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Bach Akademie Australia On Melbourne Digital Concert Hall
When: Wed Dec 16, 2020 Time: 8.30 pm Where: Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Bach Akademie Australia will present their third concert, Weihnachtsfreude on the stage of Melbourne Digital Concert Hall on Wednesday December 16 at 8.30pm in conjunction with presenting partner the National Art School. Join the Bach Akademie Australia for a program of Christmas…
Pinchgut Opera’s Messe de Minuit Now Online
Pinchgut Opera’s recent highly acclaimed performance of Messe de Minuit written over 400 years ago by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, is now available to watch online. Charpentier wrote the Messe de Minuit, or midnight mass, for Christmas Eve mass, while master of music at the Church of Saint-Louis in Paris. Professionally filmed and recorded, the concert includes…
Global Poll Seeks Today’s Best-Loved Classical Musician
A brand new global poll is launching to find today’s best-loved classical musician. The uDiscover Classical 100 is the first of its kind – a major international initiative, offering fans worldwide the chance to vote for their favourite living artist via a newly-created online portal: vote.udiscovermusic.com/classical100 Based on global sales data, The uDiscover Classical 100…
‘Gurrumul’ Signed To Decca
Decca Australia and Universal Music Australia have announced the signing of one of Australia’s most important and culturally defining recording artists of all time, the late Dr. Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (1971–2017), known as ‘Gurrumul’ ensuring that his music will live on for new audiences and future generations. Forthcoming releases from Gurrumul on Decca Australia include…
Australian String Quartet Records Two New Pieces
The Australian String Quartet celebrates AusMusic Month with two new releases, Stephen Pigram’s Walganyagarra Buru and Charles Edward Horsley’s String Quartet no 1. Both recordings will be available on the ASQ’s Australian Anthology digital release platform. Coinciding with NAIDOC celebrations last week, the ASQ released a recording of Stephen Pigram’s Walganyagarra Buru, a piece which…
Musica Viva In Schools 2021
Musica Viva launches its Musica Viva In Schools programme for 2021, marking 40 years of bringing live music to children and educators all over Australia. For 2021, Musica Viva has adapted its schools programme adopting some of the strategies discovered amongst the challenges of the global pandemic in 2020, offering schools a more flexible digital…
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Online Concert Review: Christmas with the Australian Chamber Choir
Christmas with the Australian Chamber Choir Livestream 13 December 2020-31 December 2020 www.auschoir.org/2020-christmas Drawing on the rich traditions of European Yuletetide music, the Australian Chamber Choir under the direction of artistic director Douglas Lawrence AM, presented Christmas with the Australian Chamber Choir, an online event performed by eight of its singers. This year, the musicians…
CD Review: A Baroque Christmas/ Australian Chamber Choir/ Move Records
The Australian Chamber Choir has released a CD of baroque Christmas music compiled from their ample archive of recent live performances. A Baroque Christmas is a small but rewarding compensation for the lack of live performing opportunities during 2020. The recordings are taken from concerts in Victoria in November and December of 2018 and 2019…