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Minimalism through the looking glass
The music of Philip Glass is in the spotlight with the ABC Classics release of “Mad Rush” an anthology of his piano music,…
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The latest from Sydney’s music scene.
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Serious Songs – Glanert on his setting of Brahms
German composer Detlev Glanert (b 1960) re-orchestrated the Four Serioua Songs of Brahms and augmened them with preludes and a postlude. The work premiered…
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critiquing the critic
Audiences rely on them; performers love them or loathe them. Much has been discussed and written about the role of the critic. In…
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Double Apra awards to Paul Stanhope
In a project reminiscent of Daniel Barenboim’s efforths at political and social reconciliation through music, composer Paul Stanhope has created “Exile Lamentations”…
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“The origin cycle” wins 2011 APRA Performance of the year award
In November 2009, what might have been “A Night at the Museum” saw the Sydney premiere of the “Origin Cycle” at the Australian…
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2011 APRA ART MUSIC AWARD WINNERS
Composer Paul Stanhope made his mark on the 2011 APRA Art Music Awards announced last night. His compositions won Work of the…
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2011 APRA AWARDS FINALIST: HALCYON AND GENEVIEVE LANG PERFORM GYGER.
A performance by Halcyon of a work by Elliot Gyger “From the Hungry Waiting Country “ written for specific voices and harpist, is another finalist…
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2011 APRA AWARDS FINALIST:The Song Company with William Barton
“An imaginative bringing together of unlikely collaborators… a sonic and visual experience of the Australian night and day as seen through the…
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The Language of Opera – Lyndon Teracini’s response.
Do the sung arts have to be monolinguistic to be “accessible” ? The intrinsic quality of the language is why Janacek sounds so wonderful in Czech; and Britten…