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Ingrid Fliter performs Chopin

Bill Brooks — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 04:42:57 +0000

The centrepiece of this week’s SSO concert was Chopin’s first piano concerto, Op. 11, played by leading Chopin interpreter Argentinian Ingrid Fliter It was bookended by works of early German romanticism, inspired by Gothic castles, misty mountains and troubled heroes but presented in the classical forms by Schumann and Mendelssohn, both of whom knew Chopin, […]

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JS Bach: Goldberg Variations, played by Sarah Grunstein

Bill Brooks — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 08:47:29 +0000

A performance of JS Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations for keyboard is a rare treat...writes William Brooks.

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A Roman Trilogy…a music review by Bill Brooks

Bill Brooks — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 10:36:41 +0000

The title of this Sydney Symphony Orchestra APT Series concert refers to the three symphonic poems by Respighi, Roman Festivals (Feste Romane, 1929), Fountains of Rome (Fontane di Roma, 1916) and Pines of Rome (Pini di Roma, 1924), which made up the second half.

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Sculthorpe remembered

Bill Brooks — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:12:25 +0000

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra paid its respects to the distinguished Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe who recently passed away by including an unscheduled performance of his Memento Mori in its ATP series concert thus week.

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