Hi Lovely people, Here I am running late like usual with the December Newsletter. Well, December didn’t really go to plan, more about that later. It started okay. Concerts What even more concerts? Holst’s Planets & Britten I took myself off to a bonus Sydney Symphony concert with last-minute tickets. I found myself in the More
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Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Dane Lam conducts Saint-Saëns – 26 Feb 2021
So after only two concerts in the last year. I’m back in my happy place. Watching the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. This year is again in the town hall as the concert hall at the operahouse undergoes renovations. The town hall is growing on me. I still prefer Angel Place (City Recital Hall) or the operahouse. More
David Drury in Recital
On Friday the 23rd of March, I attended the Sydney Opera House to watch David Drury in Recital. David Drury is the organ player for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and every year he does a recital as part of Tea and the Symphony. This year I took along Chandré and she was lucky enough to More
Mozart and the French Connection: François Leleux
On Friday the 23rd of February, Miss A and I went off to the Sydney Opera House to see the Sydney Symphony Orchestra perform Mozart and the French Connection. I was very excited about this concert. I was fortunate enough to see François Leleux twice when he was here in 2012, he blew me away More
Gripping Shostakovich with SSO
On Friday the 17th November, Mr Tuba and I went off to see the Sydney Symphony perform a program of Shostakovich. I was a little be worried about the Russianess of the program. The pieces were Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No.1 in E flat major, Op.107 and Symphony No.8 in C minor, Op.65. Dmitri Shostakovich More
The Muse, the Poet, the Composer and his Animals
Tea and the Symphony Today was another wonderful concert, Saint-Saëns In The Morning, at the operahouse by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. It was a full Camille Saint-Saëns program. I must admit that I haven’t listened to Saint-Saëns very much before, I guessed that it would be pretty and I was right. La Muse et Le More
