Anne Sofie von Otter in Sydney

The world fanous mezzo-soprano performs in Sydney with the SSO this week:

The world fanous mezzo-soprano performs in Sydney with the SSO this week:
Soprano Nadia Piave and Gino Pengue playing guitar, cittern and guitarlele, present I dreamed I saw St Augustine…a concert for Easter, a collection of chants, hymns and chansons – music for reflection before Easter Songs include Petite Fleur, A flower is a lovesom thing, Le jardin extraordinaire, I dreamed I saw St Augustine, Agnus Dei (John Benet), Tu stella Mia, Loveliest of Trees, Hard Rain, Be…
Australia’s leading vocal quartet, ARIA award-winning The Idea of North, will present an astounding a cappella concert in Smile: It Feels Like Spring, part of the popular Live at Lunch concert series on The Concourse in Chatswood. Since winning the Harmony Sweepstakes in 2003, the largest a cappella competition in the world, The Idea…
Members of Sydney Camerata perform a free lunchtime concert at St James’ King Street on Remembrance Day this week. Violinist Dan Russell and cellist Mathisha Panagoda perform a chamber recital of music by Mozart, JS Bach and Handel in the serenely beautiful and acoustically brilliant surroundings of one of Sydney’s oldest sacred buildings. Also enjoy…
This week’s streamed performances from New York’s Metropolitan Opera: There is a thrilling lineup of Nightly Opera Streams—from fairy tales like Massenet’s Cendrillon with Joyce DiDonato and Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte to Verdi’s classic tragedy La Traviata to John Adams’s exploration of the creation of the atom bomb, Doctor Atomic. And don’t miss a charming telecast…
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra presents Ayres & Graces in 5 live performances and a digital premiere. Set on a transformed City Recital Hall stage, experience a dreamworld of colour and sound as the Brandenburg musicians perform before an impressive stage-wide LED screen, illuminated with stunning images curated by Australian designer Silvana Azzi Heras. The performers: Melissa…
One of Britain’s most jaunty and eccentric bands, Penguin Cafe, performs this week in Sydney with an eclectic mix of upbeat folk strums, North African strains, a little blues, some classical minimalism, elements of Nyman, Glass, folk, swing, dance, a hint of Calypso and a touch of Celtic fire. The nine musicians in the ensemble were…