The dynamics of a small music ensemble have always been intriguing – remember Vikram Seth’s 1999 novel An Equal Music? More recently movies like Quartet and A Late Quartet have revisited the theme.
Zoe Knighton, cellist with the Flinders Quartet writes about her experiences in Classic Melbourne.
The Flinders Quartet performs at the Utzon Room in Sydney on Wednesday May 14th.
The Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia has announced the 12 semi-finalists who will continue through to the next stages of the competition. The semi-finalists represent seven nations and include Australian pianist Tony Lee. They are: Sergey Belyavskiy (Russia), Kenneth Broberg (USA), Moye Chen (China), Andrey Gugnin (Russia), Jianing Kong (China), Tony Lee (Australia), Alexei Melnikov (Russia),…
Two world premiere recordings of works by the brilliant composer Nico Muhly are at the heart of Unexpected News, a new release from Omega Ensemble, on ABC Classics. It is an album that explores the American modern tradition through four works by Muhly and the great Philip Glass. The album contains three works by Muhly…
Liquid Crystal is a collection of pieces for clarinet and piano, the debut release for Luke Carbon and Alex Raineri.
Review In Search of Haydn screening at the Hayden Orpheum and Roseville cinemas: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/in-search-of-haydn-20120314-1v39p.html John Bell talks about the competition for opera from HD cinema productions: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/opera/bell-gives-stravinsky-a-rakeover-20120315-1v82g.html and read Peter McCallum’s review of The Song Company’s Love in Venice http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/irresistible-allure-of-sensuality-with-a-light-original-approach-20120315-1v82u.html
” I must be crazy!” exclaims Sally Whitwell. Perhaps she is… just a little bit. More to the point, she’s bursting with creativity and it’s this energy that she has channelled into her latest venture – a new musical production called Cog in the Machine for which Sally has written both the libretto and the…
When SoundsLikeSydney spoke to Samuel Sakker in London, the young tenor was en route to just another day at work. For him, this entails an hour’s journey, leaving home at 7.30 in the morning and arriving at the hallowed portals of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in time for 9 o’clock. Last year,…