Synaesthesia is a feature of the human nervous system that causes a blending of the senses where one sense can be experienced as another. Colours can be experienced as letters and numbers, hearing music can trigger smells or tastes, touch can stimulate vision. Only 1 in 2000 people experience the phenomenon of ‘synaesthesia’….
For its first concert of the year, the Leichhardt Espresso Chorus, with over 100 voices will perform the stunning Gloria by Vivaldi, written in Venice for singers in a girls’ orphanage. It is framed with music by Australia’s foremost contemporary music composer Elena Kats-Chernin in an arrangement by outstanding saxophone soloist Christina Leonard, recently…
Bach Magnificat Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir City Recital Hall, Sydney February 21st 2014. The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra celebrating its 25th anniversary this year opened the 2014 season with a concert centred around the music of J S Bach. The programme reached back into history, performing two works which represent the stylistic origins of…