The Sydney Youth Orchestras are calling for young orchestral musicians to audition for their 2018 intake. Musicians aged between 6 and 24 who regularly study with a professional instrumental teacher may audition for any of its 12 ensembles.
Auditions close on Friday September 22, 2017.
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons have charmed their audiences in Sydney with superlative skill. Regarded as one of the best conductors in the world, Jansons has been dogged by health problems in recent years, shadowed by the death of his father who suffered a heart attack whilst on the podium. He is fitted with…
The pigeons of Trafalgar Square rightly had their feather ruffled when they had to make way for the musicians of the London Symphony Orchestra. The musicians, who were looking very cool gave their first open air concert in Trafalgar Square, with their conductor Valery Gergiev. Here’s the link to the gallery: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2012/may/15/lso-trafalgar-square-concert#/?picture=390137981&index=2
From the Deutsche Grammophon catalogue comes an 8 CD set of recordings The Originals, by some of the greatest legends of classical music (DG 4794110). Recorded at various times between 1965 and 1980 in venues like the Vienna Musikverein Grosser Saal, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Hanover Beethovensaal and the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin, the recordings were originally…
A rare manuscript of Sergey Rachmaninov’s second symphony, signed by the composer and containing his handwritten notes, is to be auctioned at Sotheby’s in London in May, with an expected price of £1m-1.5m. According to Classical-music.com, the manuscript had been presumed lost since the 1917 revolution, when Rachmaninov fled St Petersburg with only a small suitcase of…
Last weekend, music lovers listened in and voted for their all-time favourites composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in this, the 250th anniversary of his birth in ABC Classic’s annual Classic 100 countdown. Not surprisingly, his Symphony No 9 roared into top spot yet again, having been voted into the top spot when the ABC conducted…
The Northside Opera Study Group, meeting in Lindfield, continues its meetings every Monday till the end of the year. Whether you are a long-term opera enthusiast or a novice who wants to learn more about the subject, NOSG invites you to share your interest in music and opera with their friendly group. Their programmes are wide and varied…