The Choir of St James’ directed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones and the Australian Haydn Ensemble led by Artistic Director Skye McIntosh join forces once again after their marvellous collaborative performance of Mozart’s Requiem in 2014, to present Songs of Rest – a programme featuring Joseph Haydn’s Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo, the ‘Little Organ Mass’, and the Requiem in C…
Ever since its first performance in Leipzig on Good Friday 1724, J.S. Bach’s setting of the St John Passion BWV 245, has been a mainstay of the Lenten musical calendar in both concert hall and church. Bach’s emotive, Baroque setting recounts the harrowing last days of Jesus of Nazareth. A solo narrative of the events leading…
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto, The Australian Haydn Ensemble, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, Monday 29th September 2014. When Daniel Barenboim undertook his recently completed mission to perform and record all of Beethoven’s piano concertos, he did so playing a ‘concert grand’ piano, with a full orchestra – in the case of the recordings, the Staatskapelle…