Concert Review: Songs of Solitude And Solace

SoundsLikeSydney couldn’t get along to this concert but we have the link to the review by
Robert Forgács.

SoundsLikeSydney couldn’t get along to this concert but we have the link to the review by
Robert Forgács.
Under the auspices of Musica Viva, Sydney oboe player Diana Doherty was joined by the Streeton Trio comprising violinist Emma Jardine, cellist Umberto Clerici and pianist Benjamin Kopp in an hour-long, interval-free recital performing music by Martinů, Skipworth and Mendelssohn.
The Australian Haydn Ensemble’s digital performance Sacro Amor is 75 minutes of pure pleasure at any time, but especially so in lockdown.
Don Pasquale – Gaetano Donizetti Opera Australia , 18 July 2013 When Donizetti wrote Don Pasquale for Paris in 1841, it was an immediate success. Within six months it had been produced in Milan, Vienna, Brussels and London and it has remained one of the most popular comic operas ever since. So it is surprising…
It was a joy to be present at the Sydney Chamber Choir’s ‘Paul Stanhope: A New Requiem’ for a celebration of exemplary Australian choral music and performance.
South African lyric soprano Pumeza Matshikiza’s second album Arias, released this year on Decca (478 8964) is a diverse portrait collection of operatic arias, art song and popular song from a very fine singer who has a glorious voice at her complete command. The operatic arias are taken from the leading roles that Pumeza has performed,…
‘The hallmarks of excellence from beginning to end” says the Sydney Morning Herald’s reviewer, David Vance. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/aural-delight-from-start-to-finish-20120513-1ykv1.html