Omega Ensemble is joined by Melbourne cellist Howard Penny in its final Virtuoso Series concert for 2018, Momentum, featuring the music of Schubert and Mendelssohn. Scored unusually for two violins, viola and two cellos, Schubert’s Cello Quintet was composed during the final weeks of the composer’s life, and ranks among his greatest accomplishments. This momentous…
Vocalise – Rachmaninoff and Poulenc, Omega Ensemble with Lee Abrahmsen, soprano Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House 21 October, 2018 Soprano Lee Abrahmsen with pianist Maria Raspopova and clarinettist David Rowden, Co-Artistic Directors of Omega Ensemble, presented an engaging afternoon of all too rarely heard choicest Art Song in a vividly contrasting programme of songs by…
Soprano Lee Abrahmsen joins Omega Ensemble once again for a lyrical afternoon of songs for voice and piano in Vocalise: Rachmaninoff and Poulenc Lee Abrahmsen will be joined by pianist Maria Raspopova and clarinetist David Rowden, Co-Artistic Directirs of Omega Ensemble. Together they will perform selections from Poulenc’s Chansons, Banalités and Poemes, and Rachmaninoff’s 14 Romances opus 34. This performance…