Strange Bedfellows: Chamber Music For Unusual Combinations

Strange Bedfellows: Chamber Music For Unusual Combinations

The Sirius Chamber Ensemble presents its last performance of its 2014 series which will feature the Australian premiere of the recently published original version of Aaron Copland’s Quiet City and a new work written especially for Sirius by Australian composer Paul Smith. The programme:  Prokofiev, S: Overture on Hebrew themes for clarinet, string quartet and piano;  Smith, P: The…

Sydney’s Newest Ensemble, The Blackwattle Trio Performs

Sydney’s Newest Ensemble, The Blackwattle Trio Performs

The Blackwattle Trio is a newly formed chamber group, bringing together three dynamic performers from Sydney’s Inner West, Martyn Hentschel (violin), Clare Kahn (cello) and Paul Myers (piano). The trio derives its name from the Inner West’s Blackwattle Bay, which itself was named in 1788 after the Black Wattle tree commonly found in the bay…