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The original scores tell you how early music should be played, says Jordi Savall.
Shamistha de Soysa is a Sydney-based arts writer, reviewer, pianist and choral singer whose work also appears in The Saturday Paper and Limelight Arts Travel. She sang with Sydney Philharmonia Symphony Chorus for 12 years and was a volunteer at Fine Music FM.
The original scores tell you how early music should be played, says Jordi Savall.
The choir is in superlative form in the ABO's annual concert featuring traditional carols, sacred songs and popular numbers.
In this adventurous concert exploring the experiences of Mary, mother of Christ, the singers give an expert performance, but the production values could be better.
This production of Charpentier’s Baroque opera is a marvel, thanks to meticulous research, top-notch performances and ingenious interpretation.
The Song Company delivers superb performances all round in this expert interpretation of Renaissance polyphony and related modern works.
Our reviewers and readers have voted for the Australian and international artists who raised their heart rates in 2022. Their votes have been tallied, and we are thrilled to announce our winners.
Following masterclasses at an intensive five-day music camp, the students of the Western Sydney Philharmonic presented their first orchestral concert, performing alongside their professional teachers.
This concert, celebrating the music of Vivaldi, was excellent in every regard, with soprano Miriam Allan holding the audience in the palm of her hand.
Packing a picnic hamper and joining opera lovers in black-tie on the train to see Alcina is an integral part of this year's Glyndebourne experience.
When singing becomes an outlet for pent-up emotions, the status quo hasn’t a chance.
This year the annual festival not only filled the streets of the ancient French city with music, but it also breathed new life into an abandoned stadium with Mahler's Resurrection.
Allchurch leads his fine ensemble in meticulous style offering songs for comfort, for entertainment and for change, sung from the heart.
On what could well be his last Australian visit, Zubin Mehta talks about his six-decade career, reuniting with the AWO, Strauss’s tone poems and his love of cricket.