For those of us who hold music as an integral part of our lives, there are certain pieces that define us, and that we associate with events, memories and emotions. We listen to music to calm us, to entertain, to motivate, to contemplate….music makes us. The second in the series “Music and Me” from Singing Bird Productions features Kristina Keneally,…
The next series of concerts Celestial Vivaldi by the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is an inspired mix which includes music taken from its original format and re-written for ballet, for orchestra and for voices. The composers represented lived in the glorious days of the Baroque era. Whilst they all performed numerous instruments, each of them was an expert violinist and so…
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…