Maestro Zubin Mehta has been made a Companion of the Order Australia in a surprise ceremony which capped off a sumptuous performance with the Australian World Orchestra in the newly refurbished Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House on Fridat night. Presenting the award was the Governor-General, His Excellency, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC.
Alexander Briger AO conducts the Australia World Orchestra in a tour which premieres a work by Paul Dean.
The Sydney Mozart Society presents the Australian World Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, comprising six exceptional musicians – violinists Daniel Dodds and Natalie Chee, violist Sally Clarke, cellist David Berlin, clarinetist Francesco Celata and pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska. Together, they will perform Mozart’s Kegelstatt trio, a joyous expression of musical friendship, the autumnal Clarinet quintet in B minor, op 115 by Brahms…