Melbourne Digital Concert Hall’s Sydney season presents violinist Emma Jardine with pianist Benjamin Kopp,performing form the National Art School.
Opera Australia presents a return season of Graeme Murphy’s grand vision of Puccini’s masterpiece, Turandot, set in imperial Peking, Taking the title role is American soprano Lise Lindstrom who has taken the role by storm in the major houses around the world and on film. Singing the role of Prince Calaf is Korean born new York based Yonghoon…
Listen with your eyes when Ensemble Offspring presents Light is Calling, a programme of virtuosic solos by minimalist composers Steve Reich, Michael Gordon and Nico Muhly, alongside two Australian trios—a world premiere from Brisbane composer Christopher Perren, and the Fractured Again Suite by Ensemble Offspring’s co-Artistic Director Damien Ricketson. Experience the immersive world of music…
This year, the Choir of Christ Church St Laurence, conducted by Dr Neil McEwan, celebrates its patronal festival day with a performance of Jean Langlais’ (1907-1991) Messe Solennelle– a work whose simple beauty hides the complexity of the music and described by the choristers as ‘a joyously semi-anarchic, mid-twentieth century French musical romp, for choir and organ.’ Langlais, though…
The long weekend has a treasure in store with the screening on SBS TV of Sir David McVicar’s production of Richard Strauss’ sinister masterpiece Salome. Based on the play by Oscar Wilde,which in turn is derived from the Biblical tale, the one-act opera has some famous moments in opera, amongst them the Dance of…
“Amarcord means ‘I remember’. We remember our childhood, we remember the traditions and the history the music comes from. And other things.” says Amarcord, bass singer, Holger Krause The five voices of Amarcord represent the lower registers only and share a rich heritage. They met when they were choirboys at St Thomas’ Church, in Leipzig, where Johann Sebastian…
The Choir of St James’ presents a pairing of sacred and secular repertoire in their fifth concert in their 2015 series, ‘Spectrum of Song’. In this concert, Songs of Inspiration Baroque to Broadway renowned soprano Yvonne Kenny joins the choir, directed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones with pianist Anthony Hunt to explore some of the world’s best loved European music, including…