Milo’s Wake
From 9 to 30 November 2024
Milo’s Wake (written by Margery and Michael Forde) is a tragi-comedy set in an Irish-style pub somewhere in Australia. Milo O’Connor has organised his own wake because he’s a bit down and wants to give people a chance to say something nice about him - and have a bit of a sing-a-long. But, like all wakes, it also reawakens some family tensions AND relives the tragic scene that has affected Milo so badly.
Containing some great Irish songs and a little pub band, the audience are very much a part of this show, which will be presented in our end-of-year dinner theatre style. So it promises to be a fun night out!
Rhapsody in Blue & Scheherazade
Sun, 17 November 2024
3 pm
On 17 November 2024, at the Concourse, Chatswood, the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing Rimsky Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and Sculthorpe’s Kakadu. Conducted by KPO’s Artistic Director, Paul Terracini, the concert features star soloist Simon Tedeschi at the piano. This performance of three popular masterpieces is not to be missed.
SF3 SMARTFONE
15–17 November 2024
Our live festival will be held once again in the City of Sydney over the weekend of 15-17th November, 2024. This will feature Filmmakers’ Networking Drinks, our VIP Red-Carpet Gala Finals & Awards Ceremony, our SF3 Kids Finals and our Mini & Feature Film Screening plus Masterclasses.
THE SPOOKY MEN’S CHORALE: SOUTH COAST TOUR
22 November to 1 December 2024
Men singing songs, some of them are funny (the songs… and the men).
A magnificent, many-headed singing beast, the Spooky Men’s Chorale carves out new territories of mighty sounds, exquisite tenderness, and charming stupidity. Festival favourites in Australia and the UK, they evoke musical worlds far beyond that suggested by their unassuming, casually hatted, black-clad appearance. They are just a bunch of blokes, but where they take you will blow your mind. From Bundanoon and Thirroul to Nowra, Bateman’s Bay, Mallacoota, Narooma, Cobargo and Huskisson.
SYDNEY CHAMBER CHOIR: PEOPLE’S CHOICE!
23 November 2024 at 5pm
It’s your turn to choose the music!
Over the course of 2024, we’ll be asking you for your favourites, and then putting them all together into one glorious evening of choral delights. There’ll be something for everyone – the sublime polyphony of the Renaissance, the glory of Bach, the warmth of the Romantics, and the Australian composers who have made a home in our hearts. And whether it’s music from centuries past or music hot off the press, music on a grand scale or music for intimate occasions, music throbbing with passion or sparkling with humour, we can’t wait to sing it for you - at the Sydney Conservatorium’s spectacular Verbrugghen Hall!
Elysian Fields - New Horizons NSW Regional Tour
From 29 November 2024
Impossible to pigeonhole, Elysian Fields is Australia's only (singular) electric viola da gamba band. They have appeared at classical and jazz festivals, broadcast on Australian Digital Concert Hall, and been favourably reviewed in jazz, folk and classical music publications.The band has released two albums on the MOVE Recordslabel, ‘What Should I say’ and ‘FIKA,’ with a third album in post production. The "New Horizons" tour visits iconic NSW regional venues from 29 November featuring new music from the band's soon to be released album blended with their extensive back catalogue of stunning arrangements and original compositions!
2MBS Fine Music Magazine & 50th Anniversary
October 2024 through January 2025
Radio 2MBS Fine Music – Australia’s first ever stereo FM station - is set to celebrate its 50th birthday. And the festivities will be shared with music-lovers across the globe!
2MBS Fine Music Sydney is Australia’s premier broadcaster of Classical, Jazz, Blues, World, Folk, Ambient and other Contemporary music. Almost entirely powered by volunteers (among them famous musicians, composers, celebrity broadcasters and music aficionados), the station brings fine music for every taste to Sydneysiders on 102.5 FM stereo, nationally and globally via the internet 24/7 (at www.2mbsfinemusicsydney.com), and now - in your pocket, wherever you go, via the 2MBS App (available on the Apple App or Google Play Stores).
In the next weeks and months, the birthday festivities ramp up with treats for all: on-air, on-site and in multi-sensory celebratory events!
The publication of Michael Morton-Evans’ history of the station “The Experiment that Lasted Half a Century” is set for release; a celebratory dinner is planned for 12 December; a retrospective special broadcast airs at 12 noon on 15 December (exactly 50 years to the hour since the first broadcast!); plus an open day (that commemorates the first such event half a century ago) takes place at the St Leonards studios on Saturday 1 February when the public can tour the station, meet the presenters, make an on-air request or record a message!
Special messages from famous musicians and international personalities and musical ‘stings’ have been recorded for broadcast. And an elegant new logo will be unveiled.
Meanwhile, the November edition of the 2MBS Fine Music Magazine continues its monthly artist and composer features (Outback Brass, Gabriel Faure, John Sangster, Laurence Pike) a volunteer spotlight (veteran programmer and lover of sacred music Meg Matthews), the popular music quiz… and the last in our series looking into the issues that artificial intelligence raises for music and music broadcasting. Plus the monthly program guide.
And there’s much more in the offing at 2MBS Fine Music this month and beyond.
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