How often do you have a tune going around in your head that you know SO well…but you just can’t put a name to it. This amazing website could put an end to your sleepless nights….
The Multimedia Library’s Electronic Dictionary of Musical Themes created by Harold Barlow and Sam Morgenstern – lets you key in the tune on your (computer) keyboard. It can identify tunes in seconds and you can search by composer, theme or genre.
Pinchgut Opera’s innovative film debut, A Delicate Fire, featuring the music of the amazing Barbara Strozzi is now available to watch online. Barbara Strozzi was a 17th century Italian singer, a prolific composer and lutenist of the baroque period. Born in Venice c August 1619, she was successful in her own right without church or…
Whilst music and words by themselves have the power to evoke myriad emotions, conductor Mark Wigglesworth writes about the unbeatable power of combining words with music: http://www.gramophone.co.uk/blog/shaping-the-invisible/when-it-comes-to-expressing-emotion-is-music-better-than-words
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra prepares to open its 2012 season with four performances of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony over the coming week. Check out this witty Q and A with Philip Glass from the UK Guardian on the curse of composing a Ninth Symphony. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/05/pass-notes-ninth-symphony
Can’t decide what music to play over the Festive Season? Here are some suggestions from our recent reviews of albums that feature both sacred and secular selections to help create the festive mood! A Very Brandenburg Christmas – the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is joined by soprano and bandura player Larissa Kovalchuk, saxophonist Christina Leonard the…
Calling all choirs! Join a historic massed choirs event to celebrate the Sydney Eisteddfod 90th Anniversary Gala at the Sydney Town Hall.
“The Rabbits is a melting pot of genres….. (singers) from opera to jazz and music theatre…..accompanied by a 5 piece band which includes a piano accordion, violin and electronics…..It is likely to become an iconic work that not only entertains but makes critical statements about Australia’s history – beguiling and thought-provoking.” Those are some of…