The Fairy Queen, Henry Purcell CON OPERA Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium Saturday 14 May 2016 Purcell’s stage works can present substantial difficulties for modern directors since, with the exception of Dido and Aeneas, they are all semi-operas. That is, they are plays into which music is inserted as stand-alone masques which are only loosely connected to…
Ironwood Chamber Ensemble celebrates 10 years in 2016 continuing its series committed to exploring historically informed performance of repertoire from baroque, classical and romantic eras on period instruments. In the first of its four concerts for the year, Ironwood celebrates musical friendships and a decade of year of music making, exploring and sharing the music they…
The Song Company begins a new era in 2016 as Antony Pitts joins the ensemble from the UK as its new Artistic Director. His first program in their new season together, Into Something…, explores the legacy of the vocal music of one of the greatest composers of all time – Johann Sebastian Bach and features guest…