Saturday night was the first ot two performances by the Sydney Symphony of a concert version of Tchaikowsky’s Queen of Spades.
Not performed in Sydney since 1979 it is a rare opportunity to hear this masterpiece, and the out-of -this-world soloists who have gathered in Sydney to sing with the orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Click to read the review by Peter McCallum for the Sydney Morning Herald
and Murray Black’s review in The Australian
Cellist Zoe Knighton and pianist Amir Farid draw on the similarities between the cello and the voice in their new release Brahms Cello for Move records.
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