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Last week, SoundsLikeSydney reviewed a concert by the Australian Haydn Ensemble which included important transcriptions of two major works for smaller ensembles. One arrangement was of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no 2 in B flat major opus 19 (1795) arranged by Stephen Yates for piano solo and string quintet (2014) and the other, Mozart’s Symphony No 39 in E flat major…
Adrian Tamburini, the NSW bass-baritone has been announced as the winner of the 2017 Opera Awards. He was selected after audition and interview by an eminent panel of adjudicators comprising musician and artist Dr Di Bresciani OAM, tenor Anson Austin OAM, soprano Cheryl Barker AO and maestro Simon Kenway. As winner of the Opera Awards, Adrian…
Baritone Paolo Bordogna is starring as Figaro in the great buffo role for Opera Australia’s current production of The Marriage of Figaro. With acting talents and comedic timing to match his superb voice, last year he delighted and entertained us as the Turk in Rossini’s comedic opera The Turk in Italy. Now Paolo Bordogna has released…
On the eve of his departure as Musical Director of the Sydney Chamber Choir, Paul Stanhope confesses that his initial efforts at programming were akin to ‘bolting out of the starting blocks’, curating an adventurous concert which he recalls attracted only a small audience. A decade on, talking to SoundsLikeSydney, he says he has learnt…
A super feature on Shostakovich by David Fanning in Gramophone Magazine.
Pianist and Co-Artistic Director of Omega Ensemble Maria Raspopova, has released an album of Prokofiev’s Visions fugitives opus 22. The 20 movement cycle of piano pieces was recorded in May 2018 at the Cranbrook Recording Studio, produced by Philip Powers with recording engineer and mastering by Bob Scott and editing by Jonathan Palmer. Click here to listen/buy