The Sixteen reviewed….
The eighteen singers of The Sixteen and their twenty strong instrumental ensemble perform in Sydney:
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/baroque-masters-offer-rich-textures-20120228-1u0rq.html
The eighteen singers of The Sixteen and their twenty strong instrumental ensemble perform in Sydney:
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/baroque-masters-offer-rich-textures-20120228-1u0rq.html
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rachel Podger Musica Viva City Recital Hall 13 November 2017 The repertoire spanned no more than a decade and a half, from c 1760 to 1775, yet the music expressed sentiments from elation to lamentation and showcased expert interpretation of the Classical style when the Orchestra of the Age of…
Bittersweet Obsessions: Monteverdi and Bach Australian Brandenburg Orchestra City Recital Hall 25 October 2017 The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Bittersweet Obsessions: Monteverdi and Bach is an engaging pastiche of early and baroque music, performed in a dramatised setting by thirteen members of the orchestra, led by concertmaster Shaun Lee-Chen. Joined by four vocal soloists – New…
Ascension, Bach Akademie Australia St Francis of Assissi Church, Paddington, Sydney 29 March, 2019 Despite the innumerable words written about the music of J S Bach, there is nothing that touches the soul quite like hearing it performed by those who understand it best. JS Bach’s music brims with inexplicable harmonies and poignant melodies against…
Sydney pianist Stephanie McCallum has released the first volume of Recueils de Chants a series of tone poems for piano by Charles-Valentin Alkan. This first edition contains the first three of five books, adding a world premiere recording of Une fuse a spinning song.tone poems by Charles-Valentin Alkan. Recorded in the Recital Hall West, of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music during 2012, there is nearly 75…
Read the review of this Sydney concert from The Australian which featured the 2014 Grammy Award winning team of Dawn Upshaw and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Music critic Michael Church once noted the existence of “Those who mistakenly believe that historical operas by dead composers can only be made ‘relevant’ if they are updated and taken out of their traditional theatrical context”.* Whether or not you subscribe to this view, Opera Australia’s Roger Hodgman directed offering of Verdi’s masterpiece Rigoletto demonstrates…