Continuing its Homecasts this week, the Australian Chamber Orchestra presents violinist Maja Savnik in ‘The Balkan Express’ a quirky and stirring tribute to her Balkan heritage, filmed from her Sydney home. “I created this video as an homage to my former homeland of Yugoslavia and as a way of sharing our culture, but also with the intention of making people smile and remember that we’re all in this together” she says.
The St John Passion BWV 245 was Johann Sebastian Bach’s first and is his most oft performed passion. It’s a repository of the best of Baroque writing, replete with choruses and da capo arias, recitatives, tutti and small group (concertino) sections. It contains writing and orchestration that makes Baroque music able to fulfil the twin…
The 7 Sopranos celebrate Christmas in song this festive season with their ‘Joyeux Noel’ Christmas Concert at the Art Gallery of NSW. They will perform seasonal and other favourites, surrounded by one of the finest collections of 19th Century Art in the country. The septet of female voices led by Tarita Botsman-Carbo comprises Deborah Rogers, Stephanie Acraman, Keara Donohoe,…
Acacia Quartet presents “The American,” a concert of music by Mozart, Dvorak and popular young Australian composer Alice Chance. “The American” featuring three contrasting, but equally delightful string quartets (Classical, Romantic and Contemporary) is the latest in the crowd-pleasing Prelude in Tea series that includes a delectable afternoon tea before the concert! Mozart’s String Quartet…
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….
A stellar line-up of musicians from the Australian Chamber Orchestra perform Beethoven’s own arrangements of two of his most popular chamber works, the Piano Trio in C minor and the fiery ‘Kreutzer’ sonata, two pieces transformed from their original works into string quintets for five virtuosic soloists. Tickets are $59* for Adults and $25* for…
Acacia Quartet and multi-ARIA-award-winning pianist/composer Sally Whitwell collaborate to present an exciting mix of romantic and contemporary compositions: a seldom heard piano quintet by American Amy Beach, Johannes Brahms’ String Quartet no 2 and two pieces composed by Whitwell herself. This program begins with Winter Love, a romantic dedication to Sally’s partner, and Downsized, a concerto for…