Pianist Zubin Kanga recently performed a programme of ‘new music’ in London. It involved ideas that brooked traditional concepts of how the instrument is played. Read more at:
http://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2012/03/piano-insideout-zubin-kanga-kings-place-london/
Available today is a new recording of Vivaldi’s vocal music Gloria, from the brilliant soprano Julia Lezhneva, with Argentinian counter-tenor Franco Fagioli and Swiss organist and conductor Diego Fasolis conducting the Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera and I Barocchisti, today’s Vivaldi interpreters par excellence. These stars of the Baroque have collaborated to record Vivaldi’s Gloria in D major RV 589, his…
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Mozart the Great programme highlighting the Mass in C minor ‘The Great’ continues at the City Recital Hall tonight, Wednesday May 15th and Friday May 17th at 7 pm. These pictures convey the moods of the opening night. Images by and courtesy of Steven Godbee.
The ABRSM in the UK (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) has announced a major teaching initiative aimed at introducing primary school children in England to classical music. The ABRSM’s ‘Classical 100’ is an online resource supported by Decca and UK’s Classic FM, based on a list of 100 works that it believes are…
This week, Stefan Duwe, viola player with Acacia Quartet shares his insights into the music of Beethoven. A performer and a teacher, Stefan was born in Oldenburg, Germany. He has worked with many orchestras including the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Folkwang Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica, Philharmonie Essen, Düsseldorfer Sinfoniker and Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. In Australia,…
The Flinders Quartet welcomes its newest member, violinist Nicholas Waters as second violinist Helen Ayres relocates to London with her family. Nicholas Waters joins incumbent ensemble members first violinist Shane Chen, viola player Helen Ireland and cellist Zoe Knighton. The Melbourne based ensemble regularly performs in Sydney and tours for chamber music presenters such as…
Celebrating Peter Sculthorpe William Barton,Tamara Anna Cislowska, the Goldner String Quartet, John Peterson Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Studios, Ultimo Thursday September 4, 2014. It was a momentous evening during which a great composer was remembered with performances of his music and recollections of the person he was.The gathering of fans, performers, composers and…