Handel & Delirious Love Australian Haydn Ensemble/ Sara Macliver Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 29 September 2019 With the concert season nearly at an end for 2019, it is safe to say that the Australian Haydn Ensemble’s Handel & Delirious Love programme was decidedly one of the highlights of my musical year. Performing on…
“All the jolly chase is here With hawk and horse and hunting-spear, Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling…” Hunting Song by Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832) Those words encapsulate the theme of the next concert by the Australian Haydn Ensemble. Artistic Director Skye McIntosh is joined by Amy Power, oboe…
When the Choir of St James’ gives its debut performance at Sydney’s City Recital Hall this week, it will be celebrating another first – the premiere of the newly formed BachBand@St James’. The choir and band with soloists directed by St James’ Head of Music, Warren Trevelyan-Jones, will perform J S Bach’s St John Passion,…