Soprano Lee Abrahmsen joins Omega Ensemble once again for a lyrical afternoon of songs for voice and piano in Vocalise: Rachmaninoff and Poulenc Lee Abrahmsen will be joined by pianist Maria Raspopova and clarinetist David Rowden, Co-Artistic Directirs of Omega Ensemble. Together they will perform selections from Poulenc’s Chansons, Banalités and Poemes, and Rachmaninoff’s 14 Romances opus 34. This performance…
Calvin Bowman, Australian composer, pianist and organist, joins the Decca Australia label with a world première recordings of his songs, Real and Right and True released on July 13, 2018. The title Real and Right and True, is taken from a set of nine poems by celebrated Australian cartoonist, writer and painter Michael Leunig, whose painting ‘Autumn Harvest’…
Fantasia Sabine Meyer/Alliage Quintette City Recital Hall 26 February 2018 It was something akin to a family gathering when German clarinet virtuosa Sabine Meyer and the Alliage Quintette performed Fantasia for Musica Viva. Fantasia was for Meyer, a welcome return to Australia and for the quintet, their national debut. The Alliage Quintette is no regular…