Cellist Patrick Murphy Cellist Patrick Murphy joins the Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO), conducted by Sarah-Grace Williams, for its September MET series concerts in North Sydney and Balmain, performing Camille Saint-Saëns’ much loved Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor, opus 33. Although his first concerto for cello, Saint-Saëns was already an experienced composer of the larger orchestral form, having already written four…
In its July 2012 concerts, The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) with Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams presents a programme of music by three greats of the 19th century. There’s a fiery start to the music with Camille Saint-Saëns’ Tarantella opus 6 in A minor for flute, clarinet and orchestra. Taking centre stage with The Tarantella has…
A genius is born not made and when genius is dished out it can be the sunny side of an endowment inextricably linked with darker shadows which set the individual apart from the rest of us in ways that are both blessed and cursed. The extraordinarily gifted pianist David Helfgott has thrilled and intrigued audiences, and…