Above: Nicholas Russoniello played Baritone and soprano saxophone improvisations in between movements of the Vespers at this performance. Featured image: Conductor Tim Cunniffe led Symphony Chorus members during this beautifully lit performance. Photo credit, both images: Simon Crossley-Meates.
This performance …
This was a very special concert, held in the resplendent Concert Hall at the Sydney Opera House.
There were just two works in the program. The first piece, Michael Nyman’s playful, wistful Where The Bee Dances (1991). Brilliant young British …
Universally hailed as one of the world’s finest musicians, Grammy award winning Maxim Vengerov will tour Australia in celebration of his 50th birthday in August.
Joined by one of Europe’s most iconic pianists Polina Osetinskaya, the master violinist will appear …
Above: Guest conductor for this concert, Stéphane Denève. Photo credit: Jay Patel. Featured image: SSO, Stéphane Denève and organist Olivier Latry. Photo credit: Jay Patel.
This exciting event let audiences hear the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall organ, in the …
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall was filled to the back of the choir seats last night for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performance of Saint-Saëns’ famous Organ Symphony. We so rarely get to hear the Concert Hall organ played …
Above: Virgilio Marino as Tinca, Olivia Cranwell as Giorgetta, Viktor Antipenko as Luigi and cast in ‘Il Tabarro’. Photo Credit: Keith Saunders. Featured image: Adele Johnston as The Abbess, Sian Sharp as The Monitor and Helen Sherman as Mistress of …
In a keenly developed program the Sydney Philharmonia Youth Choir gave an accomplished concert at the lower Wharf 2/3 space, the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct. The selection of North European and Australian items was well curated and a joy to …
Featured image: Above: Piano soloist Phillip Shovk joined Woollahra Philharmonic Orchestra to perform the Saint Saens Piano Concerto No 2.
Innovation was a keyword and theme for the recent Woollahra Phillharmonic Orchestra concert. I’d like to add a few more
Above: As in 2023 for the choir’s ‘Winter Nights’ performances, ‘Fireside’ brought us high quality vocal ensemble and choir music in a wide range of styles. Photo Credit : Robert Catto.
From the moment audience entered The Neilson on Saturday …
Beethoven’s Fifth, played by seven members of the Australian Haydn Ensemble, (AHE) is a sweeping, joyous sound. The June 30 performance at the City Recital Hall received a standing ovation. Played by six stirngs and one flute, the ensemble …