The City Recital Hall’s Ensemble – in – Residence, the Omega Ensemble presents a programme of French chamber music with an entertaining twist. In the line-up is Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals. which will be narrated by the inimitable Julian Morrow (ABC’s The Chaser). Written by Saint-Saëns in 1886, The Carnival of the Animals is one…
Ensemble Offspring will once again introduce audiences to a new world of sound when they present Plekto – a concert program tracing the avant-garde legacy of the legendary Iannis Xenakis True to its reputation for innovative and adventurous programs, outstanding performances and highly developed audience engagement this programme contains virtuosic and adventurous selection of seldom heard…
Australia Quartet Transfigured Night, Thursday 31 October, Utzon Room Sydney Opera House. Programme: Kats-Chernin E: Scherzino (2013) World Premiere. Schoenberg A: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) arr. Barton Staggs, Schumann R: Piano Quartet in E flat major, op.47. In a well balanced programme of old elements and new, the Australia Quartet’s offerings proceeded in reverse…