Ensemble Q with Ed le Brocq

  • Classical Music
  • Utzon Room
  • Run time: 110 minutes, one 20 minute interval Subject to change

Chamber Music Meets the Art of Storytelling

Hailed by Limelight magazine as “Australia’s top echelon of musicians,” Ensemble Q Australia launches its 2026 National Touring Program with a vibrant mix of beloved classics and compelling new Australian works. 

Featuring ABC Classic presenter and writer Ed le Brocq, the program unveils a newly commissioned work by Anne Cawrse, inspired by le Brocq’s deeply moving story Sonam & the Silence, a meditation on the transformative power of music. In a similar spirit, le Brocq gives voice to Michael Leunig’s whimsical imagination in Calvin Bowman’s Curly Pyjama Letters. Bookending these new works are two of the great pillars of the chamber repertoire — Beethoven’s String Trio in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3, and Mozart’s much-loved Clarinet Quintet, featuring clarinettist Paul Dean.

Presented by Ensemble Q

Event details

Australia's top echelon of musicians. The creative and entertaining programme was delivered with a flourish by musicians at their peak.

Limelight

Artists

Ed le Brocq
Narrator & writer

Paul Dean
Clarinet

Adam Chalabi
Violin

Anne Horton
Violin

Benjamin Roskams
Viola

Trish Dean
Cello

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Attending this event

Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Utzon Room

The Utzon Room is located on the Eastern side of the Opera House, in front of the Joan Sutherland Theatre. Best accessed through the Box Office Foyer or the Covered Concourse. All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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