On the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s ACOHomeCasts this week, cellist Julian Thompson and a mysterious challenger go head to head in a charming performance inspired by Cumberland Gap, a bluegrass favourite by “banjo virtuoso” Adam Hurt.
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Pinchgut Opera presents Antonio Vivaldi’s passionate and powerful Bajazet, performed for the first time in the southern hemisphere and the latest Baroque masterpiece to be rediscovered by the chamber opera ensemble. Bajazet is a rarely performed operatic gem that premiered in Verona in 1735. The performance features an array of brilliant arias designed to showcase the virtuosic talents of…
The Sydney Chamber Choir presents Benjamin Britten’s landmark cantata Saint Nicolas in a massed choral concert with guest conductor Brett Weymark in which the choir will be augmented with singers from the Santa Sabina Chamber Choir and the NSW Public Schools Singers. Instrumentalists include musicians from the NSW Public Schools Percussion Ensemble, a string quartet led by violist Nicole…
Sydney Chamber Choir’s first performance for 2016 takes the audience to the excesses and restraints, peaks and troughs of 13th and 14th century Europe, which still influence our thinking today. The program features Carl Orff’s exciting two-piano/percussion version of the profane Carmina Burana conducted by Richard Gill OAM, with baritone Alexander Knight. Says Mr Gill “Here’s…
Synaesthesia is a feature of the human nervous system that causes a blending of the senses where one sense can be experienced as another. Colours can be experienced as letters and numbers, hearing music can trigger smells or tastes, touch can stimulate vision. Only 1 in 2000 people experience the phenomenon of ‘synaesthesia’….
The Orava Quartet brings its unique brand of youthful intensity and passion to performance in Czech Fantasy, the music of Haydn, Schulhoff and Debussy. Czech Fantasy features Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 77, dedicated to the young Czech Prince Lobkowitz and considered to be his finest in this form. A fondness for the music of Czech composer,…
Violin virtuoso and style muse Charlie Siem will give his debut performances in Australia in a tour of New South Wales, Victoria and the Capital Territory, which culminates in Sydney in April. The program for the tour has changed from that which was previously advised and Siem will now perform violin and piano recitals with pianist…
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