Bach in the Dark founder and artistic director Rachel Scott is handing over to two colleagues for her next online concert. Violinist Veronique Serret and didgeridoo player William Barton join forces for Heartland, a musical collaboration between didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton and violin powerhouse Véronique Serret. Together they have developed a unique sound that takes…
Phoenix Collective presents, their first concert for 2019, titled Love, Life & Death, performed by Phoenix Quartet, Sydney’s newest premier string quartet. Launched by Charmian Gadd at her Crossroads Festival in 2018 performing Schubert’s masterpiece ‘Death & The Maiden’, Phoenix members are drawn from national and international orchestras including the Opera Australia Orchestra, the Canberra Symphony,…
Christmas just isn’t Christmas without the festive fare that the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra present each year, joined by the Brandenburg Choir, directed from the harpsichord by Paul Dyer. This music is all the more precious because we only hear it once a year – of course it is accessible all year round – but it…
This Friday, the Royal Opera’s powerful new production of Norma opens in cinemas in Sydney. This performance of Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece which features the incomparable aria Casta Diva was recorded live on stage at London’s Covent Garden last month. The production, beautifully designed and crafted, is directed by Àlex Ollé of the Spanish production house…
The Musician Project Orchestra and conductor Max McBride are back in 2017, returning to the music of Anton Bruckner. The concert opens with Wagner’s passionate reverie, Siegfried Idyll, followed by the original edition of Bruckner’s Third Symphony (1873) which he amended twice more in 1873 and 1877 and which presages the style of his mighty eighth…
Novocastrian cellist Anthony Albrecht performs at Glebe Town Hall as part of his ongoing ‘Bach to the Bush’ concert series. Anthony is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School’s prestigious Historical Performance program which he attended on full scholarship, the first Australian to be admitted to this course. In this two-hour concert selections from…