‘Quelle est cette odeur agréable’ – Chanticleer
An exquisite French carol, exquisitely performed by the gentlemen of Chanticleer.
An exquisite French carol, exquisitely performed by the gentlemen of Chanticleer.
Listen to ‘The Mathy’ winner for 2013, 23 year old Jade Moffatt, mezzo-soprano from Queensland, in her semi-final performance from the IFAC Australian Singing Competition this year.
The rare 18th century keyed trumpet will be heard in concert this Sydney when virtuoso Gabriele Cassone performs with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Listen to Gabriele Cassone perform Haydn’s Trumpet Concert in E flat, which is also featured in the Sydney recital.
Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi is soon to appear in Sydney at the GRAPHIC festival at the Sydney Opera House. Check out his music from this video of a sell-out concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson has recorded both of Brahms’ piano concerti with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tadaaki Otaka. The 2 CD set from Deutsche Grammophon on the MSO Live Series, is scheduled for release on July 19th. In this video he gives a brief account of what to listen for in music.
Check out this video of City Girl a song written and performed by moth, Synergy’s splinter group headed by Timothy Constable. The film puts the viewer as a ‘fly on the wall’ in a 20-something woman’s apartment (played by Sophia Ndaba) as she prepares to go out into the city. The film was directed by Timothy…
Strictly speaking, we only get to celebrate Rossini’s birth anniversary every 4 years. Gioachino Antonio Rossini was born on February 29th 1792 (d 1868). He had a reputation as a bon vivant as you can tell from his portraits –but found the time to compose 39 operas – which are still amongst the most often performed…