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To mark the tenth death anniversary of the legendary dramatic coloratura soprano, Dame Joan Sutherland, Decca Eloquence has released an album Joan Sutherland My Favourites, comprising Dame Joan’s favourite moments in opera and song accompanied by liner notes she wrote herself, including her recipe for Christmas pudding. The selections range from Mozart, through the great…
Simone Young Stays On As Chief Conductor With The Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Today, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra announces the continuation of Simone Young’s tenure as its Chief Conductor until the end of 2026. Young, who commenced this role in 2022, is only the third Chief Conductor and the first woman to hold the position in the orchestra’s 87 year history.
Mahler’s 8th symphony celebrates its 103rd anniversary today.
Today, September 12th is the day in 1910 when Gustav Mahler’s monolithic symphonic cantata the Symphony no 8 premiered in Munich. Mahler underwent much soul searching as he wrote it, but the audiences loved it, awarding the performance with a 20 minute ovation. Mahler himself conducted the premiere for which the impresario Emil Gutman…
A new name for the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra
It’s not so old, but already the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra has re-invented itself and will, in future be known as The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO). Here’s the announcement from the orchestra: “It is with great pleasure and excitement that we announce that the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra will officially be rebranded as THE METROPOLITAN ORCHESTRA (TMO) at our next…
Hoang Pham On “Being The Best Pianist I Can Be”
Pianist Hoang Pham, winner of the 2013 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Award gives a solo recital in Sydney in mid-October. He started his piano studies aged just three and a half, after arriving in Australia as a babe in arms via a refugee boat from Vietnam. After studies at the Australian National Academy of…
Liszt Lives – David Trippett Talks About Reconstructing Liszt’s Opera Sardanapalo
Once in a while, the music of the great masters has a renaissance with the discovery and reconstruction of a long forgotten score. Pianist, musicologist and writer Dr David Trippett is rebuilding the first act of Franz Liszt’s incomplete opera Sardanapalo. Liszt abandoned this score in 1851, which the Cambridge academic has painstakingly restored in…
