Haefliger/Zinman/SSO reviewed
Haydn, Mozart and Friends/ Australian Brandenburg Orchestra City Recital Hall, 13 September, 2017 In a programme anchored by two brilliantly performed favourites of the classical canon, it was as much the left-of-field inclusions that had the audience captivated, when the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra directed from the fortepiano by Paul Dyer AO, presented Haydn, Mozart and…
Sir András Schiff Musica Viva, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, 23 October 2018 Sir András Schiff’s Gala Piano Recital for Musica Viva, was a deeply satisfying evening of music. Returning to Australia after two decades, the Hungarian born British pianist performed from the repertoire for which he is renowned. At the centre of his programme,…
Chancellor’s Concert, Sydney Conservatorium of Music Symphony Orchestra, Verbrugghen Hall March 31 2017 Written by Ria Andriani The fourth in Sydney Conservatorium’s Chancellor’s Concert series, this outstanding performance brought an exciting program which Maestro Eduardo Diazmuñoz had designed as an homage to women in music as composers, performers and as muses. Aptly enough it was…
In the evening heat of London this July, we may as well have been in a Sydney summer as the Sydney Children’s Choir gracefully and with innocent joy, took us to their heartland on the final evening of their 2013 European tour. There were no signs of flagging spirits amongst the now-seasoned travellers at the…
“…an accomplished and enlightening performance of contemporary Australian art song that espouses both traditional and cutting- edge soundscapes.”
Sydney pianist Stephanie McCallum has released the first volume of Recueils de Chants a series of tone poems for piano by Charles-Valentin Alkan. This first edition contains the first three of five books, adding a world premiere recording of Une fuse a spinning song.tone poems by Charles-Valentin Alkan. Recorded in the Recital Hall West, of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music during 2012, there is nearly 75…