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Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts
Mozart And Poetic Inspirations
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaThe Sydney Symphony returns to The Joan in Penrith for a brilliant concert featuring three pieces that capture the sensuous depth and drama of night. The Sydney Symphony returns to The Joan in Penrith for a brilliant night of three chamber pieces that capture the sensuous depth and drama of night, directed by the Sydney […]
Carnival of the Animals
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaExperience the magic of music and animals as the Richard Bonynge Ensemble and Glenbrook Ballet Theatre bring Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals and Bach’s Concerto for Four Pianos to life on stage in this special family-friendly concert. After the show you can get up close to the instruments and discover how they make the […]
ARC
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaDon’t miss this unique opportunity to experience intimate, magical encounters with rare and vulnerable species. Showcasing exquisite puppetry, an enigmatic host and audience interaction, ARC embraces the natural world and the creatures that cohabit Earth, whilst raising questions about our collective and individual relationships with nature and loss. Renowned as innovators of physical and visual […]
The Robbie Mann Quartet
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaJoin Robbie Mann, one of Australia’s only masters of stride piano style, for an evening in the company of the late, great Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller. A musical force of nature, Fats Waller was a pianist, composer, showman and raconteur whose accomplishments shaped jazz both within his brief lifespan and for decades to come. Robbie […]
Music Talk with Andy Bromberger: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaThe Ninth Symphony is one of the greatest works in the classical repertoire, regarded as the pinnacle of Beethoven’s achievements and a culmination of his genius. Written between 1822 – 1824, it is remarkable not only for its grandness of scale but also being the first symphony from a major composer to use voices, the […]
The Peasant Prince
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaBased on the book by Li Cunxin, Illustrated by Anne Spudvilas. Adapted for the stage by Eva Di Cesare, Sandie Eldridge and Tim McGarry. Prepare to be mesmerised as Monkey Baa’s multi award-winning production "The Peasant Prince" returns to the stage for a limited time. In a poor village in northern China, Li, a 10-year-old […]
The Peasant Prince
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaBased on the book by Li Cunxin, Illustrated by Anne Spudvilas. Adapted for the stage by Eva Di Cesare, Sandie Eldridge and Tim McGarry. Prepare to be mesmerised as Monkey Baa’s multi award-winning production "The Peasant Prince" returns to the stage for a limited time. In a poor village in northern China, Li, a 10-year-old […]
The Peasant Prince
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaBased on the book by Li Cunxin, Illustrated by Anne Spudvilas. Adapted for the stage by Eva Di Cesare, Sandie Eldridge and Tim McGarry. Prepare to be mesmerised as Monkey Baa’s multi award-winning production "The Peasant Prince" returns to the stage for a limited time. In a poor village in northern China, Li, a 10-year-old […]
Music Talk with Dr Paul Smith: The Concerto and the Birth of the Musical Celebrity
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaThis lecture will explore the history of the concerto and some of the most famous classical music performers in history. Delving into the development of the concerto form and drawing on a wide range of examples, this lecture will explain the musical characteristics of the classical concerto and also connect these ideas with the social […]
Anne of Green Gables and Prince Edward Island: Lecture and World Premiere for Piano and Strings
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaIn this concert and presentation, University of New England PhD researcher and composer Merri Bell will discuss Canadian author L.M. Montgomery, who is best known for the novel "Anne of Green Gables". In addition to the seven books of the "Anne" series, Montgomery completed another thirteen books exploring the life and experience of young women […]
Music Talk with Andy Bromberger: Beethoven and his Deafness
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaBeethoven hearing started to fail him in his 20’s. So how could he have written such fulfilling music without hearing it? What was the impact on his music? Join Andy Bromberger for this fascinating lecture as she discusses the significant mental, physical and creative effects of going deaf on a composer of Beethoven’s stature, including […]
Bell Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Joan Sutherland Centre for Performing Arts 597 High Street, Penrith, NSW, AustraliaShakespeare’s classic comedy, "A Midsummer Night’s Dream", is reawakened in this breathless production brimming with magic, mirth and mayhem. Love is in the air in Athens – and it’s contagious. Besides the royal wedding, which is just days away, young lovers are dreaming of enchanted futures together. Hermia and Lysander are besotted with one another, […]