Guillaume Dufay Anniversary
Guillaume Dufay, Franco -Flemish composer of the early Renaissance was born on August 5, c. 1397. (d 1474).
This is his exquisite 3 part ballad Mon Chier Amy performed by an unnamed ensemble.
Guillaume Dufay, Franco -Flemish composer of the early Renaissance was born on August 5, c. 1397. (d 1474).
This is his exquisite 3 part ballad Mon Chier Amy performed by an unnamed ensemble.
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…
Gratitude and Grief ELIXIR Feat. Katie Noonan with Michael Leunig is a new album released today in which Katie Noonan and Elixir explore every nuance of Michael Leunig’s poetry. Elixir, one of Australia’s finest jazz trios led by five-time ARIA award-winning singer songwriter Katie Noonan, alongside National Jazz Award-winning Saxophonist/Composer Zac Hurren and Australia’s master of guitar Stephen Magnusson…
The National Choral School, hosted by Gondwana Voices is in full swing again and its young choristers are engaged in a fortnight of music making which will culminate in the Festival of Summer Voices, a series of concerts from January 18-21 in Sydney. Check out the enchanting sound of Gondwana Voices in this performance…
Listen to Emma Matthews sing the Nightingale Aria from For the Love of the Nightingale by Richard Mills, presented by Opera Australia and premiering in Sydney right now.
This clip from YouTube revisits the Wagner gala concert conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras at the opening of the Sydney Opera House. Two of the SSO’s present musicians Colin Piper and Ronald Prussing performed in that concert and recollect what it was like. Simone Young talks about inheriting the mantle from from Sir Charles.
A visual interpretation of Max Richter’s reworking of Vivadi’s The Four Seasons.