Maurice Ravel, born March 7 1875 (d December 28, 1937). Jean-Yves Thibaudet gives a brilliant rendition of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester conducted by Philippe Jordan.
1 Allegramente
2 Adagio assai
3 Presto
Irish soprano Orla Boylan is currently thrilling Sydney audiences in her performances as Senta in The Flying Dutchman with the Sydney Symphony. She first sang in Sydney with the SSO in early 2006 in a performance of Britten’s War Requiem conducted by Paul Kildea. Since then she has given stellar performances in Australia winning…
The brilliant composer, conductor, pianist and educator Leonard Bernstein was born on August 25, 1918 (d 1990). In this video clip he conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in the zippy overture to his operetta Candide.
Smörgåsbord! Music from Sweden is the latest CD release from The Marais Project, a collection of deeply whimsical and expertly performed old and new music from Sweden arranged for voice and four early instruments. As well as being a recording project, it’s a journey through history for two of its musicians, Jennifer Eriksson and Tommie…
Watch this video of mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital talking about his latest recording, Vivaldi due for release in Australia in early April. Read more about the CD.
Sergei Prokofiev and William Shakespeare were born on April 23rd in 1891 and 1564 respectively. Here’s a tribute to both these men of genius. Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra playing the Dance of the Knights from Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet.
Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi is soon to appear in Sydney at the GRAPHIC festival at the Sydney Opera House. Check out his music from this video of a sell-out concert at the Royal Albert Hall.