Following their romancing of the voice in their recent Mozart Requiem programme, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra showcases some of its own players as soloists, going back in time with Blazing Baroque. Recently appointed concertmaster Shaun Lee-Chen will perform on the baroque violin, with flautist Melissa Farrow and recorder player Mikaela Oberg featuring as soloists in the virtuosic concertos selected…
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra opened its season Mozart Requiem: 100 Voices at the City Recital Hall last week. The orchestra was joined by the gifted singers of the Australian Brandenburg Young Voices and the Australian Brandenburg Choir in diverse choral classics ending in an awe-inspiring performance of Mozart’s Requiem. Scroll down to see all 6 images…
There is a delicious irony to an orchestral concert that begins with unaccompanied choral items. Indeed the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Mozart Requiem: 100 Voices programme was well on its way before we saw the first instruments on stage. It was a night when voices took centre-stage, and those voices comprised school students culled from some…