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Elektra reviews – Final Performance Tonight
The topic of the moment amongst Sydney’s classical music fans is the concert production of Richard Strauss’ Elektra by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Robertson. The second and final performance is in the concert hall tonight, Monday 24th February. It is possibly a once in a lifetime opportunity to hear soprano Christine Goerke…
Lift Off In Houston For Baritone Morgan Pearse
Baritone Morgan Pearse will soon be moving from London, his home of recent years, to Houston, Texas, where he has been offered a position with the Studio Programme of the Houston Grand Opera. The prestigious HGO Opera Studio offers an integrated programme involving study in voice, drama and affiliated areas, opportunities to perform and…
Soundsclassic is out next week
The March issue of our increasingly popular free monthly newsletter, SoundsClassic is due out next week. Together with the website ClassicMelbourne.com.au SoundsClassic brings you some of the best of classical news from our two cities. If you;re not already a subscriber, make sure you’re on our mailing list by submitting your details via the…
When There’s Music In The DNA
“Music was like an extra language in our family, one we all spoke.” The world-famous cellist Steven Isserlis comes from a long line of musicians. His Russian grandfather was accepted into the Moscow Conservatoire aged just 10. Steven Isserlis talks to the New Statesman about the pleasures and pressures of coming from an intensely musical…
Stuart Skelton talks about Peter Grimes At the English National Opera
Stuart Skelton is presently appearing at the London Coliseum in the title role of Britten’s Peter Grimes, a role with which he has become synonymous. The David Alden production conducted by Edward Gardner will be broadcast live whilst being performed in front of its theatre audience of 2,500. Read what Stuart Skelton says to BBC Music…
German Conducting Appointment for Nicholas Milton
Dr Nicholas Milton Dr Nicholas Milton, Chief Conductor of the Willoughby Symphony has been appointed General Music Director and Chief Conductor of the State Theater of Saarland, Germany (Saarländischen Staatstheater) for four years from 2014. Dr Milton was selected to the position following an international search which attracted over 100 applicants. Dr Milton has been the…
Latest reviews
CD Review: Compassion – Nigel Westlake/Lior/Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Compassion/Nigel Westlake/Lior Sydney Symphony Orchestra ABC Classics 481 0678 First published in March 2014, this review is being re-published in the light of the nomination of ‘Compassion’ by Nigel Westlake and Lior, for Orchestral Work of the Year in the APRA AMCOS Australian Music Centre Art Music Awards for 2014. In October 2013, composer Nigel Westlake was awarded the…
Concert Review: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/ Dmitri Sinkovsky
Dmitri Sinkovsky with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, City Recital Hall, July 23rd, 2014. It’s not too rare for an instrumental musician to swap instrument for baton or to direct an ensemble from the instrument. However, I can’t recall any musician proficient enough in the practice of two instruments (and that includes voice), to perform both…