ACO/Upshaw Review
Read the review of this Sydney concert from The Australian which featured the 2014 Grammy Award winning team of Dawn Upshaw and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Read the review of this Sydney concert from The Australian which featured the 2014 Grammy Award winning team of Dawn Upshaw and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Sydney Youth Orchestras Janáček and Brahms Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music 24 March, 2019 The Verbrugghen Hall at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music resounded with the cacophony of 70 young orchestral players of the Sydney Youth Orchestra Philharmonic, rehearsing their parts at full volume, playing fast as they could, before being tamed by the…
What better enjoyment can you have… than sitting comfortably in your favourite armchair listening to David Greco and Erin Helyard and their elegant CD, Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin.
The Australian Chamber Orchestra has combined the music of Mozart and Haydn with a new commission by Brett Dean in its latest programme. Peter McCallum reviews the concert for the Sydney Morning Herald: Click here to read.
Raising Sparks The Australia Ensemble John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, March 14, 2015 Raising Sparks was the first subscription concert by the Australia Ensemble for 2015. This was a delightful presentation of 20th century chamber music was performed by core members, Dimity Hall and Dene Olding (violins), Irina Morozova (viola), Julian Smiles…
Something momentous happened on the opera stage this week. It was the debut in a major role, in Sydney, on the stage of the Opera House, of soprano Anna-Louise Cole, who sang the role of Turandot in Opera Australia’s eponymous production.
Ironwood’s newest album release, Romantic Dreams – Quintets for Piano and Strings is music made in our time, yet brushed with the patina of age. Featuring two quintets from the French Romantic era, this recording for ABC Classic, is meticulously researched and performed with artistry and integrity. Even better, the researchers themselves are elite scholar-performers…