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Win A Double Pass To Dowland’s 450th Birthday Bash
There are three double passes to be won for the November 10th concert which celebrates 450th years since John Dowland’s birth. Viol consort Seaven Teares led by Jennifer Eriksson is joined by lutenist extraordinaire Tommie Andersson, Daniel Yeadon playing the treble viol and the shimmering voice of soprano Belinda Montgomery, in one of the very few events…
The symphony in the 21st century – why stick to traditional forms?
If you’ve found some newer compositions difficult to follow and remember it is possible that they were written with a looser structural style than traditional works. The ‘form’ of a symphony or a sonata follows a pattern of themes and modulations which make them easier to remember and to recall beyond a first hearing. This is not to say that…
The 50 Greatest Recordings
Classical-music.com reports on the top 50 greatest recordings of all time, as voted by the critics of BBC Music. Which of these is a ‘must’ for your collection? None in the top 20 was recorded this century! http://www.classical-music.com/article/50-greatest-recordings-all-time
Study Confirms Wide-Ranging Benefits Of Arts Education.
Governments take note! Parents take heart! Those hours of music practice, of driving children to music lessons, rehearsals and concerts – not to mention the cost – are well worth the effort! The study, undertaken by the University of Sydney and the Australia Council for the Arts and published in the Journal of Educational Psychology shows…
When the audience disapproves…..
Sydney audiences are by and large generous in their applause even if they don’t approve of the performer or the production. ‘Boos’ are rarely, if ever heard, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, when the villian of the piece takes his curtain call. The most emphatic expression of audience disapproval is to leave at interval. Other ‘houses’ are different. A new…
The Idea of North ‘Smile’ CD giveaway
‘Smile’ is the 10th CD release from the fabulous ARIA Award winning a capella quartet The Idea of North. SoundsLikeSydney has two copies to give away. If you would like to be in the running to win your own copy of ‘Smile’, email [email protected] with the subject title ‘Smile’ by 5pm on Thursday 26th September. Winners will…
Latest reviews
Review: Opera Australia ‘The Magic Flute’
The Magic Flute – W A Mozart, Libretto: Emmanuel Schikaneder. Opera Australia, Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House January 10th 2014. Coinciding with the numerology of Mozart’s 1791 singspiel, there are three pillars of wisdom to be accepted in appreciating this production of The Magic Flute. First, it is sung in English not in…
Review: ‘La Boheme’, Opera Australia
La Bohème – Giacomo Puccini Opera Australia 4 January 2014 Joan Sutherland Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House. When is an operatic first night not a first night? Well, for Opera Australia, it’s when Puccini’s La Bohème opens the Sydney summer season just four days after the New Year’s Eve Gala performance of the same…