Concert Review: Australian Haydn Ensemble/Celeste Lazarenko

Concert Review: Australian Haydn Ensemble/Celeste Lazarenko

 Australian Haydn Ensemble with Celeste Lazarenko  Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House 26 September 2015 Erin Helyard, Director and Harpsichord/ Skye McIntosh, Artistic Director and Violin/ Matthew Greco, Violin/ James Eccles, Viola/Anthony Albrecht, Cello/Jacqueline Dossor, Double Bass/ Melissa Farrow, Flute.    Although formed only four years ago, the Sydney-based Australian Haydn Ensemble has established itself as a…

Concert Review: Mozart’s Fortepiano/Kristian Bezuidenhout/Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Concert Review: Mozart’s Fortepiano/Kristian Bezuidenhout/Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

It was an evening when the gentlest of instruments took centre stage. The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, performed music for fortepiano and period flute by Mozart and his contemporaries. Upstaged by its more precocious descendent the pianoforte, the fortepiano is infrequently heard as a solo instrument, often being relegated to the role of an accompanying instrument….

CD Review: Brandenburg celebrates/Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

CD Review: Brandenburg celebrates/Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Commemorating twenty-five years of performance since its inception in January 1990,  the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra has released Brandenburg Celebrates a new studio recording of Baroque exemplars which showcases the talents of the ensemble as well as the more challenging task of snapping a cross-section of its repertoire over this time.   Artistic Director and Co-Founder…