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Album Release: Bach | Beethoven: Fugue / Australian Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tognetti
This week, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Richard Tognetti release a new album, Bach | Beethoven: Fugue, that showcases two works of genius by Bach and Beethoven. Recorded live in concert, the album contains selections from The Art of Fugue BWV 1080 by JS Bach and Beethoven’s String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130 (with Grosse Fuge, Op….
Decca Classics Releases Beethoven Complete String Quartets By Takács Quartet
Decca Classics has released a compilation album of the Takács Quartet performing its award-winning recordings of the complete String Quartets of Beethoven. This anthology comprises a multi-media presentation of the Beethoven quartets on 7 CDs, 1 Blu-ray Audio disc, and a bonus DVD. The release of this package presages the Takács Quartet’s August 2017 tour to…
Sydney’s Newest Baroque Ensemble – BachBand@St James’
When the Choir of St James’ gives its debut performance at Sydney’s City Recital Hall this week, it will be celebrating another first – the premiere of the newly formed BachBand@St James’. The choir and band with soloists directed by St James’ Head of Music, Warren Trevelyan-Jones, will perform J S Bach’s St John Passion,…
From The Antipodes To The Alps – Gondwana Indigenous Children’s Choir Shares Project With Vienna Boys Choir
Imagine the excitement on the plane as the singers of the Gondwana Indigenous Children’s Choir (GICC) take off to Vienna in May, on the first leg of Vienna – Cairns – Sydney, a two-stage collaboration between the two flagship children’s choirs of Austria and Australia. In 2017, Austria’s legendary Vienna Boys Choir and Australia’s Cairns…
Emerging Conductor Makes His Mark With Sydney Chamber Choir
There will be a bright young guest conductor stepping up to the rostrum when the Sydney Chamber Choir presents its programme German Romantics in April. Emerging conductor Sam Allchurch has curated a programme of some of his favourite choral music by Mendelssohn, Schubert, Brahms, Bruckner and Schonberg for his debut with the popular Sydney vocal…
Sydney’s Easter Bachfest
In a rare collision of programming choices, Sydney choral music fans will be treated to no less than three of J S Bach’s brilliant choral works this Easter. Kicking off the monumental triumvirate on Sunday April 2, the Choir of Christ Church St Laurence performs the Mass in B minor, BWV 232. Written for 5-part chorus with…
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Album Review: Hemispheres/ Sally Walker/ Philip Mayers
Hemispheres is a gem of a CD, which, like many independent recordings, has slipped under the radar of the mainstream press. Described as ‘Mystical journeys through four continents’ Hemispheres was recorded by flautist Sally Walker with pianist Philip Mayers, both prodigiously gifted Australian musicians with impressive international careers. The anthology represents eleven 20th century composers…
Concert Review: Hero Works For Strings/ Australian National Academy Of Music
ANAM: Mendelssohn and Brahms – Hero Works for Strings Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House Faculty and Musicians of Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM – Melbourne) 7 May, 2017 Written by Victoria Watson The programme: Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (1827) Josephine Chung and Kyla Matsuura-Miller – Violin/ Caroline Henbest…