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Vale Nikolaus Harnoncourt
One of the great pioneers of historically informed performance, Nikolaus Harnoncourt has died in Vienna aged 86. Just last year, on December 5, one day before his 86th birthday, the audience of the Concentus Musicus Wien, the ensemble that he founded in 1953, found a personal letter of farewell from him in its evening programme….
Australian Chamber Orchestra Launches Its Digital Content Season ACO Homecasts
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) presents its digital content season, ACO HomeCasts, bringing extensive and innovative music from the musicians of the ACO into the homes of audiences and communities across Australia and abroad over the coming months, and beyond. Tonight, April 7 at 7 pm, ACO violinist Ike See and ACO violist Elizabeth Woolnough give…
Phoenix Rising – Dan Russell’s Vision For His New Ensemble
Far away in the remote Australian outback a curious sound arises from the depths of a sink-hole. It is a sound that is separated from its environment by millennia. Tourists linger to listen and if the animals of the night were to be around, they would surely stop in their tracks, hypnotised by the strains…
NY Times lauds an Australian composer
Australian composer Nicholas Vines has received a ringing endorsement by no less a journal than The New York Times, for his composition for clarinet and piano, Rustling the Deities. Performed by the “superb new-music ensemble counter)induction” (Allan Kozinn in The New York Times), this review happily supports the release last week of the debut recording of Vines’ music Torrid…
News from the US: Philadelphia and Seattle
…… in news from the US, the Philadelphia Orchestra which shocked the music world by filing for bankruptcy last year aims to revive itself after court approval of its financial plans: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/bankruptcy-court-gives-blessing-to-philadelphia-orchestra-reorganization/ ……. on the flip side, the Seattle Opera is forced to slash its programme for 2012-2013: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/budget-woes-prompt-cuts-at-seattle-opera/
Pagliacci Image Gallery
The tragic tale of the broken-hearted clown comes to life in Pagliacci, Opera Australia’s verismo double-bill with Cavalleria Rusticana which opened in Sydney last week. Director Damiano Michieletto has linked the two works dramatically with several of the main characters from one opera appearing the other. Read our review from opening night and see these luscious…
