Elysian Fields Debut Album ‘What Shall I Say?’
Australian electric viola da gamba ensemble Elysian Fields launches it debut album. Check out the music. More information.
Australian electric viola da gamba ensemble Elysian Fields launches it debut album. Check out the music. More information.
Flautist Jane Rutter has created a soothing 20 minute audiovisual offering available for download on YouTube. Rainforest Flute Meditation for Sleep & Relaxation works as music for sleep, study, relaxation and more, whether you’re in the spa, at a massage or deep in thought at home or enjoying the outdoors. Jane Rutter’s compositions for flute…
This excellent mini-documentary talks about the pacifist principles which propelled Britten’s War Requiem. at 5’30” you can see Britten conducting Peter Pears in the tenor solo Futility (‘Move him, move him’). And….. you can read our story about the electrifying 20th century master piece that is Britten’s War Requiem.
May 1787 , and the First Fleet is ready to sail from England. Richard Morgan’s safe and respectable middle-class existence is shattered. He may as well be crossing into Hades as he endures the ocean journey to the colony of New South Wales. Colleen McCullough’s tale of Richard Morgan in her novel “Morgan’s Run“, has been transformed…
A composite video of cellist Giovanni Sollima performing the stunningly beautiful self composed Sogno ad Occhi Aperti (Daydream) Part 1. Read our interview with Giovanni Sollima: A Cello and A Chair He performs in Sydney with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in April and May.
Cellist Daniel Müller-Schott, Guest Artist with the ACO2 this month, talks about his recording of the Cello Symphonies by Britten and Prokofiev.
Check out this video of Jessical Pratt singing O luce di quest ‘anima from Donizetti’s opera Linda di Chamonix. This week Jessica Pratt was awarded La siola d’oro an accolade given in Italy to outstanding coloratura sopranos, previously won by Joan Sutherland and Sumi Jo.