Water Music

Precious, life-giving, pure.

09—18 OCT, 2025

Tickets

Tickets

Melbourne 09 – 12 OCT, 2025

Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre

31 Sturt Street, Southbank VIC 3006
Thu, 09 Oct, 2025 7:00 PM Subscribe
Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 7:00 PM Subscribe
Sun, 12 Oct, 2025 5:00 PM Subscribe
Sydney 14 – 18 OCT, 2025

City Recital Hall

2-12 Angel Place, Sydney NSW 2000
Tue, 14 Oct, 2025 7:00 PM Subscribe
Wed, 15 Oct, 2025 7:00 PM Subscribe
Fri, 17 Oct, 2025 7:00 PM Subscribe
Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 2:00 PM Subscribe
Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 7:00 PM Subscribe
Artists

Artists Performing

Paul Dyer

Artistic Director

Nick Wales

Composer

Rrawun Maymuru

Guest artist, composer

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Trent Suidgeest

Lighting Designer

Program

Program

Repertoire highlights to include

WALES / MAYMURU (New Commission) Water
HANDEL Watermusic, Suite No. 1, 2 & 3, HWV 348-350


Precious, life-giving, pure. In a profound celebration of water, the Brandenburg explores an homage to water's spiritual and cultural significance as the foundation of our existence and survival: the essential element of life. 

A powerful and resonant tribute from seasoned collaborators. Rrawun Maymuru, an ocean and waterway custodian hailing from East Arnhem Land debuting an original composition created with Nick Wales, a classically trained contemporary composer. Sung in the language of the Yolngu people, this heartfelt ode to water promises to echo deep within the soul of every listener. 

The homage continues with the Brandenburg’s vibrant rendition of Handel’s complete Water Music masterpiece brought to life with the Orchestra’s signature celebratory exuberance. 

This performance serves as an experiential meditation on our custodial duty to our world. Through music and song, the Brandenburg explores the crucial themes of water’s essence, and our collective responsibility to cherish, conserve and protect it. 

In this concert experience, water is not only celebrated but revered—a reminder of water as the constant, vital thread flowing through our past, our present, and our future. 

Jubilant, deeply moving and profound. 

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