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This week, Richard Tognetti along with ACO2 and guest artists have packed their surf gear and travelled the country presenting The Reef. which comes to Sydney on Monday July 23rd. Back in Sydney, three core members of the Australian Chamber Orchestra are performing Schubert’s Trout Quintet and Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time with…
ACO 2013 season announced
The Australian Chamber Orchestra has just announced its 2013 season. Andreas Scholl sings Vivaldi, Barry Humphries presents music from Berlin, Martin Fröst plays Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto and Patricia Kopatchinskaja guest directs from the violin. There’s music by Brahms, Brett Dean, Ginastera and Rautavaara in the mix. More at: http://www.aco.com.au/buy/subscriptions?utm_source=mail2&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Announcing2013season
Happy Birthday to the coathanger
The Sydney Harbour Bridge turns 80 today! Eleven musicians from the brass section of the Sydney Symphony scaled the bridge to perform from the top. Guess what they played?! Check out these features: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/featurenews/view/1189848/1/.html http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/13205823/sydney-harbour-bridge-turns-80/
Filming hits the wrong note with pianist Zimmerman
Pianist Krystian Zimmerman made a point about audience filming during recitals at a recent performance in Germany. Click here to read the article from the BBC.
The Renaissance Players Record Pilgrimage to Montserrat
The Renaissance Players’ latest double CD, Pilgrimage to Montserrat, is a welcome opportunity for 21st century listeners to hear a richly varied, yet stylistically true reconstruction of the songs that medieval pilgrims may have played to each other en route to discover the miracles of Montserrat. Pilgrimage to Montserrat, music from the Iberian Peninsula, brings Winsome…
Marin Alsop Talks
American violinist and conductor Marin Alsop (b 1956) has blazed a trail as one of the world’s pioneering female conductors. In 2013 Ms Alsop made history as the first woman to conduct the Last Night of the Proms in London’s Royal Albert Hall, the world’s largest classical music festival with an audience of over 40…