‘Opera in ecclesiastical dress’ – Willoughby Symphony performs Verdi’s ‘Requiem’

‘Opera in ecclesiastical dress’ – Willoughby Symphony performs Verdi’s ‘Requiem’

The Willoughby Symphony Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Dr Nicholas Milton present a performance of Verdi’s Requiem this week. Soprano Sarah Ann Walker, mezzo-soprano Anna Yun, tenor David Woodward, and bass-baritone James Martin are the soloists in this monumental and dramatic sacred work, which conductor Hans von Bulow called Oper in Kirchengewande (opera in ecclesiastical dress). Following the completion of Aida…

Warm up with Classic Spain

Warm up with Classic Spain

Dispel the mid-winter chills with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra’s June/July programme themed around Classic Spain. The orchestra, conducted by Warwick Potter with solo guitarist Slava Grigoryan will be conjuring up images of  warmth and fiery passion in this programme which includes the very popular Concierto de Aranjuez by Rodrigo, Arriaga’s Overture to Los Esclavos Felices (The Happy Slaves) and Beethoven’s Symphony…

Willoughby Symphony launch a Symphonic Odyssey

Willoughby Symphony launch a Symphonic Odyssey

Willoughby Symphony will launch its 2012 Symphonic Odyssey concert series with the passionate and exhilarating Enigma Variations, at their newly developed Concert Hall on The Concourse in the Chatswood city centre. Performing under the baton of Chief Conductor, Dr Nicholas Milton,  the Willoughby Symphony will open the concert with Graeme Koehne’s thrilling Elevator Music (1997). Joining…