Ticket Giveaway
Guy Noble's Very Serious
Guide to Classical Music

When: Friday 24 July at 6.30pm
Where: City Recital Hall, Sydney
Tickets: $49 – $69

Guy Noble fires up the Steinway and takes you on a laugh-filled journey through the amazing world of classical music. Featuring music of JS Bach, Wagner, Mozart, Schubert and many others. 

With special guest star bass-baritone Jud King Arthur, and introducing Sicily's favourite mezzo-Soprano Ophelia Ciabatta...

2MBS Fine Music Sydney subscribers have an exclusive opportunity to win one double pass to see Guy Noble's Very Serious
Guide to Classical Music on Friday 24 July at 6.30pm at the City Recital Hall.

Ticket Giveaway
The Australian Haydn Ensemble

When: Sunday 2 August at 4pm
Where: The Neilson, ACO on the Pier, Dawes Point
Tickets: From $75

18th-century Bohemian composers were a fabulous force to be reckoned with. Not quite household names today, they were a great influence on many composers who are.

Hear The Australian Haydn Ensemble perform string quartets by these 'Divine Bohemians'  in a delicious and dramatic program of string quartets by Haydn, Wranitzky, Mysliveček and Beethoven.

2MBS Fine Music Sydney subscribers have an exclusive opportunity to win one double pass to see Divine Bohemians on Sunday 2 August at 4pm at The Neilson.

Ticket Giveaway
Ensemble Q with Ed le Brocq

When: Wednesday 22 July at 7pm
Where: Sydney Opera House, Utzon Room.
Tickets: $15 - $78

Hailed by Limelight magazine as “Australia’s top echelon of musicians,” Ensemble Q Australia launches its 2026 National Touring Program with a vibrant mix of beloved classics and compelling new Australian works. 

One of Australia's most celebrated chamber ensembles, Ensemble Q, will join forces with beloved ABC Classic presenter and writer, Ed le Brocq, for a special evening of chamber music and storytelling.

2MBS Fine Music Sydney subscribers have an exclusive opportunity to win one double pass to see Ensemble Q with Ed le Brocq on Wednesday 22 July at 7pm at the Sydney Opera House,.

Ticket Giveaway
Bach Akademie Australia

When: Sunday 9 August at 5pm
Where: St James Church, Sydney
Tickets: $40 – $90

Bach Akademie Australia presents Solo Bach Cantatas with acclaimed Australian soprano Miriam Allan who returns home for a special Bach program that pairs his poignant Wedding Cantata with the witty Coffee Cantata. Miriam will perform alongside her father, baritone Christopher Allan, in this comic gem about a disgruntled father and his coffee-obsessed daughter.

2MBS Fine Music Sydney subscribers have the chance to win a double pass to Bach Akademie Australia's Weddings & Parties Over Coffee on Sunday 9 August at 5pm at St James Church, Sydney.

CD of The Week
Schubert Schwanengesang

Tune in to 2MBS Fine Music Breakfast between 6 – 9am Friday 17 July to hear highlights from Schubert Schwanengesang.

Anna Fraser (soprano) and Neal Peres Da Costa (fortepiano) reimagine Schubert’s Schwanengesang in this CD with the help of an astonishing set of recordings of singers trained in the 1830s and 40s in combination with other historical sources...

2MBS Fine Music Sydney subscribers have the chance to win a copy of Schubert Schwanengesang by Anna Fraser (soprano) and Neal Peres Da Costa (fortepiano).

The Choir of Christ Church St Laurence
Bach and Charpentier

When: Saturday 18 July at 7pm
Where: Christ Church St Laurence, Haymarket.
Tickets: $45 - $55

Enjoy the unique splendours of the Baroque period as The Choir of Christ Church St Laurence joins hands with The Muffat Collective, under the direction of Sam Allchurch.

Together, they present JS Bach’s uplifting Ascension Oratorio and his lyrical motet Komm, Jesu, alongside the glories of French music: Charpentier’s iconic Te Deum and Campra’s joyous motet, Exaudiat te, Dominus.  

Selby & Friends
From Romance to Reckoning

When/Where:

1. Saturday 18 July at 4pm, Bowral Memorial Hall, Bowral.
2. Sunday 19 July at 2:15pm, Turramurra Uniting Church, Turramurra.
3. Tuesday 21 July at 7pm, City Recital Hall, Sydney.

Tickets: $66 - $106

Selby & Friends tours with charismatic guest artists Natalie Chee and cellist Richard Narroway.

These concerts with pianist Kathryn Selby highlight an extraordinary work by eight Australians, the Fire Dances Suite, a composition funded by a Fresh Start Grant of the ABC.

Diverse dance movements journey through the trajectory of a bushfire - distant haze, engulfing flames, and finally nature’s regrowth.

Also on the program, gorgeous Schumann music, eight Australian composers and, ending on utterly Romantic note, Mendelssohn’s final piano trio.

Willoughby Symphony Orchestra
Last Night of the Proms

When: Saturday 8 August at 7pm and Sunday 9 August at 2pm
Where: The Concourse – Pat Reilly Concert Hall, Chatswood
Tickets: $95 - $106

Celebrate one of Sydney’s favourite concert traditions with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr Nicholas Milton AM. Experience stirring classics, audience participation and unforgettable live music at The Concourse, Chatswood.

Join them on 8 and 9 August for a spectacular weekend of music, community and celebration.

Nocturne at Pier Pavilion
The Enigma Quartet

When: Friday 17 July and Saturday 18 July at 6pm
Where: Pier Pavilion, 3 Barangaroo Avenue.
Tickets: free (limited seating available).

From their formative student days busking on the streets of Sydney to national and international concert and festival performances, this year marks the 20 year anniversary of Enigma’s contribution to the Australian classical music scene.

Comprised of established artists in their own right - they now welcome internationally acclaimed violist Tahlia Petrosian to the ensemble.
The quartet have collaborated with a range of artists, notably commissioning ten new Australian works with shakuhachi master Riley Lee for their Five Elements project. 

Jazz Sessions In The Rocks
Gary Daley & Damien Wright

When: Thursday 23 July from 6pm.
Where: The Rocks Square
Tickets: free (limited seating available).

Damian Wright (flamenco guitar) and Gary Daley (accordion and piano) form a unique duo exploring iconic classical and jazz music reimagined through an improvisational lens.

Their performances unfold as a spontaneous musical conversation, where ideas, rhythms and textures are discovered in the moment.

The warm, expressive harmonies of piano and accordion intertwine with the rhythmic brilliance and colour of flamenco guitar, creating music that is fluid, atmospheric and constantly evolving.

A Jazz Hour
Hilary Geddes

When: Friday 17 July at midday
Where: 102.5FM, DAB+ and Online
(repeat broadcast from Friday 20 March 2026).

This Friday on A Jazz Hour, Barry O’Sullivan talks to Hilary Geddes. 

Hilary Geddes is an award-winning guitarist and composer based on Gadigal Land in Sydney. She is the bandleader of the Hilary Geddes Quartet – an ensemble celebrated for their freewheeling improvisations and cinematic soundscapes. Working as an in-demand guitarist in some of Australia’s leading contemporary and improvised music projects, Hilary is celebrated for her unique musical voice as well as her collaborative approach to music-making.

In Conversation
Tahu Matheson

Tahu Matheson conducts The Drover’s Wife for Opera Australia, 7-15 August.

Conductor, pianist and Opera Australia Head of Music Tahu Matheson joins In Conversation ahead of the Sydney season of The Drover's Wife, the acclaimed new Australian opera by George Palmer and Leah Purcell. Tahu explains why he believes the story is perfectly suited to opera, reflecting on the emotional power of the singing voice, the accessibility of Palmer's score, and his experience of helping shape a brand-new work from early workshops through to the world premiere...