Several compositions have been commissioned from Anthony Halliday including large scale masses and motets for soloists choir and orchestra, which have been performed in Germany, France, Italy, Britain, and Australasia. In 2006 Anthony Halliday was commissioned by Dr. Murray Stapleton of Cantor Productions, to orchestrate and arrange 15 traditional hymns for the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra.
This was performed in the Irish Songs of Praise concert at the Melbourne Town Hall in August 2006 and due to popular request will be repeated in 2007. He has received many awards and prizes including all the Fellowship prizes at the Royal College of Organists (London), as well as the Silver Medal of The Worshipful Company of Musicians (London). He won first prize playing Bartok's second piano concerto in the A.B.C. Commonwealth Concerto Competition, and has given live broadcasts for BBC Radio. His recent CD of organ music includes works of Bach, Duruflé, Widor, and his own composition.
His recent CD of piano music features a fantasy for piano by Australian composer, Anthony Shafton, and works by Händel, Beethoven, and Liszt. He has also recorded all 32 sonatas for pianoforte by Beethoven.
Anthony Halliday has given numerous piano recitals, organ recitals and concerto performances throughout Europe and Australasia. He won critical praise from several international renowned conductors including Walter Susskind, who hailed his concerto playing as "magnificent".
He held several cathedral and church appointments in London, and toured his choir to Germany, Austria, and Italy.
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Be transported from the banks of the Murray to Venice Playing original instruments, specialising in mostly Baroque music, the talent of the members, their expertise as soloists and ensemble musicians and the high level of performances have earned Interpreti Veneziani an indisputable reputation in Venice.
Elisabetta Ghebbioni & Giancarlo di Vacri have performed in the leading concert halls
of Italy & given recitals in the major countries of Europe, the United States, Australia & Japan as soloists & in groups such as Trio Leonardo and Interpreti Veneziani.
The Zephyr Quartet is a South Australian based string quartet dedicated to introducing new audiences to the quartet medium and to showing the versatility of this medium to existing audiences.
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Singer of traditional and contemporary folk songs of Britain and Australia - solo acoustic singer, guitar and concertina.
International Guitar Legend