Triple treat for a Sunday of music | Canberra CityNews

Triple treat for a Sunday of music | Canberra CityNews
Australian Dance Party’s The Dataset.. The Vault, Fyshwick, June 27-29. Photo: Olivia Wikner

In her latest Arts in the City column, HELEN MUSA previews a triple musical treat coming up on June 23.

Sunday, June 23 will be a busy day for enjoying music in Canberra.

  • Irish folk-rock band The High Kings return to Australia following the recent release of its album The Road Not Taken. Canberra Southern Cross Club, Woden, June 23.
  • The Australian String Quartet will be here with a new program called Vanguard, made up of Australian composer Harry Sdraulig’s String Quartet No.2, Beethoven’s late string quartets and Korngold’s impressionistic String Quartet No.2. Gandel Hall, NGA, June 23.
  • The Canberra Mandolin Orchestra is planning a Sunday afternoon of cabaret music as chanteuse Theodora Volti, meanders through classic cabaret tunes, all made famous by stars such as Edith Piaf and Nana Mouskouri. Polish White Eagle Club, Turner, June 23.

Australian Dance Party plans to transform the Fyshwick’s concrete Vault into a unique theatrical dance experience, The Dataset, which integrates bodies, light and sound to explore the relationship between humanity and data. The Vault, Dairy Road, Fyshwick, June 27-29.

The NFSA is screening The Trust Fall: Julian Assange + In Conversation at Arc Cinema on June 25, followed by a panel conversation with MPs Andrew Wilkie, Bridget Archer and Josh Wilson. 

The Grand Kyiv Ballet of Ukraine, now in exile for more than two years, is back in town with its popular double bill, Forest Song and Don Quixote. Canberra Theatre, June 29.

Musica da Camera welcomes up and coming conductor, Brad Tham for its concert, An Afternoon of Suites and Serenades, works by Vaughan Williams, John Dowland and John Rutter. Holy Covenant Anglican Church, Cook, June 29.

The Australian Haydn Ensemble will perform Boccherini, Ries and Beethoven in a concert aptly titled, Beethoven’s Fifth. Wesley Music Centre, June 27.

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