Music Education &
Performing Arts Consultant
BIS 1893 A familiar face on the Australian concert scene, Martin Fröstis one of the world’s few wind players with an international career, who performs with all the major orchestras, as well as in chamber music and solo recitals. On this disc is music Mozart specifically wrote for one of the great clarinetists of the … Read more
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Marko Letonja ABC 481 0776 Here are some firsts. Emma Matthews reveals that this recording is the first recording of her singing Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute), and Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro). She also reveals that the notion of recording came about many years ago (2008). Clearly, … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO, July 4 (UPI) — Classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart may have died from a lack of vitamin D, U.S. and Austrian researchers suggest. William B. Grant of the Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center in San Francisco and Dr. Stephen Pilz of the Medical University of Graz in Austria say in the 18th century, the … Read more
Opening with two of my favourite Mozart operatic excerpts, the Catalogue Aria from Don Giovanni and Non piu andrai from the Marriage of Figaro, bass-baritone Bruce Martin immediately captures one’s attention. His is a voice which is commanding, powerful, engaging and full of passion and drama. This magnificent double album features not only opera classics … Read more