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The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) Announces 2020 Programme
The Metropolitan Orchestra’s (TMO) 2020 season includes four premiere performances by Australian composers alongside orchestral classics, while continuing to showcase exceptional Australian soloists. There will be five mainstage Met Concerts for 2020, a four-concert chamber music series in accessible and intimate venues, a Children’s Concert series with a new show written by Australian composer and…
Utzon Room Announces 2020 Season
The flagship chamber music series at the Sydney Opera House, Utzon Music will return in 2020 for its 13th year. From March to December, the 2020 program will continue to present some of the world’s most celebrated classical musicians while embracing new performers, influences and genres including folk, jazz and world music, In March, Welsh…
Simon O’Neill’s Distant Beloved Wins Award
Heldentenor Simon O’Neill has been announced Best Classical Artist for 2019, at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards in Auckland, following his debut album for Decca, Distant Beloved, with pianist Terence Dennis. Australian audiences will be familiar with O’Neill after his performances as Otello and as Sergei (in Lady Macbeth of Mtensk) for Opera Australia….
Bach’s Universal Themes – Madeleine Easton On Bach’s Relevance Here And Now
“Bach is like Shakespeare. They both contain universal themes, which is why we can still relate to Romeo and Juliet; it’s why we go to see West Side Story or Miss Saigon. Look at how badly Otello the Moor was treated – these themes recur every day and they are themes that Bach deals with…
Angela Gheorghiu Releases PLAISIR D’AMOUR On Decca
Available from today, Angela Gheorghiu has released a new album on Decca, titled PLAISIR D’AMOUR. This 23-track album is an Art Song lovers delights and features rare and classic songs never before recorded by Gheorghiu who has won five Gramophone Awards, twice received Female Artist of the Year from the Classic Brits, and in 2018,…
Zehetmair Releases New Recording Of JS Bach Solo Violin Works
Violinist Thomas Zehetmair has recorded the solo sonatas and partitas of J S Bach, Sei Solo – Johann Sebastian Bach The Sonatas and Partitas, to be released on the ECM New Series label on 15 November. Composed three centuries ago, Johann Sebastian Bach’s set of six works for solo violin stands as one of the…
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CD Review: From The Hungry Waiting Country / Halcyon / Elliot Gyger
From the Hungry Waiting Country is a new release by Halcyon, performing the music of contemporary Australian composer, Elliot Gyger. Released on the Tall Poppies label, it contains three works by Gyger, Giving Voice (2012), Petit Testament (2008) and the cycle from which the disc takes its title, From the Hungry Waiting Country (2006). Halcyon’s…
Concert Review: Lixsania And The Labyrinth/ Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/ Lixsania Fernandez
Lixsania and the Labyrinth Lixsania Fernandez, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra City Recital Hall 31, October 2018 The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is ever creative in its recruitment of solo musicians from around the world who bring with them a treasure trove of on unusual instruments. Courtesy of the ABO, Sydney fans have been thrilled by Israel’s Avi…