‘Carolfest’ with Sydney University Musical Society


Soprano Sara Macliver and pianist Ian Munro, present well-known and not-so-well-known art songs about women in Songs My Mother Taught Me. The duo aim to nurture and develop the Art Song which is an increasingly rare format. “It is not that long ago that everyone knew what art song was” Macliver says, “and everyone performed it,…
Christ Church St Laurence warmly invites you to Advent and Epiphany Carols, as well as Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services at Christ Church St Laurence. They mark the beginning of preparations for Christmas with an Advent Carols Service on Sunday 1 December that will feature music by composers such as Byrd, Leighton and Mendelssohn,…
The Sydney Consort invites you to their last performance – Farewell Concert. After 20 years, they are drawing the curtains for good and for this last concert, they will play the baroque favourites requested by their audience. The concert will feature the chamber music of J.S. Bach, Handel, Castello, Vivaldi, Royer and others. It is rare…
This weekend there is another opportunity to see the acclaimed documentary In Search of Chopin, by Phil Grabsky. Grabsky continues his exploration of the life and works of the great masters (he irected In Search of Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn) with this look at the life and music of Fryderyk Chopin, one of the greatest composers of the romantic era and…
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…
Pianist Angel Hewitt’s interpretations of the keyboard works of J S Bach have defined her as the foremost exponent of this repertoire in the 21st century. In 2005, she completed an 11 year project to record all his major keyboard works – described by The Sunday Times as “one of the record glories of…