Bach to Bossa and Beyond
Conductor and pianist Vladimir Fanshil presents the first concert this year in the Live at the Great series featuring the world-renowned Grigoryan Brothers.
Joining them for two concerts at Sydney’s Great Synagogue will be Andrew Blanch and Vladamir Gorbach on February 28 and March 1.
Bach to Bossa and Beyond is the first of five concerts being held throughout 2023 at the Great.
The four comprise the Australian Guitar Quartet performing for the first time in Sydney.
The Australian Guitar Quartet Photo: Keith Saunders
The program includes Bach’s ornate Brandenburg Concerto no.6, selections from Bizet’s Carmen Suite, Opals by Australian composer Phillip Houghton and a journey through Latin American composers including Piazzolla and Bellinati.
Expect mind-bending virtuosity, electrifying rhythms and sultry melodies as the Grigoryan Brothers, Blanch and Gorbach present a kaleidoscopic program spanning 300 years from Bach to Bossa and beyond.
“Guitar playing of uncommon originality and authority. Musicality, expressivity and daring.” – The New York Times
Bach to Bossa and Beyond
Tuesday 28 February, 7.00PM AEDT (SOLD OUT)
Wednesday 1 March, 7.00PM AEDT
The Great Synagogue, 187 Elizabeth St, Sydney NSW 2000
Tickets are on sale now, for more information visit https://www.liveatyours.com.au/
Experience the salon atmosphere at Sydney’s best-kept secret venue; “the 19th century marvel, with its interior of grand midnight-blue ceilings, glittering chandeliers and Byzantine mosaics, that evokes a spiritual, otherworldly magic.” – Sydney Morning Herald.
Live at the Great offers the rare opportunity to visit The Great Synagogue – with its beautiful acoustics and lighting – while enjoying concerts by world-class musicians.
Behind Live at the Great is the renowned conductor and pianist Vladimir Fanshil. He and his wife, opera singer Eleanor Lyons, are a dynamic musical couple who fought to keep music ‘live’ through the Covid pandemic, eschewing the move to virtual and online performances.
They founded Live at Yours, which offered intimate concerts in keeping with the Covid restrictions of the time and have since expanded to work with other new and unusual venues.
