On the road with pianist Simon Tedeschi, the actor puts the case for resurrecting 19th-century melodrama with music. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
A welcoming evening of friendly music making in an ornate setting.
Ahead of Chamber 8’s Australian tour, the violinist shares the classical music clichés that annoy him the most. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Ahead of Chamber 8’s Australian tour, the LA Philharmonic horn player shares his greatest on-stage fear. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
A brave and intriguing programme from Slava and the ASQ.
What’s it like to steer clear of the bottom but never quite hit the heights? Masumi Per Rostad on the vicarious life of the viola. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Schoenberg and Abbott shine in works reconfigured for Piano Trio.
A musically rich and entertaining step back into the Weimar Era.
Tinalley String Quartet, Genevieve Lacey, Piers Lane and the Van Diemen's Band are heading to the new festival in October.
The clarinettist and Head of Wind at Queensland Con hopes to make Brisbane the home of chamber music in Australia.
Novel arrangements see a trio of chamber wizzes shouldering an entire orchestra.
Richard Egarr, Director of the Academy of Ancient Music describes Viennese composer Castello’s music as “utterly boundless in its virtuosity, imagination and colour, and would take anything we could throw at it in performance.” Well, he’s right. Although Dario Castello isn’t terribly well known these days since almost no biographical information about him has survived, back in the early 17th century he was celebrated across Europe with reprint after reprint of his Sonate Concertate. Subtitled in Stil Moderno (in the modern style), these unusual pieces live up to their description by including rapid-fire wind passages and sections that change mood at the drop of a hat. It’s a bit CPE Bach-esque in that Castello seems to delight in confounding both listeners and players with unexpected twists and turns. Castello realised that this sort of thing meant that the pieces were tricky to play but wouldn’t have any of it, writing that although the sonatas “may appear difficult, their spirit will not be destroyed by playing them more than once…this will render them very easy.” Helpful advice! There’s a focus on the winds here, with wind instruments appearing in solo form across a solid three-quarters of the… Continue reading Get unlimited…
A riveting release featuring five leading Australian composers.
