The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is hosting this four-day symposium from 6 to 9 May 2020, Singing and playing in the era of Beethoven. Convened by Professor Neal Peres Da Costa, the theme of this symposium asks “What did singing and instrumental playing sound like in the era of Beethoven?” Contemporary written documentation gives us…
Acclaimed violinist and concertmaster Madeleine Easton leads her Bach Akademie Australia with 36 of Australia’s finest baroque instrumentalists and singers through J S Bach’s most sublime and joyous Christmas cantatas in three Sydney concerts. Easton’s remarkable period instrument ensemble, now celebrating its third year, will perform Comfort and Joy – Cantatas for Christmas, comprising the…
Seven soloists of the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, from interstate and overseas for their Madness & Confrontation and Voyage of Musical Discovery orchestral concerts in late March in Sydney, will also perform a special chamber program. The recitals, in Sydney, Bowral and Melbourne feature members of the orchestra, based in Queensland, Victoria, NSW, England…