Shows
JS Bach in the 21st century – the sydney chamber choir
“An opportunity to shake hands across the centuries”. So says conductor Jonathan Grieves-Smith, who will be travelling from Melbourne to conduct the…
Month: June 2011
News
Beginning with Bach
Gramophone magazine has published a list of the ten best works by JS Bach, especially aimed at newcomers to his music. Glorious as…
Shows
“Hausmusik” – the songs of early 20th century vienna from Art Song NSW
Art Song NSW’s next presentation is “Hausmusik” at 7.30 pm July 16th, behind which lies a most extraordinary tale. Imagine you moved…
Shows
Opera stars perform for Japan Flood benefit
A gathering of stellar performers from the opera world gather on June 30th in a concert to benefit flood victims in Japan.…
News
Got a spare $200,000 for a Mahler original?
Mahler’s personal copy of his 3rdand longest symphony was recently discovered in a private collection. If that isn’t exciting enough, it is notated in the…
Reviews
New Alden production of “Dream” an abstraction of Britten’s life.
Once in a while in opera, a new production comes along that fits so perfectly with the narrative, history and legend, that…
Music
Arrebato fuses flameno, jazz and the world in their second CD “Absolucion”
The style is possibly as difficult to define as the English meaning of their name – “Arrebato”, variously translated as “fury”, “something…
News
Catherine Carby on singing in Swedish
Catherine Carby, mezzo –soprano, soprano Leah Thomas and pianist Sharolyn Kimmorley perform a programme of Scandinavian art songs this weekend for Art…
Shows
on wings of art song
Barely three years ago, soprano Amanda Thane devised a project that would give a platform to developing singers as a stepping stone…
Shows
Saluti Armonici presents Music of the Early Italian Baroque
Mention the name “Gabrieli” and the mind goes to Giovanni Gabrieli – a well recognized composer from 16thcentury Italy. There is however. another…