Last weekend I had the exceptional pleasure of strolling through the Art Gallery of New South Wales, viewing its spring/summer exhibition of over 70 paintings – The Greats: masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland. The collection spans more than four centuries of art with works from the Renaissance (Botticelli’s The Virgin adoring the sleeping…
Regarded as one of the world’s greatest violinists, Anne-Sophie Mutter is returning to Sydney for just three performances after her spectacular sold-out concerts in 2012 and 2014, this time with the music of Dvořák performing his expressive Violin Concerto and song-like Romance for violin and orchestra. Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony makes for an exciting conclusion to…
Diarise the dates – heldentenor Stuart Skelton returns to Sydney – 14, 16 and 17 October, 2015 – to perform with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Robertson, at the Sydney Opera House in a performance of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. It is part of a busy year for him as he makes his debut…