In duci jubilo
Here’s another timeless favourite In dulci jubilo, sung by the of King’s College, Cambridge.
Here’s another timeless favourite In dulci jubilo, sung by the of King’s College, Cambridge.
The 2012 Sydney Festival surpassed itself judging by the attendances and the breadth of the line- up. One the featured acts, Tubular Bells For Two, received rave reviews. A re-make of Mike Oldfield’s atmospheric classic from the 1970’s, the two musicians who re-created it were probably not even born when it made its debut. Aidan Roberts and…
The 2013 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year, and best Chamber Music Performer, Hoang Pham gives a shimmering performance of Ravel’s Une barque sur l’océan, from Miroirs, at Hilton Head International Piano Competition, NYC, 2008.
“The poem has not been completed until set to music” – Goethe. If Art Song needs to be re-invented to survive and evolve, the new CD “Serious Songs” from bass-baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes (ABC Classics 476-4383) points in the right direction. The CD takes its title from Brahms’ Four Serious Songs,originally composed for bass and piano,…
When a performer releases a “Best of” collection CD, it usually means that they have a large enough discography from which to make the compilation. In this latest release from ABC Classics, tenor David Hobson delivers his first compilation CD with “popular” tracks chosen from recordings of the last few years. Not that opera and Lieder aren’t…
French counter-tenor is soon to perform in Sydney with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. This excerpt from a French made TV feature (English sub-titles) takes a behind the scenes look at the prodigious singer. See http://soundslikesydney.com.au/shows/the-fascination-of-jaroussky/10867.html for more.
When Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau died last week, his career as a singer was dissected and analysed in meticulous details. The loss of his once incomparable voice was rightly lamented. However, as with many individual of prolific talent and intellect, a rare voice was not his only gift. As well as being a writer, (he wrote…