Live Review: Sweeney Todd
BY MICHAEL HAMMELMANN ‘Sweeney Todd’ by Sondheim Victorian Opera The Playhouse Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, 17 July It took a long time for the […]
2015
Eulogy for the Compact Disc
BY TAMARA KOHLER I recently sold my Panasonic RX-ES30 Power Blaster on eBay; a cherished eighth birthday gift and the vestibule for all of my […]
Live Review: Omega Ensemble
BY SAMUEL COTTELL ‘Songs for the Shadowland’ by Stanhope, world premiere of ‘Chamber Symphony’ by Isaacs, Symphony No. 4 (arrangement for chamber ensemble) by […]
Danny Elfman: Music from the Films of Tim Burton
BY BEN NIELSEN Danny Elfman: Music from the Films of Tim Burton Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sydney Opera House, 11 July What comes to […]
Con Fuoco: John Keene
Welcome to the launch of Con Fuoco – CutCommon’s new interview series with emerging musicians across Australia. John Keene has been playing the double bass since […]
Breaking Piano Stools: Jack Barnes
BY THOMAS MISSON Is their piece harder? Are the playing faster than me? Are they younger than me? Did they start playing seriously before […]
Live Review: I Puritani
BY MICHAEL HAMMELMANN ‘I Puritani’ by Bellini Victorian Opera Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, 2 July With a star studded cast, Victorian Opera’s one-night […]
EP Review: Lunae Lumen
BY ANTONIA ZAPPIA ‘The Words Unsaid’ Lunae Lumen – Martha Otero Lunae Lumen is latin for ‘Moonlight’ and is the musical namesake of […]
Live Review: La Traviata
BY SPENCER DARBY ‘La Traviata’ by Verdi Opera Australia Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, 3 July Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘La Traviata’ opened on Friday […]
Live Review: The Musician Project Orchestra
BY BEN NIELSEN The Musician Project Orchestra Works by Brahms and Nielsen Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 21 June At the very […]