Tune into ABC Classic for the concert recording of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Vivaldi’s Venice, featuring French harpist Xavier de Maistre.
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The Australian String Quartet (ASQ) presents a program they have called Debussy, centred around Debussy’s String Quartet in G minor and featuring as well, the music of Mendelssohn, Andrew Ford and Arvo Pärt. Mendelssohn’s String Quartet Op.44 No.2, a work of dazzling string writing completed on the composer’s honeymoon, negotiates the fine line between the elegiac and…
In 2020 the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) will celebrate 250 years since the birth of the great Ludwig van Beethoven kicking off the year with the rare opportunity to hear the first three of Beethoven’s symphonies together in full, including the magnificent ‘Eroica’. Directed from the violin by Richard Tognetti, who simultaneously celebrates 30 years…
The Sydney Consort explores two contradictory concepts in their concerts Passion & Reason during October in Balmain and in the ACT. This musical pairing of opposites includes some of the most dramatic and passionate repertoire for voices and strings featuring arias, duetti & instrumental music by Purcell, Buxtehude, J S Bach, Handel & Abel. The members of…
The North Sydney Symphony Orchestra continues its 2012 series with a programme of orchestral music grounded in northern Europe. The concert opens with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnole, Koussevitsky’s Concerto for Double Bass and the Symphony No.2 by Jean Sibelius. Steven Hillinger will conduct the orchestra which is joined by Double Bassist Kees Boersma who comments: “My last…
After 8 long months, the principal string players of The Metropolitan Orchestra present afternoon of glorious music, performing Mendelssohn’s remarkable String Octet which was composed when he was just 16 years of age. From the almost minimalist unison textures of the work’s Scherzo, to the eight-part fugato of its Finale, Mendelssohn created a masterwork unlike…
Crossroads Chamber Music 2019 festival is in its twelfth year and will be presented by Festival Director Charmian Gadd featuring a brand new string quartet, musicians of international acclaim and a stunning hand-crafted Kawai grand piano – all in a beautiful setting. This musical gem is the best-quality chamber music festival between Sydney and Townsville…