Double passes on offer for the NCPA orchestral concert
There are double passes on offer for the concert by the orchestra of the National Performing Arts Centre from Beijng in China. This is a very young orchestra which was established just this year, and is already undertaking international tours. The concert is on Tuesday 6th November 2012 at 8 pm at the Sydney Opera House. If you’d like…
‘Sappho’ CD release
The new double CD recording of Sappho by Peggy Glanville-Hicks will be available for sale from mid-November. It features soprano Deborah Polaski, tenors Martin Homrich and Scott MacAllister, baritone Roman Trekel, bass-baritone Wolfgang Koch bass & John Tomlinson., with the Orquestra Gulbenkian and Coro Gulbenkian conducted by Jennifer Condon. Read our 2 part interview with Jennifer Condon: Part 1 Part…
Toscanini’s treasures for auction
The family of maestro Arturo Toscanini has placed hundreds of his valuable possessions on the market for auction by Sotheby’s in London on November 28th. The conductor died in New York in 1957. The items include Toscanini’s Steinway model D piano, some of his batons and documents hand written by Verdi, Wagner, Strauss and Mendelssohn. More at:…
Closer ties for the arts in Austral-asia
The federal government wants to build reciprocal relationships with arts bodies in Asia as part of closer ties with the continent http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/hopes-but-no-new-funds-for-asian-links/story-e6frg8n6-1226504849368
‘Synaesthesia: Music of Colour and Mind’ – a kaleidoscopic sensory encounter
“I hear a note by one of the fellows in the band and it’s one colour. I hear the same note played by someone else and it’s a different colour. When I hear sustained musical tones I see them in textures. If Harry Carney is playing, D is dark blue burlap. If Johnny Hodges…
World premiere broadcast of ‘Sappho’
Peggy Glanville-Hicks. There’s news of a historic event Australian music from conductor Jennifer Condon who has revived Peggy Glanville-Hicks’ forgotten opera Sappho: She says: “Greetings from Hamburg! Prior to the Australian release of the world premiere recording, Peggy Glanville-Hicks’ Sappho is being broadcast on ABC Classic FM’s Sunday Opera programme. (November 4th at 7pm) If you do…
Nicola Benedetti avoids the crossover and stays current
You may not have noticed, but a famous violinist slipped in and out of Sydney this week. She has promised to return ‘soon’ so we can hear her at her craft. Twenty five year old Nicola Benedetti was this year named ‘Female Artist of the Year’ at the Classical Brit Awards. Born in Scotland of…
The 2012 Peggy-Glanville Hicks address: Michael Kieran Harvey speaks
Pianist Michael Kieran Harvey has delivered the 2012 Peggy-Glanville Hicks address, calling for more funding for Australian music, Australian musicians and better music education in the school system. The Australian Music Centre’s Resonate magazine reports: Click here to read
The 2013 Sydney Festival!
The 2013 Sydney Festival is launched!! http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2013/