The Opening Concert of The Sydney Opera House, September 1973!
From September 1973 – Sir Charles Mackerras conducts the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
From September 1973 – Sir Charles Mackerras conducts the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Angela Hewitt is to give two major performances in Sydney under the auspices of Music Viva at The City Recital Hall. Her repertoire will include J S Bach’s Art of Fugue BWV 1080 and the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903. Listen to her perform the Prelude and Fugue in D minor from…
Strictly speaking, we only get to celebrate Rossini’s birth anniversary every 4 years. Gioachino Antonio Rossini was born on February 29th 1792 (d 1868). He had a reputation as a bon vivant as you can tell from his portraits –but found the time to compose 39 operas – which are still amongst the most often performed…
Listen to excerpts from Andreas Ottensamer’s new recording Portraits – The Clarinet Album, out on the Deutsch Grammophon label. He performs a diverse array of music by Spohr, Cimarosa, Debussy, Copland, Amy Beach and Gershwin, with the Rotterdam Philharmonic conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
The Marais Project’s Jennifer Eriksson talks about the ensemble’s new album Spinning Forth, named after Paul Cutlan’s composition of the same name which features on the album. written for harpsichord and viola da gamba it the world premiere recording of this adventurous piece inspired by the writing of J S Bach. If you’re having difficulty…
The late maestro Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts his ensemble Concentus Musicus Wien, led by concertmaster Alice Harnoncourt.
Check out this preview of Vladimir Ashkenazy’s homage to Sibelius, a documentary Vladimir Ashkenazy on the Path of Jean Sibelius, with the Philharmonia Orchestra, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Click here to view the full documentary.