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Australian Chamber Orchestra
‘Rapture and Revolution’ was the first in the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s series of eight StudioCasts scheduled for 2021. A seven-day ticket for each event costs AU$35 (around £19.50 or US$27; a series subscription is available) but these are clearly conceived as premium productions.
Sydney’s Victorian Town Hall practically became a studio. The galleries and the grand organ were highlighted as architectural features. Beyond this, the camera shots were sensitive to the musical action, creating a distinctive style with lots of immersive, close-arc shots. The audio is impressive too, perhaps slightly favouring the cellos and bass – but why wouldn’t you, when you can achieve a mahogany sound as deep and yet as clearly spoken as this?
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Uniquely focused on both the baroque and the brand new, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale (PBO) announces the appointment of TARIK O REGAN as the 40-year old organization s first-ever Composer-in-Residence.
In his three-and-a-half-year residency, O Regan will work closely with Music Director Richard Egarr, the Orchestra, Chorale, and staff, composing new works and establishing immersive relationships within the larger PBO community. This marks the first of two exciting and unprecedented PBO residencies this season.
One of the most played, commissioned, and recorded British-American composers of his generation, Tarik O Regan s prolific output reflects his love of Renaissance vocal writing (his choral works are especially renowned) and the music of North Africa (his family is from Morocco and Algeria). The Washington Post describes his music as exquisite and delicate, while The Philadelphia Inquirer says it evokes previously unheard sound worlds with astonishing effect. B
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. â The Albany Symphonyâs upcoming âRachmaninoff Thirdâ is set to feature a commissioned work by young Spanish-American composer Carlos Bandera, one of the most technically challenging piano concertos ever composed, and Respighiâs Trittico Botticelliano.
The performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 13 at Universal Preservation Hall, and live streamed in real-time from the Saratoga Springs venue.
A pre-concert talk is scheduled for 7 p.m. followed by a post-concert question and answer session with the artists for season subscribers.
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âWe are delighted to be presenting Carlos Banderaâs new work. He is a wonderful composer. We are also so excited to collaborate for the first time with the incredible Israeli pianist, Inon Barnatan. He is an absolutely world-class soloist, and a leading exponent of this amazing Concerto. The Rachmaninoff Third is reputed to be the most technically virtuosic, diffi