Monthly Archives: August 2016
SSO Plays Mahler at the Sydney Town Hall
As an organization, which in recent years has staged concerts in the Sydney Town Hall, and will do so again with Handel’s Messiah in November, the Grads took particular interest in the news that the SSO and Philharmonia Choir, under … Continue reading
Saxon Baroque
The Choir’s August Great Hall concert for 2016 presented a program of two religious works from eighteenth century Germany: the Missa No.9 in D by the little-known Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729) and the Magnificat by the impressive but difficult to … Continue reading
Colin Fox on von Suppé’s Requiem
A few weeks ago, we sent a copy of the recording of our May performance of von Suppé’s Requiem to the respected ABC Classic FM presenter, Colin Fox,. In 2012 Colin had warmly praised our performance of Mendelssohn’s Paulus, praise … Continue reading