Artistic Director Richard Tognetti of the Australian Chamber Orchestra with Principal Violin Satu Vänskä, Principal Viola Stefanie Farrands and Principal Cello Timo-Veikko Valve give a spellbinding performance of Shostakovich’s Eighth String Quartet for Sunday’s s ACO HomeCast.
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The Australian Chamber Orchestra presents a grand symphonic event in which Richard Tognetti will lead an augmented ACO featuring 36 musicians on stage, starring guest artist Slava Grigoryan. With the ACO, Grigoryan plays Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, which he considers “a fantastic jewel in the repertoire, an exceptionally important piece for all guitarists, without doubt…
Reeling from the news of funding cuts announced by Australia Council in mid May, Sydney’s performing arts community has pulled together for a very special one-off fund-raising concert. Some of Sydney’s most exciting performers will share the stage in a show of support for Gondwana Choirs and Synergy/Taikoz, two of Australia’s most innovative arts companies…
The celebrated Latvian soprano Inessa Galante is to perform in Sydney with pianist Roland Peelman in November, presenting a substantial solo recital. Long established as the prima donna assoluta of Latvian opera, her early professional engagements were at the Kirov Opera where she worked with conductor Valery Gergiev. Her international career blossomed after the fall…
In 2015, choral ensemble Bel a cappella celebrates 20 years of performing with their inaugural concert at the beautiful, awe-inspiring Cell Block Theatre at the National Art School – a dramatic structure and a significant feature of Australia’s colonial and cultural heritage as it was once the Old Darlinghurst Gaol. Conducted by Music Director Anthony Pasquill, Bel a cappella…
Sydney Chamber Choir under its new Music Director Sam Allchurch with the Muffat Collective presents A Royal Affair, featuring masterworks from two Masters of the Queen’s Music with two of Handel’s grandest royal works. The first non-Briton to hold the royal appointment, Australian composer Malcolm Williamson brought a larrikin spirit to the role. ‘Most of my…
The evolution of JS Bach’s music never ended with his death. He must surely be the only composer whose music has not just endured but has been re-invented over centuries. Some retained Bach’s music as he wrote it, but dressed it differently, adding layers of fantastical improvisations – Jacques Loussier, The King’s Singers, Christoph Poppen’s Morimur. Others…