‘Carolfest’ with Sydney University Musical Society


The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Noël! Noël! concerts have become an annual fixture during the Christmas season. This year the orchestra, under the direction of Paul Dyer AO, is again joined by the Brandenburg Choir and introduces New Zealand soprano Madison Nonoa to embrace the community spirit and enjoy Brandenburg traditions in celebrating the spirituality, the splendour…
This week’s Friday lunchtime concert at St Stephen’s Uniting Church in Macquarie Street features violinist Ronald Woodcock with pianist Lillian Camhausen performing music that is mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries, but which opens with the elegant Rondo in C K373 by Mozart. The Prayer for the Innocents is the second movement from the Violin…
A fallen angel who gives the organ back its sin – Die Zeit (Germany) Hailed as the “maverick organist” by The New York Times, Cameron Carpenter is an artist whose lavish intelligence, showmanship and virtuosity are well matched to the grandiosity of the pipe organ. Determined to release the organ from its association with religion, the organist…
“A group of the highest international class….Quartet playing of the rarest quality” is how music critic Andrew Clements of UK’s The Guardian described recent performances by The Goldner String Quartet in London, where they were featured in this year’s City of London Festival. Fresh from this tour, Musica Viva presents The Goldner String Quartet, joined by…
Musica Viva presents the brilliant young duo, violinist Benjamin Beilman and pianist Andrew Tyson who are making their first tour of Australia. Their program includes works by Mozart, Janáček and Saint-Saëns, as well as a world premiere by Australian composer Jane Stanley that was commissioned by Musica Viva’s Hildegard Project. Their tour program calls…
Heads up to swing fans as the legendary Count Basie Orchestra heads to Sydney in October for a one night only performance at the Sydney Opera House. From Billie Holiday to Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra to Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan to Ella Fitzgerald, the Count Basie Orchestra has provided the supremely distinctive sound…