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‘Metropolis’ reviewed…..
‘…..the demands of this 2 1/2 hour score were like playing two big Mahler symphonies without movement breaks” – Peter McCallum, The Sydney Morning Herald. For more, visit: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/symphony-soars-and-saws-in-vivid-saga-20111030-1mqe1.html
Glorious Baroque reviewed….
Check out Peter McCallum’s review of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Glorious Baroque in the SMH. Also, see our post on Possum goes for Baroque for further dates for this concert. http://soundslikesydney.com.au/shows/possum-goes-for-baroque-2/5310.html http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/an-accomplished-pastiche-with-notes-of-a-fine-merlot-20111030-1mqan.html
Emma Moore wins ‘The Mathy’
Congratulations to soprano Emma Moore from New South who has won the 2011 Marianne Mathy Award. More at: http://www.aussing.org.au/ASC_Winners.htm
Back to the homeland for ‘the sound of music’
Created in 1959 by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein ll and set in Salzburg, the musical The Sound of Music will finally be seen for the first time in the city where it is set. The BBC looks at why this phenomenally successful stage show has taken so long to come home. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15402618
Tarrega’s telephone tune
Did you know that the infamous Nokia ringtone is based on a phrase from Francisco Tarrega’s Grand Valse?! Thomas Dolby is the musician whose team created the ring tone that is heard 2 billion times a day! More at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9622000/9622785.stm
‘Nightingale’ reviewed
The review is out for ‘The Love of the Nightingale’! http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/opera/soaring-testament-to-power-of-music-20111023-1meez.html
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