Concert Review: Beautiful Boccherini/ Australian Haydn Ensemble/ Sara Macliver

Concert Review: Beautiful Boccherini/ Australian Haydn Ensemble/ Sara Macliver

Beautiful Boccherini –  Australian Haydn Ensemble with Sara Macliver, soprano Skye McIntosh (Artistic Director & violin)/ Simone Slattery (violin)/ James Eccles (viola)/ Anthony Albrecht (cello)/ Jacqueline Dosser (double bass)/ Melissa Farrow (flute)  Cell Block Theatre, Darlinghurst Sunday 13 March 2016 The Australian Haydn Ensemble’s (AHE) inaugural Sydney concert for their 2016 season opened with the first movement of Boccherini’s Flute Quintet in g…

Australian Haydn Ensemble With Sara MacLiver Present Beautiful Boccherini

Australian Haydn Ensemble With Sara MacLiver Present Beautiful Boccherini

The Australian Haydn Ensemble directed by Skye McIntosh with special guest artist soprano Sara Macliver launch into 2016 with Beautiful Boccherini, a programme of music by Mozart and Boccherini constructed around Boccherini’s exquisite and rarely heard Stabat Mater.  Aria award-winning Sara Macliver is one of Australia’s favourite and acclaimed sopranos. She is an expert in baroque performance…

Australian Haydn Ensemble – An All Haydn Programme

Australian Haydn Ensemble – An All Haydn Programme

The Australian Haydn Ensemble performs an all Haydn programme in its next concert, including three of Josef Haydn’s early Symphonies – Le Matin, Le Midi and Le Soir – morning, noon and evening. Co-directed by guest violinist Marc Destrubé and harpsichordist Dr Erin Helyard, with artistic direction by Skye McIntosh, Haydn’s three symphonies beautifully depict the passing of…