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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…
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Concert Review: Janáček And Brahms/ Sydney Youth Orchestras
Sydney Youth Orchestras Janáček and Brahms Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music 24 March, 2019 The Verbrugghen Hall at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music resounded with the cacophony of 70 young orchestral players of the Sydney Youth Orchestra Philharmonic, rehearsing their parts at full volume, playing fast as they could, before being tamed by the…
Concert Review: The Silkroad Ensemble
The Silkroad Ensemble, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House 9 March, 2019 Written by Victoria Watson In 1998, virtuoso cellist Yo-Yo Ma launched a radical experiment in cultural collaboration, which brought together musicians from many corners of the world to co-create a bold artistic language founded in diversity that served as a metaphor for the possibility…