Recorder virtuoso Maurice Steger opened the year for the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra at the City Recital Hall earlier this week with a programme of music by Vivaldi, Telemann, Geminiani and others of the era.
The concerts continue on selected dates till March 5. Scroll down to see all three images of the musicians in action.
If you’re missing your fix of concerts during the Easter season, here are some links that you might like to check out – performances of a variety of Easter musical fare by Australian and other composers and performers: Short listens: Sydney Chamber Choir performs Paul Stanhope’s Ubi Caritas This beautiful piece is a hymn of the…
The Song Company has wrapped up a successful tour of Dances of Passion, performing in Wollongong, Newcastle, Sydney and Canberra.
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Simone Young AM celebrated the re-opening of the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House with a landmark recording.
One of the world’s most loved comic operas, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, celebrates its 200th anniversary on Saturday 20 February. To mark the occasion, Opera Australia has joined forces with World’s Greatest Shave to donate a portion of ticket sales to the Leukaemia Foundation. For every ticket purchased to the Sydney Opera House season…
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason has released his solo cello composition entitled Melody, on Decca Classics. Just 21, Sheku’s recent album Elgar has been No. 1 in the ARIA Core Classical Chart for five consecutive weeks. Sheku is happy to mark these milsestones with his own work, simple and beautiful with its folksong-like lilt. Previously performed as…
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s new CD A Very Brandenburg Christmas, is a live recording of its popular 2014 Noël! Noël! annual Christmas concert at Sydney’s City Recital Hall. With the 2015 Noël! Noël! series expanded to include a new venue and an additional concert, the release of A Very Brandenburg Christmas is timely addition to the…