Omega Ensemble’s Momentum Features Three Revolutionary Quintets

Omega Ensemble’s Momentum Features Three Revolutionary Quintets

Omega Ensemble is joined by Melbourne cellist Howard Penny in its final Virtuoso Series concert for 2018, Momentum, featuring the music of Schubert and Mendelssohn. Scored unusually for two violins, viola and two cellos, Schubert’s Cello Quintet was composed during the final weeks of the composer’s life, and ranks among his greatest accomplishments. This momentous…

Concert Review: Hero Works For Strings/ Australian National Academy Of Music

Concert Review: Hero Works For Strings/ Australian National Academy Of Music

ANAM: Mendelssohn and Brahms – Hero Works for Strings Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House Faculty and Musicians of Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM – Melbourne) 7 May, 2017 Written by Victoria Watson The programme: Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (1827) Josephine Chung and Kyla Matsuura-Miller – Violin/ Caroline Henbest…