Peter McCallum reviews the opening night performance of Mahler’s Symphony No 2 ‘Resurrection’ by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with soprano Emma Matthews, mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung and the Sydney Philhamonia Choirs, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy:
The performance is repeated on Friday 25th, Saturday 26th and Monday 28th November, with a live broadcast on ABC Classic FM and webcast on www.bigpondmusic.com at 7 pm on Monday the 28th November.
The Australian Haydn Ensemble played with collective excellence, showcasing the soloistic and ensemble capabilities of its players.
For a second year, Opera Australia has presented an outdoor performance located spectacularly at the Royal Botanic Gardens on the foreshores of Sydney Harbour. Nowhere else in the world is there such a wonderful setting with Sydney’s Opera House and Harbour Bridge providing a magical backdrop, and the city lights reflecting in the waters of the…
Ludovico Einaudi, piano Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, February 8, 2015. Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi mesmerised his capacity audience at the Sydney Opera House last weekend, on this, his third visit to Sydney. Einaudi performed a selection of his own compositions, accompanied by 19 members of the Australian Opera and…
orchestra seventeen88 Chamber Soloists “Big Schoolroom”, Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst Saturday 21st November 2015 Kate Clark, flute/ Nicole van Bruggen, clarinet/ Darryl Poulsen, horn/ Lisa Goldberg, bassoon/ Jakob Lehmann, violin /Caroline Henbest, viola /Daniel Yeadon, cello/ Maxime Bibeau, double bass The ‘Big School’ room of Sydney Grammar School on College Street was an apt setting for orchestra seventeen88’s end of year…
South African lyric soprano Pumeza Matshikiza’s second album Arias, released this year on Decca (478 8964) is a diverse portrait collection of operatic arias, art song and popular song from a very fine singer who has a glorious voice at her complete command. The operatic arias are taken from the leading roles that Pumeza has performed,…
Das Rheingold, Richard Wagner Melbourne Opera/Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Livestream, Sunday 4 February 2021. Melbourne Opera’s recent presentation of Das Rheingold, broadcast on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall featured an outstanding team of cast and creatives, delivering an eloquent realisation of the first of Wagner’s quartet of operas that comprise The Ring of the Nibelung. This…