Willoughby Symphony presents an innovative multimedia performance The Planets, in which the live orchestral performance combines with a vivid visual accompaniment. Conducted by Opera Australia’s Associate Musical Director, Anthony Legge, the concert will begin with Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony, followed by Holst’s The Planets – a suite of seven movements each of which is named after and expresses the character of each…
Renowned Australian pianist Piers Lane joins Willoughby Symphony for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 5 ‘The Emperor’. Conducted by Tom Woods, the concert will also feature Schubert’s Symphony No 9 ‘The Great’ and Mozart’s Overture to ‘Der Schauspieldirektor’. In great demand as a collaborative artist, Piers Lane’s 2007 performance of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto received the Limelight…
The Willoughby Symphony Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Dr Nicholas Milton present a performance of Verdi’s Requiem this week. Soprano Sarah Ann Walker, mezzo-soprano Anna Yun, tenor David Woodward, and bass-baritone James Martin are the soloists in this monumental and dramatic sacred work, which conductor Hans von Bulow called Oper in Kirchengewande (opera in ecclesiastical dress). Following the completion of Aida…