Melbourne Digital Concert Hall’s Sydney season presents violinist Emma Jardine with pianist Benjamin Kopp,performing form the National Art School.
The Sydney Opera House will stream its 2015 production of Handel’s Messiah on Easter Sunday, April 12 at 10 am. Performed by the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Orchestra conducted by Brett Weymark, with soloists Rachelle Durkin, Louise Callinan, Jonathan Abernathy and Rodney Earl Clarke, the singers are joined by an Auslan signing choir for the…
As the days get longer, cellist Rachel Scott takes us once again into the atmospheric underworld of “Bach in the Dark”. In this round of concerts she joins forces with Rachel Tolmie who performs on the cor anglais. There isn’t much original repertoire for this mix of instruments and both Scott and Tolmie have been…
Pianist Simon Tedeschi and flautist Sally Walker perform together in a gentle and uplifting program of mostly French miniatures for flute and piano, in the Melbourne Digital Concert Hall. The programme includes music from Fauré, Satie, Büsser and more. Their recent collaboration during the Sydney Festival proved a winning combination and a delightful escape from…
Synergy Percussion celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2014 with a bang – they will perform Steve Reich’s incomparable Drumming during their anniversary concert. Inspired by African drumming patterns, this was the work that brought Reich major recognition in 1971. A feast for the ears, it’s so powerful and mesmerising that one critic noted “it’s a…
Arrebato Ensemble performs a uniquely Australian contemporary flamenco sound in an east coast tour that coincides with the release on August 10 of its third studio album Sofia’s Dream. Arrebato in Spanish means “a sudden and intense burst of emotion.” Led by best friends and long-time musical collaborators, flamenco guitarist Greg Alfonzetti and Damian de Boos-Smith…
The Metropolitan Orchestra’s upcoming Family Cushion Concert features narrated performances of Peter and the Wolf and the Australian premiere of The Unhappy Aardvark. Prokofiev’s enchanting tale of Peter and the Wolf paints its characters with the instruments of the orchestra and tells its story in music and prose. The Unhappy Aadvark by British composer and…
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