Bowerbird Collective’s ‘Invisible Connections’ Online
To celebrate World Migratory Bird Day on May 9th 2020, the Bowerbird Collective, comprising violinist Simone Slattery and cellist Anthony Albrecht created Invisible Connections a concert experience like no other: a musical and visual journey from the continental shores and archipelagos of Australasia to the tundra of Siberia and Alaska, tracing the awe-inspiring odyssey of…
Universal Music Announces ‘Classics Direct’ – A New Online Store For CDs, DVDs, Bluray And Vinyl
Good news for music lovers who love the touch of a CD, its shimmer and the prospect of leaving an archive as a legacy for posterity. To complement the world of music streams and on-demand consumption, Universal Music Australia introduces Classics Direct – an online retailer specialising in classical and jazz music CDs, DVDs, Bluray…
The Latest Offerings From The Met Live In HD
The rest of this week’s offerings from the Met Live in HD archive: Wednesday, May 20 Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera Starring Sondra Radvanovsky, Kathleen Kim, Stephanie Blythe, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, conducted by Fabio Luisi. From December 8, 2012. Thursday, May 21 Puccini’s Turandot Starring Christine Goerke, Eleonora Buratto, Yusif Eyvazov, and James Morris, conducted…
Lisa Gasteen National Opera Program Streams The Merry Wives Of Windsor
The Lisa Gasteen National Opera Program has made available its 2019 production of Otto Nicolai‘s Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, recorded by 4MBS Classic FM. Directed by Heather Fairbairn and conducted by Ward Stare with Ensemble Q, the cast includes Joel Amosa as Sir John Falstaff, Morgan England-Jones as Frau Fluth, Anastasia Bickel as Frau…
Musica Viva Announces Its Newest FutureMakers
Violinist Harry Ward and chamber music ensemble Partridge String Quartet are the Musica Viva Australia FutureMakers for 2020-2021. This two-year, part-time initiative in leadership was launched by Music Viva in 2015, and aims to discover and enable brilliant early career artists to become Australia’s musical leaders of tomorrow offering artists a comprehensive professional development curriculum…
Sokolov Records Beethoven And Brahms For Deutsche Grammophon
Grigory Sokolov has a new album Beethoven Brahms, out now on the Deutsche Grammophon label. Three years after his last recording, Sokolov returns with a 31-track double album of live recordings from his triumphant 2019/20 tour. Included on the double album are Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 3 and the Bagatelles opus 119 along with Brahms’…
ARCO’s Young Mannheim Symphonists Keep The Tradition Alive
The Young Mannheim Symphonists is a youth orchestra program conducted by the Australian Romanric & Classical Orchestra (ARCO). It is a unique and exciting program designed to give students and emerging musicians the opportunity to discover the magic of approaching music in historical performance style. As the students are led through great musical masterpieces of…
The McDonald College Opens Online Auditions For 2021
Performing arts school, The McDonald College, invites prospective students to submit an online audition for 2021 intake to the College. This option is available to students looking to enter Year 5 and above into the following streams: Acting, Classical Ballet, Dance (Commercial), Music or Musical Theatre. Video auditions must be submitted to the College Registrar…
The Met’s Daily Opera Streams
The Met Opera has been brightening the lives of our audience members even while their stage is dark. Each day, a different encore presentation from the company’s Live in HD series is being made available for free streaming on the Met website, with each performance available for a period of 23 hours, from 7:30 p.m. EDT…