Music

Australian cities boast a rich culture of music embracing the entire gamut of musical tastes.

Sydney:

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

L’Elisir d’Amore: an opera review by Michelle Coleman

Classic Italian comedy, outback Australia setting: Matthew Barclay’s revival of Simon Phillips’ 2001 production of Donizetti’s popular opera buffa is sure to delight.

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Beethoven’s mighty mass

One big bite filling the whole program was the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s offering for the ATP Master Series concert last night, writes Fraser Beath McEwing.

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A Roman Trilogy…a music review by Bill Brooks

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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A bit of Bach and a lot of Liszt…a music review by Fraser Beath Mc Ewing

Russian pianist, Kirill Gerstein climbed a pianistic Mount Everest at Sydney’s Recital Hall last night by tackling Franz Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes, but not before warming up on Bartok and Bach.

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Molto Russian, meno Italian…a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

Rachmaninov and Shostakovich had their big guns blazing while Verdi pinged away with his pea-rifle in an Opera House concert last night that many in the audience rated as the best in the APT Master Series so far this year.

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