The 2012 Sydney Eisteddfod
Keep up with all the results from the 2012 Sydney Eisteddfod:
Similar Posts
Under the impression – the sesquicentenary of Debussy’s birth.
Wednesday August 22nd 2012 is the sesquicentenary of the birth of Claude Debussy. Whilst the music world plans for the anniversaries next year for Britten, Verdi and Wagner, the acknowledgement of Debussy’s 150th birth anniversary has been distinctly underwhelming. Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times investigates: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/arts/music/debussys-150th-birthday-gets-little-notice.html?_r=1&ref=music
Dr Nicholas Milton on conducting Europe and ten years with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Dr Nicholas Milton this year celebrates 10 years at the helm of the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. He recently returned to Sydney after a stint in Europe. He talks, in his own words about his experiences in Europe. First, SoundsLikeSydney asked him what changes he had observed in the WSo over the past yen years. “I am…
Michelle Ryan Sings Villa-Lobos
Soprano Michelle Ryan, winner of the 2019 German-Australian Opera Grant was to have travelled to Wiesbaden, Germany, in June this year, as her prize, to train and perform with the Hessisches Staatstheater. The COVID-19 pandemic placed a cruel stop to these plans and Michelle is patiently biding her time until she can travel to Wiesbaden,…
‘Synaesthesia: Music of Colour and Mind’ – a kaleidoscopic sensory encounter
“I hear a note by one of the fellows in the band and it’s one colour. I hear the same note played by someone else and it’s a different colour. When I hear sustained musical tones I see them in textures. If Harry Carney is playing, D is dark blue burlap. If Johnny Hodges…
La Bohème Picture Gallery
Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour opens this week and the offering this year is Puccini’s masterpiece La Bohème. Directed by Andy Morton and conducted by Brian Castles-Onion the sets and costumes are designed by Dan Potra who memorably designed the exquisite sets and costumes for Turandot (HOSH 2016). Here’s a preview of just some of Potra’s…