Omega Ensemble’s premiere performance for 2019 features groundbreaking trios by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schoenberg – composers who transformed the musical landscape with these works. The program: Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49/ Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (arr. Edward Steuermann)/ Beethoven Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 38 The artists: David Rowden, clarinet/ Anna Da Silve Chen, violin/…
Generations converge as Ensemble Offspring pits Artistic Director and leading percussionist Claire Edwardes against up-and-coming instrumental talent Georgina Oakes in their production Beginnings to New Ends which includes two Australian premieres and a world premiere. Claire performs a set of colourful percussion solos, written in collaboration with emerging female composers. Alongside her will be Ensemble Offspring’s…
NB Note change of date and venue. The Streeton Trio, one Australia’s finest classical music ensembles, performs Vienna Congress at the Sydney Opera House, a Viennese treat as sweet as any sacher torte! The internationally acclaimed trio featuring Emma Jardine (violin), Benjamin Kopp (piano) & Meta Weiss (cello) presents masterworks by Europe’s leading composers around…