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Bach In The Dark On New Year’s Eve
When: Thursday December 31, 2020 At: 11.15 pm Where: Online Cellist Rachel Scott will entertain on New Year’s Eve, with a programme of solo Bach in her popular series Bach in the Dark. She will play Bach’s 3rd cello suite – full of joy, hope and energy as we turn to face a new year….
Australian Haydn Ensemble At the City Recital Hall
The Australian Haydn Ensemble returns to the City Recital Hall in December, under the artistic direction of Skye McIntosh presenting Tempora Mutantur with guest director and fortepiano soloist Erin Helyard. On the programme are Boccherini’s Piano Quintet Op. 57 No. 3 in E minor, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 6 in B flat major K. 238…
Bach Akademie Australia On Melbourne Digital Concert Hall
When: Wed Dec 16, 2020 Time: 8.30 pm Where: Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Bach Akademie Australia will present their third concert, Weihnachtsfreude on the stage of Melbourne Digital Concert Hall on Wednesday December 16 at 8.30pm in conjunction with presenting partner the National Art School. Join the Bach Akademie Australia for a program of Christmas…
Pinchgut Opera’s Messe de Minuit Now Online
Pinchgut Opera’s recent highly acclaimed performance of Messe de Minuit written over 400 years ago by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, is now available to watch online. Charpentier wrote the Messe de Minuit, or midnight mass, for Christmas Eve mass, while master of music at the Church of Saint-Louis in Paris. Professionally filmed and recorded, the concert includes…
Global Poll Seeks Today’s Best-Loved Classical Musician
A brand new global poll is launching to find today’s best-loved classical musician. The uDiscover Classical 100 is the first of its kind – a major international initiative, offering fans worldwide the chance to vote for their favourite living artist via a newly-created online portal: vote.udiscovermusic.com/classical100 Based on global sales data, The uDiscover Classical 100…
‘Gurrumul’ Signed To Decca
Decca Australia and Universal Music Australia have announced the signing of one of Australia’s most important and culturally defining recording artists of all time, the late Dr. Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (1971–2017), known as ‘Gurrumul’ ensuring that his music will live on for new audiences and future generations. Forthcoming releases from Gurrumul on Decca Australia include…
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CD Review: A Baroque Christmas/ Australian Chamber Choir/ Move Records
The Australian Chamber Choir has released a CD of baroque Christmas music compiled from their ample archive of recent live performances. A Baroque Christmas is a small but rewarding compensation for the lack of live performing opportunities during 2020. The recordings are taken from concerts in Victoria in November and December of 2018 and 2019…
Concert Review: Australian Haydn Ensemble / Melbourne Digital Concert Hall
Haydn’s Dream & Bach’s Goldberg Australian Haydn Ensemble/Melbourne Digital Concert Hall 8 October, 2020 The Australian Haydn Ensemble pitted slumber against insomnia in its programme Haydn’s Dream & Bach’s Goldberg for Melbourne Digital Concert Hall. Led by artistic director and violinist Skye McIntosh, who was joined by violinist Matthew Greco, viola player Karina Schmitz and…