Above: Eric Whitacre returned to Australia to conduct Sydney Philharmonia Choirs’ VOX. Image: Keith Saunders
Eric Whitacre has reached global stardom, blending genres, bridging listening gaps between so-called ‘classical’ and ‘other’ musics plus their audiences. His commitment to choral music …
Congratulations to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. It has moved on from Bach-Beethoven-Brahms and given us a treat with Bree van Reyk’s Fanfare for Solidarity, a three-minute piece the SSO commissioned as part of the its 50 Fanfares Project. This …
Above: Swedish-Norwegian violinist Johan Dalene and Australian pianist Jennifer Marten-Smith completed their national tour of the ‘Northern Lights’ programme with an ecstatically received concert at City Recital Hall. Featured image: Johan Dalene delivered a stunning range of nuamce and fine …
There was excitement here last Sunday on a sunny Sydney winter afternoon. We were on the Pier at Dawes Point Walsh. Bay.The Australian Haydn Ensemble led by Skye McIntosh was to deliver an all Mozart program …String Quintet, Sonata, Piano …
He’s not called a superstar for nothing. There are concert pianists, and there are capital-letter Concert Pianists. Lang Lang is unquestionably among the latter. A consummate musician, a pianist who immerses himself so totally in the music that it’s almost …
What a night! NZ’s Signature Choir of 94 singers, 82 members of the SSO and an audience of enthusiastic local Pacific Islanders! The Concert Hall was packed out. The Choir presented songs from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau …
Above and featured image: Jessica O’Donoghue in the role of Ava. Photo credit: Daniel Boud.
It remains a powerful artistic device to tinge modern narratives with ancient or mythological themes and borrowings, tweaking them towards our modern sensibilities.
So plays …
Above: Sydney Symphony Orchestra played an all-French programme in this concert at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. SSO was joined by Lang Lang for a stunning version of the Piano Concerto No 2 by Camille Saint-Saëns. Images: Jay Patel …
This soirée-style chamber concert in the Utzon Room of the Sydney Opera House was a journey through French and Spanish Impressionism. The three compositions (Ravel, Debussy and Turina) were selected to highlight the harp, flute, viola, violin and viola.
Greeted …
Above: Curator and performer for this latest Sydney instalment of Kammerklang’s ‘Hidden Curiosity’ series-violist Phoebe Green.
Kammerklang’s established series of performer curated concerts continues this year with diverse but equally ingenious works submitted by local composers for the viola voice.…