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Coming soon: Encores from the Australian Chamber Choir

The Australian Chamber Choir presents the music that has most delighted audiences with Encores, a new 17-track album released by Move Records on 1 October 2026.

Featuring favourite repertoire from Monteverdi, Handel, Bruckner and Mozart through to Vaughan Williams, Lauridsen and Australian composers Stephen Leek and Malcolm Williamson.

🎟️ Hear Encores live in concert
The ACC will celebrate the album release with concerts in:
Geelong — Friday 2 October, 8:15pm
Middle Park, Melbourne — Sunday 11 October, 3:00pm
Langwarrin — Sunday 18 October, 2:30pm

Book your tickets now: www.auschoir.org/buy-tickets

📻 Elizabeth Anderson on 3MBS
Tune in next week to hear ACC Assistant Artistic Director Elizabeth Anderson talking about Encores and the Australian Chamber Choir.

Monday 28 September, 5:30pm (Intermezzo program)

🎧 Encores will be available on CD, Spotify, Apple Music and all popular digital platforms from 1 October.

If you haven't heard this album yet, check it out now, it's wonderful!! Available on digital platforms and CD. For more info head to https://www.move.com.au/disc/exquisite-harmonies

New Release From The Marais Project On Move Records Exquisite Harmonies is a new release on Move Records featuring The Marais Project playing music form the French and German Baroque.

New release by Frank Millward – 'Broken Words' out now on Move Records.

Australian/Italian composer, performer and educator Frank Millward explores fractured language, communication and trust in this new album of chamber music.

Featuring three works – *Broken Words*, *_Ruptions* and * #6 Bag of Tells* – the album brings together flute, saxophone, bass clarinet, piano and spoken word, with musical fragmentation, interruption and poetry reflecting the many ways words and meaning can be broken apart.

Performed by Susie Hodder-Williams, Chris Caldwell and Harry Rylance, and recorded in London in May 2026.

🎧 Listen to or purchase Broken Words:
https://www.move.com.au/disc/broken-words

AGATHA’S CANTATA, VIVALDI’S GLORIA

Following the extraordinary story told in Agatha’s Story, the Australian Chamber Choir brings this music to the concert stage in September.

The program features:
Antonio Vivaldi — Gloria
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Tu es Petrus
Gregorio Allegri — Christus Resurgens
Agatha della Pietà — Ecce nunc

Agatha’s lost cantata has travelled from its rediscovery and reconstruction to its premiere in Venice — and to Australian audiences this weekend and next.

DUNKELD — Saturday 5 September, 3pm
MELBOURNE — Saturday 12 September, 5pm

Book tickets here:
https://www.auschoir.org/buy-tickets/

Watch Agatha’s Story on SBS On Demand and then come and experience the music for yourself.

Can’t make the live concerts? Discover the music on CD. Released in 2024, Keys to Heaven features the first recording of Agatha della Pietà’s Ecce nunc, reconstructed by Elizabeth Anderson, alongside sacred works by Palestrina and Allegri.
Available from Move Records: https://www.move.com.au/disc/keys-to-heaven

Keys to Heaven Australian Chamber Choir and Douglas Lawrence. The Australian Chamber Choir opens with the first recording of Agata della Pietà’s cantata Ecce nunc, written in eighteenth-century Venice by an orphan of the Ospedale della Pietà and reconstructed by Elizabeth Anderson. Sacred works by Palestrina a...

AGATHA’S STORY — NOW STREAMING ON SBS ON DEMAND

The remarkable story of a lost cantata, rediscovered centuries after it was written, is now available to watch on SBS On Demand.

Agatha’s Story follows the discovery and reconstruction of a lost work by Agatha della Pietà, culminating in the Australian Chamber Choir's extraordinary premiere in Venice.

It’s a fascinating journey of musical discovery, bringing a remarkable chapter of history — and Agatha’s music — back to life.

Check out the trailer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvi2QVBXfeg

You can watch Agatha’s Story in full on SBS On Demand.

And if you’d like to experience the music live, the Australian Chamber Choir presents Agatha’s Cantata, Vivaldi’s Gloria in Dunkfield and Melbourne this September.

AGATHA'S STORY the official trailer The one-hour documentary, Agatha’s Story is available on SBS OnDema...

Move Records is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Belinda Webster OAM.
Martin Wright remembers Belinda from her days at 2MBS and from her first Tall Poppies office in Glebe.
Both Move Records and Tall Poppies have played an important role in supporting and promoting Australian music, each from their respective states, and Belinda’s passion and dedication to Australian composers and performers will be greatly missed.

Vale Belinda.

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Belinda Webster OAM.

Belinda was an incredible champion for Australian music. Her record label Tall Poppies Records was the first company in Australia to focus on the recording of solo and chamber music, and for AMC to have a long enduring partnership with her and her label has been a privilege. Belinda’s role in the art music community, her passion, commitment and dedication will be sorely missed.

Vale Belinda.

Calling all Australian art music composers and creators!

Expressions of interest are now open for the Limelight 2026 Guide to Australian Composers, a public vote and content series celebrating living Australian composers and works written since 2000, presented by Limelight and Cameron Lam -Producer.

The Guide will bring together one track from each composer, improviser or sound artist, so this is your chance to be part of it!

Submit your EOI by 21 August.
🔗https://limelight-arts.com.au/australian-composers/

Public voting opens mid-September, so stay tuned for more updates.

We’re delighted to share some wonderful recent responses to Michael Kieran Harvey’s new album 'the life in between'.
Alan Holley, reviewing the album for classikON, writes:
“It is a CD that all who love piano music should add to their collection.”
And on PBS 106.7FM Melbourne The Sound Barrier on PBS presenter Ian Parsons featured four works from the album alongside an interview with Michael last week

Writing about Friedel’s music and Michael’s performance, Ian describes it as:
“The profound sensitivity, reflective and haltingly expressive, is given a deep eloquence in Michael's playing.”

Ian also describes Michael as a “composer, pianist, and progressive thinker” and celebrates the album’s commitment to challenging and contemporary Australian music.

Listen to Ian Parsons’ The Sound Barrier on PBS:
The programme includes music from the life in between and Michael’s interview:
https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/the-sound-barrier

Read Alan Holley’s full review on classikON:
https://www.classikon.com/cd-review-the-life-in-between-michael-kieran-harvey/

Dedicated to the memory of composer Martin Friedel (1945–2022), the life in between features Friedel’s final completed work alongside music by Colin Spiers, Andrián Pertout, Johanna Selleck, Vaughan McAlley and Bruce Crossman.

Available now on CD and across major streaming platforms.
Thank you to Alan Holley, ClassikON and Ian Parsons for their wonderful support of Michael Kieran Harvey and Australian contemporary classical music.

CD REVIEW | ‘the life in between' - Michael Kieran Harvey - classikON Discover CD REVIEW | ‘the life in between' - Michael Kieran Harvey on classikON. View event details, performers, venue information and booking links for this classical music event.

'The Life In Between' is already making waves!

We're delighted to see Michael Kieran Harvey's new Move Records album the life in between already being ordered and receiving some wonderful radio support.

3MBS Melbourne 103.5FM Contemporary Visions presenter, Tony Thomas has already featured a track from the album, and will play Colin Spiers' work from the collection on tonight's program — with more tracks from the album to come in future weeks. Tune in tonight between 8-10pm.
https://www.3mbs.org.au/programs/contemporary-visions

PBS 106.7FM Melbourne – The Sound Barrier on PBS presenter, Ian Parsons has also recently interviewed Michael Kieran Harvey about the new album. The interview will air this Sunday from 10pm on The Sound Barrier.

As a passionate advocate for new music, particularly the work of Australian composers who push boundaries and challenge ideas — Michael talks about the life in between, which celebrates recent works by some of his closest musical friends. Tune in Sunday night.
https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/the-sound-barrier

It's wonderful to see this deeply personal collection of contemporary Australian piano music finding its way into the hands, ears and programs of listeners and broadcasters.

🎧 Michael Kieran Harvey – the life in between
Available now on CD and across all major digital platforms.

🎉 A wonderful start for 'Exquisite Harmonies'!

We're delighted to share some great early news following the release of The Marais Project's new album.

'Les Pleurs' has been selected for Spotify's New Classical playlist this week, currently sitting at No. 83 on a playlist with more than 750,000 followers. This is the first time The Marais Project has been included in the playlist!

The album has also received airplay on ABC Classic Drive with 'The Acceptance' from 'Exquisite Harmonies' appearing in the station's recent programming.

And we're thrilled that 'Exquisite Harmonies' is 2MBS Fine Music Sydney CD of the Week!

Listen to the Spotify New Classical playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWV0gynK7G6pD?si=RAQ881acRLKpvzCvBwT8mA&utm_source=copy-link&pi=BduDR1yOTUG8u&nd=1&dlsi=c921a802c4bf4698

Read the 2MBS CD of the Week feature:
https://www.2mbsfinemusicsydney.com/cdoftheweekthemaraisproject/

'Exquisite Harmonies' is available now on CD and all major streaming platforms.

Come and celebrate the album live!

The Marais Project's album launch concert takes place on Saturday 15 August in Sydney as a Musica Viva in Schools fundraiser

Book tickets for the album launch: https://events.humanitix.com/exquisite-harmonies-album-launch-concert