Are You An Orchestra Nerd?

February 28, 2014

You spend your weekends at rehearsal and your wardrobe is full of all-black outfits; you were in a quartet not a garage band……take this quiz from the Huffington Post and find out if you really are an orchestra nerd!

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Calming The ‘Ca-cough-ony’
January 26, 2014January 26, 2014

Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim of the New York Times, writes about this form of ‘high-culture hooliganism’.

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Bach Shows Us The Fourth Dimension.
September 18, 2014

What is the secret of the enduring appeal of the music of JS Bach?! Even of you don’t like his music, the complexity of his writing, his output and his role as an innovator are unparalleled. Pianist James Rhodes claims that Bach takes us into a “fourth dimension of existence.” Read more from BBC Culture.

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Australian mezzo-soprano in the Wigmore Hall final.
September 2, 2013

Toi-toi to Australian mezzo-soprano Helen Sherman, one of four soloists who along with her pianist has qualified for the finals of the prestigious 2013 Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition. The grand finale and prize-giving will be held on September 3rd. Founded in the traditions of Lied, the biennial competition is open to elite singers and pianists aged 33…

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Inside Opera: Livestream on You Tube
May 6, 2014

Seven of Britain’s opera houses including the Royal Opera House, the Welsh National Opera and the English National Opera, get together for a behind the scenes look at opera this Saturday May 10th. The four-hour event Inside Opera will be live streamed on YouTube. Read more. Inside Opera: Live will be livestreamed at theguardian.com/classical and…

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‘Britten’s Endgame’: Documentary on SBS
November 17, 2013November 17, 2013

This compelling 2 hour documentary is available on SBS at the link below until 3.15 pm on November 30th, 2013. Centred around the creation of Britten’s last opera Death in Venice, it contains footage of Britten, his colleagues and carers at work and being interviewed, as well as the health issues that led to his death in…

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happy birthday dame nellie!
May 19, 2011

Dame Nelli Melba was born on May 19th 1861. Today marks the sesquicentenaryof her birth in Melbourne. Australia Post has released a stamp to commemorate the occasion. Good enough reason to actuall post a letter, rather than send an email! On the stamp is fellow Victorian Rupert Bunny’s salon portrait of the great soprano. Did…

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