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This is the experience of Chamber Music.
At Chamber Music Adelaide, we build on this, creating experiences that transcend style or genre and thrive on closeness and connection.
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Adelaide Baroque present their first House Concert! This is an opportunity to experience an Adelaide Baroque performance up close - a 1-hour concert in an intimate setting. This first concert features solo and chamber works of grand design by masters of the German baroque: Bach, Telemann, Pisendel, Hasse and Zelenka.
Laura Vaughan | Baryton,
Heidi von Bernewitz | viola,
Thomas Marlin | cello
The little-known baryton is a Classical instrument similar in size to a cello, with 6 gut bowed strings plus a course of 10 metal strings which resonate sympathetically and are also plucked like a harp. This magnificent instrument reached its zenith at the court of Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy in Vienna during the time of composer Joseph Haydn, and there exists a significant repertoire of chamber music for baryton which is very rarely performed. Laura Vaughan is one of the foremost performers on the viola da Gamba in Australia and her Baryton is the first in Australia, made by Henner Harders, it is a copy of one by Daniel Agnatius Stadlmann, Vienna, 1732.
Celebrating the sacred and profane with passion, fire, and madness! Inflame You is for early music lovers
Featuring music to die for by Gesualdo, Monteverdi and Pärt.
Conducted by Christie Anderson
An afternoon of delights from the French court and Parisian salons: Marais, Couperin, Hottetterre and others.
Tim Kerstin | Lute
Emma Horwood | Soprano
The lute music of John Dowland and Daniel Bacheler. John Dowland and Daniel Bacheler were the two preeminent lutenists of the English Golden Age. This concert is a playful juxtaposition of their lute music, exploring shared themes and motifs, plus parodies they made of each other’s work. As a special feature, Emma Horwood will perform songs linked to the lute pieces presented.
Bethany Hill | soprano
David Greco | baritone
Adelaide Baroque Orchestra led by Ben Dollman
Two of Bach’s masterful cantatas for solo voice, Ich habe Genug, BWV 82 with ARIA Award-nominated baritone David Greco, and Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199 with versatile and critically acclaimed operatic soprano, Bethany Hill on a rare return trip to Australia form the U.S. where she is now based.
The first of two Adelaide Baroque Academy concerts features the outstanding academy faculty in music showcasing the virtuosic fire of the Baroque. Music by Bach, Handel, Telemann, Geminiani, and Schmelzer.
The second of two Adelaide Baroque Academy concerts features the outstanding academy faculty performing alongside the academy students and joined by the high school students for a grand finale performing the music of Handel, Hasse, Avison, Rebel, Vivaldi and Dall'Abaco.
Adelaide Chamber Singers celebrate 40 years in 2025 with an equally grand offering. Forty for 40. Forty singers, forty parts. Thomas Tallis’ 40-part motet Spem in alium performed alongside a commissioned major work in 40 parts by Carl Crossin. Featuring members of Rising Voices and former-ACS singers conducted by Christie Anderson.
Adelaide Baroque House Concert: Swing to the sounds of 18th century taverns in the British Isles: John Playford, James Oswald and some Italian friends...
Adelaide Baroque House Concert: Exuberance and imagination in early string music from Venice, Bologna and Florence: Marini, Vitali, Buonamente and more!
Kate Macfarlane | Soprano
Hannah Lane | Baroque Harp
Nick Pollock | Theorbo
Kate Macfarlane and Ensemble 642 (Hannah Lane – baroque harp, Nicholas Pollock – lutes) return to Adelaide to explore the highly expressive mad songs of seventeenth century England. The program draws on the poetry, music and drama of this intriguing genre, interspersing contemporary readings and folk song to evoke the tumult of the human mind, and the dramatic intensity brought on by madness, longing and love.
Adelaide Chamber Singers’ Rising Voices will help you end the year on a musical high as they lift our voices to ‘raise you’ with music of emotional power and inspiration. Conducted by Carl Crossin.
Handel’s music is eternal, optimistic, lively, and given fresh life in this invigorating and inspiring performance. What Christmas is complete without the joyous music of “For unto us a child is Born”, the Hallelujah Chorus, and the resounding final Amen? And no more fitting venue than the beautiful surrounds of St Peter’s Cathedral.

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Chamber Music Adelaide remains committed to deepening our connection with First Nations artists and partners.
Andrew Blanch brings a musical journey like no other. Praised as “the rockstar of nylon-acoustic music” (On Sounds), “the real deal” (Classics Today), “dazzling” (ArtsHub), and “brilliant” (Limelight Magazine), Andrew is one of Australia’s leading musicians.
The evening begins with a virtuosic solo Spanish guitar recital, tracing the instrument’s rich history from the heights of the European Baroque in J.S. Bach to the fiery evocations of Spanish life in the works of Catalan Maestro Isaac Albéniz. The concert’s finale transports you to Argentina, where the phenomenal Argentinian mezzo-soprano María Eugenia Nieva joins Andrew on stage for a selection of Argentinian Tango and Música Folklórica. Featuring Astor Piazzolla and Carlos Gardel, María Eugenia’s extraordinary interpretations bring the concert to a powerful conclusion.