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
Murray Black reviews the Sydney Symphony’s concert with pianist Andreas Haefliger, conducted by David Zinman: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/nothing-finer-than-this-falstaff-in-full-flight/story-e6frg8n6-1226355198346
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Peter McCallum reviews Tafelmusik for the Sydney Morning Herald. Tafelmusik repeat their concert at the City Recital Hall on Saturday March 10th at 2 pm. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/spirited-delight-of-ancient-analogy-between-music-and-cosmos-20120306-1ui98.html