The Sydney Opera House recreates its inaugural concert given on September 1973.
Sir Charles Mackerras conducted an all Wagner programme which featured soprano Birgit Nilsson.
This afternoon ABC TV screens the August 2013 concert in which Simone Young conducted a reprise of that programme with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and soprano Christine Brewer.
Flautist Jane Rutter presents a fiery showcase of Latin American works and an Indian Raga in Tango! Raga! Habanera! the final concert of the popular Live at Lunch concert series on The Concourse in Chatswood. Accompanied by harpist Owen Torr, classical guitarist Guiseppe Zangari and accordion virtuoso Marcello Maio – from famed gypsy fusion band, Monsieur Camembert,…
The Australian String Quartet performs quartets by Mozart, Ligeti and Ravel, each inspired by the work of a peer. Based at the University of Adelaide, Elder Conservatorium of Music, violinists Dale Barltrop and Francesca Hiew, violist Stephen King and cellist Sharon Draper play instruments made by the 18th century Italian luthier, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, creating…
This week at The Reginald, Australia’s premiere taiko drumming ensemble TaikOz, presents TaikoDeck, a collaboration with Melbourne DJ and producer DJ M-Royce in a fusion of the old with the new. Traditional bamboo flutes will join the soundscape. The Reginald is the Seymour centre’s newest theatre. Previously called ‘The Downstairs’ it bears one of the…
The Australian String Quartet (ASQ) will premiere Nigel Westlake’s new work Sacred Sky in an evocative program alongside works by Charles Ives and Claude Debussy. Commissioned by the ASQ and written as an homage to the spirit of his late sister Kate, who passed away in early 2018, Westlake’s piece renders emotions related to life…
The Sydney Youth Orchestra, led by Chief Conductor, Alexander Briger AO, injects a fresh new energy into Beethoven’s majestic Symphony No 5 which is coupled with Copeland’s vibrant suite from the 1944 ballet Appalachian Spring – a nod to the classic simplicity of musical Americana. Join Christopher Lawrence, Chief Artistic Advisor in a pre-concert talk. Bookings
The Borodin Quartet, the legendary ensemble dubbed by the UK Telegraph as ‘the world’s greatest string quartet’ returns to Australia under the auspices of Musica Viva, performing masterpieces by Haydn, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Wolf, paired with intimate insights into the music of Shostakovich. Few ensembles have sustained their position at the epitome of performance over so many…