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A Winter’s Journey makes a new beginning for Morgan Pearse
On July 27th baritone Morgan Elliot Pearse will perform Schubert’s Winterreise, D 911 with pianist Chad Vindin. Later this year, he’ll undertake a…
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serious singing from teddy tahu rhodes
“The poem has not been completed until set to music” – Goethe. If Art Song needs to be re-invented to survive and…
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Arrebato fuses flameno, jazz and the world in their second CD “Absolucion”
The style is possibly as difficult to define as the English meaning of their name – “Arrebato”, variously translated as “fury”, “something…
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‘Vor Singet’ – composer Joseph twist takes us between the lines
This weekend the Sydney Chamber Choir (see our post), presents their concert “Bach to the Future” performing three of JS Bach’s great motets, and…
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JS Bach in the 21st century – the sydney chamber choir
“An opportunity to shake hands across the centuries”. So says conductor Jonathan Grieves-Smith, who will be travelling from Melbourne to conduct the…
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Beginning with Bach
Gramophone magazine has published a list of the ten best works by JS Bach, especially aimed at newcomers to his music. Glorious as…
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“Hausmusik” – the songs of early 20th century vienna from Art Song NSW
Art Song NSW’s next presentation is “Hausmusik” at 7.30 pm July 16th, behind which lies a most extraordinary tale. Imagine you moved…
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Opera stars perform for Japan Flood benefit
A gathering of stellar performers from the opera world gather on June 30th in a concert to benefit flood victims in Japan.…
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Got a spare $200,000 for a Mahler original?
Mahler’s personal copy of his 3rdand longest symphony was recently discovered in a private collection. If that isn’t exciting enough, it is notated in the…
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New Alden production of “Dream” an abstraction of Britten’s life.
Once in a while in opera, a new production comes along that fits so perfectly with the narrative, history and legend, that…