…and another review
Murray Black reviews the same performance (SSO/Mahler 2) for The Australian:
Murray Black reviews the same performance (SSO/Mahler 2) for The Australian:
‘The Russian’ The Metropolitan Orchestra/ Benjamin Kopp, piano /Sarah-Grace Williams, conductor 16 April 2016 Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo The Metropolitan Orchestra, now in its seventh year, consists of notably young musicians whose performances display the energy and enthusiasm of youth. Their second MET concert for 2016 consisted of two major works by…
Costello and Krall, Barenboim and du Pre, Sutherland and Bonyge, Laine and Dankworth – all partners on stage and in life, sharing a performing life and a musical genre. Joe Chindamo and Zoe Black share all this as well, except for the fact that they hail from different music backgrounds. Whilst Black is classically trained,…
Carbon and Raineri explore these pieces from the Romantic to the Modern, showcasing both traditional and newer aesthetics along with the rich tapestry of colours, tones phrasing and dynamics intrinsic to both the clarinet and the piano.
“The poem has not been completed until set to music” – Goethe. If Art Song needs to be re-invented to survive and evolve, the new CD “Serious Songs” from bass-baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes (ABC Classics 476-4383) points in the right direction. The CD takes its title from Brahms’ Four Serious Songs,originally composed for bass and piano,…
As part of their hugely popular Met Opera in HD series, the Palace Cinemas recently screened Berlioz’ epic opera Les Troyens, Francesca Zambello’s acclaimed 2003 production with Fabio Luisi conducting a cast led by Byran Hymel in the central role of Aeneas, the hero who flees the ruins of Troy for a new set of challenges…
The Australian Chamber Choir, conductor Douglas Lawrence August 21, 2016, Crypt of St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney It was an afternoon of heavenly music presented by the Melbourne based Australian Chamber Choir, directed by Douglas Lawrence. Inspired by John Eliot Gardiner’s tome Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven, the programme, Bach in the Castle…