The Royal Northern Sinfonia has commissioned a controversial new portrait of Mozart by American artist Tim O’Brien which portrays the composer as ‘ a “daring” and “edgy” musician in the mould of Johnny Rotten,’ dismissing Mozart’s “chocolate box” image.
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Sydney’s newest orchestra, the Western Sydney Philharmonic (West Phil) has been launched, giving the young people of Western Sydney an opportunity to learn and play beautiful music in Western Sydney’s very own orchestra.
Rachel Scott, cellist, creator and curator of the Bach in the Dark concert series writes of news about a new CD Little Birds: “Excitement is building here at Bach in the Dark headquarters as Little Birds is nearing completion. In January, accordion virtuoso Anthony Schulz and I met in Melbourne and recorded all our…
Released last week on the Deutsche Grammophon label, Andris Nelsons, the leading conductor of his generation, takes on a full cycle of Beethoven’s eternal symphonies – directing the Vienna Philharmonic in a series of new recordings made at the historic Vienna Musikverein. These will be released in a deluxe boxed set on 5 CDs, featuring…
Jenny Eriksson, founder and artisitic director of The Marais Project, writes about their upcoming concert. ‘The Art of Monody.’
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra has released a digital recording Simone Young Conducts Great Romantics with Chief Conductor Designate Simone Young, available free on the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s website. The programme opens with Australian composer Paul Terracini’s brass attack, before floating onto the heavenly melodies of Mahler and Fauré. A contemporary piece by Michael Daugherty slices…
Three winners of the ARIA Fine Arts Awards were announced at the Art Gallery of New South Wales this morning. Congratulations to Sally Whitwell for Best Classical Album All Imperfect Things, The Idea of North for Best Jazz Album Smile and Joseph Tawadros for Best World Music Album Chameleons of the White Shadow. Read our review…