The Secrets Of The Harpsichord Maker
Nick Galvin talks to harpsichord maker Carey Beebe as he prepares the keyboard for the tour by the Academy of Ancient Music.
Nick Galvin talks to harpsichord maker Carey Beebe as he prepares the keyboard for the tour by the Academy of Ancient Music.
Ravel: Orchestral Works (Chandos, 2022), a sumptuous treasury of music is now available to stream on Idagio.
James Eccles is busy putting together the 2014 Aurora Festival. It is his first as Artistic Director of the event and he has to wear many hats which reach well beyond his role as curator and viola player. Nonetheless, he is ‘thrilled’ to be presenting this bi-ennial celebration of New Music, centred in Sydney’s…
Barrie Kosky will return to the Adelaide Festival in 2022 with its headline production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s fantasy opera The Golden Cockerel. The result of this collision of genius from Rimsky-Korkov and Kosky has resulted in a brilliant “Kosky-kov” production which will star British-Ukrainian bass-baritone Pavlo Hunka as the king, Russian lyric coloratura soprano Venera Gimadieva…
Your heart pounds like a timpani, your pulse races faster than the ‘Minute Waltz’; your throat is drier than rosin, whilst the (Blue) Danube could gush from your sweaty palms any moment; you’re so shaky, the hours of vibrato practice were quite redundant. Yet you have to get control yourself and perform – whether it…
‘Smile’ is the 10th CD release from the fabulous ARIA Award winning a capella quartet The Idea of North. SoundsLikeSydney has two copies to give away. If you would like to be in the running to win your own copy of ‘Smile’, email [email protected] with the subject title ‘Smile’ by 5pm on Thursday 26th September. Winners will…
Wavelength Films in association with the BBC made this fascinating feature with Stephen Fry exploring the music of Wagner. http://www.smh.com.au/tv/show/wagner–me/wagner–me-20110902-1jp2g.html