Presenting the string quartets of cutting-edge American composer, Jennifer Higdon, alongside masters Haydn, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky, this is a concert of identity, balance and harmony,
Music from a time when life seemed straightforward; from deceptively simple arrangements to more …
Fresh back from their international tour of Europe and China, the Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO) returned to the Concert Hall at the Sydney’s Opera House for their final concert and were greeted with rapturous applause as they entered the stage. …
A recent cartoon depicts an overbearing conductor berating a soloist clutching a violin. “It’s allright for you,” says the conductor. “You come from a wealthy family who bought you that Stradivarius. All my family could afford was this baton!” Although …
Some people call him a genius. Others claim he was at the right place at the right time. Some claim that it is purely hype and spin that has made him famous. Whatever you choose to believe, Gustavo Dudamel is …
There is something wholesomely endearing about Zubin Mehta. If you had a favourite uncle you’d want him to look like him. He has the demeanour of a well-travelled person, full of bon-homie and joie-de-vivre, with perhaps a touch of the …
The latest wonderful concert by Willoughby Symphony was entitled ENIGMA .Under the inspired graceful and enthusiastic conducting of Dr Nicholas Milton the Orchestra had a huge rich sound and was in top form.
First up we heard Gershwin’s An American …
As part of their 30th birthday season the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir presented HANDEL’S ANTHEMS AND FIREWORKS .
The first half began with the four coronation anthems Handel wrote for George II and Queen Caroline in 1727 and which …
Sam Bernstein described his son, Leonard, as “my gift to Uncle Sam…how could I know my son was going to grow up to be Leonard Bernstein!”
On this the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth it is time to reflect …
I suppose it started because I was besotted with acting and singing. Psychiatrists would have a field day – something to do with deprivation as a child, not enough cuddles or lack of affection in ‘ze formatif yearz’. So when …
The story of Verdi’s Shakespearean operas is not the operas he did compose but the one that he longed to set to music all his life but never somehow managed. And that was King Lear. Verdi loved Shakespeare. He always …