A Verdi Celebration | Australian Music

If you are having trouble viewing this newsletter, please try the online version at the ABC website 25 January 2013 Greetings from ABC Classic FM as we begin celebrations of Verdi's bicentenary with a long weekend showcasing the great man's work. This Australia Day also marks the arrival of Rewind, ABC Classic FM's online Australian music collection as you'll see below. Enjoy. A VERDI CELEBRATION THIS LONG WEEKEND Join us over the Australia Day long weekend as we kick off celebrations of Verdi's bicentennial year with a fine feast of his music, including a LIVE broadcast from the Sydney Opera House on Sunday. Highlights include: 1pm Saturday - the magical 1963 Sutherland-Bergonzi recording of La Traviata 2pm Sunday - Opera Australia's new production of A Masked Ball - LIVE from the Sydney Opera House 7pm Sunday - the Met Opera's current production of Il Trovatore 1pm Monday - Graham Abbott presents an afternoon of Verdi highlights Read Christopher Lawrence's fascinating Verdi overview here . >>more REWIND - EXPLORE OUR MUSICAL HERITAGE As we celebrate Australia Day, ABC Classic FM is launching an updated version of its Australian Music Collection. Rewind is an ever-expanding online collection of Australian classical and experimental music drawn from the ABC's vast archive of music recordings. This updated site has a new look, improved search functions, expanded selection of photos, and other features. Have a look and a listen at: abc.net.au/classic/rewind >>more 80 YEARS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THE ABC - FINAL: 1973 TO NOW At Midday on Sunday, in the conclusion to Resurrection Symphonies: 80 Years of Classical Music , Martin Buzacott looks at the modern ABC and its ongoing commitment to the broadcasting of quality Australian-made classical music. Listen to previous episodes online here . >>more KEYS TO MUSIC CONCERT IN ADELAIDE 2013 isn't all about Verdi. This year also marks the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten . You're invited to join Graham Abbot and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra for a special Keys To Music Concert looking at Britten's Suite on English Folk Tunes. The music will be explored from the inside out and performed in its entirety. There are two performances: 11am and 1pm on Wednesday 30 January in the Grainger Studio, Adelaide. Visit the ASO for details and bookings. >>more BEST OF SUNDAY LIVE Sally-Anne Russell We head back to Hobart to hear Mezzo Soprano Sally-Anne Russell in a Sunday Live from last July. Sally-Anne is a guest principal with Opera Australia and State Opera Companies, the Symphony Australia Orchestras and is a recitalist and recording artist. She is joined by violist William Newbery and pianist Andrea Katz in this concert. >>more FEATURES AND CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS: 25 January - 1 February Some listening highlights for the weekend and next week...enjoy.  Friday 25 January - 1pm Afternoon Concert - German Symphony Orchestra Berlin Conducted by Francesco Angelico and featuring Daniela Koch (flute) and Emmanuel Ceysson (harp), we'll hear Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, Ibert's Flute Concerto, Ginastera's Harp Concerto and Ravel's Mother Goose Suite. Saturday 26 January -9am Keys to Music - A Musician's Musician: A Tribute to Sir Charles Mackerras On Australia Day, Keys To Music pays tribute to the great Australian conductor Sir Charles Mackerras who passed away in July 2010. Sunday 27 January - 2pm Sunday Afternoon Concert - A Masked Ball LIVE As part of our Verdi celebration weekend, we cross live to the Joan Sutherland Theatre of Sydney Opera House for Opera Australia's production of Verdi's A Masked Ball. Monday 28 January - 8pm Evening Concert - Australia Ensemble In the Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of NSW, the Australia Ensemble and tenor Paul McMahon perform Mozart's Flute Quartet No 3 in C, Peggy Glanville-Hicks' Profiles from China, d'Rivera's Aires Tropicales and Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio in A minor. Tuesday 29 January -1pm Afternoon Concert - Australian Youth Orchestra National Music Camp 2013 Recorded earlier this month in Elder Hall, University of Adelaide, today's concert includes James Ledger's Arcs and Planes, Stravinsky's Apollo, Ballet and Brahms orch Schoenberg's Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor. Wednesday 30 January -8pm Evening Concert - Sydney Youth Orchestra In the Sydney Town Hall last year flautist Kate Proctor features in tonight's performance of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet: Suite No 2, Feld's Concerto for flute, string orchestra, piano, harp and percussion, and Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances. Thursday 31 January - 1pm Afternoon Concert - Qld Youth Orchestras Celebrate John Curro's 80th Birthday Recorded in the Queensland Performing Arts Centre Concert Hall last month, QYS Alumni Orchestra, the Queensland Youth Symphony and pianist Stephen Emmerson perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4 in G and R Strauss' An Alpine Symphony. Friday 1 February - 8pm Evening Concert - Port Fairy Spring Festival: Australian String Quartet In St John's Church, Port Fairy, the Australian String Quartet performs Richard Meale's Cantilena Pacifica, Gorecki's String Quartet No 1, Op 62 (Already it is Dusk) and Haydn's String Quartet in B flat, Op 76 No 4 (Sunrise). 'Like' us on facebook Follow us on Twitter NEW FROM ABC CLASSICS Advance Australia Fair Raise your voices loud and clear! Drawing together Australian communities, Advance Australia Fair, is sung proudly around the nation: in school halls, at important ceremonies and sporting events. Also included on this album: The Royal Anthem, God Save the Queen and the Vice-Regal Suite. LIMELIGHT MAGAZINE limelight - February 2013 The February issue of Limelight tells opera's greatest untold story - the journey of Joan Sutherland from Sydney secretary to opera superstar, including some never-before-seen pictures of Joan. We also examine one a miraculous period in music, the last year of Franz Schubert, in which he wrote his most dazzlingly inspired works. You are subscribed to this ABC newsletter with the email address: "idouska1.scan@blogger.com" If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, please unsubscribe here. If someone forwarded this newsletter to you, please feel free to subscribe here. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 700 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW 2007 © 2011 ABC | Conditions of Use | Privacy Policy | Discover other ABC email newsletters