Photos from The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s opening of ‘Glorious Baroque’ season.

Violinist Riccardo Minasi is soloist and Guest Director with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in its season of ‘Glorious Baroque’ which opened last weekend. Here are four photographs from the opening concerts. ‘Glorious Baroque’ continues on November 2nd, 4th and 5th. See also: http://soundslikesydney.com.au/shows/possum-goes-for-baroque-2/5310.html and  http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/an-accomplished-pastiche-with-notes-of-a-fine-merlot-20111030-1mqan.html  

Rhodes/Hobson national tour review….

Teddy Tahu Rhodes and David Hobson with pianist Sharolyn Kimmorley are in the midst of a national tour presenting a programme of operatic arias and duets and popular songs. They perform in Sydney on Friday November 4th, in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. This is a review of the tour which commenced in…

‘Metropolis’ reviewed…..

‘…..the demands of this 2 1/2 hour score were like playing two big Mahler symphonies without movement breaks” – Peter McCallum, The Sydney Morning Herald. For more, visit: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/symphony-soars-and-saws-in-vivid-saga-20111030-1mqe1.html

Glorious Baroque reviewed….

Check out Peter McCallum’s review of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Glorious Baroque in the SMH. Also, see our post on Possum goes for Baroque for further dates for this concert. http://soundslikesydney.com.au/shows/possum-goes-for-baroque-2/5310.html http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/an-accomplished-pastiche-with-notes-of-a-fine-merlot-20111030-1mqan.html

Your own copy of “What’s in a Name”

If you would like to enter the draw to win your own copy of this CD (see Review), email:  info@soundslikesydney.com.au by 5 pm this Friday 4th November 2011, with the word  ‘Nickname’ in the subject heading. Good luck!

Back to the homeland for ‘the sound of music’

Created in 1959 by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein ll and set in Salzburg,  the musical The Sound of Music will finally be seen for the first time in the city where it is set. The BBC looks at why this phenomenally successful stage show has taken so long to come home. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15402618

Tarrega’s telephone tune

Did you know that the infamous Nokia ringtone is based on a phrase from Francisco Tarrega’s Grand Valse?! Thomas Dolby is the musician whose team created the ring tone that is heard 2 billion times a day! More at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9622000/9622785.stm

‘Nightingale’ reviewed

The review is out for ‘The Love of the Nightingale’! http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/opera/soaring-testament-to-power-of-music-20111023-1meez.html