A concert performance of the groundbreaking opera, Harvey Milk will premiere in Sydney in November, presented by Left Bauer Productions and the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir. Composed by Stewart Wallace to libretto by Michael Korie, the production will be directed by Cameron Lukey and conducted by Sarah Penicka- Smith with pianist Chris Cartner. In January 1978, after his…
Pianist Chris Cartner brings to a close the Resonance concert series for 2015 series with a programme featuring two of the greatest works ever conceived for the piano – the Piano Sonata in c# opus 27 no. 2, “Moonlight” by Beethoven and the Piano Sonata in b minor by Chopin. Beethoven marked his op.27 no.2…
Clarinetist Ian Sykes is pianist Chris Cartner’s guest instrumentalist in a programme of seductive and stirring music from France. The centrepiece in this enticing bill is Poulenc’s haunting and brilliant Sonata for Clarinet and Piano.The programme also features the luscious, late-romantic Sonata for Clarinet and Piano by Saint-Saëns and the playful Duo Concertante by Darius Milhaud,…