The Song Company Observes The ANZAC Centenary With Lamentations For A Soldier

The Song Company Observes The ANZAC Centenary With Lamentations For A Soldier

Among the numerous tributes marking this year’s 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landing on Turkish shores at Gallipoli, The Song Company’s symbolic program, Lamentations for a Soldier, captures the essence of the ANZAC spirit. Lamentations for a Soldier features Turkish brothers Ekrem and Oğuz Mülayim as guest composer and guest artist. Oğuz plays the Turkish flute,…

Aurora Festival 2014

Aurora Festival 2014

  The 2014 Aurora Festival is set to run from April 30th – May 3rd. Highlights this year include the April 30 opening night concert in which the centrepiece will be the world premiere of  Voyage through radiant stars by the Australian composer Brian Howard, a 60 minute work for solo saxophone and 18 musicians.  Also…

April Highlights

April Highlights

  Chamber/cello  – There are two outstanding chamber music events in April with the Sitkovetsky Trio presented by Music Viva performing the music of Smetana, Beethoven (the Archduke Trio) and the world premiere of a new work by Carl Vine, commissioned for Music Viva by Julian Burnside AO QC to commemorate the composer’s 60th birthday. April…