Behzod Abduraimov
Read the SMH review of 21 year pianist Behzod Abduraimov’s City Recital Hall concert:
Read the SMH review of 21 year pianist Behzod Abduraimov’s City Recital Hall concert:
The Overcoat Michael, Rosemarie and Constantine Costi, Belvoir Theatre Downstairs, 16 November 2018 Witten by Paul Bennett Re-imaging a classic from a Russian master such as Gogol can be a challenging and risky process especially when you add a change in format to the mix, but Constantine, Michael and Rosemarie Costi have delivered a fresh…
Nelson Mass Sydney Chamber Choir/ Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra/ Richard Gill City Recital Hall, October 1, 2016 From Dreaming to Distress, the Sydney Chamber Choir performed masses themed around these diametrically opposed ideas in their concert last weekend. Conducted by Richard Gill AO, the choir was joined by the newly re-branded Australian Romantic and…
Three Parts Mozart Omega Ensemble, Paul Meyer, clarinet City Recital Hall November 3, 2016 Written By Deen Hamaker The music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is such a fundamental part of the classical repertoire it is easy to forget that he died when he was just 35. He was an incredibly prolific, composing over 600…
Schubert’s Trout Omega Ensemble: David Rowden (Co-Artistic Director and clarinet), Maria Raspopova (Co-Artistic Director and piano), Alexandra Osborne (violin), Veronique Serret (violin), Neil Thompson (viola), Paul Stender (cello), Alex Henery (double bass), Ben Hoadley (bassoon), Michael Dixon (horn) 27 July 2017, City Recital Hall, Angel Place Written by Larry Turner One of Schubert’s best-loved works, the Trout Quintet (D.667), was voted number one in ABC-FM’s Classic 100 Chamber Music survey in…
Handel Messiah/Marc Minkowksi/Deutsches Grammophon Virtuoso. Nearly three centuries after Handel’s Messiah was first performed in 1742, and nearly a century after its first recordings in the 1920s, Deutsche Grammophon has re-released a 2001 Archiv recording conducted by Marc Minkowski on its Virtuoso label (Catalogue Number 478 6175). Virtuoso promises quality performances at an affordable price….
Six Times Three Sydney Chamber Choir Great Hall Sydney University September 6, 2015 In its final concert for 2015, celebrating its 40th year, the Sydney Chamber Choir welcomed its newly appointed Music Director Richard Gill OAM, as conductor, in a (mostly) a capella, numerologically themed program of music by six Antipodean composers – three men…