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A high note for Richard Bonynge in Australia Day honours

16 hours ago by Melissa Lesnie in Classical Music
The conductor joins his late wife Dame Joan Sutherland as Companion of the Order of Australia.

A "roller-coaster ride" complete with matricide

22 hours ago by Melissa Lesnie in Classical Music
Strauss’s Elektra is the Perth Festival’s most bloodthirsty offering.

Sydney Conservatorium's new dean is bold as brass

2 days ago by Melissa Lesnie in Classical Music
The American tubist takes the reins following Kim Walker’s stormy exit.

West Side Story: Sydney Symphony plays it cool

3 days ago by Melissa Lesnie in Film
Bernstein's masterpiece screens at the Sydney Opera House with live orchestral backing.

Bernstein's "courageous" Mass for the masses

Jan 19, 2012 by Melissa Lesnie in Classical Music
Is this controversial piece of music theatre a masterpiece for our times?

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Jan 18, 2012 by Melissa Lesnie in Audio Visual
Leonard Bernstein's friends, family and fellow musicians discuss the man and the legend.
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Jan 18, 2012

Amiina at Melbourne Recital Centre

Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne: City & inner suburbs (VIC)
Sigur Ros' acclaimed string section has developed into the exceptional Icelandic sextet Amiina.
Jan 27 - 28, 2012

West Side Story with the Sydney Symphony

Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney: City & inner suburbs (NSW)
One of the greatest movie musicals and winner of ten Academy Awards, West Side Story is reborn with the full power of Sydney’s magnificent ...
Feb 4, 2012

Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Plenary Hall, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne: City & inner suburbs (VIC)
Everyone who loves DoctorWho needs to make a date for this once-in-a-lifetime musical celebration with the Doctor on the big screen, and a host of ...
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Reviews

SAINT-SAENS: Elan – Ballet Music from Operas

2 days ago
Orchestra Victoria and Tourniaire make a persuasive case for ending the neglect of Saint-Saëns's lesser-known operatic gems.
 

Dances to a Black Pipe (clarinet: Martin Frost; ACO/Tognetti)

3 days ago
Masked magician: Martin Frost and the ACO cast a spell.
 

ARRIVEDERCI (Vittorio Grigolo t; Orch del Teatro Regio di Parma/Morandi)

3 days ago
Forza Vittorio: Grigolo gets stuck into Italian favourites.
 

WAGNER: Meistersinger – an orchestral tribute (Royal Scottish National Orch/Jarvi)

Jan 16, 2012
I would recommend this CD only to the pathologically curious or Wagner completists.
 

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Nos 3, 21 "Waldstein", Andante favori, Rondo a capriccio (Alice Sara Ott)

Jan 16, 2012
Beethoven beautified: a new talent’s fresh take on the Waldstein.
 

QUINTOPIA (New Sydney Wind Quintet)

Jan 16, 2012
On this kaleidoscopic disc of music for wind quintet, the members of NSWQ each reveal something of their own musical personalities.
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Blogs
Sarah Noble

An Operatic Australia Day Celebration

By Sarah Noble on Jan 26, 2012
Happy Australia Day! Oz is doing the international opera world proud.
 
Sally Whitwell

The coming attractions of cover art

By Sally Whitwell on Jan 11, 2012
I've found the perfect artist and collaborator to create the imagery for my second album. I say do judge a pianist by her cover!
 
Mathisha Panagoda

Bach on the Subway

By Mathisha Panagoda on Jan 2, 2012
First there was the Joshua Bell busking experiment. Now, I thought it was time to try something different, armed with the Cello Suites on the busy New York subway.
 
Wendy Lang

Bah! Humbug! Tama takes Scrooge to the airwaves

By Wendy Lang on Dec 23, 2011
He most recently directed Opera Australia’s The Love of the Nightingale… But before that Tama Matheson recorded a captivating radio play of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
 
Sarah Noble

Das Lied von Berlin

By Sarah Noble on Dec 22, 2011
A week of Mahler with the Berlin Philharmonic? Don't mind if I do.
 
Sally Whitwell

Different piano folks for different key strokes

By Sally Whitwell on Dec 14, 2011
Acoustically speaking, those who come to hear my second album will be treated to three sound worlds for the price of one. Here's why the recorded sound is so important, how we'll achieve it, and which piano cuts the mustard three ways.
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