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Matthew Westwood previews opera Australia’s upcoming production.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/american-dreams/story-e6frg8n6-1226089024397
Matthew Westwood previews opera Australia’s upcoming production.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/american-dreams/story-e6frg8n6-1226089024397
An engaging new work by Sydney based Australian composer Andrew Schultz has been included on a recently released album, Winter’s Warmth, by the American label, Navona. Schultz’s Falling Man, Dancing Man (opus 68) is a three-movement concerto for orchestra and solo pipe organ. It was commissioned by Symphony Australia and written and premiered in 2005…
Opera director John Copley, pianist Stephen Hough and conductor Sir Simon Rattle are amongst the musicians to be recognised in the Queen’s 2014 New Year Honours List. Read more from BBC Music Magazine.
La Scala + Barenboim + Kaufmann + Garanca + Baltsa + Pape + La Scala Choir and Orchestra = a not to be missed performance of Verdi’s Requiem. Available till October 26th 2013 on SBS On Demand http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/52400195958/Verdi-Requiem
The Musician Project Conductor Max McBride Schubert Incidental Music to Rosamunde D 997 and Brahms’ Symphony No 1 in C minor, Opus 68 Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, November 15, 2015 There was an abundance of talent on display when a selection of students from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music joined by more experienced…
The first ever anthology of Gurrumul’s classics, The Gurrumul Story is set for release on September 10, 2021 by Decca on digital platforms, CD, Deluxe CD+DVD and on vinyl. The Indigenous Australian singer/songwriter Gurrumul (1971-2017) grew up on Elcho Island (Galiwin’ku), off the coast of tropical North East Arnhem land in Australia’s Northern Territory. The…
Dame Nelli Melba was born on May 19th 1861. Today marks the sesquicentenaryof her birth in Melbourne. Australia Post has released a stamp to commemorate the occasion. Good enough reason to actuall post a letter, rather than send an email! On the stamp is fellow Victorian Rupert Bunny’s salon portrait of the great soprano. Did…