Bach In The Dark – 2014 Series Launch Combines Cello, Harp and Soprano

Bach In The Dark – 2014 Series Launch Combines Cello, Harp and Soprano

  Cellist Rachel Scott continues her very popular concert series Bach in the Dark with the first performance of 2014 in which she is joined by soprano Jane Sheldon and harpist Genevieve Lang in the intimate setting of the crypt of St James’ Church, King Street in Sydney city. The two guest artists performed in…

Haunting travels with Halcyon on ‘The Journeys’

Haunting travels with Halcyon on ‘The Journeys’

After a brief hiatus during the early part of 2013, new music vocal ensemble Halcyon is back in collaboration with the New Music Network to present The Journeys. The concert features two major works,  performed by female voices, harp, narrator and percussion with projected images and silhouettes by visual media artist Michael Bates.  The two hauntingly beautiful…

Stories in music as Jane Sheldon and Acacia Quartet launch ‘North+South’

Stories in music as Jane Sheldon and Acacia Quartet launch ‘North+South’

In the intimate setting of the Sydney Philharmonia space at The Wharf, soprano Jane Sheldon and the Acacia Quartet launched their recent CD North+South, recorded with harpist Genevieve Lang, in an evening of stories in music as Acacia also performed two works for string quartet composed by Lyle Chan. Now based in the US, Jane Sheldon  sang a selection of 10 folk songs from…