Zehetmair Releases New Recording Of JS Bach Solo Violin Works
Violinist Thomas Zehetmair has recorded the solo sonatas and partitas of J S Bach, Sei Solo – Johann Sebastian Bach The Sonatas and Partitas, to be released on the ECM New Series label on 15 November. Composed three centuries ago, Johann Sebastian Bach’s set of six works for solo violin stands as one of the…
Double Pass Giveaway To St Mary’s Choral Christmas
St Mary’s Cathedral Choir is offering readers of SoundsLikeSydney a double pass to their 7 pm Christmas Choral Celebration on Friday 13 December, when St Mary’s Cathedral will resound with exquisite Christmas music performed by the Cathedral Choir and Sinfonia Australis. With choral works by Bach, Handel and Rutter, and a feast of favourite Christmas…
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra’s 2020 Season
The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra’s 2020 season features a variety guest collaborations with whom they will perform gems from the classical and romantic eras with an acknowledgement to contemporary Australian repertoire. Directed by violinist Rachael Beesley, the year’s curtain raiser The Impresario in March, includes the Overture to Mozart’s opera of the same name,…
Sydney Conservatorium Of Music Appoints Professor Liza Lim As Inaugural Sculthorpe Chair of Australian Music
Professor Liza Lim has been appointed inaugural Sculthorpe Chair of Australian Music at the Sydney Conservatorium Of Music, University of Sydney. Liza Lim is one of Australia’s best known composers who has worked with some of the world’s most eminent festivals, orchestras and ensembles as well as having an outstanding track record of research leadership….
Oranges under the Full Moon: Chamber Music by Paul Stanhope – A New Release On ABC Classic
Oranges under the Full Moon: Chamber Music by Paul Stanhope is a new release on ABC Classics, available tomorrow. A renowned composer of choral works, this is Paul Stanhope’s debut album of chamber works. Paul Stanhope’s choral writing was influenced by his time as Musical Director of Sydney Chamber Choir. This album presents his work…
Glorious Sounds At Lifehouse
One spring Sunday afternoon in Sydney, just a few weeks ago, a motley conglomerate of around 100 choral singers and instrumentalists gathered with two solo singers, under the music direction of Dr Sarah Penicka-Smith, to perform in a hospital foyer. These people had never previously performed together as group. However, such was the spirit and…
New CD ‘Where Song Began’
Violinist Simone Slattery and cellist Anthony Albrecht have released a new CD themed around birdsong, Where Song Began. The tracks include classics like Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending and JS Bach’s Prelude from Cello Suite No.1, with traditional items like Ngarra Burra Ferra, a traditional Yorta Yorta hymn and contemporary works like Ross Edwards’ Ecstatic…
Nigel Westlake And Katy Abbott Awarded 2019 Paul Lowin Prizes
Nigel Westlake and Katy Abbott are the winners of the 2019 Paul Lowin Prizes. The announcement was made during a ceremony at the Melbourne Recital Centre this week. A video of the ceremony is available for streaming the Australian Music Centre’s website, and includes the 2019 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address by Deborah Cheetham AO. Nigel Westlake…
Trifonov Continues Rachmaninov Recordings For Deutsche Grammophon
After the highly acclaimed album Destination Rachmaninov – Departure Daniil Trifonov concludes his Rachmaninov recording project for Deutsche Grammophon with Destination Rachmaninov – Arrival, a programme that includes Rachmaninov’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3, Trifonov’s own transcriptions of Rachmaninov’s lyrical Vocalise and virtuosic The Silver Sleigh Bells. The album is available now. The Grammy…