Presenting Opera In Concert
With opera companies facing financial constraints and grappling with new ways of finding funds, Gillian Moore in BBC Music Magazine looks at the merits of presenting opera in the concert hall.
With opera companies facing financial constraints and grappling with new ways of finding funds, Gillian Moore in BBC Music Magazine looks at the merits of presenting opera in the concert hall.
Kathryn Selby, AM presents A Final Offering, a spectacular performance with an elite ensemble of musical friends to round out her 2020 Season online, on demand, from Friday 6 November. Sydney’s magnificent City Recital Hall is again the venue for this exciting, high-quality filmed-live concert, with special features. It replaces the planned live November…
Pianist András Schiff has released the latest in his recordings of the music of Schubert with Franz Schubert: Sonatas & Impromptus. On this 2-hour double album from ECM Records, Schiff plays the Four Impromptus D 899, and compositions from 1828, the last year of Schubert’s all too brief life: The Three Pieces D 946 (“impromptus in all…
One of Australia’s greatest conductors and pianists, Maestro Richard Bonynge AC CBE is to be awarded an honorary doctorate from his alma mater the University of Sydney. The ceremony takes place on Saturday October 10 and recognises his long-serving dedication to musical excellence. Maestro Bonynge will receive the honour on the night he takes to…
Entries are open for the 2018 Sydney Eisteddfod and close on March 13, 2018. The Sydney Eisteddfod is a seminal event in the Sydney musical calendar and offers nearly 350 categories of competition for all ages in a variety of fields and genres from dance through instrumental, vocal and choral sections. The Eisteddfod was established…
These artist’s impressions of the floating stage for La Traviata against the glorioue setting of Sydney Harbour look absolutely spectacular! From 24th March to 15th April 2012. Tickets at: http://www.operaonsydneyharbour.com.au/tickets.html
The 2018 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo has been awarded to Daniil Trifonov for Transcendental a double CD of Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes recorded on Deutsche Grammophon. Other nominees: Bach: The French Suites — Murray Perahia Haydn: Cello Concertos — Steven Isserlis; Florian Donderer, conductor (The Deutsch Kammerphilharmonie Bremen) Levina: The Piano Concertos —…