Established and designed by the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra’s founding artistic director and world-renowned educator the late Richard Gill, the Voyage of Musical Discovery is equal parts concert and demonstration. Co-artistic directors, Rachael Beesley and Nicole van Bruggen present each Voyage with musicians of the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra in the first half, and with a contemporary guest artist or ensemble featured in the second half. By placing contemporary Australian music alongside earlier Classical and Romantic works, listeners are shown the many compositional links and similarities in structure, tonality, rhythmic function, orchestration and modes of expression.

Each live Voyage performance and presentation is supported by an interactive digital education kit customised for the senior secondary curriculum of each state and of interest to music educators and lovers of music alike. Written by musician and educator Charles MacInnes, the kits identify common elements between historical and contemporary musics by guiding participants to design their own collaborative works in the classroom and ensemble. Drawing on the latest research in the field of historically informed performance, tomorrow's artists learn that the lines between the styles and centuries are not as distinct as often assumed – and most importantly – that the modern musician is equal parts collaborator, designer and improviser. By making music rather than doing it, a whole world of insight and discovery awaits.

S4:E1 MOTIVIC DEVELOPMENT
17 February 2021 | City Recital Hall, Sydney
presented by Nicole van Bruggen & Rachael Beesley

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
MAX BRUCH | Serenade for Strings after Swedish Melodies (1916)

Nick Russoniello
NICK RUSSONIELLO | Suite for Saxophones and Loop Station (2018)
Nick Russoniello is a D'Addario Artist

S2:E3 DYNAMICS & EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES
19 August 2019 | City Recital Hall, Sydney
presented by Rachael Beesley & Nicole van Bruggen

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
JOHANNES BRAHMS | Serenade No.1 in D Major for Nonet

The Idea of North
KOLBEINN TUMASON (1173–1208) (text) / ÞORKELL SIGURBJÖRNSSON (1938–2013) (music) | Heyr Himna Smiður (Hear, smith of the heavens)
NICK BEGBIE, arr NAOMI CRELLIN | Growing Pains
LUKE THOMPSON | Beyond The City
TIM MINCHIN | F Sharp
WALKER/PRESTWICH, arr NAOMI CRELLIN | Flame Trees

S2:E2 CULTURAL & HISTORICAL CONTEXTS
14 May 2019 | City Recital Hall, Sydney
presented by Nicole van Bruggen & Rachael Beesley

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
JOHANN STAMITZ | Sinfonia à Quattro in A Major
FRANZ XAVER RICHTER | Sinfonia à Quattro in B-flat Major

Jane Rutter and Third Culture World Music Group
Selected works by Jane Rutter and John Huie

S2:E1 PHRASING & FORM
27 March 2019 | City Recital Hall, Sydney
presented by Nicole van Bruggen & Rachael Beesley

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Overture, Duets & Arias from The Marriage of Figaro

S1:E3 VOICES & INSTRUMENTS
21 August 2018 | City Recital Hall, Sydney
presented by Nicole van Bruggen & Rachael Beesley

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
JOHANNES VAN BREE | Allegro in D minor for Four String Quartets (1845)
EDVARD GRIEG | Elegiac Melodies Op.34 (1880)

Camerata Antica
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI | ‘O come sei gentile’
ALICE CHANCE | Ode to Melancholy
ELENA KATS-CHERNIN | Black Tie

S1:E2 TEXTURE & TIMBRE
15 May 2018 | City Recital Hall, Sydney
presented by Richard Gill AO

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
PETER VON WINTER | Octet in E flat major for winds and strings (1812)

Ensemble Offspring
HOLLY HARRISON | Vibe Rant
THOMAS MEADOWCROFT | Medieval Rococo
BREE VAN REYK | Light for the First Time
CASSIE TO | Avialae

S1:E1 MOTIVIC DEVELOPMENT
27 March 2018 | City Recital Hall, Sydney
presented by Richard Gill AO

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN | Symphony No.6 Op.68 ‘Pastoral’ (1808)

The World According to James
JAMES GREENING | Mosman
BERNIE MCGANN | Brownsville
ANDREW ROBSON | Katoomba

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DIGITAL CAPTURE COMING SOON

4 May 2021 | City Recital Hall, Sydney
presented by Neal Peres Da Costa

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
FRANZ ADOLF BERWALD | Grand Septet in B flat major (1828)

Sydney Chamber Choir
directed by Sam Allchurch
BRENDA GIFFORD | Mother Earth / Minga Bagan (2020)
ELLA MACENS | Stāvi Stīvi, Ozoliņ (2019)
CLARE MACLEAN | A West Irish Ballad (1988)
PAUL STANHOPE | Agnus Dei (Do not stand at my grave and weep) (2016)

S3:E1 MOTIVIC DEVELOPMENT

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DIGITAL CAPTURE COMING SOON

4 March 2020 | City Recital Hall, Sydney
presented by Rachael Beesley & Nicole van Bruggen

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
FRANZ ANTON EBERL | Symphony in E flat major

The World According to James