Mezzo-soprano Prudence Dunstone and pianist Maryleigh Hand present A Winter Romance at an August afternoon recital in North Sydney.
The concert will include Italian songs by female composers of the early nineteenth century, amongst them, Marietta Brambilla, Isabella Colbran and Maria Malibran. Also on the programme will be songs by Duparc, Elgar and Strauss.
Tickets: At the door. $25.00/ $15.00 Concession
Leichhardt Espresso Chorus invites you to a 2 day weekend workshop Vocal Works, a rare chance for singers to experience expert vocal tuition by three outstanding vocal professionals. The workshops offer opportunities to extend your vocal skills, revise basic principles and learn dramatic presentation with European vocal coach Manuela Ochakovski, award-winning artistic director and choral…
The Omega Ensemble presents a double feast of quartets and quintets of grand masterpieces, watershed moments and world premieres with Artistic Director David Rowden, violinists Natsuko Yoshimoto and Ike See, violist Neil Thompson and cellist Paul Stender. This programme of two quartets and two quintets features The Lark string quartet by Haydn, is a perfect representative of the…
Renowned chamber music series Selby & Friends will present its final performances for 2015 with Basically Beethoven ‘2’, continuing the crowd pleasing success of previous Beethoven performances as pianist and founder of the ensemble Kathryn Selby, reunites with fellow Beethoven devotee, cellist Timo-Veikko Valve and a new friend, acclaimed concertmaster and violinist Dale Barltrop. Barltrop, from…
The American Brass Quintet will conduct a masterclass in conjunction with Musica Viva and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Admission is free and no booking is required. Information:1800 688 482 or visit musicaviva.com.au/masterclasses
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The 2008 Salzburg Festival production of Verdi’s penultimate opera Otello, directed by Stephen Langridge and recorded live at the festival, is on SBS TV this weekend. Riccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera Chorus, the Salzburg Festival Children’s Chorus and soloists Aleksandrs Antonenko in the title role, Marina Poplavskaya as Desdemona, Carlos Álvarez as…