The lasting memory
An intriguing feature on how music is remembered when other aspects of memory are impaired.
An intriguing feature on how music is remembered when other aspects of memory are impaired.
He grabbed a worldwide audience during the closing ceremony of the London Olympics and has had a 40 year career at the pinnacle of performance. Sadly, cellist Julian Lloyd Webber played his final public performance on May 2nd. A slipped disc has caused the 63-year-old musician to call an end to public performing. The Guardian…
Maestro Claudio Abbado has died at the age of 81. A prolific creative force, one of his many landmark achievements was to found the Mahler Chamber Orchestra which toured to Sydney just last year. Read more.
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra presents a staged version of Richard Strauss’ opera Elektra in late February. American soprano Christine Goerke performs as Elektra, a role she has made her own. From the rave reviews she had gathered, this concert is certain to be a memorable one – but tickets are scarce. Here are links to…
A second date in August 2017 has been announced for Opera Australia’s presentation of Verdi’s Requiem in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. Dubbed by the conductor Hans von Bülow as ‘Oper in Kirchengewande’ (opera in ecclesiastical dress) Verdi’s Requiem is brimming with the drama of operatic ideas. In fact, Verdi based the Lacrymosa on…
Virtuoso guitarist Slava Grigoryan’s recording of the Bach Cello Suites Volume II is out today on ABC Classics on CD and digital album. Volume I, released in November 2016 won the 2017 ARIA Award for Best Classical Album and the 2017 AIR Award for Best Independent Classical Album. Grigoryan has entered recording history through this album’s phenomenal success,…
At the risk of resorting to a clichè, we are witnessing unprecedented times around the globe. The performing arts industry in Australia has suffered a double blow, through a complete shutdown of the performing arts for most of the rest of the year, as well as drastic cuts in Arts Council funding – there simply…