A Christmas Songbook

Soirées Musicales Quintette

Soirées Musicales Quintette invites you to an elegant Christmas concert with a difference — artsongs, vocal ensembles and piano music by the great romantic composers, performed in one of Brisbane’s finest historic buildings.

Enjoy rarely heard songs and carol settings, as enjoyed by salon audiences in Victorian times. Seasonal songs, duets and quartets from Germany and Austria (Schumann, Brahms, Reger, Cornelius, Strauss), Scandinavia (Grieg, Sibelius, Gade), France (Gounod, Adam, Rossini, Fauré, Debussy), England and America (Stainer, Ives, Britten) will be interspersed with selections from Liszt’s charming Christmas Tree Suite for solo piano.

Visitors are encouraged to read our COVIDSafe guidelines prior to visiting Old Government House.