Mozart’s Final Year
The last days of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart abound in myth and mystery. Writer, broadcaster and lecturer Richard Wigmore unravels the events of Mozart’s final year in Gramophone Magazine.
The last days of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart abound in myth and mystery. Writer, broadcaster and lecturer Richard Wigmore unravels the events of Mozart’s final year in Gramophone Magazine.
Australian-Chinese violin sensation Christian Li releases his second track, ‘Fisherman’s Harvest Song’, out now on Decca Classics. To accompany the release, Christian features in a new video of footage from his recording sessions, filmed earlier this year. ‘Fisherman’s Harvest Song’ is a traditional folk tune inspired by the fisherman’s harvest in the South China Sea…
In a long-awaited response to the National Opera Review, chaired by Helen Nugent and released nearly a year ago in October 2016, the federal government has addressed the declining number of Australian opera singers heard on Australian stages by requiring that the nation’s major opera companies employ more Australian singers in an “appropriate balance” or face…
Tenor Pascal Herington is about to cut the ties that bind and make the inevitable journey from Australia to seek his fortune on the stages of Europe. It is a not unfamiliar step for the graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium. Talking to SoundsLikeSydney this week he describes his moment of epiphany when he took…
Located about 45 km northwest of Barcelona, the Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria de Montserrat which dates back to at least 1025, rises dizzyingly to the skies, clinging to the jagged face of the eponymous mountain. Riding up the rock to the monastery in the Aeri (cable car), we were transported 1,350-metres, through gradients of…
In a landmark innovation, Teldec releases its Complete Bach Edition on a USB stick! The 32 GB USB memory stick contains recordings of cantatas, instrumental works and PDFs of notes from the original 154 disc collection made in 2000. Click here to read the feature and review in The Guardian. Click here to order on line.
Australia’s First Nations people and Australian Diggers stand together this Remembrance Day with the release of a moving new arrangement of The Last Post titled The Last Post (Winds of Change).