Sheku Kanneh-Mason Releases Solo Composition
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason has released his solo cello composition entitled Melody, on Decca Classics. Just 21, Sheku’s recent album Elgar has been No. 1 in the ARIA Core Classical Chart for five consecutive weeks. Sheku is happy to mark these milsestones with his own work, simple and beautiful with its folksong-like lilt. Previously performed as…
Beethoven 250 – Impressions: Kathryn Selby
Although we can’t throw a birthday bash for Beethoven, SoundsLikeSydney is going to celebrate the 250th year of his birth with a series of insights from Sydney musicians on hearing and performing his music. This week, pianist Kathryn Selby, founding artistic director of Selby & Friends gives us her thoughts. SLS: What was your first…
Selby & Friends At Home – Mendelssohn
Selby & Friends have released their 2018 recording of Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.49 from their tour The Czech Connection, featuring pianist Kathryn Selby with guests Andrew Haveron (violin) and Timo-Veikko Valve (cello). Click here to watch. Click here for more information.
Pinchgut Streams Splendour of Venice
A fabulous concert from Pinchgut Opera, Splendour of Venice is available to watch online. Scheduled for live performance last weekend, the concert was recorded in 2019 and is conducted from the chamber organ by Pinchgut’s Artistic Director Erin Helyard. Splendour of Venice features a vocal ensemble of 9 with 8 instrumentalists performing Renaissance gems by…
Met Opera Live in HD Continues Nightly Free Streaming – The Week’s Program
The Met Live in HD continues to offer nightly streaming of its superlative productions. Here are this week’s performances, every evening at 7.30 pm each evening (US EDT). Watch via their website or on multiple devices through the Met Opera on Demand app. Monday, April 20: Strauss’s Elektra / With Nina Stemme, Adrianne Pieczonka, Waltraud Meier and Eric…
Aussie Movie Music Quiz
How well do you know Aussie movie music? Challenge yourself with these teasers on this substantial and brilliant topic! Name the singer and the 1977 disco song written by George Young and Harry Vanda which is the centrepiece of the movie Strictly Ballroom. The song was a worldwide hit in 1978, peaking at No. 3 on…
Mutter, Ma and Barenboim Gather For Anniversary Recording From Deutsche Grammophon
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yo-Yo Ma and Daniel Barenboim celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth with an unusual recording for Deutsche Grammophon, released earlier this month. The three stars have combined with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, which celebrates its 20th year this year, to record Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, op.92 with the Triple Concerto for piano, violin…
Music & Opera Singers Trust (MOST) Launches Online Competition For Singers
Music & Opera Singers Trust (MOST) announces the launch of a brand-new international competition that offers singers the chance to perform and compete from the comfort of their own homes. ASC@Home will launch on Monday 20th April with singers of Classical and Opera, Music Theatre, Contemporary, and Jazz encouraged to enter. Any singer over the…
Nicole Car Launches Freelance Artist Relief Australia
Soprano Nicole Car has established Freelance Artist Relief Australia, a fund providing financial aid for her colleagues after the closure of arts venues due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Founded in March 2020, its grants will be available for any Australian classical singer who has suffered quantifiable losses with major Australian and overseas opera companies and…