In a landmark innovation, Teldec releases its Complete Bach Edition on a USB stick!
The 32 GB USB memory stick contains recordings of cantatas, instrumental works and PDFs of notes from the original 154 disc collection made in 2000.
Click here to read the feature and review in The Guardian. Click here to order on line.
England’s King Richard III was found buried under a city car park and now it seems that the Weimar residence of J S Bach has met a similar fate. The foundations of the site in Weimar where JS Bach lived for 9 years (1708 – 1717) , where his sons Wilhem Friedemann Bach and Carl…
This feature from npr asks whether good orchestras really need conductors. If you were at the Sydney Symphony’s opening night of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pique Dame’ on Saturday, the answer would be quite obvious. A scientist at the University of Maryland has tried to define the relationship between musicians and their conductor: Click here to read
Superstar heldentenor and Sydney favourite Stuart Skelton has been appointed to lead the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s (CCM) internationally-renowned opera department in the role of the new J. Ralph Corbett Distinguished Chair in Opera.
Sydney-born pianist Kate Golla, now living in London and working as a highly sought-after pianist, repetiteur and vocal coach returns to Australia for a recital series with the exciting superstar tenor Allan Clayton on tour for Musica Viva. She talks to SoundsLIkeSydney about her life and work in the UK,
There was much anticipation and comraderie last weekend, when the Friends of Music at St James’ Church in King Street, held a soiree to lauch the 2012 subscription series presented by the Choir of St James’. The series of 6 concerts will feature the Choir and Orchestra of St James with soloists, directed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones. Fans of Baroque music will be delighted as…
Our friends at Elysian Fields, Australia’s innovative electric gamba ensemble are offering readers of SoundsLikeSydney two double passes to their concert on Thursday October 10, 8.30 pm at Foundry616, 616 Harris St, Ultimo. “Electric gamba band Elysian Fields presents a uniquely configured line up of saxophone, voice/violin, electric viola da gamba, piano, bass guitar and…