Haydn

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Jacqui Smith

Australian Haydn Ensemble brings symphonies into my sitting room

Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Eroica Mon 8 August, 2022 | ADCH (live at City Recital Hall) The pandemic was great for one thing – being able to watch a beautiful concert in the comfort and warmth of one’s home when the sniffles return. Thanks Australian Digital Concert Hall for this last minute option B for those under the weather.

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Peter Hagen

There is nothing like a live performance to lift the spirits – MSO’s Hidden Gems

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Hidden Gems Thursday 16 June, Repeated on Friday 17 June at Costa Hall in Geelong Farrenc – Overture no 2 Haydn – Sinfonia Concertante Rameau – Suite from Zoroastre Schubert – Symphony No. 3 The Thursday performance I attended was in the Melbourne Town Hall with the wonderful backdrop of the mighty town hall pipe organ.

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Heidi Hereth

Australian Haydn Ensemble’s fireworks!

Australian Haydn Ensemble, Viennese Star March 19, 2022, Utzon Room, Sydney It was a privilege to be in the Utzon Room on such a beautiful evening to see the postponed concert by the Australian Haydn Ensemble,  Mozart:Viennese Star.  The concert comprised of three different string quartets from the 1780’s by three composers who respected and admired each others’ work. The

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Jane Downer

Review: Mozart’s Prague, luxuriant sounds loaded with dramatic verve

Australian Haydn Ensemble – Mozart’s Prague Saturday 18th December 2021 Sydney Recital Hall – Australian Digital Concert Hall Skye McIntosh, Artistic Director and Concert-master of the Australian Haydn Ensemble compiled a ‘bold’ programme with Mozart’s Prague by virtue of the brilliant superiority, refined craftsmanship and exacting demands of the repertoire. The concert was streamed live from the City Recital Hall

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Pepe Newton

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra’s 2022 Concert Season

The past two years have taught Rachael Beesley & Nicole van Bruggen, Co-Artistic Directors of Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, a great many things, but what they have learned above all else is how deeply and profoundly they love performing with their dear friends and colleagues, and for you, their loyal friends and audience. So it is with renewed enthusiasm

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Australian Haydn Ensemble’s Perfect Rainy Day Menu

On a cold and rainy Sunday, most people would prefer to be indoors and rugged up. But at a time when live music is experiencing the revival it desperately needs, I and many others jumped at the chance to see the Australian Haydn Ensemble perform live at City Recital Hall. Celebrating their first return to concert stages in over a

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Led by guest violinist Midori Seiler, the Australian Haydn Ensemble dazzled with a season finale of Mozart & Haydn

On a cool overcast Sunday afternoon in Sydney, the Australian Haydn Ensemble, a leading period instrument group established in 2012, gave its final concert for 2019 under the guest directorship of well-known Baroque violinist, Midori Seiler, one of four sisters who are all professional string players. The concert began with Mozart’s Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K319, a

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Ironwood opened the inaugural Eastside Sydney Music Festival to riotous applause

The rain momentarily eased in time to celebrate the opening concert of the inaugural Eastside Sydney Music Festival. Featuring Ironwood at the Paddington Town Hall, this was the first of 10 musical events in interesting venues around Paddington, to be performed in less than a week. Neal Peres Da Costa, the Artistic Director, and also a member of Ironwood, introduced

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Ironwood presented divine & distinctive string quartets in their program, “Prussian Frogs & Bohemian Princes”

The Paddington Uniting Church provided the beautiful venue for Ironwood’s concert Prussian Frogs and Bohemian Princes. It was a cold night, and after extensive warming up of their period instruments, the members of Ironwood performed Haydn’s String Quartet Opus 50 No.6 in D Major, dedicated to the Prussian King Frederick William II. It was nicknamed “The Frog” (not Freddo the

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Heidi Hereth

UNSW’s Winter Gala program curated around women in love, life and musical creativity

I was pleased when the UNSW Winter Gala was moved from the Sir John Clancy Auditorium to the more intimate Tyree Room at the Scientia Building. This made for a convivial, cosy atmosphere, as rugged-up enthusiasts had the pleasure of being musically entranced by Sara Macliver and Ian Munro. One could immediately feel the collaboration and rapport between these two

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Australian Haydn Ensemble with a French Twist

On Sunday June 2, the Australian Haydn Ensemble performed an interesting program with a “French Twist” at the Independent Theatre in North Sydney. This included works with a French connection by Mozart and Haydn, paired with works by little known and rarely performed composers Jadin and Devienne, plus the more well-known Rameau, whose Cinquième Concert from Pieces de Clavecin en

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Ironwood: Mozart on the Move

The softer sounds of ‘period’ or ‘original’ instruments don’t always translate well to large concert halls, so the choice to hold the Sydney concert of Ironwood’s ‘Mozart on the Move’ series in a recital room the Glebe Town Hall had much to commend it. The smaller scale of the surrounds also made it perfect for the explanations of instruments given

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Ensemble Vinifera: And the ship sailed on…

Ensemble Vinifera – Independent Theatre, Sunday 16 February 2014 And the ship sailed on… What does an ensemble do when a key player calls in sick on the morning of an afternoon concert? Answer: near desperate phone calls and plaintive begging. That was the experience of Ensemble Vinifera last Sunday. A replacement is found but little rehearsal is possible. The

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