Super-star soprano soprano Renée Fleming joins forces with Yannick Nézet-Séguin at the piano in this new release on the Decca label. Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene
Exploring the relationship Romantic composers had with nature through song, the tracklist incudes the music of Fauré, Hahn, Grieg, Liszt, and the world premiere of a work by Nico Muhly.
Released 8 October.
January. It’s a good month to spend in Sydney. The frenzy of Christmas is over; New Year has been cast off with a stretch and a yawn. It’s time to sniff the air of what’s new and enjoy the unbridled ‘eclecticosm’ of Sydney in January before the relative safety of the year’s subscription series. Top…
From young beginners to composers, adult learners and hobbyists, Gramophone Magazine has a selection of some of the best classical music apps for your Apple or Android device. Visit: http://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/focus/the-best-classical-music-apps?utm_source=Silverpop&utm_medium=EMAIL&utm_campaign=GRAM%20ENews%20Bulletin%20131021%20(02.12.2013)&utm_content=article3_headline
Kurt Masur has reportedly fractured hs shoulder blade after falling off the podium during a performance in Paris: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-kurt-masur-june-20120430,0,127614.story …and in Colorado, a conductor has collapsed and died during performance of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor. As this is a work for organ and not for orchestra, it is unclear whether the deceased…
Selby and Friends present A Feast of Rarities featuring quartets by Mozart, Dvorak, Mahler and Stanhope. They are offering two double passes to each of their concerts in Turramurra (Sunday Sept 2nd 2 pm) and the City Recital Hall (Tuesday 4th September at 7pm) to readers of SoundsLikeSydney. If you’d like to be in the running…
The COVID-19 pandemic has created intense financial hardship for artists, crew and music workers from all genres. Many were the first to lose their jobs and income and this sector could well be the last to recover. Support Act is a charity providing services to musicians, music workers and crew including Crisis Relief grants, mental…
This year marks the 450th birth anniversary of Claudio Monteverdi, baptised on May 15, 1567 in SS Nazaro e Celso, Brescia. The precocious young Monteverdi published his first collection, the three – part Sacrae cantiunculae at the age of 15 presaging a prolific output of operas and madrigals and sacred music. Monteverdi’s name is synonymous with the collection…
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