SSO’s choral contrasts reviewed
David Vance reviews the SSO conducted by David Zinman:
David Vance reviews the SSO conducted by David Zinman:
Among his many virtues as a composer, Giacomo Puccini was above all, a master of contrast – musical, dramatic and ultimately emotional. He combined musical genius with an incisive theatrical instinct to create operas full of thrilling grandiosity and gripping intimacy, often within minutes of each other. Nowhere is this more evident than in…
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…
Very highly recommended!
Sydney Youth Orchestras Janáček and Brahms Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music 24 March, 2019 The Verbrugghen Hall at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music resounded with the cacophony of 70 young orchestral players of the Sydney Youth Orchestra Philharmonic, rehearsing their parts at full volume, playing fast as they could, before being tamed by the…
Dmitri Sinkovsky with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, City Recital Hall, July 23rd, 2014. It’s not too rare for an instrumental musician to swap instrument for baton or to direct an ensemble from the instrument. However, I can’t recall any musician proficient enough in the practice of two instruments (and that includes voice), to perform both…
The Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship Final Finalists- Shikara Ringdahl-Soprano, Christopher Curcuruto – Bass, Chelsea Dolman-Soprano, Joshua Oxley-Tenor, Morgan England-Jones-Soprano, Olivia Cranwell-Soprano, Jarvis Dams-Baritone and Celeste Haworth- Mezzo soprano and featuring the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stephen Hillinger 15 July, 2018 The Concourse Concert Hall, Chatswood Review by Victoria Watson The list of…