The Acacia Quartet comprising violinists Lisa Stewart and Myee Clohessy, violist Stefan Duwe and cellist Anna Martin-Scrase, are joined by soprano Ayse Goknur Shanal in an exciting programme featuring contemporary Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov’s How Slow The Wind and Tenebrae, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s String Quartet K421 and a world premier by Australian composer Ross Fiddes, The Man in the Other Room for Soprano & String Quartet.
The brilliant young singers of the Sydney Children’s Choir and Gondwana Voices present their annual Christmas event Voices of Angels. Conducted by Gondwana Choirs Artistic Director and Founder Lyn Williams, OAM, the concert brings together 250 angelic children’s voices from across the country for two concerts in Sydney. This year’s concerts will feature Australia’s pre-eminent string ensemble,…
Cellist Rachel Scott presents the second concert in the 2012 series of Bach in the Dark in mid-June. The unusual Sydney venue for these concerts is the crypt of St James’ Church in King Street. This intimate space with its low ceiling and gently reverberant acoustic complements the sound of the cello, the repertoire and the other instruments…
The semi-finalists in the 2019 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition will gather to vie for a place in the finals, with pianist Simon Tedeschi joining the line-up as guest artist, performing a surprise repertoire that he will introduce from the stage. The 11 semi-finalists are sopranos Bianca Bacchiella (QLD), Josi Ann Ellem (NSW), Clare Hood (NZ) and Chloe…
In its July 2012 concerts, The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) with Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams presents a programme of music by three greats of the 19th century. There’s a fiery start to the music with Camille Saint-Saëns’ Tarantella opus 6 in A minor for flute, clarinet and orchestra. Taking centre stage with The Tarantella has…
Soprano Lee Abrahmsen joins Omega Ensemble once again for a lyrical afternoon of songs for voice and piano in Vocalise: Rachmaninoff and Poulenc Lee Abrahmsen will be joined by pianist Maria Raspopova and clarinetist David Rowden, Co-Artistic Directirs of Omega Ensemble. Together they will perform selections from Poulenc’s Chansons, Banalités and Poemes, and Rachmaninoff’s 14 Romances opus 34. This performance…
As the Sydney Symphony has been touring China, for the first time ever, China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Orchestra will visit Australia to perform one concert only at the Sydney Opera House. The orchestra of 90 musicians was established in March 2012, and serves as the orchestra in residence of the National…