Musica Viva’s Strike A Chord Championship Goes Online
Strike A Chord, Musica Viva Australia’s National Chamber Music Championship for high school students is going online and the entry fee has been waived! Secondary school-aged ensembles from around Australia are invited to apply online by 27 August 2020 for their chance to progress to the finals and share in prizes worth thousands of dollars….
Jazz Meets Classical – Elysian Fields Releases New Album ‘Fika’
Fika (pron. ‘fee-ka’), is the latest recording from crossover ensemble Elysian Fields – beautiful music that plays and sings to the gathering of friends with food and fine conversation. The recording takes its name from the Swedish practice of fika: sitting down for coffee, conversation and pastries with friends and family. Elysian Fields is Australia’s…
Der Rosenkavalier On Glyndebourne Opera’s Open House
Richard Jones’ production of R Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier for Glyndebourne Opera’s Open House is available on You Tube until 5 pm (UK Summer time) on Sunday 12 July. Conducted by Glyndebourne’s Music Director Robin Ticciati, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, soprano Kate Royal, Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught, German bass Lars Woldt, and soprano Teodora Gheorghiu….
This Week From The Met
Famous performances, rare operas and a dive into the archive. This week from the Met in New York: Thursday, July 9 Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini Friday, July 10 Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin with Anna Netrebko, conducted by Valery Gergiev Saturday, July 11 Puccini’s Madama Butterfly Sunday, July 12 Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde Each stream becomes available…
What’s Next For the Arts? Musica Viva Examines The Road Ahead
One hundred days of lockdown, budget cuts, end-of-financial-year donation drives tinged with an added note of passion and a desperately uncertain future for the performing arts. It was against this stark backdrop that Musica Viva Australia grasped the helm and convened a webinar, What’s Next for the Arts? anchored by its CEO, Hywel Sims, with…
Selby & Friends Celebrate Beethoven 250 Online
Selby & Friends present their much-anticipated all-Beethoven program – shot in high resolution hi-fi under social distance protocols at Sydney’s City Recital Hall in its first concert since lockdown. The concert is available online to all from 4 July. Not letting the pandemic interrupt the Beethoven 250 anniversary, this tribute concert features Beethoven’s revolutionary ‘Ghost’…
Angela Hewitt Wins Wigmore Medal
Pianist Angela Hewitt has been awarded the Wigmore Medal in recognition of her international standing and contribution to Wigmore Hall, over the course of more than 80 performances since her debut there in 1985. The presentation was made on stage at Wigmore Hall after her Special Broadcast Recital on June 25. Ms. Hewitt had been…
UNSW Music Performance Unit Announces Two Composition Prizes For 2020
The Music Performance Unit UNSW has announced two composition prizes for 2020, the Willgoss Ensemble Composition Prize and the Willgoss Choral Composition Prize. Willgoss Ensemble Composition Prize is a new composition prize, on offer in 2020-only. The winning applicant will be commissioned to compose a short, new work for either: SATB choir with piano or…
More On Selby&Friends At Home
Selby&Friends are delighted to announce that Beethoven’s Triple Concerto is now available on the Selby&Friends YouTube channel Selby&Friends at Home. Pianist and founding artistic director, Kathryn Selby says “A few years ago I presented a program entitled ‘By Arrangement’ which featured Beethoven’s Triple Concerto in an extraordinary arrangement for piano trio by Carl Reinecke with…