Listen to what the brilliant harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani has to say about the Holy Grail of the keyboard repertoire – JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and his recent recording of this work for Deutsche Grammophon.
Check out this video recording of a recent performance of the 4th movement from Mahler’s Fourth Symphony by the Omega Ensemble with soprano Lee Abrahmsen. Click here to read our review of the concert.
This is a very engaging video of Maestro Daniel Barenboim passing on his brilliant pianistic skills in a masterclass with pianist Saleem Abboud Ashkar, presently touring with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. The work being studied is Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, Waldstein.
J S Bach’s Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 must have one of the most thrilling and celebratory openings ever heard. Hope you enjoy this version of the opening chorus Jauchzet frohlocket from the Frauenkirche Dresden in the heart of Saxony. The Staatskapelle Dresden, is conducted by Christian Thielemann, Sophie Koch (Mezzosoprano) und Thomas Hampson (Baritone).
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.
On May 16th, the Philharmonia Orchestra of London conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performed the European premiere of an incomplete and forgotten by Dmitri Shostakovich – Orango, an opera originally commissioned by the Bolshoi Theatre in 1932, but which became a satire on the Russian bourgeois press. The world premiere was given in December 2011, performed by the Los…
Opera Australia has just anounced an outstanding cast for its winter production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific. Baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes moves from the opera stage to the musical as Emile de Becque, playing alongside four time Gold Logie award-winning actress Lisa McCune as Nelie Forbush. In the supporting roles are Kate Ceberano as Bloody Mary who…