A really important feature from the Editor of Gramophone, Martin Cullingford on the importance of listening to music: “The art of sitting, concentrating and listening to something long-form and complex is an increasingly alien experience. And unless people develop that skill, classical music will face an uphill struggle. “
Click here to read the feature in Gramophone magazine.
Pianist András Schiff has released the latest in his recordings of the music of Schubert with Franz Schubert: Sonatas & Impromptus. On this 2-hour double album from ECM Records, Schiff plays the Four Impromptus D 899, and compositions from 1828, the last year of Schubert’s all too brief life: The Three Pieces D 946 (“impromptus in all…
When: February 6 2021 @ 5:00 pm Where: Ashfield, NSW 2131 Join Ensemble Offspring for Avant Gardens, an intimate 4 concert experience featuring unusual line-ups, much loved ‘avant garde’ classics and experimental music never heard before as they head into the backyards and backrooms of their very own musicians to make some noise. Lamorna and…
The IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition has announced that Vladimir Fanshil will conduct the Australian Opera Orchestra for the 2021 competition.
Selby & Friends presents a third online performance, welcoming two new friends to their online series, performing Schubert’s joyous ‘Trout’ Quintet. They will perform Mozart’s final Piano Trio, Brahms’ final Piano Quartet, No 3 in C minor Op. 60 and Schubert’s inimitable Piano Quintet in A major, Op.114 Die Forelle. The entire concert along with…
A performance of Brett Dean’s Grawemeyer Award winning composition “The Lost Art of Letter Writing” in London, has been warmly received. Featured in a recent BBC Total Immersion day at the Barbican Centre, the four movement concerto for violin and orchestra was composed in 2006 and won the award in 2009. The concerto was premiered by the…
What if….just once, the audience didn’t applaud at the end of a performance? Not because they weren;t appreciative, but because they were so moved, they wished to remain ‘in the moment’ and not disturb the lingering sounds as they soaked in……? A concert without applause would be very different to what we’re used to. Would…