the Arts top 50 in 2013

Clarinet virtuoso Martin Frost is looking to push the boundaries of the traditional performance and has created a multi-media symphonic work Dollhouse which was premiered by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic in 2013. Dollhouse combines a symphonic performance of the music of Stravinsky, Hillborg, Dukas, Sørensen,  Göran Fröst and de Falla with choreography and lighting design. (Link to trailer below). Frost…

Reviews of Opera Australia’s Ring adventure in Melbourne with the performance of the first in the cycle Das Rheingold: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/feathers-and-cossies-the-ring-comes-full-cycle/story-e6frg8n6-1226762861675 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/stage/neil-armfields-das-rheingold-from-wagners-ring-cycle-is-utterly-human/story-fn9d344c-1226763200219 Murray Black reviews Vladimir Ashkenazy’s tenure in The Australian: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/were-all-the-better-for-ashkenazys-sso-tour/story-e6frg8n6-1226762785028 A Polish pianist recreates the piano designed by Leonardo da Vinci: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/leonardo-da-vincis-wacky-piano-is-heard-for-the-first-time-after-500-years-20131118-2xpqs.html Mariss Jansons – ‘the greatest conductor on earth’: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/sound-and-style-20131114-2xhk2.html  

The City Recital Hall has a special offer on A reserve tickets to The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Mozart Tempest, with solo fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout. (see SoundsLikeSydney post on Kristian Bezuidenhout). Programme: Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor K. 183 Mozart: Rondo for Fortepiano K. 382 Mozart: Overture to Betulia Liberata K.118 Mozart: Piano Concerto…