We regret to advise that the final scheduled concert in the 2018 Concert Series, entitled "Gloria in Excelsis: Cathedral Choir in Concert", has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you're itching to hear the Cathedral Choir in its element before the end of the year, keep your eyes peeled for news about our Christmas events such as Nine Lessons and Carols, and of course, Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. Otherwise, watch this space - we hope to bring you more from the Cathedral's own choral ensembles as part of our 2019 Concert Series.

​Experience the talents of the finalists from the 43rd National Youth Concerto Competition (NYCC), Australia's leading competition for young string soloists. Recitalists from around Australia perform a program of lively sonatas showcasing their remarkable musicianship. The NYCC is recognised as the most prestigious competition in Australia for string soloists aged up to 17 years. Established by Queensland Youth Orchestras in 1976 to encourage the development of young Australian string players, the Competition boasts an impressive list of past winners including Jane Peters (1978), Richard Tognetti (1980), Nicholas Milton (1985), Li-Wei Qin (1993), and Ray Chen (2002). This recital will open the week-long competition.

​Friend to the Cathedral and one of Australia's finest classical musicians Warwick Adeney returns for an afternoon of Romantic period string music by Johannes Brahms and Franz Schubert. The centrepiece of this concert is Brahms's Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108, which has been described as athletic, fibrous, and offering drama of an epic nature. This music showcases the very best of Brisbane's own home-grown.

For hundreds of years, composers have been inspired to write music to showcase the unique and unmistakable qualities of the boy soprano’s voice – combining crystal clarity with purity of tone. From L'Escolania at Montserrat, to the choral foundations of Oxford and Cambridge, to the Vienna Boys’ Choir, churches have worked to train boys in this extraordinary tradition. The trebles of Brisbane’s two cathedrals will join forces for a concert of works showcasing the special qualities of treble voices, supported by the Schola of St Stephen’s Cathedral.

​Alexander Yau, Laureate of the Australian Chopin International Piano Competition 2017, presents a musical voyage from the musical absolutes of late Beethoven, through to the sublime style of Chopin. This recital features one of Beethoven’s late Sonatas (Op. 109, No. 30) –  a masterly musical kaleidoscope of forthrightness, emotional intensity and profound serenity – and the rarely performed Szymanowski Metopes, with its impressionistic bitonality and a narrative of a mythical setting. A journey through some of Chopin’s finest works, including the magnificent Fantasie (Op. 49), three characterful Mazurkas, the spiritual and poetic Baracolle and his unforgettable third Ballade will conclude the program.

St. Stephen's Cathedral Concert Series is proud to announce that tickets for the 2018 Concert Series are now available for purchase online. Tickets for all six concerts in the series are available at the same competitive price as in 2017: $30 Adult, $25 Concession.

We look forward to welcoming you to our concerts this year!

Struggling to come up with a good Christmas present for friends or family? Look no further! For this month only, you can get a Season Subscription to the Cathedral’s 2018 Concert Series (six concerts from April to October) for the discounted price of $150 adults or $125 concession. Click the button below to purchase a Season Pass on TryBooking.

Single concert tickets will be available for sale from early 2018.

On the Sunday after All Souls Day, the Cathedral Choir and Schola will combine to give a performance of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem - one of his best known works - accompanied by orchestra. The combined Cathedral choirs add this work to a growing list of Requiems performed in recent years, including those of Michael Haydn, Maurice Duruflé, and Zoltán Kodály.


Though at the time of composing the Requiem in the late 1880s his parents had recently died, Fauré maintained that he had no specific reason for composing it. It is a work of both raw passion and elegant beauty. As a staple of choral repertoire worldwide, this is essential listening for those who have never heard the work before; and for those familiar with it, you will know that the music, combined with the beauty of the Cathedral of St. Stephen, brings a transcendent experience in which to meditate on thoughts of the faithful departed.