Canberra Qwire

These Precious Hours

7pm, 28 June 2025 at Llewellyn Hall.

For the first time, Canberra Qwire joins forces with some of the ACT’s finest musicians in a landmark performance,These Precious Hours: Purcells's Dido & Aeneas Reimagined.

Join Qwire as they reinterpret Henry Purcell’s 1689 opera, Dido & Aeneas, and explore themes of Queer love, loss and heartache with music that transcends generations.

Joined by four soloists and a chamber ensemble, Qwire will perform the opera in its entirety, returning to stage after intermission to offer a musical response to Dido & Aeneas with contemporary repertoire.

From the haunting Dido’s Lament to tunes you’ll know and love, this is a must-see, one night only performance.

CREATIVES:

Callum Tolhurst-Close, Conductor
Hugo Temby, Continuo + Accompanist
Ellery String Quartet
Lizzy Collier, Double Bass
Jack Holmes, Percussion

Oscar Balle-Bowness as Dido
Andrew Barrow as Aeneas
Rachel Mink as Belinda
Alasdair Stretch as The Sorcerer

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Please contact the email below if you'd like to come and try us out:

enquiries@canberraqwire.org.au

Canberra Qwire rehearsals run from 7pm-9pm each Thursday.

        Qwire acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we sing and come together. We pay
        our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.  We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded and
        that this was, always will be Ngunnawal land.

We pay our respects to the Ngunnawal people of this region and say to you, with their permission,
Yuma - Welcome.

With financial support from the Australian Capital Territory.

Qwire is proudly supported by our Community Partner Meridian

Qwire is proudly sponsored by Northside Community Service

Qwire is proudly supported by our Community Partner A Gender Agenda