News
Northey explores mozart’s ‘special genius’ for opera
This week, conductor Benjamin Northey makes his debut with Opera Australia, taking the rostrum for the company’s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni…
Month: October 2011
News
Richard Gill on music education
Having collaborated on the recent production of The Threepenny Opera, conductor and music educator Richard Gill and performer Eddie Perfect have struck…
Shows
hough’s sonatas challenge convention
Music Viva presents pianist and savant Stephen Hough in two Sydney recitals this week. Featuring the sonatas of Beethoven, Scriabin and Liszt, all of which challenged…
Music
“Mad Rush” – sally whitwell records the music of Philip Glass
Congratulations to Sally Whitwell on winning the 2011 ARIA Fine Award for Best Classical Album! Sally spoke to SoundsLikeSydney in May this…
News
Codes of conducting – the Symphony Services International Conductor Development Programme
Last month, a contingent of Australians packed their kits and travelled across the Tasman to New Zealand. These travellers had no mouth…
Shows
The metropolitan chamber orchestra presents Vivaldi, Beethoven and its 2012 season.
The Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra plays in the inner – west this weekend with two performances of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Beethoven’s Symphony…
Reviews
extraordinary tale – extraordinary singing from the idea of north
As always, The Idea of North delight listeners with their new CD. Their freshness, purity of tone and unerring pitch, blend like…
Shows
Music amongst friends
This Wednesday the 12th of October, Selby and friends revel in the camaraderie created by a soprano, a flautist, a cellist and…
Shows
Art Song meets Opera
Art Song NSW showcases the beauty of operatic writing for art song by presenting an afternoon of ‘Opera Composers in Song’ at the…
Shows
Discovering Brett Dean
Sydney gets a touch of the Grawemeyers with works by two of its composition award winners being performed over the next week. …