‘Give me Excess of it’
Kathy Evans of the Sydney Morning Herald reports on the memoirs of Richard Gill:
Kathy Evans of the Sydney Morning Herald reports on the memoirs of Richard Gill:
Omega Ensemble and ABC Classic have released a new recording, Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op. 43. In Nielsen’s biography, the author writes: ‘Nielsen’s fondness of wind instruments is closely related to his love of nature, his fascination for living, breathing things. He was also intensely interested in human character, and the Wind Quintet, composed deliberately for…
Opera Australia’s innovative production of The Rabbits comes to Sydney, opening on January 14, 2016 and running till January 24, 2016 at the Roslyn Packer Theatre. Suitable for families and children aged 8+, the production has already had great success at the Perth Festival and during its Melbourne season earlier this year. It won four Helpmann…
It is surely a travesty for classical music in Australia that the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Award is to be discontinued after being run annually for 71 years. More than just a contest, the nation’s only national fixture for emerging musicians has been operating since 1944 and has served as a platform for some of…
A critically important piece from violinist Philippe Quint in Gramophone, who says “Instead of encouragement towards making an effort, we caved into oversimplification and a frequent removal of independent thinking. We are programmed to think in tweets and have given up fighting generation ADD. How soon will we be cutting Beethoven and Mozart symphonies to…
Starting this week,Leichhardt Espresso Chorus is launching a regular kids choir under the artistic direction of music educator Michelle Leonard. Several choirs for various age groups (from Kindy to Yr 7) will rehearse weekly on a Monday or Tuesday afternoon at the Italian Forum Cultural Centre, Leichhardt. There is no audition required. However Michelle will spend…
There are three copies of Simon Tedeschi’s new CD releases Gershwin and Me from Universal Records to be won just in time for Christmas – spoil yourself, or someone else! Read our review and interview with Simon Tedeschi: Gershwin and Me How to enter: email [email protected] by 5 pm on Friday 7th December 2012 with subject heading please enter…