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sing messiah with the leichhardt espresso chorus
A fabulous opportunity to SING Messiah in March! A Marrickville Messiah Q: Too busy to join a weekly choir but always wanted to sing Messiah? A: Join the Leichhardt Espresso Chorus for a weekend of Messiah Mayhem, Marrickville Town Hall 23rd – 25th March 2012 REGISTER NOW at www.espressochorus.com.au and LEARN YOUR PART BEFORE YOU…
Opera on Sydney harbour
These artist’s impressions of the floating stage for La Traviata against the glorioue setting of Sydney Harbour look absolutely spectacular! From 24th March to 15th April 2012. Tickets at: http://www.operaonsydneyharbour.com.au/tickets.html
2012 Art Music Awards nominees
It’s awards time again and the 2012 Art Music Award winners will be announced at the Sydney Opera House on Amongst the nominees are some of the leading lights of Australian art music – Brett Dean, Elliot Gyger, Paul Stanhope, Ross Edwards, Peter Sculthorpe and Clare Maclean, as well as comparative newcomers Andrea Keller, Peter Knight…
Fiona Campbell: “Love + Loss”
” A CD that displays my music making abilities and music that is rare” is how mezzo-soprano Fiona Campbell describes her latest project, Love + Loss, a debut solo recording of three cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti, Joseph Haydn and George Frideric Handel. It’s an achievement of which she is justifiably proud. Her performance earned high praise from…
Time to start thinking about the Sydney Eisteddfod
Time again to start thinking about the Sydney Eisteddfod, an annual festival of music competition stretched over two months from June to August. Whether you’re an opera singer or a tap dancer; an orator, rock ensemble or violinist, there are categories for a wide variety of talent. There are events for classical and contemporary piano, instrumental, dance and…
Operation Opera
Does opera have to develop a two tier format to attract new audiences whilst continuing to present the art form in its purest sense to traditional opera lovers? The current productions of The Marriage of Figaro and The (abbreviated) Magic Flute have generated some very strong opinions and audience reactions. Opera Australia CEO Adrian Collette talks to…
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Sabine Meyer in Sydney – beyond words
Playing to a packed house last evening (Monday 7 th November) in Sydney were clarinetist Sabine Meyer and the Modigliani String Quartet. How is it ever possible to convey in words the music and the atmosphere that are experienced in a concert? Are words ever sufficient to describe the undisputed virtuoso who has performed around the world…
What’s in a name? Nicknamed music on CD
Try referring to a piece of music by its key and opus number and you can be met with a blank look until you hum the tune or refer to it by its nickname. Opus numbers and keys are an essential part of the identity of a work, but nicknames can be a welcome aide…