Concert Review: The Metropolitan Orchestra/ The ‘Great’

Concert Review: The Metropolitan Orchestra/ The ‘Great’

‘The Metropolitan Orchestra, conductor Sarah-Grace Williams Violin soloist Glenn Christensen 20 August 2016, Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo  Written by Larry Turner The Metropolitan Orchestra is arguably the doyen of Sydney’s non-salaried symphony orchestras.  In the fourth concert of their main 2016 Sydney series they performed just two works which are now standard repertoire but neither of…

Concert Review: The Italian/ The Metropolitan Orchestra

Concert Review: The Italian/ The Metropolitan Orchestra

‘The Italian’/ The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO)/ Michael Wray, principal horn/Sarah-Grace Williams, conductor Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo 11 June 2016 Written by Ria Andriani  The third concert in The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) Met series continued last weekend in the tradition of presenting excellent performances to a full house. Under the baton of conductor Sarah-Grace Williams,…

The Metropolitan Orchestra Celebrates Seven Years With A World Premiere

The Metropolitan Orchestra Celebrates Seven Years With A World Premiere

The Metropolitan Orchestra with Conductor and Artistic Director Sarah-Grace Williams celebrates its seventh birthday with a world premiere performance from acclaimed Australian composer Sean O’Boyle AM, based on Mendelssohn’s work titled Fantasy on a Theme of Mendelssohn and a performance of Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony no 4, which was performed by TMO in their first ever concert back…