The Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt will present a Masterclass for Musica Viva during her visit to Sydney. The public are welcome to this rare opportunity to learn from the legendary musician.
Tickets: $20 (Adults), $5 (Teachers/Students)
Classical guitarist Marco Tamayo is soon to give his first public performance in Sydney. Dubbed by the Italian newspaper La Stampa ‘Il Re della Chitarra’ (The king of the guitar), he joined the University of Sydney Conservatorium of Music in August last year as an associate lecturer in guitar. The programme will include Fernando Sor’s Gran…
The St Mary’s Singers under the direction of Simon Nieminski with Gareth Baard at the grand organ, present Songs of Praise, a concert featuring Elgar’s Te Deum and Benedictus Op. 34 and a selection of choral anthems, including How lovely are thy dwellings by Brahms and Jubilate by Stanford. Tickets: $30 A Reserve, $25 general…
Hot on the heels of his outstanding interpretation of George Milton in Opera Australia’s recent production of Floyd’s Of Mice and Men, baritone Barry Ryan, with pianist Louise Scott performs Schubert’s Winterreise for Art Song NSW in mid-September. Few professional singers with suitable voices would leave their training institutions without having journeyed through the 24 Lieder of Winterreise. And…
Choral music unites two distant communities when the Orphenians from Staples High School, Connecticut and Brisbane’s Canterbury College Cantabile Choir perform a concert in Sydney. During this tour, the Orphenians and Cantabile will join other USA choirs, Australian university choir members, and the Shanghai S-future Choir, in a four-day festival under the baton of Grammy Award-winning Maestro Craig…
Benjamin Britten’s final vocal work, the dramatic cantata Phaedra, Op.93, for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra, Handel’s cantata Lucrezia, Gorecki’s Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings and two trio sonatas for two violins by Handel and Vivaldi are all in the line up in a performance conducted by Sarah Penicka-Smith featuring award-winning soprano Hester Hannah and early music ensemble Thoroughbass directed by harpsichordist…
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir present an exotic blend of the ancient modern, east and west in their innovative winter programme Karakorum: a medieval musical journey, narrated by David Wenham and featuring French ensemble La Camera delle Lacrime. “Karakorum is absolutely ancient yet altogether new,” says Artistic Director Paul Dyer about the upcoming tour….