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📻 TUNE IN FOR...an interview with Steven Moore - Conductor, conductor and vocal coach. 🎵 My Musical Journey🕗 8.10am Sat ...
12/06/2026

📻 TUNE IN FOR...an interview with Steven Moore - Conductor, conductor and vocal coach.

🎵 My Musical Journey
🕗 8.10am Sat 13 June 2026 (repeats 8pm Sun 14 June 2026)
🎧 103.7FM or livestream at 4mbs.com.au

Born in Toowoomba and now based in Copenhagen, Steven’s musical journey has taken him from early training as an organist, pianist and cellist, to international acclaim as a conductor, repetiteur and vocal coach. With training from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the National Opera Studio, and the Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker Young Artist Program, Steven has worked with some of the world’s most prestigious opera houses across Europe and the US.

He is currently the chorus master of the Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen, and was knighted by Queen Margrethe of Denmark in 2020 for his work transforming her national opera chorus.⁣

Steven is currently back in Brisbane to conduct the upcoming concert 'A Sea Symphony' with Brisbane Chorale and Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra.

Hear Steven talk to 4MBS Broadcasts Manager Peter McCahon about his international career and the upcoming concert, interspersed with Vaughan-Williams' 'The Lark Ascending', 'Sea Symphony' and more!

A SEA SYMPHONY
🎵 Brisbane Chorale, Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra, and soloists
🗓️ Sat 21 June 2026, 3pm
📍Brisbane City Hall
🎟️ events.humanitix.com/vaughan-williams-a-sea-symphony

THIS WEEKEND in the 4MBS Festival of Classics!Farewell the festival with an intimate concert of Baroque favourites by Ar...
11/06/2026

THIS WEEKEND in the 4MBS Festival of Classics!

Farewell the festival with an intimate concert of Baroque favourites by Arioso Chamber Ensemble. From the heart-rending 'Lascia ch’io pianga' (Let me weep) from Handel’s opera 'Rinaldo', to the dramatic 'Frost' aria from 'King Arthur' by Purcell, this program of quintessential Baroque arias is sure to transport and delight audiences. Dance music from Purcell’s 'The Fairy Queen' and Rameau’s 'Danse des sauvages' will have audiences tapping their toes.

Countertenor Tobias Merz will be the vocalist (replacing Judit Molnar), and Jacqueline Webber perform baroque violin, (replacing Frank Fodor) as previously advertised.

More information: 4mbs.com.au

A BAROQUE CODA
🎵 Arioso Chamber Ensemble: Tobias Merz (counter-tenor), Margaret Caley (baroque violin), Jacqueline Webber (baroque violin), Shannon Scheltema (viola da gamba), Janet Brewer (harpsichord)
🗓️ Sat 14 June 2026, 3pm
📍St Paul's Anglican Church, East Brisbane

View the program and book now:
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Thank you to Arts Queensland and Brisbane City Council for their support!

📻 TUNE IN FOR...an interview with Vanessa Tomlinson, percussionist, composer, and Director of the Queensland Conservator...
05/06/2026

📻 TUNE IN FOR...an interview with Vanessa Tomlinson, percussionist, composer, and Director of the Queensland Conservatorium.

🎵 My Musical Journey
🕗 8.10am Sat 6 June 2026 (repeats 8pm Sun 7 June 2026)
🎧 103.7FM or livestream at 4mbs.com.au

Vanessa Tomlinson is a multi-award winning percussionist and composer, primarily engaged with exploratory, ecological sound practices. She has toured the world for 35 years, premiering hundreds of works by significant national and international composers, presenting work at major international festivals, and collaborating with improvisers, dancers, artists and more.

As of January 2026, she is also the Director of the Queensland Conservatorium, where she has been the Head of Percussion since 2003.

Hear Vanessa talk to 4MBS Broadcasts Manager Peter McCahon about her role at the Queensland Conservatorium and share some of her favourite music including excerpts from Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition', Ravel’s 'Sonata for Violin and Piano', Dvořák's 'Quintet in E Flat major', and one of Vanessa's own compositions.

04/06/2026

A glimpse of what's to come from Fractio Modi this Saturday night in the 4MBS Festival of Classics!

Explore a wide range of medieval vocal music - including the chants of Hildegard, the lyric songs of Marchaut and the troubadours, early opera and sacred and secular polyphony alike.

THE LANGUAGE OF SONG
🎵 Fractio Modi: Madeline Gibbs (soprano), Anne Levitsky (soprano/hurdy gurdy), Philip Griffin (baritone/oud/lute), Aaron Brown (rebec), Tunji Beier (hand percussion) with guest, Dan Curro (cello)
🗓️ Sat 6 June 2026, 7pm
📍St Brigid's Church, Red Hill

View the program and book now:
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Thank you to Arts Queensland and Brisbane City Council for their support!

31/05/2026

Bravi to the performers in the ‘Joan Sutherland Spectacular’ this afternoon for their magnificent performance!

La Stupenda would be proud!

📻 TUNE IN FOR...an interview with Dr Anne Levitsky, scholar and performer. 🎵 My Musical Journey🕗 8.10am Sat 30 May 2026 ...
29/05/2026

📻 TUNE IN FOR...an interview with Dr Anne Levitsky, scholar and performer.

🎵 My Musical Journey
🕗 8.10am Sat 30 May 2026 (repeats 8pm Sun 31 May 2026)
🎧 103.7FM or livestream at 4mbs.com.au

Dr. Anne Levitskyis a scholar and performer of medieval vernacular song, in particular troubadour lyric poetry, and its connections to the larger cultural milieu of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. She is a graduate of Stanford University and earned her PhD in Historical Musicology from Columbia University in May 2018. At present, she is Lecturer in Music at the University of Queensland, and has taught previously at Columbia, Dixie State University (now called Utah Tech), and Stony Brook University.

Anne is also the founding member of Brisbane's professional early music ensemble Fractio Modi, which will be performing next weekend in the 4MBS Festival of Classics.

Hear Dr Anne Levitsky talk to 4MBS Classic FM's Wendy Lang about her fascinating music and academic journey, and play some of her favourite music, including works to be informed in Fractio Modi's upcoming concert.

THE LANGUAGE OF SONG
🎵 Fractio Modi
🗓️ Sat 6 June 2026, 7pm
📍St Brigid's Church, Red Hill

Book now for the 4MBS Festival of Classics!
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Revisit last Sunday's concert 'Opera Is Born' in the 4MBS Festival of Classics!The Queensland Baroque Orchestra performe...
26/05/2026

Revisit last Sunday's concert 'Opera Is Born' in the 4MBS Festival of Classics!

The Queensland Baroque Orchestra performed a sublime program with special guest mezzo-soprano Sally-Anne Russell and countertenor Tobias Merz, conducted by John Foster

Did you attend? Let us know what you thought!

Photography by Creative Street

Proudly supported by Arts Queensland and Brisbane City Council.

THIS WEEKEND in the 4MBS Festival of Classics!A day of piano, an afternoon of Bach, plus homages to Pavarotti and Suther...
25/05/2026

THIS WEEKEND in the 4MBS Festival of Classics!

A day of piano, an afternoon of Bach, plus homages to Pavarotti and Sutherland!

More information: 4mbs.com.au

PIANO MARATHON: IN THE KEY OF OPERA
🎵 Pianists Reuben Tsang (11am), Leanne Warne (1pm), John Granger Fisher (2.30pm)
🗓️ Sat 30 May 2026, 11am-4pm
📍Nickson Room, The University of Qld, St Lucia

ST JOHN PASSION
🎵 Lucem Vitae
🗓️ Sat 30 May 2026, 2pm
📍St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Spring Hill

VIVA PAVAROTTI
🎵 Paul Ettore Tabone (tenor), Jake Lyle (baritone), with piano accompaniment
🗓️ Sat 30 May 2026, 7.30pm
📍The Old Museum

JOAN SUTHERLAND SPECTACULAR
🎵 Eva Kong (soprano), Mirusia (soprano), Rosario La Spina (tenor), Matthew Broadbent (bass), with guest singers from Opera Queensland, Queensland Choir, Brisbane Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tahu Matheson, compèred by Ed Le Brocq.
🗓️ Sun 31 May 2026, 3pm
📍Brisbane City Hall

View the program and book now:
4mbs.com.au/festivals-events/festival-of-classics
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Thank you to Arts Queensland and Brisbane City Council for their support!

📻 TUNE IN FOR...an interview with mezzo-soprano Sally-Anne Russell. 🎵 My Musical Journey🕗 8.10am Sat 23 May 2026 (repeat...
22/05/2026

📻 TUNE IN FOR...an interview with mezzo-soprano Sally-Anne Russell.

🎵 My Musical Journey
🕗 8.10am Sat 23 May 2026 (repeats 8pm Sun 24 May 2026)
🎧 103.7FM or livestream at 4mbs.com.au

Internationally-acclaimed, ARIA-award winning mezzo-soprano Sally-Anne Russell was born in Adelaide and is a graduate of The University of Adelaide. She has over eighty operatic roles in her repertoire and has performed on the concert platform and operatic stage in twenty-five countries. As a principal guest she has sung with Opera Australia, all of the State Opera companies and all of the major Australian symphony orchestras.

Sally-Anne’s many recordings include her solo operatic disc Enchanting, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Bach Arias and Duets, Mozart’s Requiem, Don John Of Austria, Top 100 ABC Concert Gala, Opera Australia’s Golden Jubilee/50th Anniversary, Prokofiev’s Love for Three Oranges, and The No 1 Classical Album 2007 and 2009 (DECCA). Sally-Anne has worked with Sir Bryn Trefel, Sumi Jo, Luciano Pavarotti, Vladimir Askenazy, Simone Young, Richard Gill, Richard Mills, and more.

Hear Sally-Anne talk to 4MBS Broadcasts Manager Peter McCahon about her incredible career, and upcoming performance in the 4MBS Festival of Classics concert 'Opera is Born'. Throughout the interview will be some of the music Sally-Anne is performing, and a few of her all-time favourites!

For the second half of the program, Peter will speak to 4MBS General Manager Gary Thorpe about various upcoming Festival events.

Book now for the 4MBS Festival of Classics!
🎟️ 4mbs.com.au

22/05/2026

"The thing about a festival, is there's variety. It takes you on a journey, and you can choose your journey however way you wish!".

4MBS is thrilled to welcome internationally-renowned, ARIA-award winning mezzo-soprano SALLY-ANNE RUSSELL to this year's 4MBS Festival of Classics!

Hear Sally-Anne on this Saturday's 'My Musical Journey' from 8.10am, and don't miss her performance in this Sunday's Baroque concert 'Opera is Born'.

✨ OPERA IS BORN✨
With mezzo-soprano Sally-Anne Russell, countertenor Tobias Merz and Queensland Baroque conducted by John Foster (Baroque trumpet).
🗓️ Sun 24 May 2026
🕰️ 3pm
📍City Tabernacle Baptist Church, Spring Hill
💰$45 - $50
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