On the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s ACOHomeCasts this week, cellist Julian Thompson and a mysterious challenger go head to head in a charming performance inspired by Cumberland Gap, a bluegrass favourite by “banjo virtuoso” Adam Hurt.
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The music of master Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt is explored in an intimate performance by pianist Chris Cartner. Coincidentally it is the birth anniversary of Liszt on October 22nd (b 1811). From the exquisite tenderness of the D-flat Consolation, through the devilish drama of the Mephisto Waltz, and with all the exuberance of…
Chamber ensemble Refraction will present two concerts with pianist William Chen to begin the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust. Refraction includes a mixture of talented newcomers as well mature performers experienced in opera, symphonic and chamber music. Led by Ronald Thomas, the players in Refraction have variously performed with the English…
Pianist Kathryn Selby is joined by violinist Andrew Haveron and cellist Timo-Veikko Valve when her ensemble Selby & Friends presents By Arrangement, a showcase of orchestral masterpieces. Selby AM invites Sydney Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Andrew Haveron and Australian Chamber Orchestra Principal Cellist Timo-Veikko Valve to join her in piano trio versions of beloved orchestral works…
This Friday’s lunchtime concert at St Stephen’s in Macquarie Street features the Assistant Organist at the church, David Tagg. In this concert, Tagg performs organ music written by composers who, apart from Samuel Barber, studied the organ from an early age and were expert performers in the art. These works are considered amongst the cornerstones…
Start planning and enter the dates in your diary. Voted by the critics of Gramophone magazine in 2008 as the world’s best orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO), conducted by its Chief Conductor Maris Jansons, performs at the Sydney Opera House in November/December this year. The orchestra will make it’s Australian debut as part of an intercontinental…
The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra presents Madness & Confrontation in its celebratory season opener themed around Mozart and madness. Madness & Confrontation takes its inspiration from the story of the orchestra’s founding artistic director Richard Gill AO conducting Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (based on the original play “Day of Madness”). It was the late, legendary…