News
Sir Charles Mackerras honoured in london
It’s nearly a year since the death of Sir Charles Mackerras, (17.11.25 – 14.7.10), a towering figure in the world of music…
Month: June 2011
News
The living violin
Concerto writing for the violin in the 21st century is alive and well with the works of these celebrated living composers listed by Gramophone magazine.…
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Intervalic interventions
A tried and true approach to accurate sight singing is to become familiar with the first two notes of well known pieces of music…
Shows
Christ’s College Cambridge comes to Christ Church St Laurence
Twenty eight handpicked singers, who meet several times a week to provide the choral music that is an integral part of their…
Shows
bezuidenhout reinvents mozart on the fortepiano
Listen to Kristian Bezuidenhout play Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 18 in B flat major, KV 456, on the track at the bottom…
Shows
‘ukrainian firebrand’ back by popular demand
Described as the “Ukrainian firebrand”, pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk returns to the City Recital Hall for just one concert this weekend. Gavrylyuk has…
Shows
A Winter’s Journey makes a new beginning for Morgan Pearse
On July 27th baritone Morgan Elliot Pearse will perform Schubert’s Winterreise, D 911 with pianist Chad Vindin. Later this year, he’ll undertake a…
Reviews
serious singing from teddy tahu rhodes
“The poem has not been completed until set to music” – Goethe. If Art Song needs to be re-invented to survive and…
Reviews
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
‘Vor Singet’ – composer Joseph twist takes us between the lines
This weekend the Sydney Chamber Choir (see our post), presents their concert “Bach to the Future” performing three of JS Bach’s great motets, and…