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The World of a Symphony: Popov and Shostakovich

Classical Fine Music Magazine Magazine

Imagine living in an age where in a stroke, your life could be erased from the pages of history while being forced to rejoice through clenched teeth and a bitter heart. A world whose very social fabric was being ripped apart at the seams and replaced with fear, betrayal, lies, and above all, terror.

CD of the Week – Lost Codex of Avalon Vol II

CD of the Week

Inspired by his lifelong immersion in authentic medieval sound, composer, countertenor and medieval harpist David Yardley’s compositions conjure the lost music of the mythic isle of Avalon, from Arthurian legend. The Lost Codex of Avalon Volume II features spine-tingling and unique new music performed by outstanding musicians.

Australian Haydn Ensemble is back!

Digital Arts Calendar

From Carnegie Hall to City Recital Hall, Australian Haydn Ensemble brings you the delightful Times Of Day Symphonies, plus a premiere 250 years in the making as Laura Vaughan introduces the baryton to Sydney audiences. Dont miss the toast of New York!

Artists for Peace

Digital Arts Calendar

Ayşe Göknur Shanal and pianist Benjamin Martin are two musicians, two people, two friends, who happen to be Muslim and Jewish. They want to share their experience of not just coexisting, but of being in complete harmony. They will perform masterpieces, including Schumann’s Dichterliebe, Ravel’s Two Traditional Hebrew Melodies, the extravagant Shéhérazade, Martin’s Ragamuffin and more at the Sydney Opera House, join them in the name of peace.

Sir Eugene Goossens: Symphonies, Sorcery and Secrets

Classical Fine Music Magazine Magazine Uncategorized

For over four decades, speculation and theories have swirled around Goossens’ disgrace. Some speculated conspiracy and blackmail, while others even connected it to the Petrov spy scandal. However, evidence came to light that began to unravel the mystery, exposing a tale of the conductor’s reckless sexual obsessions and a connection to a mysterious paganist and witchcraft circle in Kings Cross, Sydney.

Maria Callas Comes to Sydney

Arts Review Michael Morton-Evans

It’s taken a long time for opera singer Maria Callas to make it to Australia, but finally she arrived this past weekend. But wait a minute, I hear you say, I thought the diva was dead. Well, it’s true. She died in 1977 at the early age of 53, but thanks to the wonders of modern-day technology, and an initiative of the European Union, she gave two magnificent concerts in the Sydney Opera House on Saturday and Sunday.

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