Symphony Orchestra's Principal Double Bassists Alex Henery and Kees Boersma are joined by pianist Cathy Davis, bringing their energy to the City Recital Hall stage.