Selby & Friends’ annual foray into Beethoven’s great chamber music is a welcome harbinger of celebrations for the great master’s 250th birth anniversay in 2020. In response to audience demand, Beethoven’s Back!, with Sydney Symphony concertmaster Andrew Haveron, Australian cellist Richard Narroway, and pianist Kathryn Selby, tours in October and November in an eagerly anticipated…
Modest Mussorgsky’s evocative orchestral work, Pictures at an Exhibition is the centrepiece of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s first Family Event for the 2019 Season. Led by conductor Benjamin Northey, the orchestra and mime artist Andy Dexterity will bring to life the vivid images of this magnificent piece. Pictures at an Exhibition marks the start of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s…
Seraphim Trio Schubert, Schumann and Korngold Independent Theatre, North Sydney 28 October , 2018 Written by Victoria Watson The three core musicians of the Seraphim Quartet augmented their ensemble one by one after performing a piano trio, becoming a quartet and then quintet in this extraordinarily fine concert. Violinist Helen Ayres, cellist Timothy Nankervis and…