“The announcement of Sydney’s 2015 main stage program reveals 11 shows more limited in repertoire, more traditional in style and more narrow in their appeal than I have seen for years. ” Harriet Cunningham explains why she’s not going to the opera in 2015.
Did the ailments of composers influence the music they wrote?! Did Tavener’s life-threatening inherited disease Marfan’s Syndrome initiate the otherworldly sound of his music? Did Beethoven’s deafness cause him to focus on his physiological rhythms? Click here to read Tom Service’s feature in The Guardian.
Available tomorrow, April 10, is British harpsichordist and conductor’s new recording on Deutsche Grammophon, J S BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier I. Trevor Pinnock is a pioneer of the early music movement. As founder and former leader of The English Concert he enjoys a longstanding relationship with Archiv Produktion and Deutsche Grammophon. Among his celebrated recordings…
Tired of the sporting hoop-la? Take some time out with this swag of links to news on recent events in the music life of the nation: Exciting developments as the Sydney Symphony expands its cultural reach into China: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/guangzhou-base-bid-to-cement-sso-in-region/story-fn9d2mxu-1226438930225 Peter McCallum reviews Amaracord for the Sydney Morning Herald: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/high-and-lows-of-love-and-death-in-voice-20120731-23crx.html From Adelaide, Graham Strahle reviews the Adelaide…
APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre have announced that composer Helen Gifford OAM, is to be the recipient of the Distinguished Services to Australian Music Award for 2016. She will receive this honour at the Art Music Awards on Tuesday 16 August at the Plaza Ballroom in Melbourne. This singular honour is awarded by the APRA…
The Sydney Youth Orchestras are calling for young orchestral musicians to audition for their 2018 intake. Musicians aged between 6 and 24 who regularly study with a professional instrumental teacher may audition for any of its 12 ensembles. Auditions close on Friday September 22, 2017. Click here for more.
ABC Classics celebrates the 60th birthday of pre-eminent Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin with The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection, a 10 CD boxed set, also available as a digital collection, bringing together her iconic works with pieces recorded especially for this collection. Kats-Chernin is one of the most cosmopolitan and successful composers working today, with a prolific…