The King’s Singers reviewed
Music critic for the SMH, Peter McCallum reviews the recent Sydney performance by the King’s singers:
Music critic for the SMH, Peter McCallum reviews the recent Sydney performance by the King’s singers:
Australia Quartet Transfigured Night, Thursday 31 October, Utzon Room Sydney Opera House. Programme: Kats-Chernin E: Scherzino (2013) World Premiere. Schoenberg A: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) arr. Barton Staggs, Schumann R: Piano Quartet in E flat major, op.47. In a well balanced programme of old elements and new, the Australia Quartet’s offerings proceeded in reverse…
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra conducted by Paul Dyer delivered a powerful performance of Mozart’s glorious Mass in C minor, K 427, ‘The Great’. Soloists Sara Macliver and Fiona Campbell were well matched and outstanding. Read Peter McCallum’s reviewin the Sydney Morning Herald and Murray Black’s review in The Australian The performance is repeated Friday May 10th, Saturday May 11th, Wednesday…
Something momentous happened on the opera stage this week. It was the debut in a major role, in Sydney, on the stage of the Opera House, of soprano Anna-Louise Cole, who sang the role of Turandot in Opera Australia’s eponymous production.
Nelson Mass Sydney Chamber Choir/ Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra/ Richard Gill City Recital Hall, October 1, 2016 From Dreaming to Distress, the Sydney Chamber Choir performed masses themed around these diametrically opposed ideas in their concert last weekend. Conducted by Richard Gill AO, the choir was joined by the newly re-branded Australian Romantic and…
Barely five years old, the Australian Haydn Ensemble (AHE), has released its debut recording, The Haydn Album on ABC Classics. It marks an important milestone in the evolution of the ensemble, as it diversifies beyond the annual concert series it has presented since its founding in 2011 by artistic director and concertmaster of the ensemble,…
Dance/Chant Celebrating Ross Edwards Sydney Chamber Choir/ Synergy Percussion Sam Allchurch, Paul Stanhope, Nicholas Routley, conductors 4 August 2018 City Recital Hall, Sydney Written by Wendy McLeod This concert celebrated the unique voice of composer Ross Edwards as he approaches his 75th birthday in December. The Sydney Chamber Choir gave a mesmerising account of musical vignettes by both Edwards…