Reviews
Korngold the starting point for ‘The Silver Violin’: CD review
The Silver Violin (Decca) is the title of the 7th recording for the 25-year-old violinist Nicola Benedetti. It’s a well matched collection…
Month: October 2012
News
Closer ties for the arts in Austral-asia
The federal government wants to build reciprocal relationships with arts bodies in Asia as part of closer ties with the continent http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/hopes-but-no-new-funds-for-asian-links/story-e6frg8n6-1226504849368
Shows
‘Joyeux Noel’ with The 7 Sopranos
The 7 Sopranos celebrate Christmas in song this festive season with their ‘Joyeux Noel’ Christmas Concert at the Art Gallery of NSW. They…
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‘My Country Australia’ celebrates 85 years of the Royal Flying Doctor Service
Composer Gavin Lockley is passionate about the music of the Australian bush. In a landscape that is as severe as it is…
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SUMS Annual ‘Carolfest’
With Christmas fast approaching, the Sydney University Musical Society (SUMS) presents its Carolfest, an annual, time-honoured tradition, now in its 54th year. Her Excellency Professor…
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‘Hierusalem’ from bel a cappella
Bel a cappella’s November concert of 20th and 21st century music reaches back in time to Latin for its title: Hierusalem. It’s also the name of…
News
‘Synaesthesia: Music of Colour and Mind’ – a kaleidoscopic sensory encounter
“I hear a note by one of the fellows in the band and it’s one colour. I hear the same note…
Shows
‘Synaethesia: Music of Colour and Mind’ event details
Synaethesia: Music of Colour and Mind is a two-day event is a collaboration between the Museum of Old and New Art…
News
World premiere broadcast of ‘Sappho’
Peggy Glanville-Hicks. There’s news of a historic event Australian music from conductor Jennifer Condon who has revived Peggy Glanville-Hicks’ forgotten opera Sappho: She says:…
Shows
Bach in the dark with percussion
This weekend join ‘cellist Rachel Scott up close in the marvellous acoustic of the crypt of St James’Church, King Street, as she performs another…