Recorder virtuoso Maurice Steger opened the year for the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra at the City Recital Hall earlier this week with a programme of music by Vivaldi, Telemann, Geminiani and others of the era.
The concerts continue on selected dates till March 5. Scroll down to see all three images of the musicians in action.
Are music downloads declining in popularity with a return to the hallowed CD? The people who were surveyed in this feature seem to overwhelmingly prefer to spend their money on music they can hold.
The Brandenburg Quartet is an exciting new ensemble on Australia’s chamber music scene. Comprising the four principal string players of the multi ARIA Award-winning Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the quartet will bring to the stage loved quartets of the classical repertoire as well as brilliant works by composers rarely heard today, all on period instruments….
In echoes of the past, a Greek soprano will take the role of Tosca in Opera Australia’s winter production directed by John Bell and conducted by Christian Badea. Soprano Alexia Voulgaridou will sing the role with which the name of her compatriot Maria Callas is inextricably linked. It is not the soprano’s first performance in Sydney. She…
Commemorating twenty-five years of performance since its inception in January 1990, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra has released Brandenburg Celebrates a new studio recording of Baroque exemplars which showcases the talents of the ensemble as well as the more challenging task of snapping a cross-section of its repertoire over this time. Artistic Director and Co-Founder…
Australia’s favourite contemporary a capella ensemble The Idea of North, last week released its twelfth album, A World of Christmas in its debut orchestral collaboration with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. On this ABC Classics release, the multiple ARIA Award winning ensemble combines its shimmering harmonies and pure tones with the rich sonic textures of the full…
An offer not to miss! Our friends at The Marais Project have generously offered two double passes to readers of SoundsLikeSydney for their concert The French Flute on Sunday October 16 at 3 pm at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. If you’d like to be in the running for these double passes, email [email protected] by 5 pm…