‘Mozart the Great’ from the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

‘Mozart the Great’ from the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

  The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s May series Mozart the Great presents a programme of the concert music of W A Mozart in a diverse mix of single movements and complete works.  Artistic Director Paul Dyer conducts from the fortepiano as the orchestra is joined by soloists, soprano Sara Macliver, mezzo-soprano Fiona Campbell, tenor Richard Butler and…

Acis and Galatea – Handel’s masterpiece at St James’ King Street

Acis and Galatea – Handel’s masterpiece at St James’ King Street

The Choir of St James’ directed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones continues its Metamorphosis Concert Series with a semi-staged presentation of Handel’s tragicomic masterpiece, Acis and Galatea. Based on Ovid’s gripping tale of unrequited love in a troubled paradise (one of his celebrated Metamorphoses), this pastoral work features moving arias and rousing choruses dealing with themes of passion, loss,…