CD Review: Brown and Breen’s Songs of Home
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Songs of Home Bonnie Brown and Louisa Breen Big Dwarf Music, 2016 Many people have tried to describe exactly what […]
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6 (more) things I learnt at Wagner’s Ring Cycle
BY MADELINE ROYCROFT Seated in front of an assemblage of diehard, rather vocal Ring-goers, this operatic cycle’s full power dawns upon me. Here I […]
No parking: A Play On experience
BY CAMPBELL BANKS Play On v_4 Collingwood Underground Carpark, November 25 I couldn’t see the cobwebs in the dark. Even much of the […]
Handel’s Theodora: Opera for our uncertain times
ELEANOR WOOD Pinchgut Opera Handel’s Theodora City Recital Hall, 1 December Handel’s Theodora was panned by critics upon its premiere, but is now known […]
Live Review: MSO Sibelius and Shostakovich
BY MADELINE ROYCROFT Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Works by Sibelius, Munro, Shostakovich Hamer Hall, 17 November Like any self-confessed Russian music nerd, concert programs […]
ASO demonstrates inspiring orchestral refinement
BY CHRISTOPHER WAINWRIGHT Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jeffrey Tate CBE and featuring Jayson Gillham (piano) Great Classics 4: A Hero’s Life Works by […]
Live Review: Discovering Bach with Adelaide Baroque
BY CHRISTOPHER WAINWRIGHT Adelaide Baroque presents Discovering Bach @ Ngeringa Concert Two: Permissable Delights, featuring works by JS Bach UKARIA Cultural Centre, Mt Barker, 30 […]
Live Review: Musica Viva’s Beilman and Tyson
BY THOMAS MISSON Benjamin Beilman and Andrew Tyson Musica Viva (Tasmania) Sonata No. 35 in A major by Mozart, Violin Sonata by Janacek, Cerulean Orbits by […]
CD Review: Translucent Duo
BY SAMUEL COTTELL In Sync Translucent Duo Translucent Duo (Bernard Lagana and David Lockeridge) has humble beginnings – two friends who wanted to […]
Live Review: QSO presents The Russians
BY GILLIAN WILLS Queensland Symphony Orchestra presents The Russians QPAC Concert Hall, 17 September How do you like your coffee? A long black, flat […]