“We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,”
Ode, Arthur O’Shaughnessy, 1873

I often feel that a live performance is both a profoundly personal and a mysteriously collective experience. Musicians and audiences form a unique whole, a living thing, with an ephemeral energy that changes with every concert. 

It is as if we are in a dream, created firstly by the vision and expression of the composer, then amplified and interpreted by the musicians (in this case the AHE) and finally, realised in the mind and spirit of the audience who are there to witness the music as it unfolds.

In 2024, we are delighted to present you with five beautiful main-stage concerts. Explore the music of Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, Boccherini and their lesser-known contemporaries, all in period instruments, with subscriber concerts in Sydney, Canberra, the Southern Highlands and Berry, as well as individual performances throughout regional NSW.

Join me and the AHE in 2024, as, together, we become dreamers of dreams; dreams of joyous abandon, deep stillness and wild beauty.

Skye McIntosh Artistic Director