Brisbane Classical and Chamber Music Meetup Group

The BCPO is excited to present our first concert program for 2026 entitled - Ticket to the World. Take your seats, strap in and relax as we take you on a musical journey around the world!

Firstly, the orchestra will visit the USA, featuring the American Marches Medley by Ronald Hanmer before heading south of the border for the Mexican Hat Dance, Jamaican Rumba and the exciting Cinco Salsa from Cuba.

Let's also enjoy the popular song Brazil before heading off to Britain for the lively Sailor’s Hornpipe, to Spain for Spanish Gypsy Dance and Russia, to hear Procession of the Nobles by Rimsky-Korsakov and finally the beautiful theme from Out of Africa by John Barry.

We will also make some quick stopovers in some famous cities with Cities of Song, one of Ronald Hanmer's unique arrangements. Our special guests will be Viva la Musica presenting a Celtic Celebration with Rhonda Davidson-Irwin and Friends. The orchestra will be conducted and compered by the wonderful Andrew Robinson.

Tickets can be purchased here:

https://www.sunpac.net.au/ticket-to-the-world/

I'm going to say 'Farewell to Summer' with: Fauré Requiem; a serenade from Brahms; and the work of two other composers. Performed by Qld Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Choir and solo vocalists. Join me if you're free. I will arrive in the foyer of the Conservatorium Theatre around 7:10pm.
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Stacey Alleaume, Soprano Christopher Richardson, Baritone
Brisbane Chamber Choir Collective

Brahms
Serenade No.2 in A, Op.16
Maria Grenfell
Gaudete Fanfare for Brass
Katy Abbott
Fanfare for the Melancholy
Fauré
Requiem

Prices accommodate adult, concession, student, child within each of three different base prices. Buy tickets here:
https://qso.n.qtix.com.au/tickets/series/qsofaurerequiem26/qso-faure-requiem-1857429?startDate=03-14-2026

QSO says: "Lose yourself in Fauré’s most enduring and beloved work.
Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici leads a program that begins in brightness and ends in serenity...At the heart of the program is Fauré’s Requiem, featuring soprano Stacey Alleaume, baritone Christopher Richardson, and the Brisbane Chamber Choir Collective...
Even now, few works speak so clearly, or so tenderly. "

This performance is called Music of Enduring Love by Soirées Musicales Quintette (piano, tenor, soprano, baritone, soprano) and features
‘Myrthen’ Op.25 by Robert Schumann, a set of 26 songs which he wrote during his ‘Year of Song’.
Buy tickets here:
https://queenslandconservatorium.n.qtix.com.au/tickets/series/qcgumusicofenduringlove26

As epitomised by the opening song ‘Widmung’ (Dedication), it is dedicated to his betrothed, Clara Wieck, and presented to her in published form on the eve of their wedding, in September1840.
Included in this opus are some of Schumann’s best known Lieder, including ‘Der Nussbaum’ (The walnut tree) and ‘Die Lotusblume’ (The lotus-flower).

Also in the program are Clara Schumann's Three Romances for Piano Op.11, published in 1840 before the wedding.

The soloists will take turns performing the lieder.