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Calvin Bowman Signs To Decca And Releases A World Premiere Recording Of His Songs ‘Real And Right And True’
Calvin Bowman, Australian composer, pianist and organist, joins the Decca Australia label with a world première recordings of his songs, Real and Right and True released on July 13, 2018. The title Real and Right and True, is taken from a set of nine poems by celebrated Australian cartoonist, writer and painter Michael Leunig, whose painting ‘Autumn Harvest’…
Shining Knight: Stuart Skelton’s Debut Album On ABC Classics
Stuart Skelton, one of the world’s leading tenors and Wagnerians releases his debut solo recording Shining Knight on ABC Classics, available from July 20, 2018. Performing with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Asher Fisch, Shining Knight features arias from many of the roles that have become synonymous with Stuart Skelton – Parsifal, Lohengrin, Siegmund…
Eight Finalists In Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship
Eight finalists announced for the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship. These emerging singers will perform with the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra in the hope of securing their part of the $70,000 on offer for professional development. The 2018 Finalists are: Shikara Ringdahl – Soprano (Brisbane, QLD) Olivia Cranwell – Soprano (Waterloo, NSW) Joshua Oxley – Tenor (Lane Cove,…
Soccer World Cup Performer Aida Garifullina: Midnight In Moscow
The duet between dazzling young Russian soprano Aida Garifullina has been busy at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Moscow, performing with pop superstar Robbie Williams at the Opening Ceremony front of a global audience of billions and singing ‘Casta Diva’ and the signature track from her award-winning debut album ‘Je veux vivre’ in the Red Square…
The Benaud Trio With Greta Bradman Release ‘The Aussie Album’
The Benaud Trio return with the release today of The Aussie Album, a beautiful and arresting collection of works that captures modern-day Australia through music. Recorded for ABC Classics, (ABC 481 7164), the album is available as a single CD and in digital form. Using Percy Grainger’s Colonial Song as its starting point, The Aussie Album…
DocsVox – Medics Turn To Music
The late neurologist Oliver Sacks described a patient with Alzheimer’s who had little recollection of his life, but who remembered the baritone part to almost every song he had ever sung. “Music,” said Sacks, “was one of the only things that kept him grounded…” For many who were immersed in music during school years, entry…
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Concert Review: Apollo’s Gift – Music and the Mind/ Twilight Musical Dialogues, Musical Luminati
Apollo’s Gift: Music and the Mind, Twilight Musical Dialogues, Musical Luminati Adamstown Uniting Church, 2 March, 2018 At an intimate, classical soirée, a model human skeleton, electrodes and computer avatars perhaps do not comprise the typical paraphernalia for such an event. Yet, the first of the Musical Luminati series, Apollo’s Gift: Music and the Mind,…
Concert Review: Fantasia/ Sabine Meyer/ Alliage Quintett
Fantasia Sabine Meyer/Alliage Quintette City Recital Hall 26 February 2018 It was something akin to a family gathering when German clarinet virtuosa Sabine Meyer and the Alliage Quintette performed Fantasia for Musica Viva. Fantasia was for Meyer, a welcome return to Australia and for the quintet, their national debut. The Alliage Quintette is no regular…