Music at McClelland is back with sonic sculptural splendour in 2025, showcasing the astonishing talents of brilliant genre-bridging musicians, up close and personal, overlooking the magical bushland setting of the sculpture park. With every show different from the last, you’ll be satiated by a degustation of melodious morsels - from ancient to right now, from anthemic favourites to cutting-edge creativity - in a joyous celebration of scintillating sounds.

Music at McClelland 2025 will be held on the third Sunday of the month, 2.30pm to 4pm, from February to November

Unholy Rackett is a Renaissance wind consort specialising in the curtal or dulcian, the Renaissance ancestor of the modern bassoon, as well as the eponymous rackett, a bizarre, extinct double reed instrument.

The curtal was one of the most versatile instruments in use from 1550 to 1700 for every genre of religious and secular music. It was one of very few Renaissance woodwinds which survived the transition to the new Baroque style of music, before morphing into the more familiar bassoon in the mid 17th century.

Comprised of Jackie Newcomb, Brock Imison and Simon Rickard, with a shifting tide of guest artists, Unholy Rackett recreates soundscapes familiar to Renaissance and Baroque ears but sadly neglected by the early music movement today.