The Sydney Mozart Society presents the Goldner String Quartet, Australia’s pre-eminent string quartet, performing works by all the composers of the First Viennese ‘School’ with the exception of Mozart! The ensemble has chosen pieces that convey the contradictions and complexity of life in ways that words could not. They also chart the course from the Classical…
UNSW’s choir, the Collegium Musicum Choir performs Handel’s Messiah in its inaugural concert of the 2016 season, conducted by choral director Sonia Maddock and accompanied by an orchestra which includes core members of the Australia Ensemble @UNSW. The 80-voice ensemble performs this pillar of the choral repertoire with its breathtaking arias and choruses, including the immortal Hallelujah chorus and…
In its inaugural concert of the 2015 season, the 80-voice Collegium Musicum Choir directed by Sonia Maddock and the collegium Musicum Orchestra led by Dene Olding present sacred choral music of the classical era. Opening the program is Schubert’s joyous setting of the Magnificat canticle, originally composed for Vespers at the Lichtental church where Schubert himself was…