Sydney Chamber Choir, Jonathan Grieves- Smith guest conductor Dixit Dominus City Recital Hall, May 28, 2016 The two giants of the Baroque faced off against each other, straddling two smaller contemporary works, when the Sydney Chamber Choir performed with guest conductor, Jonathan Grieves-Smith and the Orchestra of the Antipodes, led by Matt Bruce. It was…
Soprano Josie Ryan and her ensemble The Emeralds who together make up Josie and The Emeralds present Let Me Dwell- Music For Sanctuary Seekers a fund-raising concert for the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre and the Jesuit Refugee Service. The concert features music by Tomkins, Byrd, Ferrabosco, Dowland, Pandolfo and contemporary composer Brooke Green. Net profits from ticket sales will be given to these two…
The Sydney University Musical Society (SUMS) presents its first concert of 2014, featuring Vivaldi’s Magnificat RV 610 and Schubert’s Mass no 2 in G D 167 accompanied by a string orchestra and organ. Vivaldi’s Magnificat, a nine-movement mass for four-part chorus, strings and continuo is filled with rich contrasts of tonality, tempo, meter and rhythmic figures, homophonic…