Anne Sofie von Otter in Sydney

The world fanous mezzo-soprano performs in Sydney with the SSO this week:

The world fanous mezzo-soprano performs in Sydney with the SSO this week:
The Idea of North kicks off the year with their first Sydney concert Up Close & Personal at the Blue Beat Bar and Grill in Double Bay. “We LOVE this show” they say, “and it’s been years since we’ve performed one, so we can’t wait!” The ARIA award winning ensemble Idea of North is known for creating an intimate…
The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) with Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams feature a world premiere from Australian Composer Jim Coyle in a dramatic final Met Concert of 2018, commemorating a decade of concert seasons. Coyle’s latest offering titled “Dancing with Billy Bray is an electric, rhythmically vibrant opening to this fifth Met Concert of 2018 titled Drama and…
Rachel Scott’s Bach in the Dark concert series continues its nationally and internationally successful live stream. Rachel Scott, founding artistic director will be joined by percussionist Ben Sibson for a concert with a difference. Ben will be playing vibraphone and adding hand-drums to Renaissance dances and Bach’s third cello suite. Rachel says: “I am realising…
Omega Ensemble is joined by Melbourne cellist Howard Penny in its final Virtuoso Series concert for 2018, Momentum, featuring the music of Schubert and Mendelssohn. Scored unusually for two violins, viola and two cellos, Schubert’s Cello Quintet was composed during the final weeks of the composer’s life, and ranks among his greatest accomplishments. This momentous…
The next series of concerts Celestial Vivaldi by the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is an inspired mix which includes music taken from its original format and re-written for ballet, for orchestra and for voices. The composers represented lived in the glorious days of the Baroque era. Whilst they all performed numerous instruments, each of them was an expert violinist and so…
The Metropolitan Orchestra performs Beethoven’s mighty Symphony No 5, alongside other breathtaking orchestral repertoire which includes Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture and Mozart’s magnificent Symphony Number 41, Jupiter. Conducting the orchestra will be Sydney-born Alexander Negrin who is making his first appearance in the city of his birth since his debut at the Sydney Opera House 31…