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For the last Bach in the Dark event for 2013, series curator and cellist Rachel Scott has devised something special which she has called The Painted Bach. See the music take shape before your eyes as Sydney visual artist Judith White creates a painting in response to the music as Rachel Scott plays the…
Piers Lane to perform Beethoven’s ‘Emperor Concerto’
Renowned Australian pianist Piers Lane joins Willoughby Symphony for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 5 ‘The Emperor’. Conducted by Tom Woods, the concert will also feature Schubert’s Symphony No 9 ‘The Great’ and Mozart’s Overture to ‘Der Schauspieldirektor’. In great demand as a collaborative artist, Piers Lane’s 2007 performance of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto received the Limelight…
Hoang Pham Plays Mostly Chopin
Hoang Pham, the 2013 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year returns to Sydney with a piano recital titled Mostly Chopin, in which he plays a broad selection of Chopin’s most famous works including the Ballade in G minor, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Scherzo in B-flat minor and a selection of nocturnes, waltzes and mazurkas. As a chamber music bonus,…
Concert To Honour Peter Sculthorpe
The University of Sydney announces a special evening to celebrate the life and music of Peter Sculthorpe AO OBE, Australia’s most revered composer of the 20th century. The free public performance will be presented by Sydney Conservatorium of Music and its students. The gala event will be held in honour and celebration of the Emeritus Professor’s…
Four Last Songs – Lee Abrahmsen With Omega Ensemble
Soprano Lee Abrahmsen joins Omega Ensemble to perform songs of farewell from the richness of the romantic era along with a new work by Andrew Ford, launching the ensemble’s 2016 Virtuoso series. The essence of Wagner’s revolutionary Tristan und Isolde is perfectly captured in excerpts skilfully arranged by Australian composer James Ledger. As Isolde grieves over…
Carmen On Screen From Opéra Bastille
The role of Carmen is sung by brilliant mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča making one of the greatest entrances in the history of opera and expressing all that need be said: “Love is a rebellious bird that no one can tame…” The beautiful cigar-maker sets her sights on a soldier: Don José, sung by Roberto Alagna. Fate will do the…