The Sydney Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 80th birthday and the opening of its 2012 in style with performances across the weekend. The orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy and led by Dene Olding perform R Strauss’ introspective Metamorphosen redeemed by the wild exuberance of Beethoven’s Symphony No 9. Here’s what SMH reviewer Peter McCallum had to…
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…
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is soon to present Venice Secrets – a programme of the works of Antonio Vivaldi, much of it written for the residents of the Ospedale della Pieta, a refuge in Venice for abandoned girls and orphans, where Vivaldi taught the violin in 1703, and where he continued to work until 1740….
In his upcoming Sydney concert, Gershwin and Me, pianist Simon Tedeschi will perform some of the Gershwin evergreens featured in his recent CD of the same name. Released at the end of last year, the album was in the top ten of the ARIA charts and came in at No 29 in the year’s top 50 classical albums. With his…
The Sydney Opera House recreates its inaugural concert given on September 1973. Sir Charles Mackerras conducted an all Wagner programme which featured soprano Birgit Nilsson. This afternoon ABC TV screens the August 2013 concert in which Simone Young conducted a reprise of that programme with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and soprano Christine Brewer.
Opera Australia and Sydney Living Museums reinvent the tradition of the salon to bring together music, history and conversation in the intimate settings of Sydney’s historic houses. Opera Australia has curated a special artistic programme, tailored to the unique history of each historic concert venue. Whether by accident or design, Elizabeth Bay House was built…
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