Music…comes with a (positive) health warning.
Music is ubiquitous. Its impact on our lives is vast and indefinable. Matthew Westwood reviews some of the current beliefs surrounding the effect of music on the mind.
Music is ubiquitous. Its impact on our lives is vast and indefinable. Matthew Westwood reviews some of the current beliefs surrounding the effect of music on the mind.
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra breaks new ground with its latest album, The Romantics Grieg | Mendelssohn | Paganini, which ventures into exploring the music of three of the Romantic era’s greatest composers on period instruments. Directed by Japanese-American violin star Shunske Sato and release by ABC Classics, the Brandenburg musicians under Artistic Director Paul Dyer AO,…
The Sydney Children’s Choir has made a poignant music video of Ola Gjeilo’s The Ground, dedicated to the Australian communities affected by the devastating 2019/20 bushfire season. One year ago a member of the Sydney Children’s Choir and his family lost their home in the bushfires at Balmoral Village, NSW. The choristers rallied behind their colleague, intending…
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra opened its season Mozart Requiem: 100 Voices at the City Recital Hall last week. The orchestra was joined by the gifted singers of the Australian Brandenburg Young Voices and the Australian Brandenburg Choir in diverse choral classics ending in an awe-inspiring performance of Mozart’s Requiem. Scroll down to see all 6 images…
The Flinders Quartet (FQ) invites applications from composers to submit a short work for string quartet to be workshopped by the members of the quartet and composition mentor, Brenton Broadstock, resulting in a professionally recorded live performance. Submissions close on 7 September 2016 (5pm AEST), and will be reviewed by Flinders Quartet and a small panel…
‘Smile’ is the 10th CD release from the fabulous ARIA Award winning a capella quartet The Idea of North. SoundsLikeSydney has two copies to give away. If you would like to be in the running to win your own copy of ‘Smile’, email info@soundslikesydney.com.au with the subject title ‘Smile’ by 5pm on Thursday 26th September. Winners will…
If you can’t watch it, record it, or watch on SBS Catch Up! Benjamin Britten’s eerie masterpiece The Turn of the Screw is being broadcast on SBS TV on Saturday November 23rd at 1 pm. Directed by Jonathan Kent, this is the 2011 Glyndebourne production, released on DVD in 2012. Conductor Jakub Hruša, the London Philharmonic…