Classical

Spearheading this production is the orchestra’s Conductor Emeritus, Sir Simon Rattle, who left the post last year. As might be expected under his baton, the result is absolutely first class. If you are a fan of Britten’s work, then this is a must in your collection.

Upon her recent success being accepted into the Salzburger Festspiele Young Singers Project and Opernstudio NRW, mezzo-soprano Cassandra Doyle looks forward to performing a final recital with friends at the Pitt Street Uniting Church, before moving to Essen to commence rehearsals in June.

Advance publicity for the Mahler 2 concert in Chatswood bordered on hyperventilation: Massive!, shrieked one headline, Colossal!, trumpeted another.

Opera Australia artists form “The Opera Room”, an independent company bringing art song to classical music lovers all over Sydney.  

Mozart is one of the world’s favourite classical composers. His Piano concerto no 23, K488, and Symphony no 41, K551, Jupiter, are two of his most popular compositions.

It was during the 1700s that the secular began overtaking the sacred as the type of music most likely to be written down, distributed, and listened to.

The 20th century Russian composer Gavriil Popov (1904-1972) shared many bonds with his compatriot Dmitri Shostakovich (1906- 1975).

Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis in D major is one of the towering masterpieces of the choral repertoire...

If I think about it, it seems very unlikely that I would have made a career in music. Electrician, house...

he March 2024 edition of Class Act includes a new jazz-fusion composition, Incognito, by Sydney Boys High School composer Benjamin Pirom.
There’s an energetic performance of Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No 1 by pianist Aqueel Roshan of Sydney Technical High School.