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.
The Sydney Chamber Choir, the Muffat Collective and four vocal soloists are simply magnificent in their concert entitled Mozart’s Requiem.
Two introduces us to engaging repertoire by important composers of a different time and place. The clever sonic and stylistic pairing of two instruments which are equals yet opposites is a treat.
Abandon your notions regarding the viola da gamba when you listen to this recording, Lady Sings the Viol, from The Marais Project. In their 4th studio recording, the ensemble, led by gambist, founder and Music Director Jennifer Erkisson has gathered an ensemble of 5 female voices (Belinda Montgomery, Nicole Thomson, Megan Cronin, Narelle Evans, Mara Kiek)…
Winterreise – Sydney Schubert Society Independent Theatre, North Sydney 20 August 2017 Written by Deen Hamaker Franz Schubert’s Winterreise is one of the pinnacles of the lieder repertoire. It tells of a lonely person’s journey into a bleak winter landscape of snow, ice and bare trees. The 24 songs that make up the cycle explore…
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin 26 October 2016, City Recital Hall, Angel Place Written by Larry Turner Two years ago the Israeli-born mandolin player Avi Avital gave a very successful series of concerts with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Now he has returned to a celebrity welcome from the ABO’s Artistic Director, Paul Dyer, who…
The Magic Flute – W A Mozart, Libretto: Emmanuel Schikaneder. Opera Australia, Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House January 10th 2014. Coinciding with the numerology of Mozart’s 1791 singspiel, there are three pillars of wisdom to be accepted in appreciating this production of The Magic Flute. First, it is sung in English not in…