Reeling from the news of funding cuts announced by Australia Council in mid May, Sydney’s performing arts community has pulled together for a very special one-off fund-raising concert. Some of Sydney’s most exciting performers will share the stage in a show of support for Gondwana Choirs and Synergy/Taikoz, two of Australia’s most innovative arts companies…
UNSW’s choir, the Collegium Musicum Choir performs Handel’s Messiah in its inaugural concert of the 2016 season, conducted by choral director Sonia Maddock and accompanied by an orchestra which includes core members of the Australia Ensemble @UNSW. The 80-voice ensemble performs this pillar of the choral repertoire with its breathtaking arias and choruses, including the immortal Hallelujah chorus and…
A youthful vigour and brilliance abound when the Australia Ensemble joins with guest artists the Tinalley String Quartet in their programme Bright Young Things, an evening of music written by the masters when they were precocious young composers. Felix Mendelssohn’s incomparable String Octet was written when he was just 16; likewise, Richard Strauss’ Piano Quartet is a lesser known early work,…