The Song Company review
…by Peter McCallum for the Sydney Morning Herald.
…by Peter McCallum for the Sydney Morning Herald.
The Woollahra Philharmonic Orchestra has announced the appointment of Lee Bracegirdle as its Chief Conductor and Artistic Director. A published scholar, composer and outstanding French horn player, Lee will conduct the WPO’s September concert featuring flautist Bridget Bolliger and clarinettist Dimitri Ashkenazy. About Lee Bracegirdle Sydney audiences will be familiar with Lee Bracegirdle as Associate Principal…
Superstar soprano Cecilia Bartoli has joined the Sistine Chapel Choir for one magical track on their new album Veni Domine, making it the first time in history that the choir has made a recording with a female singer. The album is available on the Deutsche Grammophon label from tomorrow, 27 October, 2017. The album’s repertoire…
Booker Prize winning writer Julian Barnes has released a new novel The Noise of Time which is receiving high praise from reviewers and readers. The Noise of Time is a fictional biography of the life of Dmitri Shostakovich and tackles the forces of art and power which were set against each other during the turbulent life of…
It’s a dream combination. A composer in the mainstream of her creativity handpicks a string quartet to make the premiere recording of her music and then coaches them in the way she wants to the music to sound. Add to this, a recording producer who understands implicitly what the composer wants and who has the formidable reputation as…
Catherine Carby, mezzo –soprano, soprano Leah Thomas and pianist Sharolyn Kimmorley perform a programme of Scandinavian art songs this weekend for Art Song NSW (see “On Wings of Art Song”). The vocal repertoire is replete with works in French, German and Italian. Even Russian and Czech are regularly heard in opera and art song. But…
Will he or won’t he? Sydney’s opera lovers are waiting with bated breath on the arrival of star tenor Jonas Kaufmann who will sing a concert version of Parsifal with American mezzo-soprano Michelle de Young as Kundry for Opera Australia in August. Three years ago, Kaufmann gave two legendary recitals in Sydney which earned standing ovations…