Album Review: Omega Ensemble: Mozart/ Munro/ Palmer

Album Review: Omega Ensemble: Mozart/ Munro/ Palmer

The Sydney based Omega Ensemble has come of age with its debut album Mozart-Munro-Palmer (ABC Classics 481 4667) that gathers a triptych of works for clarinet and chamber ensemble. The album features Artistic Director David Rowden, who founded the ensemble in 2005, as the clarinet soloist anchoring the tracks with the matchless Clarinet Quintet in…

Omega Ensemble Perform ‘Mozart Three Ways’

Omega Ensemble Perform ‘Mozart Three Ways’

Omega Ensemble with guest conductor and clarinetist Paul Meyer and soloist Ben Hoadley (bassoon) under the artistic direction of David Rowden presents Three Parts Mozart in which the music of Mozart is ‘served’ three ways in an alluring feast of classical treats. Guest directed by renowned French clarinetist and conductor Paul Meyer, Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in…

Omega Ensemble: Elgar’s Cello Concerto

Omega Ensemble: Elgar’s Cello Concerto

Omega Ensemble performs one of the masterpieces of the Late Romantic era, Elgar’s Cello Concerto, with acclaimed Dutch cellist Teije Hylkema, Principal Cellist of the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. Omega Ensemble is  the City Recital Hall Ensemble in Residence and true to its style, its programme features diverse classical and contemporary works. David Rowden, Artistic…