Nielsen Wind Quintet On Record From Omega Ensemble And ABC Classic
Omega Ensemble and ABC Classic have released a new recording, Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op. 43. In Nielsen’s biography, the author writes: ‘Nielsen’s fondness of wind instruments is closely related to his love of nature, his fascination for living, breathing things. He was also intensely interested in human character, and the Wind Quintet, composed deliberately for…
Sydney Eisteddfod Stage At Home Continues Video Releases
The Sydney Eisteddfod’s Stage At Home series continues throughout June and July with new videos being released each week. Entries are still welcome from all performers at home in dance, drama, music and song. Stage at Home was created for the created for the Sydney Eisteddfod community so that the talent of the 2020 Festival…
Michelle Ryan Sings Villa-Lobos
Soprano Michelle Ryan, winner of the 2019 German-Australian Opera Grant was to have travelled to Wiesbaden, Germany, in June this year, as her prize, to train and perform with the Hessisches Staatstheater. The COVID-19 pandemic placed a cruel stop to these plans and Michelle is patiently biding her time until she can travel to Wiesbaden,…
Omega Ensemble Release Hindemith on ABC Classic
Omega Ensemble announces the release of Paul Hindemith’s Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24 No. 2 on ABC Classic, available on Apple Music, Spotify and Google Play. Composed in 1922, Kleine Kammermusik is the second work in Hindemith’s Kammermusik (‘chamber music’) series. Written for wind quintet, it is perhaps the only true chamber-scale work in the series,…
‘Songbirds’ A New Album For Ensemble Offspring On ABC Classic
Sydney’s Ensemble Offspring celebrates its 25th anniversary with Songbirds, a new album of contemporary Australian music that celebrates birds – nature’s own composers. Released on the ABC Classic label, Ensemble Offspring’s new album, Songbirds, is a beguiling collection of chamber works for flute, clarinet and vibraphone inspired by butcherbirds, blackbirds, lorikeets and leafcutter ants, frogs…
Spooky Men’s Chorale Online Big Sings
The Spooky Men’s Chorale is offering a regular on-line community sing, led by Spookmeister Stephen Taberner, that has attracted up to 500 singers of all ages and background, weekly and worldwide! The weekly ‘Massive Singlets’ has an adult edition, a kids’ edition, a ukulele edition and a massive ‘spooky’ edition and promises to ‘gloriously transcend’…
This Week From The Met
This week’s programme from New York’s Metropolitan Opera: Tuesday, June 16 Rossini’s Semiramide Wednesday, June 17 Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride Thursday, June 18, and Friday, June 19 Verdi’s La Forza del Destino Saturday, June 20 Philip Glass’s Akhnaten Sunday, June 21 Philip Glass’s Satyagraha Monday, June 22 Verdi’s La Traviata Each stream becomes available at…
Selby & Friends At Home With Tchaikovsky
Selby&Friends At Home have added another gem to their You Tube channel. In September 2013, Selby & Friends received a visit from the Concertmaster of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilya Konovalov. Ilya came for a tour which included an extraordinary performance of Beethoven’s great Kreutzer Sonata. In this video, Ilya perfoms with pianist and founding…
Joseph Tawadros ‘Live’ With The Sydney Symphony Orchestra On ABC Classic
Joseph Tawadros and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra release a new album, Live at the Sydney Opera House, on ABC Classic tomorrow, June 12. Recorded in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Joseph Tawadros performs with James Tawadros playing Egyptian percussion and Benjamin Northey conducting the entire ensemble. The album features the world premiere of Tawadros’ own…