There is a project coming to life in Sydney that is about to overturn long held ideas about composing and performing music. Most of the time, composing would be considered an act of deliberate planning. The composer sets out to express an intensely personal statement in harmony, melody and style. Score markings tell the performer…
In the intimate setting of the Sydney Philharmonia space at The Wharf, soprano Jane Sheldon and the Acacia Quartet launched their recent CD North+South, recorded with harpist Genevieve Lang, in an evening of stories in music as Acacia also performed two works for string quartet composed by Lyle Chan. Now based in the US, Jane Sheldon sang a selection of 10 folk songs from…
Soprano Jane Sheldon & Acacia Quartet are to give the first Sydney performances from their North + South CD, alongside music by Elena Kats-Chernin and Lyle Chan. Now based in the US, the Australian soprano has forged a strong international career. Her latest recording, North + South, is a contemporary take on ten traditional folk songs, drawing on ‘traditional’ styles. For the Sydney concert, Jane…