“Because we live in a culture…… where visual stimuli are in the ascendant, sometimes at the cost of sound. Sound is no longer enough…… that music is a worthy pursuit in and of itself is…..being casually dismissed. Classical music now must aspire to offer spectacle – whether a particular piece can take it or not.
Philip Clark writes in Gramophone magazine.
“New Wine in an Old Bottle” is a recent CD release on the Move label, featuring new compositions for the natural horn, written by Thomas McConochie and performed by Ma
rk Papworth and Amanda Millar
The New York Times reports that a new website, The Opera Platform, will begin free live streaming of opera from 15 of Europe’s most prestigious opera houses this weekend. The opera houses include the Royal Opera Covent Garden, the Berlin Komische Oper and those in Lyon, Turin and Madrid. This three-way collaboration between Opera Europa, which represents…
Entries opened for the first time online this week for the prestigious 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia (SIPCA) with a revised format under its new Artistic Director, Piers Lane AO. This internationally recognised competition is open to pianists of all nationalities aged 18 to 32 and has an impressive alumni of first prize…
London’s Trafalgar Square has for centuries been an icon of the city. In its centre stands Nelson’s column, flanked by the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and St Martin in the Fields. It is also the home to thousands of pigeons, which will have to move over for the London Symphony Orchestra as principal…
SoundsLikeSydney is very excited to announce the launch of ClassicMelbourne, “a unique new site that celebrates the breadth and extent of classical music performance in Melbourne.” Congratulations ClassicMelbourne! Each month, SoundsLikeSydney and ClassicMelbourne will bring you some of the best of classical music events in our two cities in a free newsletter. There are so…
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra opened its season Mozart Requiem: 100 Voices at the City Recital Hall last week. The orchestra was joined by the gifted singers of the Australian Brandenburg Young Voices and the Australian Brandenburg Choir in diverse choral classics ending in an awe-inspiring performance of Mozart’s Requiem. Scroll down to see all 6 images…