The NSW Doctors Orchestra presents Contrasts, its annual fundraising concert offering afternoon of sublime music from France, Russia, Mexico and Australia. The highlight will be soloist Sally Walker giving the Sydney premiere of Elena Kats-Chernin’s flute concerto Night and Now, written by Elena especially for Sally. The program will also include the popular Pelleas et Melisande Suite, Op….
Cellist Umberto Clerici and guitarist Karin Schaupp are to undertake an extensive concert tour under the auspices of Music Viva, to launch their new album, Wayfaring, recorded on the ABC label (ABC 481 6811). The Italian-Australian Clerici and the German-Australian Schaupp met when they first played together at the biennial Musica Viva Festival several years ago. ‘It…
ABC Classics celebrates the 60th birthday of pre-eminent Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin with The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection, a 10 CD boxed set, also available as a digital collection, bringing together her iconic works with pieces recorded especially for this collection. Kats-Chernin is one of the most cosmopolitan and successful composers working today, with a prolific…