After the sold-out success of Handel’s Messiah last year, Adelaide Baroque and the St Peter’s Cathedral Consort combine to present one of Handel’s other great choral masterpieces - the virtuosic Dixit Dominus - alongside Handel’s sublime antiphon “Salve Regina”, sung by Jessica Dean.

To complete the program with a true Christmas flavour, the Adelaide Baroque Orchestra and St Peter’s Cathedral Consort sing the Charpentier Messe de Minuit (Midnight Mass) - a sparkling, joyful work filled with dancing and colour.

Two performances:
Friday 20th December, 7.00pm
Saturday 21st December, 7.00pm

Enter a world of vibrant colour and timeless drama at the Australian Youth Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival, where every note tells a story. Guided by the inspiring leadership of Alexander Briger, Natalia Luis-Bassa, and Andrew Haveron and creatively directed by the brilliant Monica Curro, this year’s festival showcases Australia’s best young musicians in a feast for the senses. Enjoy beloved works by Strauss and Dvořák alongside contemporary gems from Gabriela Ortiz and Australia’s Jessica Wells. New this year, explore Carclew’s hands-on art experiences on 17 and 18 January. Create keepsakes while enjoying refreshments and treats. Bring the whole family for this celebration of music and creativity! 

The French pianist Cédric Tiberghien makes his UKARIA debut with a program featuring a conversation between two composers: the Australian composer Lisa Illean’s 2024 Sonata in ten parts, and the work that inspired it, Beethoven’s monumental set of thirty-three Diabelli Variations.

Adelaide Chamber Singers Heal You is a transformative journey of healing, peace, and belonging. Part of the 2025 Adelaide Festival program, ACS articulate this healing with exquisite musical responses, from early 20th Century works and contemporary repertoire. Also featuring music by Joanna Marsh, Ēriks Ešenvalds and Emeli Sandé.

Conducted by Christie Anderson

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

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 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.