Clarity, Dynamism and Uniqueness – Jack Symonds on ‘His Music Burns’

Clarity, Dynamism and Uniqueness – Jack Symonds on ‘His Music Burns’

  “We’re righting a wrong to present composers whose works are de rigeur in the rest of the world as a festival event .” A potent statement from Jack Symonds, conductor and music director of Sydney Chamber Opera about the double-bill the company is presenting for the Sydney Festival. Under the collective title His Music…

January Highlights

January Highlights

January. It’s a good month to spend in Sydney. The frenzy of Christmas is over; New Year has been cast off with a stretch and a yawn. It’s time to sniff the air of what’s new and enjoy the unbridled ‘eclecticosm’ of Sydney in January before the relative safety of the year’s subscription series. Top…