ABC Classics has released Volume 18 in the Hush series, Collective Wisdom, performed by the musicians of ACO Collective, the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s mentoring and regional touring ensemble. Already available for purchase, the launch concert will take place in Sydney and Melbourne in September. Developed by medical pioneer Dr Catherine Crock AM to reduce the…
World-renowned shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) master, Riley Lee, has joined forces with the Enigma Quartet in Five Elements, an ambitious commissioning and performance project to create an entirely new genre of music that blends Japanese with European music. They will perform in November as part of the popular monthly Prelude in Tea series at North…
Strelitzia Ensemble comprising violinist Lucy Warren, cellist Eleanor Betts and pianist Michael Curtain, presents Book of Departures, featuring music by Haydn, Shostakovich, Ravel and Greenbaum. Part of the Independent Theatre’s Prelude in Tea series, the programme explores four very different works for piano trio, from the classical to the contemporary. Haydn was one of the first composers to…