The moving concert at City Recital Hall, one of many organised around the country to raise funds for those affected by the fires, brought together 200 musicians from across Sydney’s classical music scene.
Ravishing music, virtuosic performances and an intelligent, contemporary production make for an unforgettable night.
Don't let the name fool you – this concert by the Australian Chamber Orchestra is larger than life.
Pinchgut Opera triumphs in Monteverdi’s late masterpiece.
Comparisons to the piano seem wrong-headed, says Erin Helyard, the Artistic Director of Pinchgut Opera. A virtuoso on the harpsichord (and fortepiano), he believes it’s the instrument on which Bach sounds best.
The 2020 season also includes Handel's Rinaldo plus concerts of Charpentier, Purcell, Monteverdi and Gabrieli.
The first 20 winners at the 19th Annual Helpmann Awards were announced tonight, with Counting and Cracking taking home four awards.
Erin Helyard produces an extraordinary palette of light and shade in this recital drawn from a manuscript brought to Australia by the artist and diarist Georgiana McCrae.
The best of Sydney in Melbourne’s best room.
Returning to Sydney to take on a more dedicated role as AD of Pinchgut Opera, Helyard talks the company’s first concert of the season, his wish-list operas, and what he’s been up to in the recording studio.
Backward look at masterpiece brings a winter of content.
A final concert full of vitality, with guest star Erin Helyard.
The American mezzo delivered a Baroque rockstar performance, but the Orchestra of the Antipodes was no mere backing band.
