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The Advertiser
03-08-2025
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
Newcastle Music Festival - Sun 3 to Sun 17 Aug - Newcastle, NSW
Music Newcastle Music Festival When Sun 3 - Sun 17 Aug Where Newcastle, NSW Get Directions The Newcastle Music Festival celebrates its eighth season in 2025, having been inaugurated in 2016, and missing festivals in 2020 and 2021. The Festival was founded by its first Artistic Directors, David Banney and Ross Fiddes, and the seven festivals so far have included more than 130 concerts, with music ranging from classical to jazz, and from world music to contemporary music. Our artists have included the best musicians of Newcastle and the Hunter Valley, as well as outstanding national and international performers. In addition, the Festival has given performance opportunities to hundreds of community musicians through the Festival Choir and Festival Strings, and masterclasses. The Festival has collaborated with leading Australian ensembles and organisations, including Pinchgut Opera, Opera Australia and Musica Viva. Festival innovations have included the highly successful Music on a Plate series, in which music and food are paired in iconic Newcastle venues. These include FogHorn Brewery, with which we provide concerts during Newcastle Food Month, and Stanley Park, which hosts the annual Opera Cocktails event. In 2023, our sixth festival, we introduced Rising Stars, and we again invite young performers from the region to audition for a chance to perform in concert during the 2025 Festival. We are proud to be in our eighth year of the Festival and look forward to bringing you an exciting program.
ABC News
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Bush Gothic on the fine line between pleasure and pain, and director Netia Jones on Purcell's wild semi-opera The Fairy Queen
Bush Gothic are 'unafraid of Australian songs'. From colonial-era folk songs to the Divinyls, their latest album What Pop People Folk This Popular is a showcase of what the band does best: dreamy, detailed, genre-bending music in conversation with Australian musical history. Jenny M Thomas and Dan Witton join Andy. Netia Jones is an English opera director and she's in Sydney to take on Henry Purcell's odd but beautiful 'Restoration Spectacular' The Fairy Queen for Pinchgut Opera. Under rain on a tin roof of the rehearsal room, she and Andy sit to talk about the peculiarities of the piece, and of English language opera. Bush Gothic are on tour: 7 – 8 June National Celtic Festival, Portarlington 13 June Ararat Town Hall, Ararat 14 June Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide 21 June Fitzroy Town Hall, Naarm/Melbourne 22 June Northern Arts Hotel, Castlemaine 27 – 29 June Festival of Voices, nipaluna/Hobart Pinchgut Opera presents The Fairy Queen: 7 – 14 June at the Roslyn Packer Theatre in Sydney. Music heard in the interview with Bush Gothic: Title: Girls in Our Town Artist: Margret RoadKnight Composer: Bob Hudson Album: Margaret RoadKnight Label: Infinity Title: Girls in Our Town Artist: Bush Gothic Composer: Bob Hudson Album: What Pop People Folk This Popular Label: Fydle Records Title: Adeline Artist: Bush Gothic Composer: Gus Unger-Hamilton, Hans Zimmer, Joe Newman, Thom Green Album: What Pop People Folk This Popular Label: Fydle Records Title: Wreck of the Dandenong Artist: Bush Gothic Composer: trad. Album: What Pop People Folk This Popular Label: Fydle Records Title: Pleasure and Pain Artist: Bush Gothic Composer: Holly Knight, Mike Chapman Album: What Pop People Folk This Popular Label: Fydle Records Title: Freedom on the Wallaby Artist: Bush Gothic Composer: trad. after the poem by Henry Lawson Album: What Pop People Folk This Popular Label: Fydle Records In the interview with Netia Jones: Title: 'O Let Me Weep' (The Plaint), from The Fairy Queen Artist: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh Composer: Henry Purcell Album: The Fairy Queen 1692 Label: Signum Classics Title: I know a bank… from A Midsummer Night's Dream Artist: Alfred Deller (Oberon), London Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Britten Composer: Benjamin Britten, libretto Peter Pears after Shakespeare Album: A Midsummer Night's Dream Label: Decca The Music Show was made on Gadigal, Gundungurra and Turrbal Yuggera Country Technical production by Dylan Prins
Sydney Morning Herald
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Win an exclusive opening night experience at The Fairy Queen*
To celebrate Pinchgut Opera's debut at the Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay, you have the chance to experience Purcell's The Fairy Queen in true VIP style. Renowned for its signature fusion of Baroque music and theatrical innovation, Pinchgut brings this spellbinding masterpiece to Sydney's premier theatrical stage, led by acclaimed UK director Netia Jones in her Australian debut. Known for her cutting-edge use of technology and projection, Jones will transform The Fairy Queen into a visually dynamic and immersive experience like no other. Enter now to win 1 of 3 exclusive opening night packages, valued at over $500, including: Two premium tickets to the opening night performance on June 7 Champagne at interval An autographed souvenir program Don't miss your chance to witness this spectacular new production of Purcell's masterpiece in a sumptuous, one-night-only experience! Enter by Tuesday, May 13 at 11:59pm AEDT to be in the running. Enter for your chance to win Competition Terms and Conditions
