Peter Phillips, founder and director of the Tallis Scholars is a regular columnist for The Spectator. He recently posed the question whether creative genius is compatible with ‘niceness’ as a person and warns that even a conductor’s time on the podium is transient.
Matthias Goerne, distinguished baritone and one of the most high-profile Schubertians of this generation, has recorded a selection of Schubert’s songs not in their original versions with piano but in orchestral arrangements by Alexander Schmalcz, Goerne’s accompanist of many years’ standing.
Review of Sydney Chamber Opera’s production of Philip Glass’ “In the Penal Colony: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/redemption-through-glass-darkly-20120408-1wj74.html Anf that that other famous Minimalist composer Steve Reich is due in town: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/minimalist-master-20120404-1wbfa.html Where to for classical music recording in Australia?: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/ambition-grows-for-recordings/story-e6frg8n6-1226322288037
Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre has released a brand new album on Decca Classics with world-renowned VOCES8, his ‘dream vocal group’ in a debut collaboration.
BBC correspondent Peter Day spends time in Cremona, Italy, the home of hand crafted stringed instruments for 5 centuries, looking at how these instruments were created then and now.
The Grigoryan Brothers, Slava and Leonard, will preview the original motion picture soundtrack to the new cinematic release, A Boy Called Sailboat, playing famous tunes re-arranged for guitar duo – including Amazing Grace, The House of the Rising Sun, My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean and more. All the music on the soundtrack has been arranged by the Grigoryan…
Here’s the link to the full list of nominees for the 2011 Helpmann Awards tobe annouced at the Sydney Opera Hosue on August 1st. http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/site/_content/document/00000183-source.pdf