Glebe Music Festival

The 36^th Annual Glebe Music Festival
Saturday 1^st to Sunday 23^rd November 2025

and

2025 Special Concerts

In conjunction with the Glebe Society
Artistic Director Dr E. David G. McIntosh AM AMusA

TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH TRYBOOKING
Also available at the door for Glebe Town Hall and Gleebooks concerts

 

SPECIAL CONCERTS

Special Concert 1:
Saturday 8 February 2025 at 7pm
L’Oiseau Immortel

Location: Margaretta Cottage, 6 Leichhardt Street, Glebe (disabled access at 18A Cook Street, Glebe)

Performers: Ruth Crosby (baroque flute), Philip Murray (baroque flute)

Programme: This concert is a journey back to the courts of Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV. At this time the new traverso flutes were du monde as were musical works inspired by nature. In this recital, amongst the elegant airs and dances of the time, you will hear music inspired by birds and even touches of bird song

Tickets: $20 includes drinks

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Special Concert 2:
Saturday 19 July 2025 at 7pm
Guy Strazz and Casey Golden

Location: Margaretta Cottage, 6 Leichhardt Street, Glebe (disabled access at 18A Cook Street, Glebe)

Performers: Guy Strazz (guitar) and Casey Golden (piano)

Programme: 2@1 is musical project that began in the late 2008 when masters, pianist Matt McMahon and guitarist Guy Strazz, released the album "2@1" on Birdland Records, which was nominated for 'Best Jazz Album of the Year' at the Australian Independent Recording Awards. Listen here:

John Shand described it as: "A radiant album", and Peter Wockner (Jazz & Beyond) said of Guy's composition Silk Road that: "It must be considered one of the most attractive crossover jazz guitar melodies this country has produced". The concert at Margaretta Cottage is the 2025 evolution of 2@1 where guitarist Guy Strazz pairs with talented pianist Casey Golden to present repertoire from the original recording as well as new compositions by both musicians. Join Guy and Casey for a musical journey of evocative melodies, improvisations and infectious rhythms.

Tickets: $20 includes drinks

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Special Concert 3:
Sunday 5 October 2025 at 3pm
Bach’s Universe

Location: Glebe Town Hall, 160 St John’s Road, Glebe 2037

Performers: Michael Tsalka and Diana Weston Two Harpsichords

Programme: Works by JS Bach, WF Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi and others

Tickets: $20 full price, $10 concessions; 21 years of age and under free entry. Includes afternoon tea

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The 36th Annual Glebe Music Festiaval

 

Concert 1:
Saturday 1 November 2025 at 7pm
Hourglass Ensemble

Location: Glebe Town Hall, 160 St John’s Road, Glebe 2037

Performers: Ewa Kowalski (Flutes), Andrew Kennedy (Clarinets), Dan Russell (Violin), Jack Ward (Cello), Anna Rutkowska-Schock (Piano)

Programme: Join the quartet of cello, clarinet, flute and piano for a specially curated and easy-listening journey through much-loved classics by Dvorak, Villa-Lobos, and Brahms.

Hourglass Ensemble, winners of Best Foreign Album for 2024at the Polish Musical Eagles Awards, also bring you emotive, exciting, and highly accessible new gems from leading Australian and American composers.
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Tickets: $20 full price, $10 concessions; 21 years of age and under free entry. Includes drinks
Australiana/Heritage Members free entry

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Concert 2:
Sunday 2 November at 3pm
Anthony Chen piano

Location: Glebe Town Hall, 160 St John’s Road, Glebe 2037

Performers: Anthony Chen

Programme: Music by JS Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Debussy and others.
Anthony Chen is an Australian solo and collaborative pianist based in Sydney. After discovering he had a fondness for music and dancing, his parents encouraged him to take piano lessons, where he fell in love with the instrument after hearing a recording of Debussy’s La fille aux cheveux lin (The Girl with Flaxen Hair). His musical journey has since led him to competition success, international performances, and to being an acclaimed collaborator and accompanist. Anthony has a love for 20^th century and contemporary music, and specializes in the music of Claude Debussy.
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Tickets: $20 full price, $10 concessions, 21 years of age and under free entry. Includes afternoon tea

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Concert 3:
Friday 7 November 2025 at 6.30pm
Kjell Goyer and Stolen Moments

Location: Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe 2037

Performers: Kjell Goyer and Stolen Moments Jazz ensemble

Programme: Quartet of trumpet, Classical; and Manouche guitars, double bass and vocals, specialising in playing elegant chamber jazz arrangements from the jazz greats from Swing to Latin. Jazz greats such as such as Gershwin, Ellington, Jobim, Davis and Reinhardt as well as their own compositions.

Tickets: $20 full price, $10 concessions, 21 years of age and under free entry. Includes food and drinks

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Concert 4:
Saturday 8 November 2025 at 7pm
John Martin Presents: Noel Coward, Remembering the Master

Location: Margaretta Cottage, 6 Leichhardt Street, Glebe (disabled access at 18A Cook Street, Glebe)

Performers: John Martin piano and vocal

Programme: The life, story and music of Noel Coward

Tickets: $40 full price, $20 concessions, includes drinks and light supper

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Concert 5:
Sunday 9 November 2025 at 3pm
Acacia Quartet

Location: Glebe Town Hall, 160 St John’s Road, Glebe 2037

Performers: Lisa Stewart (violin), Doreen Cumming (violin), Stefan Duwe (viola), Anna Martin-Scrase (cello) Acacia Quartet

Programme: Joseph Haydn - String Quartet Op. 76/4 ‘Sunrise’, Nick Wales - 'Harbour Light’, Maurice Ravel - String Quartet

Tickets: $20 full price, $10 concessions, 21 years of age and under free entry. Includes afternoon tea

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Concert 6:
Friday 14 November 2025 at 7pm
Victor Sicard (baritone)

Location: Margaretta Cottage, 6 Leichhardt Street, Glebe (disabled access at 18A Cook Street, Glebe)

Performers: Victor Sicard (baritone) and Josephine Allen (piano)

Programme: Kaddish, Ravel - Chants populaires (Espagnole, Française, Italienne, Hébraïque), Ravel - 5 mélodies populaires grecques, Ravel - 4 chansons de Don Quichotte, Ibert - Siete canciones populares españolas, de Falla.

Tickets: $40 full price, $20 concessions, includes drinks and light supper

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Concert 7:
Sunday 16 November 2025 at 3pm
Jane Downer and Austral Harmony

Location: Glebe Town Hall, 160 St John’s Road, Glebe 2037

Performers: Margaret Caley (baroque violin), Jane Downer (baroque oboes & recorder), Joanna Tondys (harpsichord)

Programme: BACH OBBLIGATO featuring Johann Sebastian Bach’s unique and quintessential obbligato writing with pastoral themes in celebration of springtime, and performed on historical instruments
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Tickets: $20 full price, $10 concessions, 21 years of age and under free entry. Includes afternoon tea

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Concert 8:
Friday 21 November 2025 at 6.30pm
Agostino Guitar Duo

Location: Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe 2037

Performers: Janet and Raffaele Agostino

Programme: "Cocktails, quarks, tangos and Beatles" an eclectic mix of works from South America, the UK and Australian composer Richard Charlton.

Tickets: $20 full price, $10 concessions, 21 years of age and under free entry. Includes food and drinks

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Concert 9:
Sunday 23 November 2025 at 3pm
Josie and the Emeralds

Location: Glebe Town Hall, 160 St John’s Road, Glebe 2037

Performers: Josie and the Emeralds directed by Brooke Green. Josie Ryan (soprano), Brooke Green (artistic director, viol), Laura Vaughan, Daniel Yeadon, Ruby Brallier, Imogen Granwal, Annika Stagg, Catherine Upex (viols)

Programme: Orlando’s Hand

Josie and the Emeralds celebrate the magnificent 17th century English composer Orlando Gibbons and present two world premieres by Brooke Green. Gibbons was said to have “the best hand in England“ and his music touched Glen Gould, with its supreme beauty. This is a rare opportunity to hear Gibbons’ sumptuous works for 6 viols including several of his Fantasies and the brilliant “Go From My Window”. Soprano Josie Ryan is soloist for some of his beautiful madrigals including “The Silver Swan”.

There will be two world premieres by Brooke Green. “Après (Afterwards)” received a Special Mention at this year’s COMA Composer Competition, Berlin. “Orlando Transforms” is semi-theatrical and depicts the moment in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando when the main character transforms from a man into a woman.

Tickets: $40 full price, concessions $20, 21 years of age and under free entry. Includes afternoon tea

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Booking Information

Bookings essential for Margaretta Cottage concerts.

Tickets also available at the door for the Glebe Town Hall and Gleebooks concerts.

Donations: https://www.trybooking.com/au/donate/glebemusicfest