Angela Hewitt interview

Angela Hewitt talks on the Fazioli piano and electronic tuning.

Angela Hewitt talks on the Fazioli piano and electronic tuning.
The National Choral School, hosted by Gondwana Voices is in full swing again and its young choristers are engaged in a fortnight of music making which will culminate in the Festival of Summer Voices, a series of concerts from January 18-21 in Sydney. Check out the enchanting sound of Gondwana Voices in this performance…
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson has recorded both of Brahms’ piano concerti with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tadaaki Otaka. The 2 CD set from Deutsche Grammophon on the MSO Live Series, is scheduled for release on July 19th. In this video he gives a brief account of what to listen for in music.
Check out this video of City Girl a song written and performed by moth, Synergy’s splinter group headed by Timothy Constable. The film puts the viewer as a ‘fly on the wall’ in a 20-something woman’s apartment (played by Sophia Ndaba) as she prepares to go out into the city. The film was directed by Timothy…
The Marais Project’s Jennifer Eriksson talks about the ensemble’s new album Spinning Forth, named after Paul Cutlan’s composition of the same name which features on the album. written for harpsichord and viola da gamba it the world premiere recording of this adventurous piece inspired by the writing of J S Bach. If you’re having difficulty…
The style is possibly as difficult to define as the English meaning of their name – “Arrebato”, variously translated as “fury”, “something that rises rapidly” or “a wave of emotion”. It’s fair to say that any and all of these describe the music of this ensemble. Arrebato release their second CD “Absolucion” in June 2011….
Check out this video recording of a recent performance of the 4th movement from Mahler’s Fourth Symphony by the Omega Ensemble with soprano Lee Abrahmsen. Click here to read our review of the concert.