Friday’s ACO Homecast features Artistic Director Richard Tognetti and Principal Violin Satu Vänskä performing in a new release of the music of JS Bach, Paganini and Leclair from their Manly home.
Resonance will present Romance Francaise, their second concert for the year on Friday 10th May at Christ Church, Lavender Bay. The concert series was launched just this year and this concert features a programme of French music from Bizet, Gounod, Faure, Satie, Duparc and Debussy. Sopranos Jennifer Bonner and Corinne Parker, tenor Kaine Hayward and baritone Alex Sefton will be…
One of the greatest voices of this generation the legendary Roberto Alagna is to perform in Australia this July. A sought after tenor and charismatic artist, his performing world includes the opera theatre, the concert stage, the recital hall and the recording studio. This will be Roberto Alagna’s debut tour of Australia, following a three-month season starring with…
The Omega Ensemble under Artistic Director David Rowden, moves from the petite to the grand and then the mighty in its July concerts with the music Gounod, Spohr and Beethoven. Beethoven’s Symphony No 7 in A major opus 92, is masterpiece of the repertoire. The Omega ensemble will perform the arrangement by Pierluigi Destro (b 1959)…
Sydney Youth Orchestras will be presenting a day-long series of chamber-sized concerts in an imaginative response to dealing with COVID-19 restrictions applying to both player and audience numbers. Five short-form concerts will be staged at roughly two-hour intervals through the day in a festival format. Audience movement will be managed safely and at leisure. Due…
The Metropolitan Orchestra led by Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams will showcase one of the largest gatherings of musicians in its nine-year history when it presents their Extraordinary Firsts Met Concert. Over 90 musicians will join Conductor Williams to perform one of the most wildly ambitious projects of its time, Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony. This masterpiece…
Franz von Suppé (1819 – 1895) might be considered a one hit wonder for his Light Cavalry Overture but the Australian composer wrote a considerable amount music for voice which included four operettas and a Requiem, a work that is little known to Australian audiences, but one that warrants greater attention. The Sydney University Graduate Choir…