SBS TV broadcasts Janacek’s opera Katya Kabanova this Saturday afternoon. Directed and designed by Robert Carsen, this production from the Teatro Real in Madrid stars Finnish soprano Karita Mattila in the title role and is conducted by Czech conductor Jirí Bélohlávek.
From France, in Czech, English subtitles.
The Sydney Consort returns to the beautiful Church of St Augustine in Balmain with more music from the baroque era in their concert 1+2+3 (Bach’s Concerti). The opening performance of the 2016 concert season will feature Bach’s rarely performed concerti for one, two and three harpsichords and strings, by this most prolific writer of baroque music….
The Idea of North kicks off the year with their first Sydney concert Up Close & Personal at the Blue Beat Bar and Grill in Double Bay. “We LOVE this show” they say, “and it’s been years since we’ve performed one, so we can’t wait!” The ARIA award winning ensemble Idea of North is known for creating an intimate…
The Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia has announced that the 2016 competition winner, Russia’s Andrey Gugnin, will perform a second recital in Sydney on the tails of a sell-out first recital. A graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Andrey has been a frontrunner in numerous contests including the Beethoven International Piano Competition and the…
The Australian Haydn Ensemble returns to the City Recital Hall in December, under the artistic direction of Skye McIntosh presenting Tempora Mutantur with guest director and fortepiano soloist Erin Helyard. On the programme are Boccherini’s Piano Quintet Op. 57 No. 3 in E minor, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 6 in B flat major K. 238…
With a career spanning 50 years, the conductor of the Sydney Youth Orchestra Philharmonic since 2007, Brian Buggy OAM, will conduct the young orchestra in a programme called SYO Philharmonic Goes To Broadway to mark the centenary of one of the greatest composers and conductors of the 21st century, Leonard Bernstein. Says Brian “All those great opera,…
Schubert’s String Quintet in C D 956, a masterpiece composed in the final two weeks of the composer’s life, headlines this enticing concert. This Quintet is famed for its unconventional instrumentation, which includes the rare use of two cellos. For this, the Australian String Quartet share the stage with virtuoso cellist, Timo-Veikko Valve, integral member of the Australian…