Diana Doherty and the St Lawrence String Quartet
The SMH reviews Musica Viva’s presentation of Diana Doherty with the St Lawrence String Quartet. They perform again at the City Recital Hall on Saturday April 21st at 2 pm.
The SMH reviews Musica Viva’s presentation of Diana Doherty with the St Lawrence String Quartet. They perform again at the City Recital Hall on Saturday April 21st at 2 pm.
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Fearless Italian Baroque Violin Soloist and guest director by Riccardo Minasi October 29, 2015 City Recital Hall, Sydney Playing on an Amati violin from Cremona that is over 300 years old, Baroque specialist Riccardo Minasi performed a selection of rarely heard Neapolitan orchestral gems directing the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra from the…
La Traviata – Giuseppe Verdi Opera Australia, 3 July 2015 It is only two years since Opera Australia last revived Elijah Moshinsky’s 1994 production ofLa Traviata. In this winter season it follows the revival of Graeme Murphy’s 1990 production of Turandot and precedes a revival of Moshinsky’s 1999 production of Don Carlos. In these difficult financial times Opera Australia is clearly making extensive use of its earlier investment in fine productions which…
ElektraSydney Symphony OrchestraSydney Opera House, Concert HallFebruary 24 As a cathartic experience the Monday evening performance of Richard Strauss’s Elektra by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra would be difficult to surpass. Such was the emotional tension generated by the waves of sheer orchestral power and a dramatic soprano who is nothing short of a vocal phenomenon…
Abandon your notions regarding the viola da gamba when you listen to this recording, Lady Sings the Viol, from The Marais Project. In their 4th studio recording, the ensemble, led by gambist, founder and Music Director Jennifer Erkisson has gathered an ensemble of 5 female voices (Belinda Montgomery, Nicole Thomson, Megan Cronin, Narelle Evans, Mara Kiek)…
On Saturday 4 May Warren Trevelyan-Jones conducted the Choir and Baroque Orchestra of St James’ Church, King Street, in a stylish performance of Handel’s delightful pastorale Acis and Galatea. The work has always been justifiably popular. During Handel’s lifetime it was performed over 70 times, making it the most frequently performed of his dramatic works. …
From the Heart NSW Doctors Choir – DocsVox, NSW Doctors Orchestra – Musicus Medicus, Jill Sullivan mezzo-soprano, Young Artists of Pacific Opera, Simon Kenway, Music Director Sydney Conservatorium of Music 17 February 2019 Written by Dr Paul Bennett Trial successful – Proceed to Launch! The final stage in taking a medicine from benchtop to…