The week’s concerts in review…

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra plays Beethoven and R Strauss:
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Venice Secrets:

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra plays Beethoven and R Strauss:
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Venice Secrets:
Halcyon is relaunching First Stones 2022, its vocal writing intensive, coming up in July 2022. First Stones 2022 promises to be an unrivalled opportunity to discover more about the voice and its capabilities, something Halcyon has been living out in performance for almost twenty five years. Additionally, it is a chance to explore the collaborative…
It’s over for another year – The Classic 100 – ABC Classic FM’s annual survey of listener favourites – which this year, compiled a list of the most popular 100 vocal works as voted in by listeners of ABC Classic FM. Topping the selections was the last movement from Beethoven’s Symphony 9, featuring the Ode to Joy,…
The eagerly anticipated new staging of Don Giovanni, directed by Sir David McVicar has opened in Sydney. Judging by its enthusiastic reception on opening night, it didn’t disappoint. One of Sydney’s favourite baritones, Teddy Tahu Rhodes reprised his role as the ‘Don’ – and who can forget his explosive, leather clad appearance on stage in the…
These images give just an inkling of the thrills in Spanish Baroque, presented by the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and C!RCA with soprano Natasha Wilson and guitarist Stefano Maiorana. Read our review of opening night and scroll down to see all 8 images. Spanish Baroque is on at the City Recital Hall on selected dates until…
Written by composer and jazz saxophonist Spike Mason, FLYING was inspired by a poem written by the Tasmanian poet Di Adams about someone waking up and realising that they can FLY! Originally from Sydney, now based in Tasmania, Spike composed this work while flying back and forth to work each week in Sydney. FLYING is…
We’re stretching our boundaries to include some not-to-be-missed concerts around Australia – but sadly, not in Sydney – that feature one of Sydney’s favourite sons, tenor Stuart Skelton. Skelton performs with the eminent soprano Nina Stemme in highlights from Tristan und Isolde with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Marko Letonja at the…