New strings take their bows
The Australian String Quartet has two new players.
The Australian String Quartet has two new players.
The Fractured Orchestra Project is a collaborative composition by members of the 550-strong Sydney Youth Orchestras, and the end result is now available online. The Fractured Orchestra is a multi-faceted creative project commissioned by the Sydney Youth Orchestras. Over 3 months in winter 2020 during the height of COVID-19 lockdown in Sydney, Australia, the musicians…
If you’re not excited about the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s production of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess – you should be! Opening this Saturday and conducted by David Robertson the cast of singers is led by Alfred Walker and the 2005 BBC Cardiff Singer of the Year Nicole Cabell in the title roles. This semi-staged production takes…
The rest of this week’s offerings from the Met Live in HD archive: Wednesday, May 20 Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera Starring Sondra Radvanovsky, Kathleen Kim, Stephanie Blythe, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, conducted by Fabio Luisi. From December 8, 2012. Thursday, May 21 Puccini’s Turandot Starring Christine Goerke, Eleonora Buratto, Yusif Eyvazov, and James Morris, conducted…
English composer and conductor George Benjamin was born in 1960. He demonstrated a gift for composition from the age of 7. from the age of 15, he studied first privately and then at the Paris Conservatoire with Messiaen, also taking piano lessons with Messiaen’s wife, Yvonne Loriod, moving later to study at Cambridge University. He was…
Kathryn Selby, founding artisitic director and pianist with Selby&Friends announces that the Selby&Friends At Home channel on YouTube, now features the Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, Op.15 from their ‘Root Position’ tour in February/March, 2019. Performing with Kathryn Selby are guests Natalie Chee, violin and cellist Umberto Clerici. Composed at a time of great…
The visionary composer and conductor Andre Previn has died aged 89. His diverse positions included a stint as the principal conductor of the London Symphony and as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Pittsburgh Symphony; he wrote concertos, opera, song cycles, film scores and chamber music, winning four Oscars and numerous other nominations….